The 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty-eight states participated. State voters chose four electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
At state level, Idaho had begun in 1902 to be very much a one-party Republican state,[1] which it has largely remained since apart from the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s. For a time there was also a perception that the William Jennings Bryan-led Democratic Party had failed as a “party of reform”.[2]
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson had carried Idaho by 1.06 points with less than one third of the total vote due to severe divisions within the GOP between conservative incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive former President Theodore Roosevelt. In contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party 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 Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.[3]
The consequence of these trends was that Idaho would vote strongly for Wilson over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes, who was viewed as an easterner who epitomized the oligarchic interests so suspect in the Mountain States.[5] Wilson gained almost twenty percent upon his 1912 performance, and carried all but five counties.
^"1916 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
^Idaho Secretary of State Election Division; State of Idaho Presidential Vote Cast at the General Election , November 7, 1916
March 03, 2023
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Main article 1916 United States presidential election The 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty eight states participated State voters chose four electors or representatives to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho 1912 November 7 1916 1920 Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Allan L BensonParty Democratic Republican SocialistHome state New Jersey New York New YorkRunning mate Thomas R Marshall Charles W Fairbanks George Ross KirkpatrickElectoral vote 4 0 0Popular vote 70 054 55 368 8 066Percentage 52 04 41 13 5 99 County Results Wilson 40 50 50 60 60 70 Hughes 40 50 President before electionWoodrow WilsonDemocratic Elected President Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Contents 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 Results by county 3 See also 4 ReferencesBackground EditAt state level Idaho had begun in 1902 to be very much a one party Republican state 1 which it has largely remained since apart from the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s For a time there was also a perception that the William Jennings Bryan led Democratic Party had failed as a party of reform 2 In 1912 Woodrow Wilson had carried Idaho by 1 06 points with less than one third of the total vote due to severe divisions within the GOP between conservative incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive former President Theodore Roosevelt In contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt s Bull Moose Party 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 Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments 3 The consequence of these trends was that Idaho would vote strongly for Wilson over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes who was viewed as an easterner who epitomized the oligarchic interests so suspect in the Mountain States 5 Wilson gained almost twenty percent upon his 1912 performance and carried all but five counties Results EditPresidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote EV Popular Vote PV 6 Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas R Marshall Democratic 4 70 054 52 04 Charles Evans Hughes Charles W Fairbanks Republican 0 55 368 41 13 Allan L Benson George Ross Kirkpatrick Socialist 0 8 066 5 99 Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 0 1 127 0 84 Results by county Edit County Thomas Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Charles Evans HughesRepublican Allan Louis BensonSocialist James Franklin HanlyProhibition Margin Total votes cast 7 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2 31 7 0 32 55 2 55 2 160Shoshone 4 239 59 11 2 431 33 90 485 6 76 16 0 22 1 808 25 21 7 171Teton 726 51 86 650 46 43 21 1 50 3 0 21 76 5 43 1 400Twin Falls 3 974 51 60 3 083 40 03 592 7 69 52 0 68 891 11 57 7 701Washington 1 802 51 83 1 545 44 43 109 3 13 21 0 60 257 7 39 3 477Totals 70 054 52 04 55 368 41 13 8 066 5 99 1 127 0 84 14 686 10 91 134 615See also EditUnited States presidential elections in IdahoReferences Edit Burnham Walter Dean The System of 1896 in Kleppner Paul editor The Evolution of American Electoral Systems pp 176 179 ISBN 0313213798 Robinson Edgar Eugene The Decline of the Democratic Party American Journal of Sociology vol 20 no 3 November 1914 pp 313 334 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 Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority p 460 ISBN 978 0 691 16324 6 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