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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Georgia

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Unpledged electors (independent) in Georgia in 1916, 79.5% to 12.9%, a margin of 66.6 points and 107,062 votes.

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

Democrats led in 148 of the 152 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 3 and Republicans in 1. The largest, Fulton, cast 11,420 votes and went to the Democrat by 66.8 points. The closest was Union, where 9 votes separated the top two.

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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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	127,754	79.5%
Unpledged electors	Progressive	20,692	12.9%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	11,294	7.0%
All other candidates		941	0.6%
Total		160,681

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	8,945 78.3%	1,311 11.5%	1,164	11,420	D+66.8
Chatham	3,797 79.0%	368 7.7%	639	4,804	D+71.4
Richmond	2,708 77.8%	238 6.8%	534	3,480	D+71.0
Walker	1,883 71.4%	439 16.6%	317	2,639	D+54.7
Floyd	2,137 83.1%	50 1.9%	386	2,573	D+81.1
Bibb	2,048 87.8%	201 8.6%	83	2,332	D+79.2
Coffee	2,091 90.0%	120 5.2%	113	2,324	D+84.8
Cobb	1,750 75.4%	137 5.9%	434	2,321	D+69.5
Hall	1,662 76.0%	141 6.4%	385	2,188	D+69.5
Berrien	2,102 96.2%	32 1.5%	51	2,185	D+94.7
Carroll	1,621 74.3%	118 5.4%	444	2,183	D+68.9
Muscogee	1,833 88.8%	110 5.3%	121	2,064	D+83.5
Lowndes	1,870 92.3%	60 3.0%	96	2,026	D+89.3
Gwinnett	1,528 75.6%	222 11.0%	271	2,021	D+64.6
Elbert	1,756 90.6%	0 0.0%	183	1,939	D+90.6
Dekalb	1,690 88.8%	12 0.6%	201	1,903	D+88.2
Polk	1,172 62.2%	0 0.0%	713	1,885	D+62.2
Whitfield	1,093 58.3%	16 0.9%	767	1,876	D+57.4
Fannin	720 39.6%	166 9.1%	933	1,819	Others
Emanuel	1,500 83.6%	28 1.6%	266	1,794	D+82.1
Franklin	1,540 86.0%	44 2.5%	206	1,790	D+83.6
Haralson	837 47.5%	137 7.8%	787	1,761	D+39.8
Bartow	1,325 75.8%	92 5.3%	331	1,748	D+70.5
Cherokee	855 51.6%	292 17.6%	511	1,658	D+34.0
Murray	1,162 72.0%	301 18.6%	152	1,615	D+53.3
Gilmer	742 47.6%	258 16.5%	560	1,560	D+31.0
Forsyth	1,146 74.0%	166 10.7%	236	1,548	D+63.3
Colquitt	1,305 85.1%	53 3.5%	176	1,534	D+81.6
Bulloch	1,410 92.4%	29 1.9%	87	1,526	D+90.5
Troup	1,227 80.8%	38 2.5%	254	1,519	D+78.3
Thomas	1,298 85.8%	42 2.8%	173	1,513	D+83.0
Habersham	1,032 69.4%	48 3.2%	406	1,486	D+66.2
Walton	1,305 88.0%	83 5.6%	95	1,483	D+82.4
Laurens	1,269 85.7%	64 4.3%	148	1,481	D+81.4
Paulding	670 45.7%	10 0.7%	786	1,466	Others
Gordon	1,010 70.0%	190 13.2%	242	1,442	D+56.9
Madison	1,241 86.1%	19 1.3%	181	1,441	D+84.8
Decatur	1,147 82.8%	35 2.5%	204	1,386	D+80.2
Jackson	1,185 86.6%	71 5.2%	112	1,368	D+81.4
Ware	1,066 82.1%	133 10.2%	99	1,298	D+71.9
Coweta	1,179 91.4%	85 6.6%	26	1,290	D+84.8
Chattooga	1,006 79.4%	20 1.6%	241	1,267	D+77.8
Pickens	497 39.4%	420 33.3%	344	1,261	D+6.1
Meriwether	1,118 89.4%	36 2.9%	96	1,250	D+86.6
Tift	1,034 82.8%	42 3.4%	173	1,249	D+79.4
Banks	989 80.2%	126 10.2%	118	1,233	D+70.0
Clarke	1,036 87.1%	113 9.5%	40	1,189	D+77.6
Sumter	1,065 93.2%	38 3.3%	40	1,143	D+89.9
Washington	954 84.6%	18 1.6%	156	1,128	D+83.0
Brooks	969 88.3%	103 9.4%	25	1,097	D+78.9
Montgomery	1,002 92.0%	21 1.9%	66	1,089	D+90.1
Newton	943 87.0%	102 9.4%	39	1,084	D+77.6
Mitchell	921 87.1%	41 3.9%	96	1,058	D+83.2
Union	532 50.4%	523 49.6%		1,055	D+0.9
Henry	868 83.9%	78 7.5%	89	1,035	D+76.3
Spalding	835 81.2%	41 4.0%	152	1,028	D+77.2
Hart	750 74.2%	22 2.2%	239	1,011	D+72.0
Upson	734 72.6%	18 1.8%	259	1,011	D+70.8
Barrow	712 74.0%	148 15.4%	102	962	D+58.6
Pike	766 81.8%	65 6.9%	106	937	D+74.8
Rabun	633 70.3%	87 9.7%	181	901	D+60.6
Dodge	788 88.4%	64 7.2%	39	891	D+81.3
Dougherty	836 93.9%	37 4.2%	17	890	D+89.8
Johnson	715 80.8%	20 2.3%	150	885	D+78.5
Greene	676 76.6%	53 6.0%	153	882	D+70.6
Houston	806 92.5%	52 6.0%	13	871	D+86.6
Catoosa	624 71.9%	32 3.7%	212	868	D+68.2
Wilkes	785 91.9%	17 2.0%	52	854	D+89.9
Towns	358 42.4%	481 56.9%	6	845	R+14.6
White	639 75.6%	6 0.7%	200	845	D+74.9
Monroe	721 85.7%	52 6.2%	68	841	D+79.5
Telfair	773 93.5%	25 3.0%	29	827	D+90.4
Tattnall	574 69.7%	49 6.0%	200	823	D+63.8
Grady	675 84.6%	39 4.9%	84	798	D+79.7
Jefferson	588 73.9%	63 7.9%	145	796	D+66.0
Worth	690 87.5%	31 3.9%	68	789	D+83.5
Ben Hill	627 81.5%	8 1.0%	134	769	D+80.5
Dooly	737 96.0%	0 0.0%	31	768	D+96.0
Morgan	643 84.6%	59 7.8%	58	760	D+76.8
Screven	625 82.3%	36 4.7%	98	759	D+77.6
Turner	400 53.8%	145 19.5%	198	743	D+34.3
Dawson	440 59.3%	273 36.8%	29	742	D+22.5
Terrell	677 92.7%	40 5.5%	13	730	D+87.3
Oglethorpe	657 91.3%	18 2.5%	45	720	D+88.8
Dade	616 85.9%	25 3.5%	76	717	D+82.4
Randolph	645 90.7%	43 6.0%	23	711	D+84.7
Burke	673 95.3%	19 2.7%	14	706	D+92.6
Baldwin	579 84.3%	65 9.5%	43	687	D+74.8
Crisp	577 84.6%	4 0.6%	101	682	D+84.0
Lumpkin	455 66.8%	55 8.1%	171	681	D+58.7
Butts	595 88.3%	52 7.7%	27	674	D+80.6
Oconee	497 75.0%	0 0.0%	166	663	D+75.0
Wilcox	590 89.4%	12 1.8%	58	660	D+87.6
Campbell (Ext)	508 78.0%	77 11.8%	66	651	D+66.2
Rockdale	490 79.2%	73 11.8%	56	619	D+67.4
Hancock	562 91.5%	30 4.9%	22	614	D+86.6
Harris	550 91.1%	23 3.8%	31	604	D+87.3
McDuffie	466 77.5%	70 11.6%	65	601	D+65.9
Pierce	489 81.6%	85 14.2%	25	599	D+67.4
Clayton	517 86.9%	3 0.5%	75	595	D+86.4
Miller	464 78.5%	15 2.5%	112	591	D+76.0
Fayette	494 83.9%	25 4.2%	70	589	D+79.6
Appling	413 71.5%	44 7.6%	121	578	D+63.8
Stephens	500 87.0%	15 2.6%	60	575	D+84.3
Taylor	405 70.4%	57 9.9%	113	575	D+60.5
Milton (Ext)	462 81.8%	11 1.9%	92	565	D+79.8
Glynn	477 85.3%	45 8.1%	37	559	D+77.3
Irwin	503 90.1%	31 5.6%	24	558	D+84.6
Macon	440 78.9%	21 3.8%	97	558	D+75.1
Jasper	537 96.4%	14 2.5%	6	557	D+93.9
Douglas	416 75.0%	61 11.0%	78	555	D+64.0
Columbia	521 95.6%	6 1.1%	18	545	D+94.5
Toombs	425 78.1%	33 6.1%	86	544	D+72.1
Talbot	511 94.3%	17 3.1%	14	542	D+91.1
Baker	435 82.2%	0 0.0%	94	529	D+82.2
Effingham	450 86.2%	8 1.5%	64	522	D+84.7
Wayne	460 89.5%	29 5.6%	25	514	D+83.9
Heard	439 85.7%	11 2.1%	62	512	D+83.6
Stewart	474 92.8%	23 4.5%	14	511	D+88.3
Candler	442 94.0%	0 0.0%	28	470	D+94.0
Putnam	462 98.3%	8 1.7%		470	D+96.6
Marion	330 70.5%	42 9.0%	96	468	D+61.5
Early	442 95.5%	4 0.9%	17	463	D+94.6
Wheeler	372 84.0%	31 7.0%	40	443	D+77.0
Clinch	374 86.0%	53 12.2%	8	435	D+73.8
Jones	398 92.3%	27 6.3%	6	431	D+86.1
Jenkins	402 93.7%	7 1.6%	20	429	D+92.1
Warren	292 68.2%	47 11.0%	89	428	D+57.2
Evans	334 78.4%	34 8.0%	58	426	D+70.4
Pulaski	383 91.4%	13 3.1%	23	419	D+88.3
Wilkinson	371 88.5%	28 6.7%	20	419	D+81.9
Crawford	411 98.6%	2 0.5%	4	417	D+98.1
Twiggs	365 91.3%	20 5.0%	15	400	D+86.3
Lincoln	333 84.5%	5 1.3%	56	394	D+83.2
Bleckley	362 94.8%	6 1.6%	14	382	D+93.2
Jeff Davis	299 78.3%	14 3.7%	69	382	D+74.6
Liberty	245 65.5%	26 7.0%	103	374	D+58.6
Bacon	287 86.2%	46 13.8%		333	D+72.4
Lee	316 97.8%	3 0.9%	4	323	D+96.9
Bryan	295 91.9%	17 5.3%	9	321	D+86.6
Glascock	126 43.4%	8 2.8%	156	290	Others
Webster	248 87.6%	20 7.1%	15	283	D+80.6
Calhoun	265 96.0%	9 3.3%	2	276	D+92.8
Taliaferro	255 92.4%	7 2.5%	14	276	D+89.9
Camden	251 96.9%	4 1.5%	4	259	D+95.4
Schley	222 85.7%	2 0.8%	35	259	D+84.9
Clay	225 92.2%	9 3.7%	10	244	D+88.5
Charlton	169 72.5%	52 22.3%	12	233	D+50.2
Echols	173 100.0%	0 0.0%		173	D+100.0
Chattahoochee	156 94.5%	5 3.0%	4	165	D+91.5
Quitman	125 88.0%	2 1.4%	15	142	D+86.6
McIntosh	114 82.6%	20 14.5%	4	138	D+68.1

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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