Who won Idaho in the 1916 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Idaho in 1916, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1916?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

Progressive EraID · 4 EV

1916

Idaho: Wilson carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Idaho voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Idaho, 1916

In 1916, Idaho awarded its 4 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1912. Idaho did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana broke the same way in 1916. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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