Election 1916 Results
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1916 presidential election in New York
Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) beat Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) in New York in 1916, 51.5% to 44.5%, a margin of 7.0 points and 119,812 votes.
New York voted 10.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.
New York changed party: in 1912 it went Democratic, for Woodrow Wilson.
Republicans led in 53 of the 62 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, New York, cast 265,560 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.4 points. The closest was Greene, where 5 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 879,238 | 51.5% |
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 759,426 | 44.5% |
| All other candidates | 67,641 | 4.0% | |
| Total | 1,706,305 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 139,547 52.5% | 111,926 42.1% | 14,087 | 265,560 | D+10.4 |
| Kings | 125,625 48.8% | 119,675 46.5% | 12,157 | 257,457 | D+2.3 |
| Erie | 45,622 44.5% | 53,191 51.9% | 3,647 | 102,460 | R+7.4 |
| Bronx | 47,870 49.8% | 40,338 41.9% | 7,996 | 96,204 | D+7.8 |
| Queens | 31,350 45.7% | 34,670 50.5% | 2,575 | 68,595 | R+4.8 |
| Monroe | 21,782 34.1% | 39,142 61.3% | 2,939 | 63,863 | R+27.2 |
| Westchester | 22,457 38.5% | 33,807 57.9% | 2,116 | 58,380 | R+19.4 |
| Onondaga | 19,892 39.6% | 27,603 54.9% | 2,758 | 50,253 | R+15.3 |
| Albany | 18,799 40.9% | 26,519 57.8% | 594 | 45,912 | R+16.8 |
| Oneida | 16,070 44.9% | 18,661 52.1% | 1,074 | 35,805 | R+7.2 |
| Rensselaer | 13,822 47.3% | 14,640 50.1% | 768 | 29,230 | R+2.8 |
| Orange | 10,198 42.0% | 13,131 54.0% | 966 | 24,295 | R+12.1 |
| Chautauqua | 7,153 30.1% | 14,346 60.4% | 2,271 | 23,770 | R+30.3 |
| Nassau | 8,430 37.4% | 13,775 61.1% | 350 | 22,555 | R+23.7 |
| Suffolk | 8,422 39.1% | 12,669 58.9% | 431 | 21,522 | R+19.7 |
| Broome | 8,906 41.5% | 11,366 53.0% | 1,184 | 21,456 | R+11.5 |
| Niagara | 8,367 39.4% | 11,976 56.4% | 881 | 21,224 | R+17.0 |
| Schenectady | 8,962 43.6% | 9,378 45.6% | 2,226 | 20,566 | R+2.0 |
| Dutchess | 8,906 43.9% | 10,886 53.6% | 506 | 20,298 | R+9.8 |
| St. Lawrence | 6,056 30.8% | 13,029 66.2% | 598 | 19,683 | R+35.4 |
| Steuben | 8,032 41.6% | 10,076 52.2% | 1,200 | 19,308 | R+10.6 |
| Jefferson | 7,089 37.2% | 11,110 58.2% | 882 | 19,081 | R+21.1 |
| Ulster | 7,807 41.2% | 10,680 56.3% | 484 | 18,971 | R+15.1 |
| Oswego | 6,210 36.4% | 9,854 57.7% | 1,008 | 17,072 | R+21.3 |
| Richmond | 8,843 53.6% | 7,204 43.7% | 451 | 16,498 | D+9.9 |
| Cattaraugus | 6,565 40.5% | 8,685 53.6% | 947 | 16,197 | R+13.1 |
| Saratoga | 6,711 44.1% | 8,021 52.7% | 479 | 15,211 | R+8.6 |
| Chemung | 7,461 50.7% | 6,351 43.2% | 892 | 14,704 | D+7.5 |
| Cayuga | 6,391 43.5% | 7,831 53.3% | 467 | 14,689 | R+9.8 |
| Herkimer | 6,271 43.0% | 7,647 52.4% | 662 | 14,580 | R+9.4 |
| Ontario | 5,286 40.1% | 7,491 56.8% | 406 | 13,183 | R+16.7 |
| Wayne | 4,797 37.7% | 7,341 57.7% | 575 | 12,713 | R+20.0 |
| Otsego | 5,975 48.6% | 5,855 47.6% | 474 | 12,304 | D+1.0 |
| Montgomery | 5,347 43.5% | 6,644 54.1% | 294 | 12,285 | R+10.6 |
| Delaware | 4,986 42.8% | 6,205 53.2% | 469 | 11,660 | R+10.5 |
| Washington | 3,907 34.1% | 7,281 63.5% | 275 | 11,463 | R+29.4 |
| Fulton | 4,085 38.6% | 5,687 53.7% | 819 | 10,591 | R+15.1 |
| Columbia | 4,938 47.7% | 5,229 50.5% | 182 | 10,349 | R+2.8 |
| Madison | 3,937 38.5% | 5,816 56.9% | 464 | 10,217 | R+18.4 |
| Allegany | 3,191 31.7% | 6,209 61.6% | 681 | 10,081 | R+29.9 |
| Rockland | 4,469 46.3% | 4,988 51.6% | 202 | 9,659 | R+5.4 |
| Chenango | 3,887 41.0% | 5,148 54.2% | 455 | 9,490 | R+13.3 |
| Clinton | 4,130 44.5% | 4,958 53.4% | 200 | 9,288 | R+8.9 |
| Livingston | 3,608 39.9% | 5,133 56.8% | 297 | 9,038 | R+16.9 |
| Franklin | 3,593 40.2% | 5,086 56.9% | 257 | 8,936 | R+16.7 |
| Genesee | 2,802 32.3% | 5,537 63.8% | 343 | 8,682 | R+31.5 |
| Tompkins | 3,455 40.0% | 4,658 53.9% | 525 | 8,638 | R+13.9 |
| Sullivan | 3,659 44.7% | 4,315 52.7% | 207 | 8,181 | R+8.0 |
| Wyoming | 2,783 34.9% | 4,892 61.4% | 294 | 7,969 | R+26.5 |
| Warren | 2,825 35.6% | 4,832 60.9% | 282 | 7,939 | R+25.3 |
| Cortland | 2,693 35.3% | 4,468 58.5% | 475 | 7,636 | R+23.2 |
| Orleans | 2,529 33.2% | 4,863 63.9% | 220 | 7,612 | R+30.7 |
| Greene | 3,622 48.7% | 3,617 48.6% | 199 | 7,438 | D+0.1 |
| Essex | 2,373 33.4% | 4,609 64.9% | 118 | 7,100 | R+31.5 |
| Schoharie | 3,457 52.7% | 2,826 43.1% | 271 | 6,554 | D+9.6 |
| Seneca | 2,845 43.7% | 3,278 50.4% | 382 | 6,505 | R+6.7 |
| Tioga | 2,748 43.0% | 3,335 52.1% | 313 | 6,396 | R+9.2 |
| Lewis | 2,675 43.0% | 3,393 54.5% | 158 | 6,226 | R+11.5 |
| Yates | 1,666 35.0% | 2,918 61.3% | 175 | 4,759 | R+26.3 |
| Schuyler | 1,629 43.6% | 1,947 52.1% | 158 | 3,734 | R+8.5 |
| Putnam | 1,290 42.6% | 1,708 56.4% | 32 | 3,030 | R+13.8 |
| Hamilton | 623 49.8% | 612 49.0% | 15 | 1,250 | D+0.9 |
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.
New York in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+12.6 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+22.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+28.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+26.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+18.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+25.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+28.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.8 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.3 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+37.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+19.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+7.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.3 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+18.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+1.2 |