1916 United States presidential election in Colorado

The 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Although Colorado was following statehood Republican-leaning, Populist support in silver-mining regions,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 was overwhelmingly transferred to William Jennings Bryan in 1896Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘American Voting Beahavior and the 1964 Election’; Midwest Journal of Political Science, xii(1) (February 1968), pp. 1-40 and maintained in the following four elections, when the Republicans won only in the 1904 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt, and even then Colorado was the only western state where more than a couple of counties retained their Bryanite Democratic loyalties with Alton Parker as the nominee.

Moreover, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party from the 1912 election rapidly returned to the Republicans, in the Mountain States many if not most of these supporters turned to the Democratic Party not only in presidential elections, but also in state and federal legislative ones.Sarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305 Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western statesMenendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 due to opposition to participation in World War I, and a third was that a considerable part of the substantial vote for Eugene Debs from the previous election was turned over to Woodrow Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.

These factors combined to give Wilson a powerful victory over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson won by 25.99 percentage points and carried every county except Sedgwick (albeit losing by ten votes), the furthest northeast, which had also been one of two counties to back Roosevelt four years earlier. This is the second-best Democratic margin in Colorado presidential election history behind Bryan's five-to-one win in the “free silver” 1896 election, although Lyndon B. Johnson would exceed Wilson's vote share in 1964.

Results + General Election ResultsColorado Secretary of State Elections Center; State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast At the General Election Held on the Seventh Day of November, A.D. 1916Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Thomas E. Munson178,816 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson John C. Bell177,496 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Peter Krier177,149 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Sarah K. Walling177,110 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson William E. Sweet176,867 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Charles H. S. Whipple176,301 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes C. W. Crews102,308 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Charles Boettcher101,388 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes David R. C. Brown101,346 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Lawrence C. Phipps101,333 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes William F. Slocum101,250 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Bruce G. Eaton101,171 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Abraham Marians10,049 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Charles Rush9,970 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson May Charette9,951 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Mary L. Geffs9,942 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Charles E. Morrisson9,933 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Garnett Underhill9,933 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly J. A. Cochran2,793 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Otto A. Reinhardt2,763 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly S. H. Pollock2,724 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Edgar Wilkinson2,723 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Fred White2,711 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly P. A. Rice2,669 Progressive Party Unpledged Ruth De Long Avery409 Progressive Party Unpledged D. C. Burns352 Progressive Party Unpledged Hattie K. Howard307 Progressive Party Unpledged James H. Causey284 Progressive Party Unpledged Robert Kerr259 Progressive Party Unpledged L. G. Kurtz228Votes cast 294,375 Results by county CountyThomas Woodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanAllan Louis BensonSocialistJames Franklin HanlyProhibitionNo CandidateProgressive "Bull Moose"Margin%#%#%#%#%#%#Dolores76.76%25114.07%469.17%300.00%00.00%062.69%205Montezuma74.09%1,45821.60%4253.86%760.46%90.00%052.49%1,033Pitkin71.32%91520.50%2637.79%1000.23%30.16%250.82%652San Juan70.00%69321.62%2147.47%740.71%70.20%248.38%479Chaffee72.47%2,54624.59%8642.22%780.60%210.11%447.88%1,682Eagle72.08%1,13625.19%3972.28%360.44%70.00%046.89%739Clear Creek71.65%1,28926.35%4741.78%320.06%10.17%345.30%815Summit70.29%71726.27%2682.75%280.69%70.00%044.02%449Alamosa70.10%1,30826.15%4883.43%640.21%40.11%243.94%820Lake68.51%2,67225.46%9930.97%384.87%1900.18%743.05%1,679La Plata68.14%2,59027.07%1,0294.16%1580.55%210.08%341.07%1,561Ouray67.63%96128.08%3993.94%560.21%30.14%239.55%562Routt66.80%1,97228.76%8493.86%1140.54%160.03%138.04%1,123San Miguel66.78%1,32529.13%5783.58%710.35%70.15%337.65%747Gunnison65.19%1,61829.65%7364.63%1150.44%110.08%235.54%882Garfield64.98%2,47929.86%1,1394.22%1610.94%360.00%035.12%1,340Jackson66.60%33131.59%1571.01%50.80%40.00%035.01%174Teller64.37%3,51531.00%1,6934.23%2310.31%170.09%533.36%1,822Rio Grande64.63%1,75632.61%8861.73%470.96%260.07%232.02%870Mineral60.04%27829.16%13510.37%480.43%20.00%030.89%143Montrose61.52%2,57131.47%1,3156.03%2520.96%400.02%130.06%1,256Gilpin64.06%76334.17%4071.26%150.42%50.08%129.89%356Conejos64.43%1,72134.74%9280.22%60.19%50.41%1129.69%793Logan63.14%2,67933.51%1,4222.62%1110.54%230.19%829.63%1,257Mesa59.42%4,39430.06%2,2237.36%5443.12%2310.04%329.36%2,171Denver62.81%43,02933.84%23,1852.67%1,8260.60%4090.09%6328.96%19,844Saguache63.02%1,25434.22%6812.31%460.25%50.20%428.79%573Boulder61.46%7,41933.02%3,9863.99%4821.35%1630.17%2128.44%3,433Arapahoe62.33%2,65233.91%1,4433.03%1290.28%120.45%1928.41%1,209Park62.47%67434.48%3722.59%280.19%20.28%327.99%302Hinsdale58.94%17831.13%949.60%290.33%10.00%027.81%84Adams61.74%2,12033.93%1,1653.64%1250.61%210.09%327.81%955Archuleta62.64%83035.70%4730.83%110.23%30.60%826.94%357Costilla61.52%1,02834.65%5791.50%250.54%91.80%3026.87%449Bent61.53%1,47334.80%8332.30%551.25%300.13%326.73%640Washington60.32%1,74834.13%9894.45%1291.00%290.10%326.19%759Larimer59.49%4,86834.18%2,7975.10%4171.15%940.09%725.31%2,071Delta58.97%2,81733.75%1,6125.90%2821.28%610.10%525.23%1,205Yuma59.26%2,46634.51%1,4365.38%2240.75%310.10%424.75%1,030Grand61.36%62437.17%3781.08%110.29%30.10%124.19%246Jefferson60.42%3,36836.60%2,0402.49%1390.38%210.11%623.82%1,328Pueblo59.04%10,71036.08%6,5454.03%7310.76%1370.10%1822.96%4,165Weld59.18%8,60037.12%5,3952.23%3241.43%2080.04%622.05%3,205Morgan58.46%2,37137.99%1,5412.74%1110.71%290.10%420.46%830Baca54.88%1,29435.03%8268.82%2081.02%240.25%619.85%468Las Animas58.58%5,30038.81%3,5111.68%1520.48%430.45%4119.77%1,789Rio Blanco59.19%70239.46%4681.01%120.34%40.00%019.73%234Kit Carson56.53%1,57137.06%1,0305.29%1471.08%300.04%119.47%541Lincoln57.00%1,70237.81%1,1293.99%1191.07%320.13%419.19%573Fremont56.92%3,39537.84%2,2574.07%2431.16%690.02%119.08%1,138Phillips57.03%79538.16%5324.02%560.65%90.14%218.87%263Otero57.24%3,96338.68%2,6782.41%1671.50%1040.17%1218.56%1,285Moffat57.41%74039.72%5122.40%310.31%40.16%217.69%228Cheyenne55.16%80238.38%5585.64%820.69%100.14%216.78%244Crowley55.42%1,16040.47%8472.44%511.39%290.29%614.95%313Douglas56.51%82042.18%6120.90%130.34%50.07%114.33%208Custer54.31%52941.38%4033.59%350.51%50.21%212.94%126Huerfano55.68%2,63242.88%2,0270.53%250.66%310.25%1212.80%605Elbert53.50%1,23041.37%9513.91%900.83%190.39%912.14%279Prowers52.14%2,16840.48%1,6835.87%2441.47%610.05%211.66%485Kiowa51.23%93639.57%7237.72%1411.15%210.33%611.66%213El Paso50.99%8,38143.55%7,1593.36%5521.95%3210.15%247.43%1,222Sedgwick45.97%51946.86%5295.93%670.71%80.53%6-0.89%-10

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