Who won Pennsylvania in the 1916 presidential election?

Hughes (Republican) carried Pennsylvania in 1916, winning its 38 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 1916?

Pennsylvania cast 38 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Pennsylvania vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

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1916

Pennsylvania: Hughes carries 38 EV.

Pennsylvania cast its 38 electoral votes for Hughes (Republican). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Pennsylvania voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Pennsylvania, 1916

In 1916, Pennsylvania awarded its 38 electoral votes to Hughes of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Pennsylvania among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Pennsylvania away from the Progressive it had supported in 1912. The region divided — West Virginia, Delaware, and New York joined Pennsylvania for the Republican ticket, while Ohio, Maryland, and New Jersey did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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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