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Election 1916 Results

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1916 Utah governor election

Simon Bamberger (Democrat) beat Nephi L. Morris (Republican) in Utah in 1916, 55.0% to 41.8%, a margin of 13.2 points and 18,776 votes.

Utah changed party: in 1912 it went Republican, for William Spry.

Democrats led in 23 of the 28 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 49,816 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.0 points. The closest was Wasatch, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Simon Bamberger won Democratic 78,298 55.0%
Nephi L. Morris Republican 59,522 41.8%
All other candidates 4,595 3.2%
Total142,415

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 29,200 58.6% 18,758 37.7% 1,858 49,816 D+21.0
Utah 7,893 57.1% 5,545 40.1% 383 13,821 D+17.0
Weber 7,578 57.2% 5,191 39.2% 475 13,244 D+18.0
Cache 4,866 53.4% 4,198 46.1% 52 9,116 D+7.3
Sanpete 3,069 47.7% 3,222 50.1% 144 6,435 R+2.4
Box Elder 2,612 48.4% 2,759 51.1% 28 5,399 R+2.7
Sevier 1,851 48.5% 1,904 49.9% 63 3,818 R+1.4
Davis 1,922 50.8% 1,836 48.5% 24 3,782 D+2.3
Juab 2,105 58.2% 1,391 38.4% 123 3,619 D+19.7
Millard 1,574 49.4% 1,538 48.3% 73 3,185 D+1.1
Summit 1,425 48.7% 1,256 43.0% 243 2,924 D+5.8
Carbon 1,412 48.6% 1,339 46.1% 154 2,905 D+2.5
Tooele 1,401 50.8% 1,254 45.5% 104 2,759 D+5.3
Duchesne 1,305 51.1% 843 33.0% 404 2,552 D+18.1
Emery 1,244 52.4% 1,049 44.2% 82 2,375 D+8.2
Uintah 1,336 59.1% 827 36.6% 97 2,260 D+22.5
Beaver 1,178 53.6% 963 43.8% 58 2,199 D+9.8
Washington 1,185 56.5% 908 43.3% 4 2,097 D+13.2
Iron 1,031 50.0% 960 46.5% 72 2,063 D+3.4
Wasatch 853 49.8% 845 49.4% 14 1,712 D+0.5
Garfield 704 51.2% 653 47.5% 17 1,374 D+3.7
Morgan 461 48.5% 482 50.7% 8 951 R+2.2
Rich 429 55.1% 350 44.9% 779 D+10.1
Piute 396 53.4% 287 38.7% 58 741 D+14.7
San Juan 336 50.2% 320 47.8% 13 669 D+2.4
Kane 278 42.9% 356 54.9% 14 648 R+12.0
Wayne 363 57.9% 255 40.7% 9 627 D+17.2
Grand 291 53.4% 233 42.8% 21 545 D+10.6

Counties as they stood in 1916; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Utah governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Spencer Cox (R) R+24.4
2020 Spencer J Cox (R) R+32.7
2016 Gary Herbert (R) R+37.9
2012 Gary R. Herbert (R) R+40.8
2010 Gary Herbert (R) R+32.2
2008 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+58.0
2004 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+16.4
2000 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+13.5
1996 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+51.7
1992 Mike Leavitt (R) R+19.0
1988 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+1.7
1984 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+12.1
1980 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+10.7
1976 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+6.1
1972 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+39.4
1968 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+37.4
1964 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+14.0
1960 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+5.3
1956 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+4.8
1952 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.2
1948 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.0
1944 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+0.4
1940 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+4.4
1936 Henry H. Blood (D) D+13.7
1932 Henry H. Blood (D) D+14.6
1928 George H. Dern (D) D+17.4
1924 George H. Dern (D) D+6.0
1920 Charles R. Mabey (R) R+18.5
1916 Simon Bamberger (D) D+13.2
1912 William Spry (R) R+5.8
1908 William Spry (R) R+8.6
1904 John C. Cutler (R) R+12.6
1900 Heber M. Wells (R) R+3.4
1895 Heber M. Wells (R) R+5.6