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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Florida

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Florida in 1916, 69.3% to 18.1%, a margin of 51.2 points and 41,373 votes.

Florida voted 48.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1912, when Woodrow Wilson also won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 52 counties as they stood then. The largest, Duval, cast 7,957 votes and went to the Democrat by 51.7 points. The closest was Osceola, where 58 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow Wilson won Democratic 55,984 69.3%
Charles Evans Hughes Republican 14,611 18.1%
Allan L. Benson Socialist 5,353 6.6%
All other candidates 4,786 5.9%
Total80,734

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Duval 5,456 68.6% 1,339 16.8% 1,162 7,957 D+51.7
Hillsborough 4,627 69.9% 691 10.4% 1,297 6,615 D+59.5
Polk 2,574 76.1% 578 17.1% 229 3,381 D+59.0
Dade 1,654 57.7% 629 21.9% 584 2,867 D+35.8
Escambia 2,183 79.0% 416 15.0% 166 2,765 D+63.9
Volusia 1,541 58.1% 886 33.4% 225 2,652 D+24.7
De Soto 1,755 68.1% 385 14.9% 436 2,576 D+53.2
Alachua 2,030 79.8% 440 17.3% 75 2,545 D+62.5
Jackson 1,975 79.6% 410 16.5% 96 2,481 D+63.1
Pinellas 1,503 61.9% 555 22.9% 370 2,428 D+39.0
Marion 1,567 66.1% 462 19.5% 340 2,369 D+46.6
Orange 1,261 71.8% 415 23.6% 81 1,757 D+48.2
St. Johns 1,133 66.1% 326 19.0% 254 1,713 D+47.1
Manatee 1,033 66.7% 289 18.7% 226 1,548 D+48.1
Bradford 1,302 87.4% 153 10.3% 34 1,489 D+77.2
Holmes 763 51.5% 427 28.8% 291 1,481 D+22.7
Walton 753 50.9% 549 37.1% 176 1,478 D+13.8
Putnam 879 60.3% 418 28.7% 161 1,458 D+31.6
Monroe 730 51.0% 345 24.1% 356 1,431 D+26.9
Suwannee 1,209 85.1% 56 3.9% 155 1,420 D+81.2
Palm Beach 725 51.7% 311 22.2% 367 1,403 D+29.5
Lake 886 67.8% 330 25.2% 91 1,307 D+42.5
Pasco 779 65.4% 236 19.8% 176 1,191 D+45.6
Columbia 861 72.6% 226 19.1% 99 1,186 D+53.5
Bay 725 61.4% 279 23.6% 176 1,180 D+37.8
Leon 875 74.8% 191 16.3% 104 1,170 D+58.5
Osceola 511 44.0% 453 39.0% 198 1,162 D+5.0
Lee 751 66.3% 167 14.8% 214 1,132 D+51.6
Santa Rosa 896 82.6% 111 10.2% 78 1,085 D+72.4
Gadsden 875 85.0% 57 5.5% 98 1,030 D+79.4
St. Lucie 703 68.9% 134 13.1% 183 1,020 D+55.8
Washington 626 62.4% 159 15.9% 218 1,003 D+46.6
Seminole 706 70.9% 155 15.6% 135 996 D+55.3
Levy 712 73.5% 216 22.3% 41 969 D+51.2
Lafayette 849 89.3% 45 4.7% 57 951 D+84.5
Okaloosa 603 63.4% 303 31.9% 45 951 D+31.5
Brevard 599 65.3% 174 19.0% 145 918 D+46.3
Calhoun 539 64.1% 209 24.9% 93 841 D+39.2
Hamilton 675 83.1% 113 13.9% 24 812 D+69.2
Madison 721 89.8% 22 2.7% 60 803 D+87.0
Jefferson 646 85.1% 104 13.7% 9 759 D+71.4
Sumter 599 80.6% 70 9.4% 74 743 D+71.2
Broward 382 54.6% 158 22.6% 160 700 D+32.0
Citrus 601 86.5% 46 6.6% 48 695 D+79.9
Taylor 547 89.7% 51 8.4% 12 610 D+81.3
Nassau 420 70.4% 94 15.7% 83 597 D+54.6
Wakulla 387 68.7% 121 21.5% 55 563 D+47.2
Baker 439 78.1% 52 9.3% 71 562 D+68.9
Hernando 446 79.6% 38 6.8% 76 560 D+72.9
Clay 380 68.7% 79 14.3% 94 553 D+54.4
Franklin 312 64.7% 81 16.8% 89 482 D+47.9
Liberty 280 72.0% 57 14.7% 52 389 D+57.3

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0