Although very close, this was not as close as the previous election or the critical 1892 election in California, and was only the third-closest state in a thrilling election behind New Hampshire and Minnesota. Following on from breaking half-a-dozen county droughts in 1912, Wilson became the first Democrat to carry Santa Barbara County and Plumas County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and the first to carry the counties of Santa Cruz and Placer since James Buchanan in 1856.[2] Had Hughes won California, he would have won the election despite losing the popular vote. This is the last election in which a Republican candidate carried Los Angeles County but failed to carry the state of California. This is also the most recent election when California would decide the overall winner of a presidential election, despite routinely having among the highest, or highest number of electoral votes after the next reapportionment following the 1930 census. Had Hughes carried the state, he would have been elected with 267 electoral votes to Wilson's 264.
Resultsedit
1916 United States presidential election in California[3]
^"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 153-155 ISBN0786422173
^"1916 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
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Main article 1916 United States presidential election The 1916 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election State voters chose 13 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1916 United States presidential election in California 1912 November 7 1916 1916 11 07 1920 Turnout79 57 of registered voters 7 89 pp 57 91 of eligible voters 12 80 pp 1 Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans HughesParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New Jersey New YorkRunning mate Thomas R Marshall Charles W FairbanksElectoral vote 13 0Popular vote 466 289 462 516Percentage 46 65 46 27 County Results Wilson 40 50 50 60 60 70 Hughes 40 50 50 60 70 80 President before electionWoodrow WilsonDemocratic Elected President Woodrow WilsonDemocraticCalifornia narrowly voted for the Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson over the Republican nominee Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes Although very close this was not as close as the previous election or the critical 1892 election in California and was only the third closest state in a thrilling election behind New Hampshire and Minnesota Following on from breaking half a dozen county droughts in 1912 Wilson became the first Democrat to carry Santa Barbara County and Plumas County since Stephen A Douglas in 1860 and the first to carry the counties of Santa Cruz and Placer since James Buchanan in 1856 2 Had Hughes won California he would have won the election despite losing the popular vote This is the last election in which a Republican candidate carried Los Angeles County but failed to carry the state of California This is also the most recent election when California would decide the overall winner of a presidential election despite routinely having among the highest or highest number of electoral votes after the next reapportionment following the 1930 census Had Hughes carried the state he would have been elected with 267 electoral votes to Wilson s 264 Results edit1916 United States presidential election in California 3 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Woodrow Wilson incumbent 466 289 46 65 13Republican Charles Evans Hughes 462 516 46 27 0Socialist Allan L Benson 42 898 4 29 0Prohibition J Franklin Hanly 27 713 2 77 0No party Write ins 187 0 02 0Invalid or blank votes Totals 999 603 100 00 13Voter turnout Results by county edit County Thomas Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Charles Evans HughesRepublican Allan Louis BensonSocialist James Franklin HanlyProhibition Various candidatesWrite ins Margin Colusa 62 89 1 998 31 82 1 011 3 87 123 1 42 45 31 07 987Mariposa 58 24 802 32 75 451 6 90 95 2 11 29 25 49 351Kern 59 86 9 566 35 11 5 611 3 46 553 1 57 251 24 75 3 955Placer 58 28 3 375 33 74 1 954 5 42 314 2 56 148 24 54 1 421Siskiyou 57 15 3 447 34 13 2 059 6 91 417 1 81 109 23 01 1 388Sierra 58 35 594 35 36 360 5 40 55 0 88 9 22 99 234El Dorado 57 67 1 755 35 10 1 068 6 15 187 1 08 33 22 58 687Solano 58 37 5 678 36 35 3 536 3 31 322 1 97 192 22 02 2 142Modoc 58 25 1 222 36 61 768 3 77 79 1 38 29 21 64 454Nevada 56 58 2 548 35 22 1 586 6 20 279 2 00 90 21 36 962Plumas 56 50 1 025 36 55 663 5 62 102 1 32 24 19 96 362Trinity 54 81 661 35 16 424 8 62 104 1 41 17 19 65 237Lassen 55 75 1 323 36 96 877 6 03 143 1 26 30 18 79 446Tuolumne 54 21 1 584 36 17 1 057 8 11 237 1 51 44 18 04 527Amador 56 28 1 766 38 53 1 209 3 98 125 1 21 38 17 75 557San Joaquin 55 44 11 454 38 05 7 861 3 82 789 2 70 557 17 39 3 593Lake 52 13 1 164 35 42 791 8 15 182 4 30 96 16 70 373Tehama 52 92 2 534 36 32 1 739 6 98 334 3 78 181 16 60 795Madera 54 01 1 880 38 01 1 323 5 26 183 2 56 89 0 17 6 16 00 557Shasta 52 39 2 828 37 20 2 008 8 32 449 2 09 113 15 19 820Sacramento 54 63 14 538 40 19 10 696 3 13 833 2 05 546 14 44 3 842Glenn 53 87 1 797 40 23 1 342 3 03 101 2 82 94 0 06 2 13 64 455Yuba 54 49 1 980 42 10 1 530 2 56 93 0 85 31 12 38 450Kings 51 86 2 905 39 65 2 221 4 57 256 3 93 220 12 21 684Calaveras 53 06 1 524 40 91 1 175 4 70 135 1 32 38 12 15 349Sutter 53 52 1 543 42 00 1 211 2 77 80 1 70 49 11 52 332Yolo 53 12 2 922 42 43 2 334 3 04 167 1 42 78 10 69 588San Francisco 52 45 78 225 42 30 63 093 4 31 6 423 0 94 1 404 0 00 7 10 15 15 132San Luis Obispo 49 85 3 539 40 20 2 854 7 71 547 2 24 159 9 65 685Merced 50 36 2 637 40 72 2 132 5 44 285 3 48 182 9 64 505Butte 50 55 4 888 40 91 3 956 4 51 436 4 02 389 9 64 932Stanislaus 46 98 5 490 37 66 4 401 6 24 729 9 13 1 067 9 32 1 089Fresno 49 95 14 241 41 07 11 707 5 78 1 648 3 20 912 8 89 2 534Imperial 49 15 3 273 40 46 2 694 5 45 363 4 94 329 8 69 579San Benito 51 80 1 688 44 19 1 440 2 79 91 1 23 40 7 61 248Santa Barbara 49 65 5 198 42 54 4 453 4 49 470 3 31 347 0 01 1 7 12 745Mono 48 47 158 42 02 137 7 98 26 1 53 5 6 44 21Inyo 47 92 966 41 96 846 7 54 152 2 58 52 5 95 120Monterey 48 28 3 878 44 81 3 599 4 53 364 2 38 191 3 47 279Santa Cruz 47 76 4 511 44 76 4 228 4 05 383 3 43 324 3 00 283Tulare 46 87 7 299 43 96 6 845 5 75 895 3 42 533 2 92 454Contra Costa 46 82 6 092 44 05 5 731 6 81 886 2 32 302 2 77 361San Diego 46 02 16 815 46 47 16 978 4 41 1 612 3 10 1 132 0 45 163Mendocino 45 14 3 371 46 79 3 494 6 07 453 2 01 150 1 65 123Del Norte 41 35 471 43 81 499 12 64 144 2 19 25 2 46 28Marin 43 82 3 789 50 05 4 328 4 90 424 1 23 106 6 23 539San Mateo 43 08 4 485 50 01 5 207 5 19 540 1 72 179 6 93 722Sonoma 43 35 8 377 50 37 9 733 4 77 921 1 52 293 7 02 1 356Santa Clara 43 40 14 185 50 77 16 592 3 08 1 006 2 71 887 0 03 11 7 37 2 407Alameda 42 84 43 748 50 34 51 417 5 31 5 422 1 51 1 544 7 51 7 669Los Angeles 42 58 114 070 50 59 135 554 3 01 8 076 3 76 10 061 0 06 160 8 02 21 484San Bernardino 39 92 9 398 50 68 11 932 3 42 805 5 99 1 410 10 76 2 534Napa 41 39 3 088 52 46 3 914 4 07 304 2 08 155 11 07 826Humboldt 36 27 4 103 51 14 5 786 9 40 1 063 3 19 361 14 88 1 683Ventura 39 30 2 835 55 18 3 980 3 60 260 1 91 138 15 87 1 145Riverside 33 44 4 561 54 64 7 452 5 79 790 6 13 836 21 20 2 891Orange 34 54 6 474 56 59 10 609 3 43 643 5 44 1 020 22 06 4 135Alpine 27 71 23 72 29 60 0 00 0 0 00 0 44 58 37References edit Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910 2018 PDF California Secretary of State Retrieved May 5 2022 Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 pp 153 155 ISBN 0786422173 1916 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved August 25 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 United States presidential election in California amp oldid 1197865147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
