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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Montana

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Montana in 1916, 56.9% to 37.6%, a margin of 19.3 points and 34,313 votes.

Montana voted 16.2 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 40 of the 41 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Silver Bow, cast 21,547 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.4 points. The closest was Beaverhead, where 8 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 101,063 56.9%
Charles Evans Hughes Republican 66,750 37.6%
Allan L. Benson Socialist 9,564 5.4%
All other candidates 302 0.2%
Total177,679

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Silver Bow 13,084 60.7% 6,757 31.4% 1,706 21,547 D+29.4
Cascade 6,612 62.1% 3,253 30.6% 776 10,641 D+31.6
Fergus 5,749 61.0% 3,290 34.9% 385 9,424 D+26.1
Lewis And Clark 4,337 54.5% 3,423 43.0% 202 7,962 D+11.5
Yellowstone 4,259 54.6% 3,281 42.1% 261 7,801 D+12.5
Missoula 4,069 53.8% 2,926 38.7% 568 7,563 D+15.1
Flathead 2,978 46.3% 2,913 45.3% 535 6,426 D+1.0
Gallatin 3,661 58.1% 2,527 40.1% 118 6,306 D+18.0
Deer Lodge 4,171 67.9% 1,860 30.3% 112 6,143 D+37.6
Hill 3,241 60.2% 1,709 31.7% 436 5,386 D+28.4
Sheridan 3,264 60.9% 1,724 32.1% 375 5,363 D+28.7
Dawson 2,835 55.3% 2,105 41.1% 187 5,127 D+14.2
Chouteau 2,738 61.9% 1,486 33.6% 196 4,420 D+28.3
Custer 2,602 59.7% 1,615 37.0% 142 4,359 D+22.6
Park 2,050 47.6% 1,957 45.4% 302 4,309 D+2.2
Teton 2,273 54.5% 1,603 38.4% 297 4,173 D+16.1
Musselshell 2,036 50.3% 1,738 42.9% 275 4,049 D+7.4
Carbon 1,926 48.0% 1,708 42.6% 379 4,013 D+5.4
Ravalli 1,967 51.4% 1,623 42.4% 238 3,828 D+9.0
Valley 2,102 61.1% 1,111 32.3% 229 3,442 D+28.8
Richland 1,947 58.1% 1,223 36.5% 180 3,350 D+21.6
Fallon 1,845 59.2% 1,169 37.5% 100 3,114 D+21.7
Rosebud 1,608 52.9% 1,337 44.0% 97 3,042 D+8.9
Madison 1,672 55.4% 1,279 42.4% 67 3,018 D+13.0
Beaverhead 1,463 48.7% 1,455 48.4% 89 3,007 D+0.3
Meagher 1,482 55.2% 1,158 43.1% 47 2,687 D+12.1
Powell 1,340 56.7% 939 39.8% 83 2,362 D+17.0
Phillips 1,252 53.2% 999 42.4% 104 2,355 D+10.7
Lincoln 1,186 51.9% 807 35.3% 290 2,283 D+16.6
Blaine 1,261 57.6% 857 39.1% 72 2,190 D+18.4
Stillwater 1,197 54.8% 918 42.0% 70 2,185 D+12.8
Sanders 1,178 55.4% 793 37.3% 154 2,125 D+18.1
Toole 1,075 54.5% 698 35.4% 199 1,972 D+19.1
Jefferson 1,124 57.8% 712 36.6% 108 1,944 D+21.2
Sweet Grass 839 47.3% 890 50.2% 44 1,773 R+2.9
Broadwater 1,100 63.0% 584 33.4% 62 1,746 D+29.6
Granite 812 54.9% 574 38.8% 93 1,479 D+16.1
Big Horn 740 59.0% 497 39.6% 17 1,254 D+19.4
Mineral 781 63.7% 251 20.5% 194 1,226 D+43.2
Prairie 622 52.8% 535 45.4% 22 1,179 D+7.4
Wibaux 585 52.9% 466 42.1% 55 1,106 D+10.8

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.

Montana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.4
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+13.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+2.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+25.1
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+2.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.9
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+22.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+29.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+19.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+18.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+60.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.7