1896 United States presidential election in Maine

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1896 United States presidential election in Maine
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg
  1892 November 3, 1896 1900  
  William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Populist
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote60
Popular vote80,40334,587
Percentage67.90%29.21%

Maine Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
County Results
McKinley
  60–70%
  70–80%

The 1896 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Maine voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 38.69%.

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers, but had little appeal in the Northeastern states such as Maine.

With 67.90% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Massachusetts, neighboring New Hampshire and Rhode Island. [1]

Bryan would lose Maine to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Maine [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William McKinley 80,40367.90%6
Democratic William Jennings Bryan32,20027.19%0
Populist William Jennings Bryan2,3872.02%0
Total William Jennings Bryan 34,58729.21%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 1,8671.58%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 1,5621.32%0
Totals118,419100.00%6
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyWilliam McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
John McAuley Palmer [3]
National Democratic
Joshua Levering [3]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 5,54866.61%2,51330.17%1571.88%1111.33%3,03536.44%8,329
Aroostook 4,81674.41%1,38321.37%420.65%2313.57%3,43353.04%6,472
Cumberland 11,01765.32%5,17530.68%4502.67%2241.33%5,84234.64%16,866
Franklin 2,57872.60%88624.95%491.38%381.07%1,69247.65%3,551
Hancock 4,30668.69%1,79528.63%1171.87%510.81%2,51140.06%6,269
Kennebec 7,88971.70%2,81725.60%1060.96%1911.74%5,07246.10%11,003
Knox 3,28661.72%1,90035.69%1031.93%350.66%1,38626.03%5,324
Lincoln 2,59666.46%1,21131.00%621.59%370.95%1,38535.46%3,906
Oxford 4,77971.52%1,67725.10%1592.38%671.00%3,10246.42%6,682
Penobscot 8,41466.42%4,03131.82%900.71%1331.05%4,38334.60%12,668
Piscataquis 2,34270.37%90427.16%361.08%461.38%1,43843.21%3,328
Sagadahoc 2,72571.60%95725.14%792.08%451.18%1,76846.46%3,806
Somerset 4,69568.12%2,01829.28%821.19%971.41%2,67738.84%6,892
Waldo 3,25361.68%1,93936.77%500.95%320.61%1,31424.91%5,274
Washington 4,62768.93%1,92528.68%1111.65%500.74%2,70240.25%6,713
York 7,53266.44%3,45630.49%1741.53%1741.53%4,07635.95%11,336
Totals80,40367.90%34,58729.21%1,8671.58%1,5621.32%45,81638.69%118,419

See also

References

  1. "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. 1 2 "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections.
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 ISBN   9780804716963