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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Minnesota

Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) beat Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1916, 46.4% to 46.2%, a margin of 0.1 points and 392 votes.

Minnesota voted 3.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

Minnesota changed party: in 1912 it went third-party, for Theodore Roosevelt.

Republicans led in 53 of the 86 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Hennepin, cast 68,556 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.3 points. The closest was Todd, where 3 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
Charles Evans Hughes won	Republican	179,544	46.4%
Woodrow Wilson	Democratic	179,152	46.2%
Allan L. Benson	Socialist	20,117	5.2%
All other candidates		8,551	2.2%
Total		387,364

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	36,395 53.1%	27,957 40.8%	4,204	68,556	D+12.3
Ramsey	22,291 58.7%	13,317 35.1%	2,353	37,961	D+23.6
St. Louis	12,056 46.1%	10,834 41.5%	3,234	26,124	D+4.7
Otter Tail	2,858 35.9%	4,328 54.3%	780	7,966	R+18.5
Stearns	3,350 42.3%	4,312 54.4%	259	7,921	R+12.1
Polk	3,498 53.7%	2,471 37.9%	545	6,514	D+15.8
Winona	2,907 47.8%	2,916 47.9%	259	6,082	R+0.1
Goodhue	1,875 33.2%	3,471 61.4%	308	5,654	R+28.2
Blue Earth	2,211 41.7%	2,864 54.0%	233	5,308	R+12.3
Wright	2,262 44.0%	2,683 52.2%	191	5,136	R+8.2
Rice	2,083 44.7%	2,408 51.7%	170	4,661	R+7.0
Fillmore	1,313 29.1%	2,945 65.2%	259	4,517	R+36.1
Dakota	2,373 52.6%	1,881 41.7%	254	4,508	D+10.9
Renville	1,660 37.7%	2,432 55.2%	310	4,402	R+17.5
Todd	1,922 44.6%	1,919 44.5%	471	4,312	D+0.1
Mower	1,572 37.1%	2,520 59.4%	148	4,240	R+22.4
Olmsted	1,926 45.5%	2,101 49.7%	203	4,230	R+4.1
Washington	1,610 39.8%	2,167 53.5%	270	4,047	R+13.8
Beltrami	1,912 47.5%	1,331 33.0%	785	4,028	D+14.4
Freeborn	1,347 33.5%	2,418 60.1%	260	4,025	R+26.6
Morrison	1,650 42.7%	1,887 48.8%	327	3,864	R+6.1
Crow Wing	1,568 40.6%	1,715 44.4%	578	3,861	R+3.8
Kandiyohi	1,968 51.1%	1,612 41.8%	275	3,855	D+9.2
Martin	1,756 47.6%	1,741 47.2%	195	3,692	D+0.4
Lyon	1,893 53.1%	1,389 39.0%	282	3,564	D+14.1
Redwood	1,361 38.2%	2,029 57.0%	171	3,561	R+18.8
Faribault	1,123 31.7%	2,184 61.7%	232	3,539	R+30.0
Becker	1,453 41.6%	1,761 50.4%	277	3,491	R+8.8
Brown	1,101 31.6%	2,078 59.7%	303	3,482	R+28.1
Clay	1,716 49.6%	1,549 44.8%	193	3,458	D+4.8
Pine	1,507 43.7%	1,531 44.4%	412	3,450	R+0.7
Douglas	1,398 41.1%	1,709 50.3%	293	3,400	R+9.1
Meeker	1,475 43.7%	1,780 52.7%	123	3,378	R+9.0
Wabasha	1,449 43.1%	1,787 53.1%	129	3,365	R+10.0
Steele	1,497 45.1%	1,734 52.2%	91	3,322	R+7.1
Marshall	1,513 46.3%	1,461 44.7%	292	3,266	D+1.6
Le Sueur	1,723 52.9%	1,430 43.9%	105	3,258	D+9.0
McLeod	1,305 40.7%	1,772 55.2%	132	3,209	R+14.6
Itasca	1,504 47.7%	1,163 36.9%	486	3,153	D+10.8
Yellow Medicine	1,238 41.3%	1,501 50.1%	258	2,997	R+8.8
Carver	960 32.3%	1,950 65.6%	64	2,974	R+33.3
Jackson	1,272 44.0%	1,503 52.0%	118	2,893	R+8.0
Lac Qui Parle	1,047 36.5%	1,614 56.3%	206	2,867	R+19.8
Chisago	944 33.0%	1,749 61.2%	164	2,857	R+28.2
Waseca	1,178 41.9%	1,522 54.1%	113	2,813	R+12.2
Nobles	1,280 45.6%	1,413 50.4%	111	2,804	R+4.7
Chippewa	1,134 40.5%	1,311 46.8%	357	2,802	R+6.3
Sibley	973 34.9%	1,737 62.4%	75	2,785	R+27.4
Carlton	1,115 40.9%	1,096 40.2%	517	2,728	D+0.7
Swift	1,151 43.8%	1,335 50.8%	143	2,629	R+7.0
Houston	744 28.8%	1,783 69.1%	54	2,581	R+40.3
Pope	1,121 43.4%	1,321 51.2%	139	2,581	R+7.7
Anoka	1,171 45.4%	1,262 49.0%	145	2,578	R+3.5
Cass	1,260 49.0%	982 38.2%	328	2,570	D+10.8
Mille Lacs	1,113 44.0%	1,127 44.6%	288	2,528	R+0.6
Norman	1,076 43.3%	1,046 42.1%	362	2,484	D+1.2
Murray	1,193 48.9%	1,137 46.6%	108	2,438	D+2.3
Aitkin	877 36.1%	1,122 46.2%	428	2,427	R+10.1
Scott	1,361 57.2%	972 40.9%	46	2,379	D+16.4
Cottonwood	762 32.2%	1,425 60.2%	179	2,366	R+28.0
Isanti	935 40.1%	1,123 48.2%	273	2,331	R+8.1
Dodge	895 39.6%	1,260 55.8%	103	2,258	R+16.2
Nicollet	814 36.9%	1,288 58.4%	102	2,204	R+21.5
Watonwan	801 36.9%	1,300 59.9%	68	2,169	R+23.0
Pennington	1,004 46.8%	868 40.5%	273	2,145	D+6.3
Roseau	834 39.3%	821 38.7%	466	2,121	D+0.6
Benton	945 45.5%	1,020 49.1%	113	2,078	R+3.6
Lincoln	1,174 57.7%	777 38.2%	84	2,035	D+19.5
Rock	705 35.2%	1,196 59.7%	103	2,004	R+24.5
Pipestone	732 38.0%	1,010 52.4%	184	1,926	R+14.4
Koochiching	1,089 59.0%	474 25.7%	283	1,846	D+33.3
Big Stone	869 48.1%	810 44.9%	126	1,805	D+3.3
Stevens	787 43.9%	943 52.6%	64	1,794	R+8.7
Grant	778 43.6%	878 49.2%	129	1,785	R+5.6
Sherburne	731 41.0%	965 54.1%	88	1,784	R+13.1
Wadena	651 37.7%	938 54.3%	138	1,727	R+16.6
Hubbard	799 47.1%	685 40.4%	212	1,696	D+6.7
Kittson	749 46.5%	709 44.0%	154	1,612	D+2.5
Traverse	779 49.0%	774 48.7%	36	1,589	D+0.3
Kanabec	608 38.4%	776 49.0%	199	1,583	R+10.6
Wilkin	808 51.8%	690 44.2%	63	1,561	D+7.6
Lake	506 38.1%	401 30.2%	420	1,327	D+7.9
Clearwater	544 44.0%	493 39.9%	198	1,235	D+4.1
Red Lake	694 56.5%	463 37.7%	71	1,228	D+18.8
Mahnomen	411 57.1%	262 36.4%	47	720	D+20.7
Cook	162 44.6%	125 34.4%	76	363	D+10.2

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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