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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Louisiana

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Louisiana in 1916, 85.9% to 7.0%, a margin of 78.9 points and 73,409 votes.

Louisiana voted 75.8 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 62 of the 64 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 2. The largest, Orleans, cast 33,983 votes and went to the Democrat by 83.6 points. The closest was Terrebonne, where 18 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	79,875	85.9%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	6,466	7.0%
Unpledged electors	Progressive	6,349	6.8%
All other candidates		292	0.3%
Total		92,982

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	30,936 91.0%	2,531 7.4%	516	33,983	D+83.6
Caddo	3,109 95.2%	151 4.6%	5	3,265	D+90.6
Rapides	2,184 93.3%	134 5.7%	24	2,342	D+87.5
Vermilion	1,340 59.3%	78 3.5%	842	2,260	D+55.8
Calcasieu	1,798 91.1%	165 8.4%	11	1,974	D+82.7
Lafourche	629 32.5%	157 8.1%	1,149	1,935	Others
Iberia	802 44.9%	134 7.5%	850	1,786	Others
East Baton Rouge	1,482 90.0%	130 7.9%	35	1,647	D+82.1
Lafayette	1,066 66.0%	73 4.5%	476	1,615	D+61.5
Tangipahoa	1,326 88.6%	159 10.6%	12	1,497	D+78.0
St. Mary	652 45.9%	162 11.4%	605	1,419	D+34.5
St. Martin	971 69.4%	36 2.6%	392	1,399	D+66.8
Acadia	1,165 83.9%	202 14.5%	22	1,389	D+69.3
Avoyelles	1,253 95.7%	44 3.4%	12	1,309	D+92.4
Terrebonne	606 46.4%	113 8.6%	588	1,307	D+37.7
Claiborne	1,276 98.7%	15 1.2%	2	1,293	D+97.5
Vernon	754 59.1%	44 3.4%	478	1,276	D+55.6
Bienville	1,229 96.9%	20 1.6%	19	1,268	D+95.3
Natchitoches	1,181 93.9%	45 3.6%	32	1,258	D+90.3
Ouachita	1,215 96.8%	35 2.8%	5	1,255	D+94.0
Sabine	1,147 97.0%	30 2.5%	5	1,182	D+94.5
Washington	1,094 93.2%	66 5.6%	14	1,174	D+87.6
Union	1,106 97.1%	22 1.9%	11	1,139	D+95.2
Desoto	1,104 97.2%	17 1.5%	15	1,136	D+95.7
Jefferson	1,041 94.2%	56 5.1%	8	1,105	D+89.1
Assumption	489 45.2%	221 20.4%	373	1,083	D+24.7
Webster	1,040 97.8%	6 0.6%	17	1,063	D+97.3
Beauregard	968 94.1%	59 5.7%	2	1,029	D+88.3
Winn	868 84.9%	50 4.9%	104	1,022	D+80.0
Jackson	980 97.1%	27 2.7%	2	1,009	D+94.4
Lincoln	932 95.2%	42 4.3%	5	979	D+90.9
Evangeline	808 89.9%	26 2.9%	65	899	D+87.0
St. Tammany	782 87.7%	95 10.7%	15	892	D+77.0
Jefferson Davis	656 73.7%	200 22.5%	34	890	D+51.2
Allen	708 89.5%	81 10.2%	2	791	D+79.3
St. James	520 71.5%	185 25.4%	22	727	D+46.1
Ascension	531 76.1%	106 15.2%	61	698	D+60.9
Franklin	684 98.6%	10 1.4%		694	D+97.1
Bossier	675 98.7%	9 1.3%		684	D+97.4
Grant	640 93.7%	31 4.5%	12	683	D+89.2
Richland	650 98.9%	7 1.1%		657	D+97.9
Iberville	471 72.0%	160 24.5%	23	654	D+47.6
La Salle	610 95.6%	20 3.1%	8	638	D+92.5
Caldwell	554 93.7%	20 3.4%	17	591	D+90.4
Morehouse	564 98.8%	3 0.5%	4	571	D+98.2
Red River	567 99.3%	4 0.7%		571	D+98.6
Livingston	503 90.3%	35 6.3%	19	557	D+84.0
East Feliciana	489 95.7%	21 4.1%	1	511	D+91.6
Plaquemines	461 90.2%	43 8.4%	7	511	D+81.8
Catahoula	459 95.6%	20 4.2%	1	480	D+91.5
St. John The Baptist	289 70.1%	115 27.9%	8	412	D+42.2
St. Bernard	363 92.8%	23 5.9%	5	391	D+87.0
St. Landry	139 36.9%	117 31.0%	121	377	D+5.8
Pointe Coupee	301 85.3%	37 10.5%	15	353	D+74.8
West Carroll	311 91.2%	14 4.1%	16	341	D+87.1
St. Helena	319 95.5%	9 2.7%	6	334	D+92.8
St. Charles	297 90.0%	30 9.1%	3	330	D+80.9
Concordia	264 95.3%	10 3.6%	3	277	D+91.7
West Feliciana	261 95.3%	8 2.9%	5	274	D+92.3
West Baton Rouge	237 87.8%	28 10.4%	5	270	D+77.4
East Carroll	219 98.6%	3 1.4%		222	D+97.3
Tensas	204 96.7%	5 2.4%	2	211	D+94.3
Madison	187 99.5%	1 0.5%		188	D+98.9
Cameron	163 94.2%	10 5.8%		173	D+88.4

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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