1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina

1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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All 12 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Party Democratic Republican Home state New Jersey New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 168,383 120,890 Percentage 58.10% 41.71%
County Results Wilson   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Hughes   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Tie   <50%
President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

Elections in North Carolina
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State executive Gubernatorial elections 1866 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Lieutenant Governor elections 1936 1940 1944 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Attorney General elections 2008 2012 2016 2020 Council of State elections 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Secretary of State elections 1940 1944
State legislature State Senate elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 State House elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
State judiciary Judicial elections 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Ballot measures 2012 Amendment 1
Mayoral elections Charlotte mayoral elections 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 Cary mayoral elections 2011 2015 2019 Durham mayoral elections 1979 1981 1983 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 Fayetteville mayoral elections 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 Greensboro mayoral elections 2011 2013 2015 2017 Raleigh mayoral elections 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 Winston-Salem mayoral elections 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2016 2020
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The 1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Background[]

Like all former Confederate states, North Carolina would during its “Redemption” develop a politics based upon Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party. Unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party possessed sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one-third of the statewide vote total in general elections even after blacks lost the right to vote.^[1] Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary.^[2] Although with disfranchisement of blacks the state introduced a poll tax, it was less severe than any other former Confederate state.^[3]

Since the tail end of the 1900s, proposals to reform what was recognised as an inefficient and regressive tax system^[4] had become the major issue in North Carolina,^[5] especially after the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified.^[4]

Vote[]

Neither candidate campaigned in the state, which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. At no point was there any serious question of Wilson carrying the state.^[6] On election day projections were for a majority for Wilson of between forty-five thousand and fifty thousand,^[7] which closely approximated the final result. Nonetheless, North Carolina was one of only three states where Wilson failed to improve upon his 1912 percentage, and indeed his 16.39 point win was three points smaller than conservative Democrat Alton B. Parker managed in 1904. Hughes, in fact, was the first Republican to ever carry Carteret and Clay Counties, suggesting latent opposition to Wilson in the Outer Banks and Appalachia.^[8]

Results[]

Results by county[]

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