The 1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

In 1912, Wyoming had been the eighth-best state for embattled Republican nominee William Howard Taft.Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1912 Presidential General Election Data – National by State: Sorted by Vote Percentage for Taft However, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive "Bull Moose" Party 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. Another factor helping President Woodrow Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western states 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 Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.

Consequently, Wilson was able not merely to hold Wyoming from 1912, but to increase his margin by over ten percentage points to carry the state by 12.87 percent. This is the third best Democratic performance in the history of presidential elections in Wyoming, behind Franklin Delano Roosevelt's landslide wins in 1932 and 1936.Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Wyoming Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the counties of Carbon, Converse, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, and Washakie.Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 342-343 , this election is the last time Wyoming has voted more Democratic than the nation at-large.

Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson John L. Jordan28,376 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson James P. Smith28,062 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Alfred M. Brock27,990 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes John L. Baird21,698 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes W. E. Chpalin21,433 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Jacob A. Delfelder21,198 Socialist Party Allan Benson Matilda Hautamaki1,459 Socialist Party Allan Benson Joseph Dunning1,434 Socialist Party Allan Benson W. S. Oeland1,424 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly C. J. Sawyer373 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Ella Watson364 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Luther J. Wood354Votes cast 51,906

Results by county CountyWoodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanAllan BensonSocialistFrank HanlyProhibitionMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%Albany1,57152.45%1,31343.84%732.44%381.27%2588.61%2,995Big Horn1,49353.92%1,23944.75%291.05%80.29%2549.17%2,769Campbell69059.48%44838.62%121.03%100.86%24220.86%1,160Carbon1,66154.58%1,21739.99%1555.09%100.33%44414.59%3,043Converse87952.32%76645.60%201.19%150.89%1136.73%1,680Crook1,18156.59%84640.54%512.44%90.43%33516.05%2,087Fremont1,75253.89%1,40743.28%752.31%170.52%34510.61%3,251Goshen1,09656.61%77039.77%492.53%211.08%32616.84%1,936Hot Springs76054.25%52337.33%956.78%231.64%23716.92%1,401Johnson81249.03%81449.15%281.69%20.12%-2-0.12%1,656Laramie2,75951.80%2,42845.59%841.58%551.03%3316.21%5,326Lincoln2,37860.11%1,42636.05%1423.59%100.25%95224.06%3,956Natrona1,37759.17%91239.19%301.29%80.34%46519.98%2,327Niobrara59951.28%53345.63%141.20%221.88%665.65%1,168Park1,18149.96%1,09246.19%692.92%220.93%893.76%2,364Platte1,30258.54%80636.24%632.83%532.38%49622.30%2,224Sheridan2,90657.57%1,91437.92%2054.06%230.46%99219.65%5,048Sweetwater1,49650.90%1,28743.79%1525.17%40.14%2097.11%2,939Uinta1,29559.57%82237.81%512.35%60.28%47321.76%2,174Washakie45555.62%34442.05%161.96%30.37%11113.57%818Weston73346.28%79149.94%462.90%140.88%-58-3.66%1,584Totals28,37654.67%21,69841.80%1,4592.81%3730.72%6,67812.87%51,906

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Big Horn Carbon Converse Lincoln Natrona Niobrara Uinta Washakie

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Johnson Weston

See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming

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