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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Georgia

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Georgia in 1896, 57.7% to 36.7%, a margin of 21.0 points and 34,050 votes.

Georgia voted 25.4 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 107 of the 136 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29. The largest, Fulton, cast 7,900 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.0 points. The closest was Henry, where 1 vote 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Jennings Bryan won	Democratic	93,445	57.7%
William McKinley	Republican	59,395	36.7%
All other candidates		9,153	5.7%
Total		161,993

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	4,504 57.0%	3,005 38.0%	391	7,900	D+19.0
Richmond	3,716 65.8%	1,698 30.1%	235	5,649	D+35.7
Chatham	2,506 52.6%	1,697 35.6%	558	4,761	D+17.0
Bibb	1,854 50.8%	670 18.4%	1,125	3,649	D+32.4
Floyd	2,150 64.7%	1,117 33.6%	57	3,324	D+31.1
Carroll	1,490 64.8%	733 31.9%	76	2,299	D+32.9
Cobb	1,387 62.0%	758 33.9%	93	2,238	D+28.1
Gwinnett	1,250 57.8%	773 35.8%	138	2,161	D+22.1
Jackson	1,205 56.4%	700 32.7%	233	2,138	D+23.6
Meriwether	991 48.6%	946 46.4%	102	2,039	D+2.2
Washington	925 45.7%	1,023 50.6%	75	2,023	R+4.8
Muscogee	1,365 68.3%	501 25.1%	133	1,999	D+43.2
Bartow	1,026 54.4%	808 42.8%	52	1,886	D+11.6
Hall	1,134 61.4%	582 31.5%	132	1,848	D+29.9
Coweta	1,196 66.7%	571 31.9%	25	1,792	D+34.9
Walton	1,001 56.2%	726 40.8%	53	1,780	D+15.4
Decatur	972 55.6%	700 40.0%	77	1,749	D+15.6
Pike	890 52.0%	724 42.3%	96	1,710	D+9.7
Walker	1,045 63.0%	569 34.3%	45	1,659	D+28.7
Burke	1,414 86.7%	193 11.8%	24	1,631	D+74.9
Newton	973 60.5%	580 36.0%	56	1,609	D+24.4
Bulloch	1,042 65.0%	511 31.9%	49	1,602	D+33.1
Greene	575 37.0%	910 58.6%	68	1,553	R+21.6
Sumter	1,094 72.1%	371 24.4%	53	1,518	D+47.6
Morgan	629 42.1%	819 54.9%	45	1,493	R+12.7
Appling	996 66.9%	488 32.8%	5	1,489	D+34.1
Cherokee	712 47.9%	702 47.2%	72	1,486	D+0.7
Chattooga	911 62.1%	500 34.1%	57	1,468	D+28.0
Whitfield	857 59.5%	494 34.3%	89	1,440	D+25.2
Fannin	507 35.4%	920 64.3%	4	1,431	R+28.9
Gordon	875 61.4%	523 36.7%	28	1,426	D+24.7
Polk	567 39.8%	810 56.8%	48	1,425	R+17.1
Thomas	600 42.1%	620 43.5%	204	1,424	R+1.4
Oglethorpe	1,242 88.2%	106 7.5%	60	1,408	D+80.7
Dooly	956 68.7%	365 26.2%	70	1,391	D+42.5
Harris	919 67.6%	402 29.6%	39	1,360	D+38.0
Dekalb	815 60.2%	439 32.4%	99	1,353	D+27.8
Coffee	428 32.0%	873 65.2%	38	1,339	R+33.2
Terrell	809 60.4%	467 34.9%	63	1,339	D+25.5
Emanuel	690 51.7%	507 38.0%	138	1,335	D+13.7
Wilkes	1,063 81.6%	104 8.0%	135	1,302	D+73.7
Monroe	729 56.5%	419 32.5%	143	1,291	D+24.0
Tattnall	517 40.7%	600 47.2%	153	1,270	R+6.5
Paulding	627 50.6%	552 44.5%	61	1,240	D+6.0
Henry	569 46.6%	568 46.6%	83	1,220	D+0.1
Gilmer	706 58.4%	503 41.6%		1,209	D+16.8
Screven	585 48.7%	542 45.1%	75	1,202	D+3.6
Haralson	469 39.5%	686 57.7%	33	1,188	R+18.3
Clarke	707 60.2%	419 35.7%	49	1,175	D+24.5
Lowndes	586 49.9%	536 45.6%	53	1,175	D+4.3
Hart	738 62.9%	339 28.9%	96	1,173	D+34.0
Pickens	458 39.8%	693 60.2%		1,151	R+20.4
Laurens	570 49.6%	514 44.7%	65	1,149	D+4.9
Irwin	626 55.2%	486 42.8%	23	1,135	D+12.3
Upson	591 52.5%	498 44.3%	36	1,125	D+8.3
Douglas	463 41.3%	641 57.2%	17	1,121	R+15.9
Hancock	952 85.7%	122 11.0%	37	1,111	D+74.7
Troup	878 79.7%	199 18.1%	25	1,102	D+61.6
Wilkinson	610 55.6%	476 43.4%	11	1,097	D+12.2
Habersham	782 71.8%	242 22.2%	65	1,089	D+49.6
Houston	875 80.3%	192 17.6%	22	1,089	D+62.7
Randolph	627 58.0%	384 35.5%	70	1,081	D+22.5
Worth	528 48.9%	447 41.4%	104	1,079	D+7.5
Franklin	599 56.5%	392 36.9%	70	1,061	D+19.5
Banks	579 55.7%	389 37.4%	71	1,039	D+18.3
Brooks	528 51.6%	423 41.3%	73	1,024	D+10.3
Early	591 57.9%	336 32.9%	93	1,020	D+25.0
Clayton	516 50.7%	472 46.4%	29	1,017	D+4.3
Union	560 56.1%	419 41.9%	20	999	D+14.1
Telfair	580 58.9%	350 35.5%	55	985	D+23.4
Montgomery	503 51.2%	441 44.9%	38	982	D+6.3
Butts	586 59.9%	317 32.4%	75	978	D+27.5
Glynn	592 60.7%	353 36.2%	30	975	D+24.5
Baldwin	516 53.0%	410 42.1%	48	974	D+10.9
Fayette	562 58.1%	345 35.6%	61	968	D+22.4
Rockdale	473 49.0%	483 50.0%	10	966	R+1.0
Dodge	568 59.7%	315 33.1%	69	952	D+26.6
Jefferson	541 58.2%	223 24.0%	166	930	D+34.2
Berrien	606 65.8%	250 27.1%	65	921	D+38.7
Pulaski	755 82.6%	132 14.4%	27	914	D+68.2
Ware	545 59.6%	330 36.1%	39	914	D+23.5
Jones	521 57.1%	377 41.3%	14	912	D+15.8
Lumpkin	436 48.4%	456 50.6%	9	901	R+2.2
Murray	557 62.4%	323 36.2%	12	892	D+26.2
Liberty	237 26.6%	646 72.5%	8	891	R+45.9
Spalding	612 68.8%	239 26.9%	39	890	D+41.9
Stewart	635 72.8%	213 24.4%	24	872	D+48.4
Macon	511 58.9%	286 32.9%	71	868	D+25.9
Warren	279 32.3%	458 53.1%	126	863	R+20.7
Campbell (Ext)	434 50.6%	377 43.9%	47	858	D+6.6
Clay	240 28.1%	534 62.6%	79	853	R+34.5
Madison	672 81.0%	141 17.0%	17	830	D+64.0
Mitchell	437 54.6%	268 33.5%	96	801	D+21.1
McIntosh	234 29.3%	538 67.3%	28	800	R+38.0
Wilcox	623 79.9%	145 18.6%	12	780	D+61.3
Wayne	477 61.8%	266 34.5%	29	772	D+27.3
Heard	620 80.4%	138 17.9%	13	771	D+62.5
Forsyth	482 62.6%	259 33.6%	29	770	D+29.0
Catoosa	557 74.2%	161 21.4%	33	751	D+52.7
Jasper	628 84.0%	110 14.7%	10	748	D+69.3
Oconee	330 47.9%	358 52.0%	1	689	R+4.1
Milton (Ext)	428 62.5%	227 33.1%	30	685	D+29.3
Marion	223 33.3%	409 61.0%	38	670	R+27.8
Talbot	472 72.8%	156 24.1%	20	648	D+48.8
Towns	340 53.2%	299 46.8%		639	D+6.4
Dawson	324 51.7%	290 46.3%	13	627	D+5.4
Pierce	329 53.0%	215 34.6%	77	621	D+18.4
Effingham	372 60.3%	209 33.9%	36	617	D+26.4
Columbia	192 31.7%	401 66.2%	13	606	R+34.5
Schley	266 44.1%	327 54.2%	10	603	R+10.1
Colquitt	361 60.5%	135 22.6%	101	597	D+37.9
Baker	527 88.9%	62 10.5%	4	593	D+78.4
McDuffie	138 23.4%	401 67.9%	52	591	R+44.5
Taylor	237 41.0%	309 53.5%	32	578	R+12.5
Taliaferro	221 41.2%	261 48.7%	54	536	R+7.5
Dougherty	404 76.2%	120 22.6%	6	530	D+53.6
Twiggs	397 75.6%	128 24.4%		525	D+51.2
Dade	325 62.0%	110 21.0%	89	524	D+41.0
Rabun	404 78.1%	101 19.5%	12	517	D+58.6
Chattahoochee	157 30.7%	349 68.2%	6	512	R+37.5
Quitman	181 37.3%	280 57.7%	24	485	R+20.4
Clinch	257 53.1%	212 43.8%	15	484	D+9.3
Putnam	438 92.4%	2 0.4%	34	474	D+92.0
Johnson	213 45.0%	239 50.5%	21	473	R+5.5
White	274 59.1%	159 34.3%	31	464	D+24.8
Lee	285 63.6%	163 36.4%		448	D+27.2
Crawford	367 82.5%	62 13.9%	16	445	D+68.5
Webster	246 55.9%	191 43.4%	3	440	D+12.5
Bryan	259 59.0%	171 39.0%	9	439	D+20.0
Camden	190 44.1%	209 48.5%	32	431	R+4.4
Calhoun	406 97.1%	5 1.2%	7	418	D+95.9
Elbert	134 33.5%	155 38.8%	111	400	R+5.3
Miller	315 80.6%	55 14.1%	21	391	D+66.5
Lincoln	239 61.3%	73 18.7%	78	390	D+42.6
Glascock	154 45.8%	122 36.3%	60	336	D+9.5
Echols	174 76.7%	52 22.9%	1	227	D+53.7

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

1896 presidential election in Georgia

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