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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Idaho

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Idaho in 1896, 78.1% to 21.3%, a margin of 56.8 points and 16,821 votes.

Idaho voted 61.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.

Idaho changed party: in 1892 it went third-party, for James B. Weaver.

Democrats led in 21 of the 21 counties as they stood then. The largest, Latah, cast 2,906 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.7 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 231 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 23,135 78.1%
William McKinley Republican 6,314 21.3%
All other candidates 172 0.6%
Total29,621

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Latah 1,870 64.3% 1,036 35.7% 2,906 D+28.7
Ada 1,519 64.1% 851 35.9% 2,370 D+28.2
Shoshone 1,741 77.8% 497 22.2% 2,238 D+55.6
Kootenai 1,432 81.1% 334 18.9% 1,766 D+62.2
Nez Perce 1,088 61.7% 675 38.3% 1,763 D+23.4
Fremont 1,526 92.7% 121 7.3% 1,647 D+85.3
Bannock 1,358 85.6% 228 14.4% 1,586 D+71.2
Idaho 1,120 74.8% 377 25.2% 1,497 D+49.6
Canyon 1,178 79.5% 303 20.5% 1,481 D+59.1
Bingham 1,232 86.4% 194 13.6% 1,426 D+72.8
Oneida 1,090 77.6% 315 22.4% 1,405 D+55.2
Blaine 1,228 95.4% 59 4.6% 1,287 D+90.8
Lemhi 1,065 84.1% 202 15.9% 1,267 D+68.1
Owyhee 1,134 92.1% 97 7.9% 1,231 D+84.2
Bear Lake 851 77.4% 249 22.6% 1,100 D+54.7
Boise 858 79.2% 226 20.8% 1,084 D+58.3
Washington 827 80.2% 204 19.8% 1,031 D+60.4
Cassia 579 81.8% 129 18.2% 708 D+63.6
Elmore 535 81.2% 124 18.8% 659 D+62.4
Custer 599 95.4% 29 4.6% 628 D+90.8
Lincoln 305 80.5% 74 19.5% 379 D+60.9

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)