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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Kansas

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Kansas in 1916, 49.9% to 44.1%, a margin of 5.9 points and 36,930 votes.

Kansas voted 2.7 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 79 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 26. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 33,121 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.0 points. The closest was Meade, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow Wilson won Democratic 314,588 49.9%
Charles Evans Hughes Republican 277,658 44.1%
All other candidates 37,567 6.0%
Total629,813

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 17,850 53.9% 13,863 41.9% 1,408 33,121 D+12.0
Sedgwick 13,391 51.3% 10,899 41.8% 1,792 26,082 D+9.6
Shawnee 9,468 41.1% 12,634 54.9% 912 23,014 R+13.8
Crawford 8,064 43.5% 7,067 38.1% 3,408 18,539 D+5.4
Montgomery 8,059 52.4% 6,371 41.5% 939 15,369 D+11.0
Reno 6,683 44.8% 6,870 46.0% 1,366 14,919 R+1.3
Labette 6,421 51.4% 5,328 42.6% 755 12,504 D+8.7
Leavenworth 6,002 49.3% 5,536 45.5% 640 12,178 D+3.8
Cowley 5,962 49.4% 5,297 43.9% 816 12,075 D+5.5
Cherokee 6,188 53.4% 4,350 37.5% 1,047 11,585 D+15.9
Lyon 5,584 53.4% 4,215 40.3% 665 10,464 D+13.1
Sumner 5,519 53.3% 4,079 39.4% 763 10,361 D+13.9
Dickinson 4,974 51.9% 4,323 45.1% 296 9,593 D+6.8
Atchison 4,634 48.7% 4,624 48.6% 254 9,512 D+0.1
Neosho 4,891 52.9% 4,053 43.9% 295 9,239 D+9.1
Douglas 3,834 41.5% 4,975 53.9% 426 9,235 R+12.4
Saline 4,860 52.8% 3,984 43.2% 368 9,212 D+9.5
Marshall 4,275 46.7% 4,581 50.1% 291 9,147 R+3.3
Bourbon 5,209 58.1% 3,370 37.6% 388 8,967 D+20.5
Allen 4,053 46.9% 4,129 47.8% 459 8,641 R+0.9
Franklin 4,128 48.0% 3,885 45.2% 588 8,601 D+2.8
Osage 4,276 50.7% 3,770 44.7% 390 8,436 D+6.0
Butler 4,248 50.7% 3,614 43.2% 511 8,373 D+7.6
Brown 3,503 43.2% 4,282 52.9% 315 8,100 R+9.6
McPherson 3,737 46.7% 3,806 47.6% 451 7,994 R+0.9
Johnson 3,928 49.7% 3,767 47.7% 205 7,900 D+2.0
Jewell 4,180 55.1% 3,022 39.8% 383 7,585 D+15.3
Miami 4,047 54.7% 3,086 41.7% 260 7,393 D+13.0
Nemaha 3,579 49.0% 3,591 49.2% 130 7,300 R+0.2
Washington 3,316 45.5% 3,766 51.7% 200 7,282 R+6.2
Cloud 3,837 53.4% 2,870 39.9% 483 7,190 D+13.4
Wilson 3,494 49.2% 2,970 41.8% 640 7,104 D+7.4
Harvey 3,131 44.1% 3,479 49.0% 493 7,103 R+4.9
Republic 3,806 55.0% 2,882 41.6% 232 6,920 D+13.4
Pottawatomie 2,834 42.8% 3,688 55.7% 104 6,626 R+12.9
Marion 2,790 42.1% 3,453 52.1% 379 6,622 R+10.0
Barton 3,292 50.6% 2,891 44.5% 319 6,502 D+6.2
Jackson 2,914 45.1% 3,451 53.4% 94 6,459 R+8.3
Riley 2,637 41.6% 3,320 52.3% 386 6,343 R+10.8
Smith 3,431 54.1% 2,605 41.1% 306 6,342 D+13.0
Jefferson 2,919 46.4% 3,174 50.5% 193 6,286 R+4.1
Greenwood 2,956 48.0% 2,971 48.3% 227 6,154 R+0.2
Coffey 3,121 50.8% 2,799 45.6% 222 6,142 D+5.2
Linn 2,930 49.4% 2,699 45.5% 307 5,936 D+3.9
Rice 2,801 47.9% 2,494 42.6% 557 5,852 D+5.2
Mitchell 3,197 54.9% 2,413 41.4% 215 5,825 D+13.5
Ford 3,044 52.5% 2,337 40.3% 420 5,801 D+12.2
Clay 2,632 46.6% 2,692 47.7% 320 5,644 R+1.1
Anderson 2,739 50.5% 2,386 43.9% 304 5,429 D+6.5
Phillips 2,912 53.6% 2,271 41.8% 245 5,428 D+11.8
Osborne 2,621 51.6% 2,149 42.3% 311 5,081 D+9.3
Morris 2,577 51.5% 2,289 45.7% 140 5,006 D+5.8
Ottawa 2,711 54.6% 2,013 40.6% 240 4,964 D+14.1
Kingman 2,626 53.1% 1,891 38.3% 426 4,943 D+14.9
Harper 2,648 54.2% 1,797 36.8% 439 4,884 D+17.4
Doniphan 1,916 39.4% 2,826 58.1% 126 4,868 R+18.7
Pratt 2,607 54.3% 1,820 37.9% 371 4,798 D+16.4
Norton 2,876 61.0% 1,616 34.3% 222 4,714 D+26.7
Wabaunsee 1,706 38.1% 2,640 59.0% 132 4,478 R+20.9
Stafford 2,148 49.6% 1,812 41.9% 368 4,328 D+7.8
Rooks 2,394 56.5% 1,621 38.3% 219 4,234 D+18.3
Chautauqua 1,737 41.4% 2,085 49.7% 374 4,196 R+8.3
Russell 1,934 47.0% 2,011 48.9% 169 4,114 R+1.9
Elk 2,053 51.0% 1,769 43.9% 204 4,026 D+7.1
Ellsworth 1,936 48.1% 1,945 48.3% 143 4,024 R+0.2
Barber 2,061 51.7% 1,632 41.0% 290 3,983 D+10.8
Lincoln 2,106 53.5% 1,716 43.6% 118 3,940 D+9.9
Pawnee 2,131 55.1% 1,499 38.7% 241 3,871 D+16.3
Woodson 1,794 46.5% 1,861 48.2% 205 3,860 R+1.7
Decatur 2,431 67.0% 1,007 27.7% 193 3,631 D+39.2
Ellis 2,335 64.7% 1,186 32.9% 87 3,608 D+31.8
Geary 1,740 48.5% 1,731 48.2% 120 3,591 D+0.3
Graham 1,801 55.8% 1,150 35.6% 277 3,228 D+20.2
Chase 1,584 51.6% 1,356 44.1% 132 3,072 D+7.4
Rush 1,478 50.3% 1,223 41.7% 235 2,936 D+8.7
Finney 1,370 47.3% 1,238 42.7% 288 2,896 D+4.6
Edwards 1,431 50.4% 1,158 40.8% 249 2,838 D+9.6
Ness 1,213 49.2% 927 37.6% 324 2,464 D+11.6
Rawlins 1,271 55.5% 803 35.1% 217 2,291 D+20.4
Kiowa 956 43.5% 901 41.0% 342 2,199 D+2.5
Meade 977 45.1% 973 45.0% 214 2,164 D+0.2
Thomas 1,299 63.0% 642 31.1% 120 2,061 D+31.9
Trego 1,094 53.1% 867 42.1% 100 2,061 D+11.0
Sheridan 1,189 58.7% 760 37.5% 78 2,027 D+21.2
Seward 1,105 56.3% 678 34.5% 181 1,964 D+21.7
Clark 1,102 58.0% 653 34.4% 144 1,899 D+23.6
Comanche 963 50.7% 732 38.5% 204 1,899 D+12.2
Sherman 1,196 63.3% 582 30.8% 110 1,888 D+32.5
Gray 889 52.1% 660 38.7% 158 1,707 D+13.4
Gove 862 53.8% 642 40.1% 98 1,602 D+13.7
Cheyenne 787 50.2% 498 31.8% 282 1,567 D+18.4
Hodgeman 761 50.5% 564 37.5% 181 1,506 D+13.1
Logan 709 50.4% 592 42.0% 107 1,408 D+8.3
Scott 684 54.5% 416 33.1% 155 1,255 D+21.4
Kearny 490 41.2% 538 45.3% 160 1,188 R+4.0
Stevens 646 55.3% 391 33.5% 131 1,168 D+21.8
Hamilton 522 45.0% 511 44.1% 127 1,160 D+0.9
Lane 659 58.2% 363 32.1% 110 1,132 D+26.1
Wallace 497 51.5% 381 39.5% 87 965 D+12.0
Morton 457 47.9% 405 42.4% 93 955 D+5.4
Wichita 333 46.1% 318 44.0% 71 722 D+2.1
Haskell 349 50.9% 248 36.2% 88 685 D+14.7
Greeley 168 34.9% 210 43.6% 104 482 R+8.7
Grant 208 46.3% 200 44.5% 41 449 D+1.8
Stanton 170 42.1% 180 44.6% 54 404 R+2.5

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7