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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Idaho

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Idaho in 1916, 52.0% to 41.1%, a margin of 10.9 points and 14,686 votes.

Idaho voted 7.8 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 32 of the 37 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Ada, cast 10,966 votes and went to the Republican by 0.8 points. The closest was Gooding, where 4 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	70,054	52.0%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	55,368	41.1%
Allan L. Benson	Socialist	8,066	6.0%
All other candidates		1,127	0.8%
Total		134,615

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	5,207 47.5%	5,299 48.3%	460	10,966	R+0.8
Canyon	4,478 50.0%	3,570 39.8%	912	8,960	D+10.1
Twin Falls	3,974 51.6%	3,083 40.0%	644	7,701	D+11.6
Bannock	4,084 55.5%	2,950 40.1%	322	7,356	D+15.4
Shoshone	4,239 59.1%	2,431 33.9%	501	7,171	D+25.2
Kootenai	2,855 44.5%	2,741 42.7%	826	6,422	D+1.8
Latah	2,811 45.5%	2,777 45.0%	584	6,172	D+0.6
Nez Perce	2,675 56.5%	1,753 37.0%	310	4,738	D+19.5
Idaho	2,265 49.8%	1,892 41.6%	395	4,552	D+8.2
Fremont	2,695 59.2%	1,654 36.4%	201	4,550	D+22.9
Bingham	2,306 53.0%	1,885 43.3%	158	4,349	D+9.7
Bonneville	2,341 56.1%	1,736 41.6%	94	4,171	D+14.5
Bonner	2,003 52.0%	1,417 36.8%	435	3,855	D+15.2
Washington	1,802 51.8%	1,545 44.4%	130	3,477	D+7.4
Cassia	1,629 50.0%	1,320 40.6%	306	3,255	D+9.5
Blaine	1,830 56.3%	1,231 37.9%	189	3,250	D+18.4
Bear Lake	1,566 55.4%	1,229 43.4%	34	2,829	D+11.9
Jefferson	1,606 58.9%	993 36.4%	126	2,725	D+22.5
Benewah	1,374 51.5%	935 35.1%	358	2,667	D+16.5
Minidoka	1,135 42.7%	963 36.2%	561	2,659	D+6.5
Franklin	1,425 56.0%	1,089 42.8%	32	2,546	D+13.2
Madison	1,371 54.3%	1,132 44.8%	21	2,524	D+9.5
Oneida	1,298 55.4%	1,014 43.3%	31	2,343	D+12.1
Lincoln	1,084 47.0%	1,121 48.6%	102	2,307	R+1.6
Gooding	1,089 47.4%	1,093 47.6%	115	2,297	R+0.2
Lewis	1,255 54.7%	901 39.3%	138	2,294	D+15.4
Power	1,079 50.0%	1,024 47.4%	57	2,160	D+2.5
Gem	990 52.1%	750 39.5%	160	1,900	D+12.6
Lemhi	1,080 57.3%	723 38.4%	81	1,884	D+18.9
Elmore	1,104 59.6%	658 35.5%	90	1,852	D+24.1
Boise	1,048 57.2%	657 35.8%	128	1,833	D+21.3
Clearwater	678 38.3%	839 47.4%	254	1,771	R+9.1
Owyhee	775 52.8%	594 40.4%	100	1,469	D+12.3
Adams	645 44.7%	667 46.2%	132	1,444	R+1.5
Custer	879 62.4%	454 32.2%	76	1,409	D+30.2
Teton	726 51.9%	650 46.4%	24	1,400	D+5.4
Boundary	653 48.1%	598 44.1%	106	1,357	D+4.1

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

1916 presidential election in Idaho

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