"The Utah elections of 1916 and 1918 were Democratic victories sandwiched between two periods of Republican dominance. In 1912, only Utah and Vermont gave their electoral votes to the Republican presidential candidate. Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive party divided, but did not defeat Utah Republicans....The main topics in the elections of 1916 and 1918 concerned foreign affairs. In every election fr9m 1912 to 1920 the winning party in Utah was that which appeared most conservative or cautious on the dominant questions." [Author]