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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Missouri

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Missouri in 1916, 50.6% to 46.9%, a margin of 3.6 points and 28,693 votes.

Missouri voted 0.5 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 68 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 162,032 votes and went to the Republican by 6.0 points. The closest was De Kalb, where 7 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	398,032	50.6%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	369,339	46.9%
All other candidates		19,398	2.5%
Total		786,769

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis City	74,059 45.7%	83,798 51.7%	4,175	162,032	R+6.0
Jackson	44,556 56.4%	32,943 41.7%	1,530	79,029	D+14.7
Jasper	10,513 50.0%	9,358 44.5%	1,166	21,037	D+5.5
St. Louis	7,587 37.8%	12,485 62.2%		20,072	R+24.4
Buchanan	10,973 57.3%	7,761 40.6%	400	19,134	D+16.8
Greene	7,191 46.7%	7,543 48.9%	676	15,410	R+2.3
Pettis	4,665 50.1%	4,319 46.4%	321	9,305	D+3.7
Lafayette	4,073 49.4%	4,049 49.1%	126	8,248	D+0.3
Boone	5,601 71.5%	2,180 27.8%	57	7,838	D+43.6
Saline	4,503 59.5%	2,966 39.2%	95	7,564	D+20.3
Nodaway	3,874 51.6%	3,540 47.1%	94	7,508	D+4.4
Marion	4,534 61.3%	2,759 37.3%	108	7,401	D+24.0
Randolph	5,081 69.8%	2,111 29.0%	83	7,275	D+40.8
Macon	3,805 53.9%	3,034 43.0%	224	7,063	D+10.9
Franklin	2,468 35.6%	4,325 62.4%	142	6,935	R+26.8
St. Francois	3,675 53.4%	3,015 43.8%	195	6,885	D+9.6
Cape Girardeau	2,993 43.5%	3,753 54.6%	127	6,873	R+11.1
Johnson	3,701 54.7%	2,966 43.8%	100	6,767	D+10.9
Henry	3,653 56.1%	2,727 41.9%	129	6,509	D+14.2
Jefferson	3,021 46.6%	3,310 51.0%	158	6,489	R+4.5
Newton	3,158 49.3%	2,929 45.7%	322	6,409	D+3.6
Linn	3,441 54.0%	2,801 44.0%	128	6,370	D+10.0
Lawrence	2,809 44.2%	3,228 50.8%	313	6,350	R+6.6
Vernon	3,776 60.6%	2,211 35.5%	241	6,228	D+25.1
Stoddard	3,274 53.6%	2,482 40.6%	353	6,109	D+13.0
Bates	3,255 53.7%	2,597 42.9%	204	6,056	D+10.9
Dunklin	3,723 61.7%	1,924 31.9%	386	6,033	D+29.8
Callaway	3,882 65.6%	2,009 33.9%	28	5,919	D+31.6
Carroll	2,822 48.0%	2,978 50.7%	79	5,879	R+2.7
Pike	3,344 58.6%	2,322 40.7%	38	5,704	D+17.9
Cole	2,915 51.1%	2,746 48.2%	42	5,703	D+3.0
Barry	2,752 49.0%	2,683 47.8%	176	5,611	D+1.2
Cass	3,337 60.2%	2,104 38.0%	103	5,544	D+22.2
St. Charles	1,914 34.9%	3,518 64.2%	51	5,483	R+29.3
Cooper	2,537 46.9%	2,830 52.3%	47	5,414	R+5.4
Chariton	3,135 58.3%	2,183 40.6%	59	5,377	D+17.7
Audrain	3,572 66.6%	1,741 32.5%	48	5,361	D+34.2
Scott	2,816 52.7%	2,285 42.8%	240	5,341	D+9.9
Clay	3,902 74.1%	1,307 24.8%	55	5,264	D+49.3
Adair	2,275 43.4%	2,681 51.1%	291	5,247	R+7.7
Ray	3,380 65.5%	1,718 33.3%	65	5,163	D+32.2
Livingston	2,609 51.1%	2,424 47.4%	76	5,109	D+3.6
Harrison	2,205 43.3%	2,741 53.9%	143	5,089	R+10.5
Butler	2,135 42.2%	2,717 53.8%	202	5,054	R+11.5
Sullivan	2,446 49.5%	2,420 49.0%	71	4,937	D+0.5
New Madrid	2,715 55.6%	2,039 41.8%	125	4,879	D+13.9
Polk	2,149 44.2%	2,613 53.8%	96	4,858	R+9.6
Daviess	2,375 49.7%	2,342 49.1%	57	4,774	D+0.7
Pemiscot	2,447 53.0%	2,076 44.9%	98	4,621	D+8.0
Monroe	3,738 81.6%	742 16.2%	101	4,581	D+65.4
Grundy	1,789 40.9%	2,481 56.7%	104	4,374	R+15.8
Gentry	2,404 55.8%	1,823 42.3%	81	4,308	D+13.5
Howell	1,861 43.8%	2,132 50.2%	252	4,245	R+6.4
Texas	2,291 54.4%	1,809 42.9%	115	4,215	D+11.4
Lincoln	2,468 59.6%	1,642 39.7%	30	4,140	D+20.0
Montgomery	1,988 48.3%	2,079 50.5%	52	4,119	R+2.2
Webster	1,903 46.2%	2,114 51.3%	100	4,117	R+5.1
Howard	2,866 71.2%	1,121 27.9%	36	4,023	D+43.4
Barton	2,217 55.2%	1,597 39.8%	202	4,016	D+15.4
Andrew	1,853 46.6%	2,087 52.5%	36	3,976	R+5.9
Platte	2,974 76.0%	921 23.5%	20	3,915	D+52.4
Wright	1,593 41.2%	2,176 56.3%	97	3,866	R+15.1
Lewis	2,357 61.5%	1,429 37.3%	47	3,833	D+24.2
Shelby	2,549 67.3%	1,195 31.5%	46	3,790	D+35.7
Caldwell	1,683 44.5%	2,069 54.7%	28	3,780	R+10.2
Clinton	2,153 57.0%	1,551 41.1%	70	3,774	D+16.0
St. Clair	1,881 50.1%	1,718 45.8%	152	3,751	D+4.3
Laclede	1,755 47.0%	1,877 50.3%	101	3,733	R+3.3
Holt	1,615 43.8%	2,030 55.0%	45	3,690	R+11.2
Dade	1,618 44.5%	1,941 53.4%	77	3,636	R+8.9
Clark	1,692 48.1%	1,782 50.7%	42	3,516	R+2.6
Moniteau	1,675 48.2%	1,748 50.3%	53	3,476	R+2.1
Phelps	1,887 55.1%	1,487 43.4%	49	3,423	D+11.7
Perry	1,396 41.0%	1,988 58.4%	20	3,404	R+17.4
Cedar	1,410 41.6%	1,874 55.3%	106	3,390	R+13.7
Atchison	1,697 50.2%	1,626 48.1%	56	3,379	D+2.1
Miller	1,395 41.6%	1,862 55.5%	97	3,354	R+13.9
De Kalb	1,647 49.4%	1,640 49.2%	45	3,332	D+0.2
Mississippi	1,874 57.4%	1,330 40.8%	59	3,263	D+16.7
Putnam	1,035 31.9%	2,106 64.8%	107	3,248	R+33.0
Bollinger	1,538 47.4%	1,624 50.0%	83	3,245	R+2.7
Wayne	1,594 49.4%	1,528 47.3%	107	3,229	D+2.0
Osage	1,383 43.4%	1,769 55.6%	32	3,184	R+12.1
Benton	1,285 40.4%	1,842 57.9%	56	3,183	R+17.5
Knox	1,657 52.1%	1,460 45.9%	63	3,180	D+6.2
McDonald	1,631 51.4%	1,414 44.6%	126	3,171	D+6.8
Washington	1,394 45.3%	1,657 53.8%	29	3,080	R+8.5
Christian	938 30.5%	1,978 64.4%	157	3,073	R+33.8
Gasconade	510 16.7%	2,513 82.2%	34	3,057	R+65.5
Crawford	1,312 43.4%	1,642 54.4%	67	3,021	R+10.9
Morgan	1,368 46.1%	1,578 53.2%	21	2,967	R+7.1
Scotland	1,592 54.9%	1,243 42.9%	65	2,900	D+12.0
Ralls	1,994 70.1%	826 29.0%	24	2,844	D+41.1
Mercer	1,042 36.8%	1,733 61.1%	60	2,835	R+24.4
Dent	1,457 52.4%	1,252 45.0%	74	2,783	D+7.4
Douglas	737 27.8%	1,730 65.3%	184	2,651	R+37.5
Madison	1,310 51.0%	1,230 47.8%	31	2,571	D+3.1
Oregon	1,799 70.7%	660 25.9%	87	2,546	D+44.7
Dallas	1,022 40.7%	1,428 56.9%	59	2,509	R+16.2
Ripley	1,325 53.1%	1,053 42.2%	118	2,496	D+10.9
Pulaski	1,339 56.0%	1,003 41.9%	49	2,391	D+14.1
Schuyler	1,341 56.4%	995 41.9%	41	2,377	D+14.6
Ste. Genevieve	1,218 51.3%	1,137 47.9%	17	2,372	D+3.4
Warren	487 21.3%	1,752 76.7%	46	2,285	R+55.4
Stone	621 27.4%	1,525 67.2%	122	2,268	R+39.9
Camden	930 41.4%	1,261 56.2%	54	2,245	R+14.7
Shannon	1,213 56.3%	788 36.6%	153	2,154	D+19.7
Maries	1,319 63.6%	725 35.0%	30	2,074	D+28.6
Ozark	654 32.4%	1,331 65.9%	35	2,020	R+33.5
Worth	1,079 53.6%	892 44.3%	43	2,014	D+9.3
Iron	1,027 53.0%	874 45.1%	35	1,936	D+7.9
Reynolds	1,209 65.4%	592 32.0%	48	1,849	D+33.4
Taney	679 36.8%	1,123 60.9%	43	1,845	R+24.1
Hickory	552 31.2%	1,144 64.7%	71	1,767	R+33.5
Carter	586 51.9%	469 41.5%	75	1,130	D+10.4

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.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

1916 presidential election in Missouri

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