Who won Minnesota in the 1916 presidential election?

Hughes (Republican) carried Minnesota in 1916, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 1916?

Minnesota cast 12 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Minnesota vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

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1916

Minnesota: Hughes carries 12 EV.

Minnesota cast its 12 electoral votes for Hughes (Republican). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Minnesota voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1916 result in Minnesota

Minnesota backed Hughes (Republican) in the 1916 presidential election, casting 12 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Minnesota among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Minnesota away from the Progressive it had supported in 1912. Minnesota did not move alone — neighboring North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin broke the same way in 1916. Across the 43 presidential elections Minnesota 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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