Who won Arizona in the 1916 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Arizona in 1916, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arizona have in 1916?

Arizona cast 3 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Arizona vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

Progressive EraAZ · 3 EV

1916

Arizona: Wilson carries 3 EV.

Arizona cast its 3 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Arizona voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Arizona, 1916

In 1916, Arizona awarded its 3 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. Arizona ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Arizona backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1912. Arizona did not move alone — neighboring California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico broke the same way in 1916. Across the 29 presidential elections Arizona has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (18 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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