Who won Rhode Island in the 1916 presidential election?

Hughes (Republican) carried Rhode Island in 1916, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Rhode Island have in 1916?

Rhode Island cast 5 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Rhode Island vote for the national winner in 1916?

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

Progressive EraRI · 5 EV

1916

Rhode Island: Hughes carries 5 EV.

Rhode Island cast its 5 electoral votes for Hughes (Republican). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Rhode Island voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Rhode Island, 1916

In 1916, Rhode Island awarded its 5 electoral votes to Hughes of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Rhode Island among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Rhode Island away from the Democratic it had supported in 1912. Rhode Island did not move alone — neighboring Connecticut and Massachusetts broke the same way in 1916. Across the 59 presidential elections Rhode Island has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (25 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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