The 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
1916 United States presidential election in Colorado
Although Colorado was following statehood Republican-leaning, Populist support in silver-mining regions,[1] was overwhelmingly transferred to William Jennings Bryan in 1896[2] and maintained in the following four elections, when the Republicans won only in the 1904 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt, and even then Colorado was the only western state where more than a couple of counties retained their Bryanite Democratic loyalties with Alton Parker as the nominee.
Moreover, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party from the 1912 election rapidly returned to the Republicans, in the Mountain States many if not most of these supporters turned to the Democratic Party not only in presidential elections, but also in state and federal legislative ones.[3] Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western states[4] due to opposition to participation in World War I, and a third was that a considerable part of the substantial vote for Eugene Debs from the previous election was turned over to Woodrow Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.[3]
These factors combined to give Wilson a powerful victory over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson won by 25.99 percentage points and carried every county except Sedgwick (albeit losing by ten votes), the furthest northeast, which had also been one of two counties to back Roosevelt four years earlier. This is the second-best Democratic margin in Colorado presidential election history behind Bryan’s five-to-one win in the “free silver” 1896 election,[5] although Lyndon B. Johnson would exceed Wilson’s vote share in 1964.
^Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘American Voting Beahavior and the 1964 Election’; Midwest Journal of Political Science, xii(1) (February 1968), pp. 1-40
^ abSarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305
^Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 ISBN0786422173
^"Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
^"1916 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ abcdeColorado Secretary of State Elections Center; State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast At the General Election Held on the Seventh Day of November, A.D. 1916
January 29, 2023
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Main article 1916 United States presidential election The 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7 1916 All contemporary forty eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado 1912 November 7 1916 1920 Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans HughesParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New Jersey New YorkRunning mate Thomas R Marshall Charles W FairbanksElectoral vote 6 0Popular vote 178 816 102 308Percentage 60 74 34 75 County Results Wilson 50 60 60 70 70 80 Hughes 40 50 President before electionWoodrow WilsonDemocratic Elected President Woodrow WilsonDemocraticAlthough Colorado was following statehood Republican leaning Populist support in silver mining regions 1 was overwhelmingly transferred to William Jennings Bryan in 1896 2 and maintained in the following four elections when the Republicans won only in the 1904 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt and even then Colorado was the only western state where more than a couple of counties retained their Bryanite Democratic loyalties with Alton Parker as the nominee Moreover in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt s Bull Moose Party from the 1912 election rapidly returned to the Republicans in the Mountain States many if not most of these supporters turned to the Democratic Party not only in presidential elections but also in state and federal legislative ones 3 Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful peace vote in the Western states 4 due to opposition to participation in World War I and a third was that a considerable part of the substantial vote for Eugene Debs from the previous election was turned over to Woodrow Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments 3 These factors combined to give Wilson a powerful victory over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes Wilson won by 25 99 percentage points and carried every county except Sedgwick albeit losing by ten votes the furthest northeast which had also been one of two counties to back Roosevelt four years earlier This is the second best Democratic margin in Colorado presidential election history behind Bryan s five to one win in the free silver 1896 election 5 although Lyndon B Johnson would exceed Wilson s vote share in 1964 Full results EditPresidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote EV Popular Vote PV Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas R Marshall Democratic 6 6 178 816 60 74 Charles Evans Hughes Charles W Fairbanks Republican 0 102 308 34 75 Allan L Benson George Kirkpatrick Socialist 0 10 049 3 41 Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 0 2 793 0 95 No Candidate Progressive 0 409 0 14 Results by county Edit County Thomas Woodrow Wilson 7 Democratic Charles Evans Hughes 7 Republican Allan Louis Benson 7 Socialist James Franklin Hanly 7 Prohibition No Candidate 7 Progressive Margin Dolores 76 76 251 14 07 46 9 17 30 0 00 0 0 00 0 62 69 205Montezuma 74 09 1 458 21 60 425 3 86 76 0 46 9 0 00 0 52 49 1 033Pitkin 71 32 915 20 50 263 7 79 100 0 23 3 0 16 2 50 82 652San Juan 70 00 693 21 62 214 7 47 74 0 71 7 0 20 2 48 38 479Chaffee 72 47 2 546 24 59 864 2 22 78 0 60 21 0 11 4 47 88 1 682Eagle 72 08 1 136 25 19 397 2 28 36 0 44 7 0 00 0 46 89 739Clear Creek 71 65 1 289 26 35 474 1 78 32 0 06 1 0 17 3 45 30 815Summit 70 29 717 26 27 268 2 75 28 0 69 7 0 00 0 44 02 449Alamosa 70 10 1 308 26 15 488 3 43 64 0 21 4 0 11 2 43 94 820Lake 68 51 2 672 25 46 993 0 97 38 4 87 190 0 18 7 43 05 1 679La Plata 68 14 2 590 27 07 1 029 4 16 158 0 55 21 0 08 3 41 07 1 561Ouray 67 63 961 28 08 399 3 94 56 0 21 3 0 14 2 39 55 562Routt 66 80 1 972 28 76 849 3 86 114 0 54 16 0 03 1 38 04 1 123San Miguel 66 78 1 325 29 13 578 3 58 71 0 35 7 0 15 3 37 65 747Gunnison 65 19 1 618 29 65 736 4 63 115 0 44 11 0 08 2 35 54 882Garfield 64 98 2 479 29 86 1 139 4 22 161 0 94 36 0 00 0 35 12 1 340Jackson 66 60 331 31 59 157 1 01 5 0 80 4 0 00 0 35 01 174Teller 64 37 3 515 31 00 1 693 4 23 231 0 31 17 0 09 5 33 36 1 822Rio Grande 64 63 1 756 32 61 886 1 73 47 0 96 26 0 07 2 32 02 870Mineral 60 04 278 29 16 135 10 37 48 0 43 2 0 00 0 30 89 143Montrose 61 52 2 571 31 47 1 315 6 03 252 0 96 40 0 02 1 30 06 1 256Gilpin 64 06 763 34 17 407 1 26 15 0 42 5 0 08 1 29 89 356Conejos 64 43 1 721 34 74 928 0 22 6 0 19 5 0 41 11 29 69 793Logan 63 14 2 679 33 51 1 422 2 62 111 0 54 23 0 19 8 29 63 1 257Mesa 59 42 4 394 30 06 2 223 7 36 544 3 12 231 0 04 3 29 36 2 171Denver 62 81 43 029 33 84 23 185 2 67 1 826 0 60 409 0 09 63 28 96 19 844Saguache 63 02 1 254 34 22 681 2 31 46 0 25 5 0 20 4 28 79 573Boulder 61 46 7 419 33 02 3 986 3 99 482 1 35 163 0 17 21 28 44 3 433Arapahoe 62 33 2 652 33 91 1 443 3 03 129 0 28 12 0 45 19 28 41 1 209Park 62 47 674 34 48 372 2 59 28 0 19 2 0 28 3 27 99 302Hinsdale 58 94 178 31 13 94 9 60 29 0 33 1 0 00 0 27 81 84Adams 61 74 2 120 33 93 1 165 3 64 125 0 61 21 0 09 3 27 81 955Archuleta 62 64 830 35 70 473 0 83 11 0 23 3 0 60 8 26 94 357Costilla 61 52 1 028 34 65 579 1 50 25 0 54 9 1 80 30 26 87 449Bent 61 53 1 473 34 80 833 2 30 55 1 25 30 0 13 3 26 73 640Washington 60 32 1 748 34 13 989 4 45 129 1 00 29 0 10 3 26 19 759Larimer 59 49 4 868 34 18 2 797 5 10 417 1 15 94 0 09 7 25 31 2 071Delta 58 97 2 817 33 75 1 612 5 90 282 1 28 61 0 10 5 25 23 1 205Yuma 59 26 2 466 34 51 1 436 5 38 224 0 75 31 0 10 4 24 75 1 030Grand 61 36 624 37 17 378 1 08 11 0 29 3 0 10 1 24 19 246Jefferson 60 42 3 368 36 60 2 040 2 49 139 0 38 21 0 11 6 23 82 1 328Pueblo 59 04 10 710 36 08 6 545 4 03 731 0 76 137 0 10 18 22 96 4 165Weld 59 18 8 600 37 12 5 395 2 23 324 1 43 208 0 04 6 22 05 3 205Morgan 58 46 2 371 37 99 1 541 2 74 111 0 71 29 0 10 4 20 46 830Baca 54 88 1 294 35 03 826 8 82 208 1 02 24 0 25 6 19 85 468Las Animas 58 58 5 300 38 81 3 511 1 68 152 0 48 43 0 45 41 19 77 1 789Rio Blanco 59 19 702 39 46 468 1 01 12 0 34 4 0 00 0 19 73 234Kit Carson 56 53 1 571 37 06 1 030 5 29 147 1 08 30 0 04 1 19 47 541Lincoln 57 00 1 702 37 81 1 129 3 99 119 1 07 32 0 13 4 19 19 573Fremont 56 92 3 395 37 84 2 257 4 07 243 1 16 69 0 02 1 19 08 1 138Phillips 57 03 795 38 16 532 4 02 56 0 65 9 0 14 2 18 87 263Otero 57 24 3 963 38 68 2 678 2 41 167 1 50 104 0 17 12 18 56 1 285Moffat 57 41 740 39 72 512 2 40 31 0 31 4 0 16 2 17 69 228Cheyenne 55 16 802 38 38 558 5 64 82 0 69 10 0 14 2 16 78 244Crowley 55 42 1 160 40 47 847 2 44 51 1 39 29 0 29 6 14 95 313Douglas 56 51 820 42 18 612 0 90 13 0 34 5 0 07 1 14 33 208Custer 54 31 529 41 38 403 3 59 35 0 51 5 0 21 2 12 94 126Huerfano 55 68 2 632 42 88 2 027 0 53 25 0 66 31 0 25 12 12 80 605Elbert 53 50 1 230 41 37 951 3 91 90 0 83 19 0 39 9 12 14 279Prowers 52 14 2 168 40 48 1 683 5 87 244 1 47 61 0 05 2 11 66 485Kiowa 51 23 936 39 57 723 7 72 141 1 15 21 0 33 6 11 66 213El Paso 50 99 8 381 43 55 7 159 3 36 552 1 95 321 0 15 24 7 43 1 222Sedgwick 45 97 519 46 86 529 5 93 67 0 71 8 0 53 6 0 89 10References Edit Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority p 418 ISBN 978 0 691 16324 6 Burnham Walter Dean American Voting Beahavior and the 1964 Election Midwest Journal of Political Science xii 1 February 1968 pp 1 40 a b Sarasohn David The Election of 1916 Realigning the Rockies Western Historical Quarterly Vol 11 No 3 July 1980 pp 285 305 Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 p 47 ISBN 0786422173 Presidential General Election Results Comparison Colorado Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas 1916 Presidential General Election Results Colorado Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved 23 December 2019 a b c d e Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast At the General Election Held on the Seventh Day of November A D 1916 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado amp oldid 1130422044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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