William Jennings Bryan carried North Carolina D+8.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in North Carolina, 1900. North Carolina held 11 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 16.0 points more Democratic than the nation (R+7.5 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

292,518 votes counted

Electoral votes

11

Bryan (D)

157,733

53.9%

McKinley (R)

132,997

45.5%

All others

1,788

0.6%

Margin

D+8.5

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1900 presidential election

North Carolina, 1900

BryanD+8.5

How it voted

Share of the 1900 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	53.9%	157,733
William McKinleyRepublican	45.5%	132,997
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	1,788

D+60

R+60

97 counties, each filled by 1900 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1900 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1900

97 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−7.9%	1,923	2,256	4,217
Alexander County	R	−9.4%	774	938	1,738
Alleghany County	D	+3.4%	709	662	1,371
Anson County	D	+46.7%	1,856	673	2,534
Ashe County	R	−12.3%	1,513	1,937	3,452
Beaufort County	D	+12.6%	2,316	1,799	4,115
Bertie County	D	+38.8%	2,420	1,067	3,487
Bladen County	R	−3.9%	1,102	1,192	2,314
Brunswick County	R	−9.9%	525	643	1,194
Buncombe County	R	−5.3%	3,724	4,140	7,899
Burke County	D	+11.1%	1,389	1,110	2,514
Cabarrus County	D	+14.1%	1,485	1,112	2,638
Caldwell County	R	−8.4%	1,111	1,317	2,463
Camden County	R	−3.6%	498	535	1,033
Carteret County	D	+15.4%	1,046	767	1,817
Caswell County	D	+2.5%	1,342	1,277	2,621
Catawba County	D	+2.7%	1,612	1,522	3,292
Chatham County	R	−20.0%	1,489	2,240	3,755
Cherokee County	R	−19.8%	774	1,157	1,937
Chowan County	R	−1.9%	898	932	1,830
Clay County	D	+1.3%	404	394	798
Cleveland County	D	+25.6%	2,228	1,311	3,579
Columbus County	D	+13.5%	1,623	1,237	2,860
Craven County	D	+14.9%	2,028	1,502	3,530
Cumberland County	R	−4.2%	1,964	2,138	4,113
Currituck County	D	+36.1%	927	435	1,362
Dare County	D	+9.9%	404	331	735
Davidson County	R	−12.1%	1,823	2,329	4,197
Davie County	R	−19.8%	831	1,251	2,125
Duplin County	D	+26.8%	1,879	1,081	2,980
Durham County	D	+7.9%	2,373	2,026	4,418
Edgecombe County	D	+29.6%	3,009	1,635	4,645
Forsyth County	R	−2.1%	2,482	2,588	5,097
Franklin County	D	+26.5%	2,781	1,602	4,453
Gaston County	D	+8.4%	1,931	1,626	3,615
Gates County	D	+33.2%	1,125	564	1,689
Graham County	R	−3.9%	358	387	745
Granville County	D	+18.0%	2,288	1,587	3,891
Greene County	D	+25.5%	1,385	820	2,212
Guilford County	D	+0.6%	3,335	3,296	6,676
Halifax County	D	+29.5%	3,990	2,174	6,164
Harnett County	D	+5.6%	1,342	1,199	2,542
Haywood County	D	+15.9%	1,735	1,257	3,011
Henderson County	R	−20.7%	973	1,482	2,455
Hertford County	D	+29.2%	1,337	732	2,069
Hyde County	D	+4.1%	867	798	1,667
Iredell County	D	+10.3%	2,523	2,044	4,645
Jackson County	D	+1.5%	1,080	1,047	2,147
Johnston County	D	+22.4%	3,154	1,997	5,168
Jones County	D	+8.5%	714	602	1,316
Lenoir County	D	+22.7%	1,942	1,224	3,166
Lincoln County	R	−11.8%	892	1,133	2,047
Macon County	R	−2.9%	977	1,035	2,016
Madison County	R	−30.4%	1,268	2,377	3,645
Martin County	D	+25.1%	1,819	1,088	2,907
McDowell County	R	−0.5%	1,014	1,024	2,055
Mecklenburg County	D	+25.5%	3,786	2,234	6,098
Mitchell County	R	−59.9%	491	1,958	2,449
Montgomery County	D	+8.9%	1,100	920	2,021
Moore County	R	−11.6%	1,606	2,029	3,647
Nash County	D	+32.1%	2,600	1,337	3,937
New Hanover County	D	+94.8%	2,247	60	2,307
Northampton County	D	+11.3%	1,992	1,587	3,579
Onslow County	D	+36.3%	1,322	618	1,940
Orange County	R	−0.2%	1,275	1,280	2,565
Pamlico County	R	−10.0%	597	729	1,326
Pasquotank County	R	−3.5%	1,196	1,282	2,478
Pender County	D	+35.2%	1,137	543	1,687
Perquimans County	R	−1.0%	830	846	1,676
Person County	D	+7.0%	1,466	1,274	2,747
Pitt County	D	+20.3%	3,264	2,156	5,456
Polk County	R	−14.7%	484	652	1,143
Randolph County	R	−4.7%	2,264	2,487	4,779
Richmond County	D	+42.9%	1,264	504	1,773
Robeson County	D	+48.3%	3,280	1,144	4,424
Rockingham County	D	+8.2%	2,652	2,252	4,907
Rowan County	D	+21.1%	2,460	1,555	4,290
Rutherford County	D	+2.5%	2,081	1,981	4,063
Sampson County	R	−21.8%	1,257	2,002	3,414
Scotland County	D	+90.7%	925	44	971
Stanly County	D	+23.0%	1,265	792	2,057
Stokes County	R	−11.0%	1,443	1,798	3,241
Surry County	R	−12.7%	1,898	2,451	4,349
Swain County	R	−14.0%	590	782	1,372
Transylvania County	R	−8.1%	529	622	1,154
Tyrrell County	D	+9.8%	466	383	849
Union County	D	+34.6%	1,790	864	2,676
Vance County	D	+16.3%	1,233	881	2,164
Wake County	D	+9.5%	4,774	3,947	8,736
Warren County	D	+8.1%	1,573	1,337	2,910
Washington County	D	+3.1%	834	784	1,618
Watauga County	R	−21.8%	923	1,439	2,364
Wayne County	D	+22.3%	3,104	1,965	5,106
Wilkes County	R	−25.0%	1,704	2,840	4,546
Wilson County	D	+40.4%	2,816	1,194	4,012
Yadkin County	R	−29.1%	950	1,733	2,690
Yancey County	R	−6.3%	954	1,082	2,036