1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire County Results Municipality Results Wilson
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
90–100%
Hughes
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Tie
30–40%
40–50%
50%
The1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place onNovember 7 ,1916 , as part of the1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
New Hampshire was won by theDemocratic nominees, incumbent DemocraticPresident Woodrow Wilson andVice President Thomas R. Marshall . They defeatedRepublican nominee,U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes ofNew York , and his running mateSenator Charles W. Fairbanks ofIndiana .
Wilson won New Hampshire by a very narrow margin of just 0.06283% (one vote in 1,592) and 56 popular votes. In terms of popular vote margin, this isthe third-closest state presidential election race on record, behind two inMaryland from1832 and1904 . In terms of percentage, it stands as the ninth-closest behind the two Maryland elections above, two fromCalifornia in1892 and1912 ,Kentucky in1896 ,Hawaii ’s inaugural1960 election , and the2000 Florida andNew Mexico elections. This is the only presidential election in which New Hampshire voted Democratic while a number ofmodern-day Democratic-leaning states voted Republican. These states include the fellowNew England states ofMassachusetts ,Rhode Island , andConnecticut , as well asNew York ,New Jersey ,Delaware ,Minnesota ,Illinois , andOregon . It was also the only election in which New Hampshire voted Democratic whilePennsylvania voted Republican until2016 .
The giantRexall drugstore chain made an earlyopinion poll that predicted Wilson’s narrow victory in New Hampshire and in California almost perfectly,[ 1]
This was the first time since1852 thatSullivan County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 2]
County Thomas Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Allan Louis Benson[ 4] James Franklin Hanly[ 4] Margin Total votes cast[ 5] # % # % # % # % # % Belknap 2,310 46.19% 2,579 51.57% 62 1.24% 50 1.00% -269 -5.38% 5,001 Carroll 2,003 46.65% 2,259 52.61% 22 0.51% 10 0.23% -256 -5.96% 4,294 Cheshire 2,779 44.51% 3,337 53.44% 121 1.94% 7 0.11% -558 -8.93% 6,244 Coös 3,247 51.99% 2,762 44.22% 210 3.36% 27 0.43% 485 7.77% 6,246 Grafton 4,644 48.80% 4,795 50.38% 49 0.51% 29 0.30% -151 -1.58% 9,517 Hillsborough 10,939 51.05% 9,927 46.33% 502 2.34% 60 0.28% 1,012 4.72% 21,428 Merrimack 5,967 49.14% 5,970 49.16% 160 1.32% 47 0.39% -3 -0.02% 12,144 Rockingham 5,637 48.32% 5,866 50.29% 114 0.98% 48 0.41% -229 -1.97% 11,665 Strafford 4,040 49.62% 4,037 49.58% 49 0.60% 16 0.20% 3 0.04% 8,142 Sullivan 2,215 49.82% 2,193 49.33% 29 0.65% 9 0.20% 22 0.49% 4,446 Totals 43,781 49.12% 43,725 49.06% 1,621 1.82% 303 0.34% 56 0.06% 89,127
^ Pietrusza, David;1920: The Year of the Six Presidents , p. 398ISBN 0786721022 ^ Menendez, Albert J.;The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , p. 257ISBN 0786422173 ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire" . U.S. Election Atlas. RetrievedDecember 23, 2013 .^a b New Hampshire Department of State Election Division;New Hampshire Manual 1917 , pp, 368-378 ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene;The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 , p. 270ISBN 9780804716963
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