United States presidential election in Utah, 2016 (Ferguson Scenario)



The 2016 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. Utah voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Utah was won by incumbent President Henry T. Ferguson (D-Texas), with 54.86% of the popular vote, against Senator William H. Pryor, Jr. (R-Alabama), with 45.14% of the popular vote. This was the first presidential election since 1964 in which a Democrat won Utah. Ferguson was also the first Democrat to win Sanpete County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, and the first to win Uintah County since Harry Truman did so in 1948. Utah was Ferguson's sixth-closest state win in 2016, after Idaho, Florida, Nebraska, Virginia, and Kansas.