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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Arkansas

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Arkansas in 1896, 73.7% to 25.1%, a margin of 48.6 points and 72,591 votes.

Arkansas voted 52.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.

The Democratic hold continued from 1892, when Grover Cleveland won.

Democrats led in 73 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Pulaski, cast 4,894 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.9 points. The closest was Newton, where 74 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Jennings Bryan won Democratic 110,103 73.7%
William McKinley Republican 37,512 25.1%
All other candidates 1,781 1.2%
Total149,396

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 3,021 61.7% 1,754 35.8% 119 4,894 D+25.9
Washington 3,208 72.2% 1,197 26.9% 40 4,445 D+45.2
Benton 3,548 83.1% 685 16.1% 34 4,267 D+67.1
Sebastian 2,622 71.6% 1,009 27.6% 29 3,660 D+44.1
White 2,876 83.1% 559 16.2% 25 3,460 D+67.0
Crawford 1,870 58.5% 1,311 41.0% 18 3,199 D+17.5
Pope 2,315 74.7% 762 24.6% 20 3,097 D+50.1
Yell 2,261 73.3% 812 26.3% 12 3,085 D+47.0
Hempstead 1,832 59.8% 1,203 39.3% 29 3,064 D+20.5
Madison 1,689 56.6% 1,260 42.3% 33 2,982 D+14.4
Conway 2,255 77.0% 656 22.4% 18 2,929 D+54.6
Clark 1,910 67.6% 833 29.5% 82 2,825 D+38.1
Lonoke 2,300 83.3% 437 15.8% 25 2,762 D+67.5
Jefferson 1,653 60.1% 1,050 38.2% 47 2,750 D+21.9
Logan 1,786 65.2% 946 34.5% 9 2,741 D+30.6
Carroll 1,790 66.1% 875 32.3% 44 2,709 D+33.8
Columbia 2,159 79.8% 537 19.8% 11 2,707 D+59.9
Independence 2,089 78.1% 567 21.2% 20 2,676 D+56.9
Faulkner 2,044 78.2% 556 21.3% 14 2,614 D+56.9
Ouachita 1,366 56.8% 1,029 42.8% 11 2,406 D+14.0
Drew 1,754 74.1% 603 25.5% 11 2,368 D+48.6
Johnson 1,831 78.5% 491 21.1% 9 2,331 D+57.5
Boone 1,730 74.5% 573 24.7% 19 2,322 D+49.8
Ashley 1,760 78.0% 405 18.0% 90 2,255 D+60.1
Garland 1,465 65.3% 703 31.3% 76 2,244 D+34.0
Franklin 1,746 78.2% 424 19.0% 63 2,233 D+59.2
Randolph 1,915 86.0% 307 13.8% 4 2,226 D+72.2
Craighead 1,890 85.0% 329 14.8% 5 2,224 D+70.2
Lee 1,946 88.4% 213 9.7% 42 2,201 D+78.7
Jackson 1,585 72.6% 588 26.9% 9 2,182 D+45.7
Nevada 1,669 77.7% 469 21.8% 11 2,149 D+55.8
Woodruff 1,478 70.1% 620 29.4% 9 2,107 D+40.7
Lawrence 1,679 81.8% 337 16.4% 37 2,053 D+65.4
Clay 1,537 75.6% 475 23.4% 22 2,034 D+52.2
Phillips 1,085 54.9% 815 41.2% 78 1,978 D+13.7
Union 1,749 89.4% 148 7.6% 60 1,957 D+81.8
Greene 1,627 85.6% 262 13.8% 11 1,900 D+71.8
Izard 1,507 83.0% 285 15.7% 24 1,816 D+67.3
Prairie 1,145 64.2% 633 35.5% 5 1,783 D+28.7
Arkansas 1,175 67.5% 550 31.6% 17 1,742 D+35.9
Howard 1,392 82.4% 294 17.4% 3 1,689 D+65.0
Saline 1,417 84.0% 268 15.9% 2 1,687 D+68.1
Miller 1,073 65.1% 565 34.3% 11 1,649 D+30.8
Hot Spring 1,331 81.0% 292 17.8% 21 1,644 D+63.2
Sharp 1,383 85.6% 230 14.2% 3 1,616 D+71.3
Fulton 1,259 78.9% 333 20.9% 3 1,595 D+58.1
Monroe 1,019 64.0% 436 27.4% 137 1,592 D+36.6
Marion 1,212 76.9% 336 21.3% 28 1,576 D+55.6
Scott 1,260 80.7% 264 16.9% 37 1,561 D+63.8
St. Francis 1,087 70.1% 455 29.4% 8 1,550 D+40.8
Dallas 1,032 68.0% 479 31.6% 7 1,518 D+36.4
Cleveland 1,269 83.7% 231 15.2% 16 1,516 D+68.5
Newton 659 46.9% 733 52.2% 12 1,404 R+5.3
Searcy 615 45.4% 737 54.4% 4 1,356 R+9.0
Sevier 1,166 86.8% 170 12.7% 7 1,343 D+74.2
Lincoln 1,026 81.1% 236 18.7% 3 1,265 D+62.5
Van Buren 846 67.9% 374 30.0% 26 1,246 D+37.9
Baxter 980 78.8% 262 21.1% 2 1,244 D+57.7
Montgomery 1,008 82.1% 220 17.9% 1,228 D+64.2
Bradley 976 83.7% 185 15.9% 5 1,166 D+67.8
Cleburne 1,047 89.8% 108 9.3% 11 1,166 D+80.5
Little River 852 74.8% 273 24.0% 14 1,139 D+50.8
Cross 908 80.1% 224 19.8% 1 1,133 D+60.4
Calhoun 910 80.5% 216 19.1% 4 1,130 D+61.4
Pike 864 78.7% 231 21.0% 3 1,098 D+57.7
Polk 1,004 94.1% 51 4.8% 12 1,067 D+89.3
Lafayette 608 58.7% 423 40.8% 5 1,036 D+17.9
Mississippi 815 82.7% 168 17.1% 2 985 D+65.7
Grant 801 86.0% 125 13.4% 5 931 D+72.6
Stone 728 80.3% 172 19.0% 7 907 D+61.3
Perry 678 75.2% 217 24.1% 6 901 D+51.2
Crittenden 625 70.0% 258 28.9% 10 893 D+41.1
Chicot 418 55.0% 258 33.9% 84 760 D+21.1
Desha 396 55.3% 290 40.5% 30 716 D+14.8
Poinsett 572 80.3% 130 18.3% 10 712 D+62.1

Counties as they stood in 1896; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+27.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.9
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+23.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+19.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+9.8
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+5.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+14.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+30.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.1
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+6.6
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+12.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+40.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+58.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+20.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+31.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+19.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+37.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+34.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+20.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+15.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+28.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+48.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+27.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+16.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.1
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+17.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.4