1896 United States presidential election in Vermont

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1896 United States presidential election in Vermont
Flag of Vermont (1837-1923).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 vote40
Popular vote51,12710,640
Percentage80.08%16.66%

Vermont Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
Vermont Presidential Election Results 1896 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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

Contents

Vermont overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominees, former governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic and Populist nominees, former representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.

With 80.08% of the popular vote, Vermont would be McKinley's strongest victory in the 1896 presidential election in terms of percentage in the popular vote, and remains the best performance of any presidential candidate in Vermont to date. [1] McKinley won Vermont by a landslide margin of 63.42%, which is the second-best performance by the Republican Party in a state in any presidential election behind only Barry Goldwater in Mississippi in 1964 – ironically the first election when Vermont voted for a Democratic candidate. [2]

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had practically no appeal in the Northeastern state of Vermont. In fact, with only 16.66% of the popular vote Bryan's performance in Vermont was the second weakest of any Democratic presidential candidate to date only after John W. Davis' 15.67% in 1924.

Bryan would lose Vermont 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 Vermont [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William McKinley 51,12780.08%4
Democratic William Jennings Bryan10,17915.94%0
Populist William Jennings Bryan4610.72%0
Total William Jennings Bryan 10,64016.66%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 1,3312.08%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 7331.15%0
No party Write-ins 160.03%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals63,847100.00%4
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyWilliam McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
John McAuley Palmer [4]
National Democratic
Joshua Levering [4]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast [5]
# %# %# %# %# %
Addison 4,31489.17%4048.35%360.74%811.68%3,91080.82%4,838
Bennington 3,08680.39%65617.09%611.59%360.94%2,43063.30%3,839
Caledonia 3,47478.65%72916.50%1202.72%942.13%2,74562.15%4,417
Chittenden 4,74375.26%1,41622.47%891.41%540.86%3,32752.79%6,302
Essex 87372.99%27723.16%332.76%131.09%59649.83%1,196
Franklin 3,44472.16%1,15024.09%1072.24%721.51%2,29448.06%4,773
Grand Isle 42669.04%15825.61%315.02%20.32%26843.44%617
Lamoille 2,06180.79%44017.25%230.90%271.06%1,62163.54%2,551
Orange 3,06780.20%56714.83%1213.16%691.80%2,50065.38%3,824
Orleans 3,41286.25%44211.17%561.42%461.16%2,97075.08%3,956
Rutland 6,79478.00%1,66119.07%1611.85%891.02%5,13358.93%8,710
Washington 4,47673.10%1,39622.80%1772.89%661.08%3,08050.30%6,123
Windham 4,82984.14%67011.67%1903.31%500.87%4,15972.47%5,739
Windsor 6,12888.02%6749.68%1261.81%340.49%5,45478.34%6,962
Totals51,12780.08%10,64016.66%1,3312.08%7331.15%40,48763.41%63,847

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References

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  2. "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  3. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Vermont". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  5. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 352-354 ISBN   9780804716963