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Stark County, presidential election of 1916

Stark County

48.93%Woodrow Wilson (D), the most votes31,303Votes counted for president

Every election in Stark County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1916

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What this is

Stark County counted 31,303 votes for president across 4 candidates in 1916. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic15,31648.93%
Charles Evans HughesRepublican14,15945.23%
Allan L. BensonSocialist1,5064.81%
Frank HanlyProhibition3221.03%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) with 51.86%, a 7.7-point margin over Charles Evans Hughes. The country elected Woodrow Wilson.
Against the state
Stark County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was D+3.7 against Ohio's D+7.7: 4.0 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 41st of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1912
From 1912 to 1916 the county's lean moved 10.8 points toward the Republicans, from D+14.5 to D+3.7. Lean counts only the two major parties; Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) took 25.4% in 1912.
Matched
Stark County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

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Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1916 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1916 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1916-11-07 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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