The Washington times., 1916-12-27
Tabulation Of Total Returns
Show 8,083,464 Persons
Voted for the President.
HUGHES GOT 1888, sss VOTE
Big Gain In Total Of Voting
Population Is Shown BY
Compilation.

NEW YORK. Dec. Woodrow
Wilson will be President for four
years more by virtue OF n popular
plurality over Charles Evans Hughes
OF 6so.485 votes, out OF n total OF
1b.477.4e3 votes cast on November Z
for the two major political parties.
This total does not include votes for
the Socialist, Prohibition or Socialist
Labor candidates.
The figures, as assembled today by
the United Press are based, in n ma
jority OF cases, on the official counts
OF the States, as certified 20 the cleo
torsl college.
They showthat Wilson received
S,os3,48f votes against 100000 for
Hughes.
-Four years ago the Democratic
candidate twilson) polled 0,2o3,0i9
votes.
Increase IN Fer cent.
The Democratic candidates total
this year was an increase OF 2s per
cent over those ngurcs.
Similarly the Republican nominee
tTaf) In 1912 poiieled 3.4s4.o58 votes.
Hughes total In 1915 was an increase
OF about 11c per Get. The total vote
east for the two major parties was
i.51p.osi more than that cast In 1912
for the thcn three major political par.
ties. In other words. there was an
Increase IN 1910 OF more than II per
cont In the total vote cast.
There In no way. on the basis OF
the figures themselves. to ascertain
what became OF tho i.iip.50T Progress.
sive votes registered for Roosevelt
four years ago.
Socialists Ls.~.
Figures for the nationwide vote ON
the Socialist and Prohibition tickets
are as yet incomplete, but u IL esti.
mated that Allan Benson, Socialist,
received about Tbi .o0o-nearly 100000
les than the Socialist ticket pollod In
ioi2--and Prohibitionist Candidate
Iianly, ,225.:OO, or about 1900 more
than tho same ticket received four
years ago.
Every state In the Union had a big.
ger total vote In 1915 than In 1912.
Montana led In tho list OF biggest in.
crosscs. the Wilson. Hughes total be
iug it5 per cent In excess OF that she
gave Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft foIr
wears ago. Illinois jumped here total
ioi per centAdue TO this year being
the hrst time the women OF tho
Sucker state have voted.
Increase In West.
The Western states. without excep'
tion. showed AN Increase In vote.
oregon Jumped 100 per cent: Utah, ~
per cent; Kansas, 10 per cent.
California-which lost the election
for Hughes-was another Western
state showing a startling increase In
the total vote. Four years ago. the
state went TO Roosevelt. Ind the total
vote FOR the three candidates was
BTo.sso This year Wilson and Hughes.
together. polled s2s.s voter-an In
crease OF 81 per cent
North Dakota was another State
which increased its voting popula-
tlon In the four years psst-by %
per cent.
New York Vote Bis.
New York had the biggest vote In
her HISTORIAN s per cent increase
over 1919.
ohio's turn to Wilson was accom-
than In 1912. Texas gained 20 per
cent.
The same canvass OF hgures shows
that the balance OF power In the new
House OF Representatives will be In
tho hands OF six independents. The
Republicans. viii have one majority
over the Democrats. ga TO 2i3. with
two elections contested and one stlll
In doubt.
Vote by States.
The total popular vote for the four
candidates was is,s3s,s7i. as against
l5.oi5.3ss In 1912. This Is an increase
~ 3,0o3.Sio. accounted for by the In,
creased population and the votes OF
women In the suffrage States. The
following Is a table showing the vote
by States for Wilson and Hughes: