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Elections / 1900 · President

William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)

1900 presidential election
McKinleyR+7.5
1900 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1900 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+26.0 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · —Colorado · D+13.6 · 4 electoral votesFlorida · D+53.8 · 4 electoral votesGeorgia · D+38.7 · 13 electoral votesIndiana · R+3.8 · 15 electoral votesKansas · R+6.6 · 10 electoral votesMaine · R+26.5 · 6 electoral votesMassachusetts · R+19.7 · 15 electoral votesMinnesota · R+24.5 · 9 electoral votesNew Jersey · R+14.2 · 10 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+8.5 · 11 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+26.6 · 3 electoral votesOklahoma · —Pennsylvania · R+24.6 · 32 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+15.6 · 4 electoral votesTexas · — · 15 electoral votesWyoming · R+17.5 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · R+15.9 · 6 electoral votesMissouri · D+5.5 · 17 electoral votesWest Virginia · R+9.5 · 6 electoral votesIllinois · R+8.4 · 24 electoral votesNew Mexico · —Arkansas · D+28.5 · 8 electoral votesCalifornia · R+13.1 · 9 electoral votesDelaware · R+6.3 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · R+18.6 · 13 electoral votesKentucky · D+1.7 · 13 electoral votesMaryland · — · 8 electoral votesMichigan · R+19.2 · 14 electoral votesMississippi · D+77.6 · 9 electoral votesMontana · D+18.5 · 3 electoral votesNew Hampshire · R+20.9 · 4 electoral votesNew York · R+9.3 · 36 electoral votesOhio · R+6.6 · 23 electoral votesOregon · R+15.6 · 4 electoral votesTennessee · D+8.1 · 12 electoral votesUtah · R+2.3 · 3 electoral votesVirginia · D+11.5 · 12 electoral votesWashington · R+11.7 · 4 electoral votesWisconsin · R+24.1 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+3.2 · 8 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+86.0 · 9 electoral votesIdaho · D+3.8 · 3 electoral votesNevada · D+24.5 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+52.9 · 4 electoral votesLouisiana · D+58.1 · 8 electoral votesRhode Island · R+24.7 · 4 electoral votes
1900presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1900 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+52.94 EVNHR+20.94 EVMAR+19.715 EVRIR+24.74 EVCTR+15.96 EVNJR+14.210 EVDER+6.33 EVMD—8 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
447 electors · 224 for a majority

McKinley won 292 of 447 electoral votes.

Bryan155McKinley292
National popular vote
13,239,250 votes counted
Bryan (D)
6,067,586
45.8%
McKinley (R)
7,066,966
53.4%
All others
366,382
2.8%
Margin
R+7.5
The county map
2,495 county-level results on record for 1900

Democrats carried 1,123 counties, Republicans 1,347, third-party candidates 2. 425 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Conejos County, CO (R+126.1 swing) · New Hanover County, NC (D+114.6 swing) · Wasatch County, UT (R+88.8 swing) · Geneva County, AL (R+87.3 swing) · Carbon County, UT (R+86.4 swing) · Fremont County, ID (R+85.4 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlabamaD
+26.0%
97,12955,612159,640
ArkansasD
+28.5%
81,24244,800127,966
CaliforniaR
−13.1%
124,985164,755303,004
ColoradoD
+13.6%
122,70592,622220,930
ConnecticutR
−15.9%
74,012102,569180,137
DelawareR
−6.3%
4,3644,9619,458
FloridaD
+53.8%
18,9934,77526,436
GeorgiaD
+38.7%
81,20134,255121,433
IowaR
−18.6%
209,265307,808530,355
IdahoD
+3.8%
29,41427,23757,981
IllinoisR
−8.4%
503,061597,9851,131,898
IndianaR
−3.8%
309,584334,863662,894
KansasR
−6.6%
162,605185,982353,797
KentuckyD
+1.7%
235,123227,128468,253
LouisianaD
+58.1%
53,66814,23467,902
MassachusettsR
−19.7%
156,997238,866414,804
Maryland—
No data
122,238136,1851,437
MaineR
−26.5%
37,82266,413107,694
MichiganR
−19.2%
211,432316,014543,789
MinnesotaR
−24.5%
112,901190,461316,311
MissouriD
+5.5%
351,922314,038683,604
MississippiD
+77.6%
51,1695,79458,438
MontanaD
+18.5%
37,14625,37363,641
North CarolinaD
+8.5%
157,733132,997292,518
North DakotaR
−26.6%
20,52435,89857,783
NebraskaR
−3.2%
114,013121,835241,430
New HampshireR
−20.9%
35,48954,79992,364
New JerseyR
−14.2%
164,808221,707401,050
NevadaD
+24.5%
6,3473,84910,196
New YorkR
−9.3%
678,462822,0131,548,043
OhioR
−6.6%
474,882543,9181,040,073
OregonR
−15.6%
33,38546,52684,216
PennsylvaniaR
−24.6%
424,232712,6651,173,210
Rhode IslandR
−24.7%
19,81233,78456,548
South CarolinaD
+86.0%
47,2333,55950,792
South DakotaR
−15.6%
39,53854,57496,169
TennesseeD
+8.1%
145,249123,108273,870
UtahR
−2.3%
45,00647,13993,189
VirginiaD
+11.5%
146,079115,769264,357
VermontR
−52.9%
12,84942,56956,212
WashingtonR
−11.7%
44,83357,456107,524
WisconsinR
−24.1%
159,163265,760442,501
West VirginiaR
−9.5%
98,807119,829220,716
WyomingR
−17.5%
10,16414,48224,687