Who won Alabama in the 1916 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Alabama in 1916, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1916?

Alabama cast 12 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1916?

Yes. Alabama backed Woodrow Wilson, who won the presidency that year.

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1916

Alabama: Wilson carries 12 EV.

Alabama cast its 12 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Alabama voted with the national winner this cycle.

Alabama in 1916

The 1916 contest saw Alabama line up behind Wilson, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Alabama ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. Alabama did not move alone — neighboring Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida broke the same way in 1916. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Woodrow Wilson took 277 of the 531 electoral votes, against Charles Evans Hughes's 254. Woodrow Wilson led the national popular vote with 49.24% of the ballots cast.

The 1916 national map

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