Who won Delaware in the 1916 presidential election?

Hughes (Republican) carried Delaware in 1916, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1916?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1916?

No. Delaware backed Hughes, while Woodrow Wilson won the presidency nationally.

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1916

Delaware: Hughes carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Hughes (Republican). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Delaware voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Delaware, 1916

In 1916, Delaware awarded its 3 electoral votes to Hughes of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Delaware among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Delaware away from the Democratic it had supported in 1912. The region divided — Pennsylvania joined Delaware for the Republican ticket, while Maryland and New Jersey did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Delaware has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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