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Wilson prevailed in the 1916 election, becoming the first Democrat to win a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson. His narrow victory by 277 to 254 electoral votes over Charles Evans Hughes, the nominee of the reunited and resurgent Republicans, was a great political feat. The campaign cry “He kept us out of war” helped, but Wilson’s domestic record on progressive and labour issues played the biggest part in his achieving a healthy plurality in the popular vote and a small electoral margin. His reelection assured, Wilson mounted a peace offensive in December 1916 and January 1917 aimed at ending ...(100 of 3221 words)