Who won the 1896 presidential election?

William McKinley (Republican) won the 1896 presidential election with 283 electoral votes and 51.0% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1896?

The 1896 Electoral College result was 161 Democratic to 283 Republican (444 total electoral votes, 222 needed to win).

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1896

Presidential Election · 1896

Elected President

William McKinley

Republicandefeating William Jennings Bryan

161

Bryan

Electoral

Votes

222 to win

283

McKinley

161 EV222 needed to win283 EV

Popular Vote

McKinley(REP)51.0%

Bryan(DEM)43.6%

candidates(OTH)5.3%

National margin:R+7.4%

13,992,978 total votes cast

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Bryan: 21 states · 161 EV|McKinley: 24 states · 283 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Bryan %	Votes	McKinley %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Vermont	4	4	15.9%	10,179	80.1%	51,127	—	R+64.1	↓ R+25.3
▶	Massachusetts	15	19	22.5%	90,293	69.5%	278,976	8.0%	R+47.0	↓ R+40.4
▶	New Hampshire	4	23	25.4%	21,271	68.7%	57,444	5.9%	R+43.2	↓ R+39.2
▶	Rhode Island	4	27	26.4%	14,459	68.3%	37,437	5.3%	R+41.9	↓ R+37.0
▶	Maine	6	33	27.2%	32,204	67.9%	80,403	—	R+40.7	↓ R+27.9
▶	Connecticut	6	39	32.5%	56,740	63.2%	110,285	—	R+30.7	↓ R+34.0
▶	Pennsylvania	32	71	35.3%	422,054	60.9%	726,998	—	R+25.5	↓ R+19.2
▶	New Jersey	10	81	36.0%	133,675	59.7%	221,367	—	R+23.6	↓ R+28.1
▶	Wisconsin	12	93	37.0%	165,523	59.9%	268,135	—	R+22.9	↓ R+24.6
▶	New York	36	129	38.8%	547,520	57.5%	812,134	—	R+18.7	↓ R+22.1
▶	Minnesota	9	138	41.1%	140,817	56.4%	193,503	—	R+15.4	↓ R+9.5
▶	Maryland	8	146	40.6%	145,009	55.7%	198,924	—	R+15.1	↓ R+26.9
▶	Illinois	24	170	42.6%	464,503	55.7%	607,130	—	R+13.1	↓ R+16.2
▶	Iowa	13	183	42.9%	223,744	55.5%	289,294	—	R+12.6	↓ R+7.3
▶	North Dakota	3	186	43.6%	20,686	55.6%	26,335	—	R+11.9	↑ D+36.9
▶	Delaware	3	189	43.1%	16,574	53.2%	20,450	—	R+10.1	↓ R+11.4
▶	Michigan	14	203	1.3%	6,923	53.8%	293,338	45.0%	R+52.5	↓ R+48.1
▶	California	9	212	43.4%	129,500	49.1%	146,756	7.5%	R+5.8	↓ R+5.8
▶	West Virginia	6	218	46.8%	94,480	52.2%	105,379	—	R+5.4	↓ R+7.8
▶	Ohio	23	241	46.8%	474,882	51.9%	525,991	—	R+5.0	↓ R+4.9
▶	Kansas	10	251	44.3%	148,792	47.5%	159,484	8.3%	R+3.2	↑ D+45.2
▶	Indiana	15	266	48.0%	305,538	50.8%	323,751	—	R+2.9	↓ R+4.2
▶	Oregon	4	270	47.9%	46,745	50.0%	48,779	—	R+2.1	↑ D+24.4
▶	Kentucky	13	283	48.9%	217,894	48.9%	218,171	—	R+0.1	↓ R+11.8
▶	Mississippi	9	9	91.0%	63,355	6.9%	4,819	—	D+84.1	↑ D+10.6
▶	South Carolina	9	18	85.3%	58,799	13.5%	9,313	—	D+71.8	↑ D+13.2
▶	Colorado	4	22	83.7%	158,616	13.9%	26,271	—	D+69.8	↑ D+111.0
▶	Nevada	3	25	81.2%	8,348	18.8%	1,938	—	D+62.3	↑ D+81.8
▶	Montana	3	28	80.3%	42,821	19.7%	10,509	—	D+60.6	↑ D+63.3
▶	Louisiana	8	36	76.4%	77,175	18.1%	18,320	5.5%	D+58.3	↑ D+5.2
▶	Idaho	3	39	78.5%	23,135	21.5%	6,324	—	D+57.1	↑ D+102.3
▶	Arkansas	8	47	73.7%	110,103	25.1%	37,512	—	D+48.6	↑ D+21.1
▶	Florida	4	51	66.0%	30,703	24.3%	11,298	9.7%	D+41.7	↓ R+43.3
▶	Alabama	11	62	54.2%	105,390	28.6%	55,673	17.2%	D+25.6	↓ R+29.9
▶	Texas	15	77	53.9%	291,571	30.3%	163,894	15.8%	D+23.6	↓ R+15.9
▶	Georgia	13	90	57.7%	93,445	36.7%	59,395	5.7%	D+21.0	↓ R+15.7
▶	Washington	4	94	57.0%	53,314	41.8%	39,153	—	D+15.1	↑ D+22.7
▶	Missouri	17	111	53.2%	363,667	44.6%	304,940	—	D+8.6	↑ D+1.2
▶	North Carolina	11	122	52.6%	174,408	46.8%	155,122	—	D+5.8	↓ R+5.8
▶	Nebraska	8	130	51.5%	115,007	46.2%	103,064	—	D+5.3	↑ D+36.5
▶	Virginia	12	142	51.7%	128,403	47.0%	116,854	—	D+4.7	↓ R+8.8
▶	Tennessee	12	154	50.7%	162,316	46.3%	148,036	—	D+4.5	↓ R+9.2
▶	Wyoming	3	157	49.3%	10,376	47.8%	10,072	—	D+1.4	↑ D+52.0
▶	South Dakota	4	161	49.7%	41,003	49.5%	40,831	—	D+0.2	↑ D+37.0
▶	Utah	—	—	82.7%	64,607	17.3%	13,491	—	D+65.5	—

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1892 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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