Who won North Carolina in the 1916 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did North Carolina have in 1916?

North Carolina cast 12 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did North Carolina vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

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1916

North Carolina: Wilson carries 12 EV.

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

What happened in North Carolina, 1916

In 1916, North Carolina awarded its 12 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. North Carolina ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which North Carolina backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. North Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1916. Across the 58 presidential elections North Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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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