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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Mississippi

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Mississippi in 1916, 92.8% to 4.9%, a margin of 87.9 points and 76,169 votes.

Mississippi voted 84.8 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 80 of the 80 counties as they stood then. The largest, Lauderdale, cast 3,300 votes and went to the Democrat by 87.9 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 86 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	80,422	92.8%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	4,253	4.9%
All other candidates		2,004	2.3%
Total		86,679

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Lauderdale	3,058 92.7%	157 4.8%	85	3,300	D+87.9
Hinds	2,220 95.0%	97 4.2%	20	2,337	D+90.8
Jones	1,664 80.0%	196 9.4%	220	2,080	D+70.6
Monroe	1,684 94.6%	82 4.6%	15	1,781	D+89.9
Lee	1,683 94.6%	91 5.1%	5	1,779	D+89.5
Union	1,666 94.5%	89 5.0%	8	1,763	D+89.4
Harrison	1,395 84.7%	197 12.0%	55	1,647	D+72.7
Tippah	1,547 94.3%	82 5.0%	11	1,640	D+89.3
Itawamba	1,407 88.4%	184 11.6%	1	1,592	D+76.8
Alcorn	1,452 91.4%	125 7.9%	12	1,589	D+83.5
Neshoba	1,459 92.9%	69 4.4%	43	1,571	D+88.5
Prentiss	1,342 87.3%	164 10.7%	32	1,538	D+76.6
Pike	1,451 95.7%	53 3.5%	12	1,516	D+92.2
Copiah	1,486 98.2%	20 1.3%	7	1,513	D+96.9
Leake	1,434 96.0%	31 2.1%	28	1,493	D+94.0
Lafayette	1,370 95.8%	47 3.3%	13	1,430	D+92.5
Pontotoc	1,314 92.1%	110 7.7%	3	1,427	D+84.4
Newton	1,341 94.7%	19 1.3%	56	1,416	D+93.4
Lincoln	1,282 91.1%	105 7.5%	20	1,407	D+83.7
Attala	1,267 90.2%	110 7.8%	27	1,404	D+82.4
Smith	1,271 96.5%	30 2.3%	16	1,317	D+94.2
Calhoun	1,225 93.9%	45 3.5%	34	1,304	D+90.5
Chickasaw	1,215 93.3%	47 3.6%	40	1,302	D+89.7
Panola	1,262 97.8%	29 2.2%		1,291	D+95.5
Warren	1,204 93.9%	73 5.7%	5	1,282	D+88.2
Forrest	1,146 90.8%	54 4.3%	62	1,262	D+86.5
Yalobusha	1,175 95.5%	49 4.0%	6	1,230	D+91.5
Winston	1,152 94.0%	47 3.8%	27	1,226	D+90.1
Tishomingo	1,031 84.2%	175 14.3%	19	1,225	D+69.9
Yazoo	1,146 97.3%	25 2.1%	7	1,178	D+95.2
Clarke	1,092 93.3%	49 4.2%	29	1,170	D+89.1
Scott	1,106 96.3%	25 2.2%	18	1,149	D+94.1
Webster	944 83.3%	143 12.6%	46	1,133	D+70.7
Rankin	1,104 98.2%	8 0.7%	12	1,124	D+97.5
Jasper	1,040 93.3%	38 3.4%	37	1,115	D+89.9
Holmes	1,070 96.8%	21 1.9%	14	1,105	D+94.9
Tate	1,074 97.7%	18 1.6%	7	1,099	D+96.1
Tallahatchie	1,061 99.4%	6 0.6%		1,067	D+98.9
Lowndes	1,028 96.5%	29 2.7%	8	1,065	D+93.8
Montgomery	997 94.4%	35 3.3%	24	1,056	D+91.1
Amite	1,024 97.9%	16 1.5%	6	1,046	D+96.4
Kemper	939 91.3%	71 6.9%	18	1,028	D+84.4
Marshall	1,017 99.1%	8 0.8%	1	1,026	D+98.3
Simpson	966 96.0%	34 3.4%	6	1,006	D+92.6
Carroll	943 95.0%	34 3.4%	16	993	D+91.5
Covington	836 86.2%	63 6.5%	71	970	D+79.7
Oktibbeha	911 94.9%	48 5.0%	1	960	D+89.9
Choctaw	873 91.5%	53 5.6%	28	954	D+86.0
Sunflower	879 97.6%	20 2.2%	2	901	D+95.3
Washington	836 94.4%	47 5.3%	3	886	D+89.1
Lamar	744 84.4%	89 10.1%	49	882	D+74.3
Leflore	853 96.8%	28 3.2%		881	D+93.6
De Soto	861 98.5%	12 1.4%	1	874	D+97.1
Wayne	787 90.7%	47 5.4%	34	868	D+85.3
Clay	832 96.7%	27 3.1%	1	860	D+93.6
Jackson	743 87.2%	87 10.2%	22	852	D+77.0
Marion	792 93.4%	51 6.0%	5	848	D+87.4
Madison	782 93.1%	36 4.3%	22	840	D+88.8
Franklin	769 96.5%	22 2.8%	6	797	D+93.7
Benton	718 95.0%	38 5.0%		756	D+89.9
Lawrence	725 97.2%	18 2.4%	3	746	D+94.8
Coahoma	697 96.7%	21 2.9%	3	721	D+93.8
Adams	671 94.0%	42 5.9%	1	714	D+88.1
Walthall	665 96.7%	12 1.7%	11	688	D+94.9
Grenada	649 94.9%	28 4.1%	7	684	D+90.8
Jefferson Davis	634 92.8%	45 6.6%	4	683	D+86.2
Noxubee	656 98.1%	10 1.5%	3	669	D+96.6
Hancock	512 88.0%	68 11.7%	2	582	D+76.3
Pearl River	521 93.5%	35 6.3%	1	557	D+87.3
Stone	451 92.6%	31 6.4%	5	487	D+86.2
Wilkinson	460 97.5%	8 1.7%	4	472	D+95.8
Jefferson	456 99.1%	3 0.7%	1	460	D+98.5
Perry	395 87.8%	32 7.1%	23	450	D+80.7
Claiborne	435 98.6%	5 1.1%	1	441	D+97.5
Greene	399 91.7%	32 7.4%	4	435	D+84.4
George	341 84.8%	32 8.0%	29	402	D+76.9
Quitman	272 95.4%	12 4.2%	1	285	D+91.2
Sharkey	246 96.9%	6 2.4%	2	254	D+94.5
Tunica	173 100.0%	0 0.0%		173	D+100.0
Issaquena	94 89.5%	8 7.6%	3	105	D+81.9

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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