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Thirty-third American presidential election of 1916

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Date

The 1916 election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 1916.

Candidates

• President
• Charles Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (winner)
• John Weeks, Senator from Massachusetts
• Elihu Root, Senator from New York
• Charles Fairbanks, former Vice President
• Albert Cummins, Senator from Iowa
• Theodore Roosevelt, former president
• Theodore Burton, Senator from Ohio
• Lawrence Sherman, Senator from Illinois
• Vice President
• Charles Fairbanks, former Vice President (winner)

• President
• Woodrow Wilson, incumbent president (winner)
• Vice President
• Thomas Marshall, incumbent vice president (winner)

• President
• Allan Benson, newspaper editor from New York
• James Maurer, State Representative from Pennsylvania
• Arthur LeSueur, newspaper editor from North Dakota
• Vice President
• George Kirkpatrick, writer from New Jersey (winner)
• Kate Richards O'Hare, activist from Kansas

• President
• Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana (winner)
• William Sulzer, former State Assemblyman from New York
• Vice President
• Ira Landrith, minister from Tennessee (winner)

Final tickets

Charles Hughes (left) for president, Charles Fairbanks (right) for vice president

Woodrow Wilson for president, Thomas Marshall for vice president

Allan Benson for president, George Kirkpatrick for vice president

Frank Hanly for president, Ira Landrith for vice president

Campaining & major issues

At first, Woodrow Wilson's presidency was a very standard one. However, this would change when World War I broke out in Europe. Wilson kept a policy of neutrality, especially as more Americans saw the horrors of the war, such as the trench fighting and later, the use of chemical gases. The Democrats used this to their advantage, using the slogan "He kept us out of war". Hughes pushed back by saying that Wilson was not getting the United States prepared for a war situation, though not stating that the United States should, could or would join the war. The key in this election was that most people did not want to be involved in the war, meaning that Hughe's statements may have made many Americans uneasy. Still, though, the Democrats were the underdog party, and the Republicans were still massively popular, and had been united since the last election.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college remained at 531 electoral votes; 266 needed to win. 18,536,585 people voted in this election.

Results

• 277/531 electoral votes
• 49.24% of the popular vote

• 254/531 electoral votes
• 46.12% of the popular vote

• No electoral votes
• 3.19% of the popular vote

• No electoral votes
• 1.19% of the popular vote

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