1916 United States presidential election in Colorado explained

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Election Name:1916 United States presidential election in Colorado
Country:Colorado
Flag Year:1911
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1912 United States presidential election in Colorado
Previous Year:1912
Next Election:1920 United States presidential election in Colorado
Next Year:1920
Election Date:November 7, 1916
Image1:Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee1:Woodrow Wilson
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:New Jersey
Running Mate1:Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral Vote1:6
Popular Vote1:178,816
Percentage1:60.74%
Nominee2:Charles Evans Hughes
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:102,308
Percentage2:34.75%
Map Size:300px
President
Before Election:Woodrow Wilson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Woodrow Wilson
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Although Colorado was following statehood Republican-leaning, Populist support in silver-mining regions,[1] was overwhelmingly transferred to William Jennings Bryan in 1896[2] and maintained in the following four elections, when the Republicans won only in the 1904 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt, and even then Colorado was the only western state where more than a couple of counties retained their Bryanite Democratic loyalties with Alton Parker as the nominee.

Moreover, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party from the 1912 election rapidly returned to the Republicans, in the Mountain States many if not most of these supporters turned to the Democratic Party not only in presidential elections, but also in state and federal legislative ones.[3] Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western states[4] due to opposition to participation in World War I, and a third was that a considerable part of the substantial vote for Eugene Debs from the previous election was turned over to Woodrow Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.[3]

These factors combined to give Wilson a powerful victory over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson won by 25.99 percentage points and carried every county except Sedgwick (albeit losing by ten votes), the furthest northeast, which had also been one of two counties to back Roosevelt four years earlier. This is the second-best Democratic margin in Colorado presidential election history behind Bryan's five-to-one win in the “free silver” 1896 election,[5] although Lyndon B. Johnson would exceed Wilson's vote share in 1964.

Results

Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Woodrow Wilson of New JerseyThomas R. MarshallDemocratic6[6] 178,81660.74%
Charles Evans HughesCharles W. FairbanksRepublican0102,30834.75%
Allan L. BensonGeorge KirkpatrickSocialist010,0493.41%
Frank HanlyIra LandrithProhibition02,7930.95%
No CandidateProgressive04090.14%

Results by county

CountyThomas Woodrow Wilson[7]
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
No Candidate
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Margin
data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number"
align="center" Dolores align="center" 76.76% align="center" 251 align="center" 14.07% align="center" 46 align="center" 9.17% align="center" 30 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 62.69% align="center" 205
align="center" Montezuma align="center" 74.09% align="center" 1,458 align="center" 21.60% align="center" 425 align="center" 3.86% align="center" 76 align="center" 0.46% align="center" 9 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 52.49% align="center" 1,033
align="center" Pitkin align="center" 71.32% align="center" 915 align="center" 20.50% align="center" 263 align="center" 7.79% align="center" 100 align="center" 0.23% align="center" 3 align="center" 0.16% align="center" 2 align="center" 50.82% align="center" 652
align="center" San Juan align="center" 70.00% align="center" 693 align="center" 21.62% align="center" 214 align="center" 7.47% align="center" 74 align="center" 0.71% align="center" 7 align="center" 0.20% align="center" 2 align="center" 48.38% align="center" 479
align="center" Chaffee align="center" 72.47% align="center" 2,546 align="center" 24.59% align="center" 864 align="center" 2.22% align="center" 78 align="center" 0.60% align="center" 21 align="center" 0.11% align="center" 4 align="center" 47.88% align="center" 1,682
align="center" Eagle align="center" 72.08% align="center" 1,136 align="center" 25.19% align="center" 397 align="center" 2.28% align="center" 36 align="center" 0.44% align="center" 7 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 46.89% align="center" 739
align="center" Clear Creek align="center" 71.65% align="center" 1,289 align="center" 26.35% align="center" 474 align="center" 1.78% align="center" 32 align="center" 0.06% align="center" 1 align="center" 0.17% align="center" 3 align="center" 45.30% align="center" 815
align="center" Summit align="center" 70.29% align="center" 717 align="center" 26.27% align="center" 268 align="center" 2.75% align="center" 28 align="center" 0.69% align="center" 7 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 44.02% align="center" 449
align="center" Alamosa align="center" 70.10% align="center" 1,308 align="center" 26.15% align="center" 488 align="center" 3.43% align="center" 64 align="center" 0.21% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.11% align="center" 2 align="center" 43.94% align="center" 820
align="center" Lake align="center" 68.51% align="center" 2,672 align="center" 25.46% align="center" 993 align="center" 0.97% align="center" 38 align="center" 4.87% align="center" 190 align="center" 0.18% align="center" 7 align="center" 43.05% align="center" 1,679
align="center" La Plata align="center" 68.14% align="center" 2,590 align="center" 27.07% align="center" 1,029 align="center" 4.16% align="center" 158 align="center" 0.55% align="center" 21 align="center" 0.08% align="center" 3 align="center" 41.07% align="center" 1,561
align="center" Ouray align="center" 67.63% align="center" 961 align="center" 28.08% align="center" 399 align="center" 3.94% align="center" 56 align="center" 0.21% align="center" 3 align="center" 0.14% align="center" 2 align="center" 39.55% align="center" 562
align="center" Routt align="center" 66.80% align="center" 1,972 align="center" 28.76% align="center" 849 align="center" 3.86% align="center" 114 align="center" 0.54% align="center" 16 align="center" 0.03% align="center" 1 align="center" 38.04% align="center" 1,123
align="center" San Miguel align="center" 66.78% align="center" 1,325 align="center" 29.13% align="center" 578 align="center" 3.58% align="center" 71 align="center" 0.35% align="center" 7 align="center" 0.15% align="center" 3 align="center" 37.65% align="center" 747
align="center" Gunnison align="center" 65.19% align="center" 1,618 align="center" 29.65% align="center" 736 align="center" 4.63% align="center" 115 align="center" 0.44% align="center" 11 align="center" 0.08% align="center" 2 align="center" 35.54% align="center" 882
align="center" Garfield align="center" 64.98% align="center" 2,479 align="center" 29.86% align="center" 1,139 align="center" 4.22% align="center" 161 align="center" 0.94% align="center" 36 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 35.12% align="center" 1,340
align="center" Jackson align="center" 66.60% align="center" 331 align="center" 31.59% align="center" 157 align="center" 1.01% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.80% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 35.01% align="center" 174
align="center" Teller align="center" 64.37% align="center" 3,515 align="center" 31.00% align="center" 1,693 align="center" 4.23% align="center" 231 align="center" 0.31% align="center" 17 align="center" 0.09% align="center" 5 align="center" 33.36% align="center" 1,822
align="center" Rio Grande align="center" 64.63% align="center" 1,756 align="center" 32.61% align="center" 886 align="center" 1.73% align="center" 47 align="center" 0.96% align="center" 26 align="center" 0.07% align="center" 2 align="center" 32.02% align="center" 870
align="center" Mineral align="center" 60.04% align="center" 278 align="center" 29.16% align="center" 135 align="center" 10.37% align="center" 48 align="center" 0.43% align="center" 2 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 30.89% align="center" 143
align="center" Montrose align="center" 61.52% align="center" 2,571 align="center" 31.47% align="center" 1,315 align="center" 6.03% align="center" 252 align="center" 0.96% align="center" 40 align="center" 0.02% align="center" 1 align="center" 30.06% align="center" 1,256
align="center" Gilpin align="center" 64.06% align="center" 763 align="center" 34.17% align="center" 407 align="center" 1.26% align="center" 15 align="center" 0.42% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.08% align="center" 1 align="center" 29.89% align="center" 356
align="center" Conejos align="center" 64.43% align="center" 1,721 align="center" 34.74% align="center" 928 align="center" 0.22% align="center" 6 align="center" 0.19% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.41% align="center" 11 align="center" 29.69% align="center" 793
align="center" Logan align="center" 63.14% align="center" 2,679 align="center" 33.51% align="center" 1,422 align="center" 2.62% align="center" 111 align="center" 0.54% align="center" 23 align="center" 0.19% align="center" 8 align="center" 29.63% align="center" 1,257
align="center" Mesa align="center" 59.42% align="center" 4,394 align="center" 30.06% align="center" 2,223 align="center" 7.36% align="center" 544 align="center" 3.12% align="center" 231 align="center" 0.04% align="center" 3 align="center" 29.36% align="center" 2,171
align="center" Denver align="center" 62.81% align="center" 43,029 align="center" 33.84% align="center" 23,185 align="center" 2.67% align="center" 1,826 align="center" 0.60% align="center" 409 align="center" 0.09% align="center" 63 align="center" 28.96% align="center" 19,844
align="center" Saguache align="center" 63.02% align="center" 1,254 align="center" 34.22% align="center" 681 align="center" 2.31% align="center" 46 align="center" 0.25% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.20% align="center" 4 align="center" 28.79% align="center" 573
align="center" Boulder align="center" 61.46% align="center" 7,419 align="center" 33.02% align="center" 3,986 align="center" 3.99% align="center" 482 align="center" 1.35% align="center" 163 align="center" 0.17% align="center" 21 align="center" 28.44% align="center" 3,433
align="center" Arapahoe align="center" 62.33% align="center" 2,652 align="center" 33.91% align="center" 1,443 align="center" 3.03% align="center" 129 align="center" 0.28% align="center" 12 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 19 align="center" 28.41% align="center" 1,209
align="center" Park align="center" 62.47% align="center" 674 align="center" 34.48% align="center" 372 align="center" 2.59% align="center" 28 align="center" 0.19% align="center" 2 align="center" 0.28% align="center" 3 align="center" 27.99% align="center" 302
align="center" Hinsdale align="center" 58.94% align="center" 178 align="center" 31.13% align="center" 94 align="center" 9.60% align="center" 29 align="center" 0.33% align="center" 1 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 27.81% align="center" 84
align="center" Adams align="center" 61.74% align="center" 2,120 align="center" 33.93% align="center" 1,165 align="center" 3.64% align="center" 125 align="center" 0.61% align="center" 21 align="center" 0.09% align="center" 3 align="center" 27.81% align="center" 955
align="center" Archuleta align="center" 62.64% align="center" 830 align="center" 35.70% align="center" 473 align="center" 0.83% align="center" 11 align="center" 0.23% align="center" 3 align="center" 0.60% align="center" 8 align="center" 26.94% align="center" 357
align="center" Costilla align="center" 61.52% align="center" 1,028 align="center" 34.65% align="center" 579 align="center" 1.50% align="center" 25 align="center" 0.54% align="center" 9 align="center" 1.80% align="center" 30 align="center" 26.87% align="center" 449
align="center" Bent align="center" 61.53% align="center" 1,473 align="center" 34.80% align="center" 833 align="center" 2.30% align="center" 55 align="center" 1.25% align="center" 30 align="center" 0.13% align="center" 3 align="center" 26.73% align="center" 640
align="center" Washington align="center" 60.32% align="center" 1,748 align="center" 34.13% align="center" 989 align="center" 4.45% align="center" 129 align="center" 1.00% align="center" 29 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 3 align="center" 26.19% align="center" 759
align="center" Larimer align="center" 59.49% align="center" 4,868 align="center" 34.18% align="center" 2,797 align="center" 5.10% align="center" 417 align="center" 1.15% align="center" 94 align="center" 0.09% align="center" 7 align="center" 25.31% align="center" 2,071
align="center" Delta align="center" 58.97% align="center" 2,817 align="center" 33.75% align="center" 1,612 align="center" 5.90% align="center" 282 align="center" 1.28% align="center" 61 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 5 align="center" 25.23% align="center" 1,205
align="center" Yuma align="center" 59.26% align="center" 2,466 align="center" 34.51% align="center" 1,436 align="center" 5.38% align="center" 224 align="center" 0.75% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 4 align="center" 24.75% align="center" 1,030
align="center" Grand align="center" 61.36% align="center" 624 align="center" 37.17% align="center" 378 align="center" 1.08% align="center" 11 align="center" 0.29% align="center" 3 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 1 align="center" 24.19% align="center" 246
align="center" Jefferson align="center" 60.42% align="center" 3,368 align="center" 36.60% align="center" 2,040 align="center" 2.49% align="center" 139 align="center" 0.38% align="center" 21 align="center" 0.11% align="center" 6 align="center" 23.82% align="center" 1,328
align="center" Pueblo align="center" 59.04% align="center" 10,710 align="center" 36.08% align="center" 6,545 align="center" 4.03% align="center" 731 align="center" 0.76% align="center" 137 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 18 align="center" 22.96% align="center" 4,165
align="center" Weld align="center" 59.18% align="center" 8,600 align="center" 37.12% align="center" 5,395 align="center" 2.23% align="center" 324 align="center" 1.43% align="center" 208 align="center" 0.04% align="center" 6 align="center" 22.05% align="center" 3,205
align="center" Morgan align="center" 58.46% align="center" 2,371 align="center" 37.99% align="center" 1,541 align="center" 2.74% align="center" 111 align="center" 0.71% align="center" 29 align="center" 0.10% align="center" 4 align="center" 20.46% align="center" 830
align="center" Baca align="center" 54.88% align="center" 1,294 align="center" 35.03% align="center" 826 align="center" 8.82% align="center" 208 align="center" 1.02% align="center" 24 align="center" 0.25% align="center" 6 align="center" 19.85% align="center" 468
align="center" Las Animas align="center" 58.58% align="center" 5,300 align="center" 38.81% align="center" 3,511 align="center" 1.68% align="center" 152 align="center" 0.48% align="center" 43 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 41 align="center" 19.77% align="center" 1,789
align="center" Rio Blanco align="center" 59.19% align="center" 702 align="center" 39.46% align="center" 468 align="center" 1.01% align="center" 12 align="center" 0.34% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 19.73% align="center" 234
align="center" Kit Carson align="center" 56.53% align="center" 1,571 align="center" 37.06% align="center" 1,030 align="center" 5.29% align="center" 147 align="center" 1.08% align="center" 30 align="center" 0.04% align="center" 1 align="center" 19.47% align="center" 541
align="center" Lincoln align="center" 57.00% align="center" 1,702 align="center" 37.81% align="center" 1,129 align="center" 3.99% align="center" 119 align="center" 1.07% align="center" 32 align="center" 0.13% align="center" 4 align="center" 19.19% align="center" 573
align="center" Fremont align="center" 56.92% align="center" 3,395 align="center" 37.84% align="center" 2,257 align="center" 4.07% align="center" 243 align="center" 1.16% align="center" 69 align="center" 0.02% align="center" 1 align="center" 19.08% align="center" 1,138
align="center" Phillips align="center" 57.03% align="center" 795 align="center" 38.16% align="center" 532 align="center" 4.02% align="center" 56 align="center" 0.65% align="center" 9 align="center" 0.14% align="center" 2 align="center" 18.87% align="center" 263
align="center" Otero align="center" 57.24% align="center" 3,963 align="center" 38.68% align="center" 2,678 align="center" 2.41% align="center" 167 align="center" 1.50% align="center" 104 align="center" 0.17% align="center" 12 align="center" 18.56% align="center" 1,285
align="center" Moffat align="center" 57.41% align="center" 740 align="center" 39.72% align="center" 512 align="center" 2.40% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.31% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.16% align="center" 2 align="center" 17.69% align="center" 228
align="center" Cheyenne align="center" 55.16% align="center" 802 align="center" 38.38% align="center" 558 align="center" 5.64% align="center" 82 align="center" 0.69% align="center" 10 align="center" 0.14% align="center" 2 align="center" 16.78% align="center" 244
align="center" Crowley align="center" 55.42% align="center" 1,160 align="center" 40.47% align="center" 847 align="center" 2.44% align="center" 51 align="center" 1.39% align="center" 29 align="center" 0.29% align="center" 6 align="center" 14.95% align="center" 313
align="center" Douglas align="center" 56.51% align="center" 820 align="center" 42.18% align="center" 612 align="center" 0.90% align="center" 13 align="center" 0.34% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.07% align="center" 1 align="center" 14.33% align="center" 208
align="center" Custer align="center" 54.31% align="center" 529 align="center" 41.38% align="center" 403 align="center" 3.59% align="center" 35 align="center" 0.51% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.21% align="center" 2 align="center" 12.94% align="center" 126
align="center" Huerfano align="center" 55.68% align="center" 2,632 align="center" 42.88% align="center" 2,027 align="center" 0.53% align="center" 25 align="center" 0.66% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.25% align="center" 12 align="center" 12.80% align="center" 605
align="center" Elbert align="center" 53.50% align="center" 1,230 align="center" 41.37% align="center" 951 align="center" 3.91% align="center" 90 align="center" 0.83% align="center" 19 align="center" 0.39% align="center" 9 align="center" 12.14% align="center" 279
align="center" Prowers align="center" 52.14% align="center" 2,168 align="center" 40.48% align="center" 1,683 align="center" 5.87% align="center" 244 align="center" 1.47% align="center" 61 align="center" 0.05% align="center" 2 align="center" 11.66% align="center" 485
align="center" Kiowa align="center" 51.23% align="center" 936 align="center" 39.57% align="center" 723 align="center" 7.72% align="center" 141 align="center" 1.15% align="center" 21 align="center" 0.33% align="center" 6 align="center" 11.66% align="center" 213
align="center" El Paso align="center" 50.99% align="center" 8,381 align="center" 43.55% align="center" 7,159 align="center" 3.36% align="center" 552 align="center" 1.95% align="center" 321 align="center" 0.15% align="center" 24 align="center" 7.43% align="center" 1,222
align="center" Sedgwick align="center" 45.97% align="center" 519 align="center" 46.86% align="center" 529 align="center" 5.93% align="center" 67 align="center" 0.71% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.53% align="center" 6 align="center" -0.89% align="center" -10

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Notes and References

  1. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
  2. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘American Voting Beahavior and the 1964 Election’; Midwest Journal of Political Science, xii(1) (February 1968), pp. 1-40
  3. Sarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305
  4. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47
  5. Web site: Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Colorado. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  6. Web site: 1916 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 23 December 2019.
  7. [Colorado Secretary of State]