1896 United States presidential election in Vermont

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1896 United States presidential election in Vermont

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Alliance Populist Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 51,127 10,640 Percentage 80.08% 16.66%

County Results McKinley   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% 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. 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 deserted the GOP. [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] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican William McKinley 51,127 80.08% 4 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 10,179 15.94% 0 Populist William Jennings Bryan 461 0.72% 0 Total William Jennings Bryan 10,640 16.66% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 1,331 2.08% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 733 1.15% 0 No party Write-ins 16 0.03% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 63,847 100.00% 4 Voter turnout — Results by county County William McKinley Republican William Jennings Bryan Democratic John McAuley Palmer [4] National Democratic Joshua Levering [4] Prohibition Margin Total votes cast [5] #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Addison 4,314 89.17% 404 8.35% 36 0.74% 81 1.68% 3,910 80.82% 4,838 Bennington 3,086 80.39% 656 17.09% 61 1.59% 36 0.94% 2,430 63.30% 3,839 Caledonia 3,474 78.65% 729 16.50% 120 2.72% 94 2.13% 2,745 62.15% 4,417 Chittenden 4,743 75.26% 1,416 22.47% 89 1.41% 54 0.86% 3,327 52.79% 6,302 Essex 873 72.99% 277 23.16% 33 2.76% 13 1.09% 596 49.83% 1,196 Franklin 3,444 72.16% 1,150 24.09% 107 2.24% 72 1.51% 2,294 48.06% 4,773 Grand Isle 426 69.04% 158 25.61% 31 5.02% 2 0.32% 268 43.44% 617 Lamoille 2,061 80.79% 440 17.25% 23 0.90% 27 1.06% 1,621 63.54% 2,551 Orange 3,067 80.20% 567 14.83% 121 3.16% 69 1.80% 2,500 65.38% 3,824 Orleans 3,412 86.25% 442 11.17% 56 1.42% 46 1.16% 2,970 75.08% 3,956 Rutland 6,794 78.00% 1,661 19.07% 161 1.85% 89 1.02% 5,133 58.93% 8,710 Washington 4,476 73.10% 1,396 22.80% 177 2.89% 66 1.08% 3,080 50.30% 6,123 Windham 4,829 84.14% 670 11.67% 190 3.31% 50 0.87% 4,159 72.47% 5,739 Windsor 6,128 88.02% 674 9.68% 126 1.81% 34 0.49% 5,454 78.34% 6,962 Totals 51,127 80.08% 10,640 16.66% 1,331 2.08% 733 1.15% 40,487 63.41% 63,847 See also United States presidential elections in Vermont References "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved August 4, 2022. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Vermont". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 352-354 ISBN   9780804716963 This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.