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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Iowa

William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Iowa in 1896, 55.5% to 42.9%, a margin of 12.6 points and 65,550 votes.

Iowa voted 8.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.

The Republican hold continued from 1892, when Benjamin Harrison won.

Republicans led in 82 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Polk, cast 18,471 votes and went to the Republican by 21.9 points. The closest was Wayne, where 14 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 McKinley won Republican 289,294 55.5%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 223,744 42.9%
All other candidates 8,513 1.6%
Total521,551

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 7,087 38.4% 11,127 60.2% 257 18,471 R+21.9
Linn 5,283 41.2% 7,335 57.1% 218 12,836 R+16.0
Dubuque 6,570 54.9% 5,203 43.5% 185 11,958 D+11.4
Pottawattamie 5,468 48.0% 5,810 51.0% 114 11,392 R+3.0
Woodbury 4,876 43.1% 6,204 54.9% 229 11,309 R+11.7
Scott 4,032 36.8% 6,449 58.8% 479 10,960 R+22.1
Clinton 4,590 44.4% 5,584 54.0% 163 10,337 R+9.6
Lee 5,153 50.7% 4,847 47.7% 162 10,162 D+3.0
Des Moines 3,741 43.6% 4,549 53.1% 284 8,574 R+9.4
Wapello 4,041 47.5% 4,319 50.8% 150 8,510 R+3.3
Mahaska 3,974 47.3% 4,256 50.7% 166 8,396 R+3.4
Marshall 2,626 35.8% 4,541 61.8% 175 7,342 R+26.1
Jasper 3,279 46.4% 3,713 52.5% 82 7,074 R+6.1
Black Hawk 2,167 30.8% 4,643 66.0% 220 7,030 R+35.2
Boone 2,801 42.2% 3,741 56.4% 88 6,630 R+14.2
Muscatine 2,863 43.4% 3,627 55.0% 102 6,592 R+11.6
Fayette 2,822 43.8% 3,522 54.7% 96 6,440 R+10.9
Webster 2,557 40.2% 3,691 58.1% 107 6,355 R+17.8
Clayton 2,910 46.0% 3,302 52.2% 119 6,331 R+6.2
Benton 2,560 40.8% 3,604 57.5% 104 6,268 R+16.7
Keokuk 2,891 46.3% 3,166 50.7% 185 6,242 R+4.4
Johnson 3,170 51.3% 2,910 47.1% 104 6,184 D+4.2
Harrison 3,214 52.6% 2,839 46.5% 55 6,108 D+6.1
Appanoose 2,940 48.8% 3,046 50.5% 41 6,027 R+1.8
Marion 3,119 52.4% 2,741 46.1% 92 5,952 D+6.4
Jackson 3,019 51.5% 2,768 47.2% 76 5,863 D+4.3
Dallas 2,316 40.3% 3,326 57.9% 105 5,747 R+17.6
Tama 2,596 45.3% 3,054 53.3% 83 5,733 R+8.0
Page 2,390 41.9% 3,213 56.3% 102 5,705 R+14.4
Winneshiek 2,033 36.7% 3,422 61.7% 87 5,542 R+25.1
Washington 2,292 43.3% 2,882 54.4% 122 5,296 R+11.1
Jones 2,143 40.5% 3,057 57.8% 85 5,285 R+17.3
Story 1,589 30.1% 3,630 68.7% 63 5,282 R+38.6
Cass 2,240 42.5% 2,959 56.1% 75 5,274 R+13.6
Hardin 1,568 30.0% 3,575 68.5% 79 5,222 R+38.4
Buchanan 2,233 43.1% 2,865 55.3% 83 5,181 R+12.2
Warren 2,214 43.3% 2,826 55.3% 73 5,113 R+12.0
Plymouth 2,392 46.9% 2,623 51.4% 88 5,103 R+4.5
Poweshiek 2,013 39.7% 2,969 58.5% 94 5,076 R+18.8
Cedar 2,128 42.7% 2,717 54.5% 140 4,985 R+11.8
Henry 2,092 42.1% 2,774 55.8% 103 4,969 R+13.7
Kossuth 1,861 38.3% 2,930 60.3% 68 4,859 R+22.0
Fremont 2,857 59.0% 1,948 40.2% 40 4,845 D+18.8
Guthrie 2,220 46.0% 2,541 52.7% 64 4,825 R+6.7
Sioux 1,898 39.4% 2,841 59.0% 75 4,814 R+19.6
Taylor 2,293 47.9% 2,468 51.5% 27 4,788 R+3.7
Union 2,425 51.7% 2,196 46.8% 68 4,689 D+4.9
Decatur 2,362 50.5% 2,268 48.5% 50 4,680 D+2.0
Crawford 2,396 51.4% 2,189 47.0% 74 4,659 D+4.4
Van Buren 2,076 44.9% 2,478 53.5% 74 4,628 R+8.7
Delaware 1,778 38.4% 2,799 60.5% 48 4,625 R+22.1
Madison 2,224 48.3% 2,313 50.3% 63 4,600 R+1.9
Montgomery 1,634 35.5% 2,927 63.7% 36 4,597 R+28.1
Cerro Gordo 1,408 30.8% 3,048 66.7% 112 4,568 R+35.9
Carroll 2,417 53.4% 2,066 45.7% 41 4,524 D+7.8
Allamakee 1,897 42.3% 2,471 55.2% 112 4,480 R+12.8
Iowa 1,956 44.0% 2,391 53.8% 99 4,446 R+9.8
Hamilton 1,300 29.3% 3,074 69.2% 65 4,439 R+40.0
Jefferson 1,772 40.9% 2,478 57.2% 79 4,329 R+16.3
Wayne 2,115 49.3% 2,101 48.9% 78 4,294 D+0.3
Greene 1,629 38.0% 2,607 60.8% 51 4,287 R+22.8
Floyd 1,461 34.1% 2,749 64.2% 75 4,285 R+30.1
Shelby 2,175 51.6% 2,019 47.9% 25 4,219 D+3.7
Wright 1,138 27.2% 2,992 71.4% 61 4,191 R+44.2
Mills 1,958 47.2% 2,153 51.9% 35 4,146 R+4.7
Monona 2,558 61.8% 1,526 36.9% 56 4,140 D+24.9
Adair 1,946 47.3% 2,127 51.7% 38 4,111 R+4.4
Butler 1,372 33.4% 2,670 64.9% 69 4,111 R+31.6
Chickasaw 2,084 51.1% 1,967 48.2% 30 4,081 D+2.9
Davis 2,367 58.6% 1,652 40.9% 23 4,042 D+17.7
O'Brien 1,562 38.8% 2,421 60.1% 45 4,028 R+21.3
Monroe 2,086 51.9% 1,836 45.7% 96 4,018 D+6.2
Calhoun 1,280 31.9% 2,698 67.2% 34 4,012 R+35.3
Sac 1,346 34.4% 2,513 64.1% 59 3,918 R+29.8
Bremer 1,704 43.5% 2,116 54.0% 97 3,917 R+10.5
Ringgold 1,651 42.2% 2,209 56.5% 52 3,912 R+14.3
Cherokee 1,464 37.5% 2,343 60.1% 93 3,900 R+22.5
Buena Vista 1,178 32.7% 2,368 65.8% 51 3,597 R+33.1
Mitchell 1,031 28.8% 2,498 69.8% 50 3,579 R+41.0
Lucas 1,624 45.8% 1,859 52.4% 66 3,549 R+6.6
Howard 1,507 43.2% 1,929 55.2% 56 3,492 R+12.1
Adams 1,701 48.8% 1,736 49.8% 51 3,488 R+1.0
Louisa 1,334 38.8% 2,035 59.1% 73 3,442 R+20.4
Franklin 894 26.6% 2,439 72.6% 28 3,361 R+46.0
Pocahontas 1,377 41.9% 1,866 56.8% 41 3,284 R+14.9
Clarke 1,517 47.5% 1,646 51.5% 31 3,194 R+4.0
Palo Alto 1,547 48.5% 1,595 50.0% 48 3,190 R+1.5
Audubon 1,417 45.0% 1,705 54.1% 27 3,149 R+9.1
Grundy 1,206 38.4% 1,894 60.4% 38 3,138 R+21.9
Lyon 1,464 47.9% 1,568 51.3% 23 3,055 R+3.4
Hancock 1,007 33.5% 1,975 65.6% 27 3,009 R+32.2
Ida 1,421 48.5% 1,475 50.4% 33 2,929 R+1.8
Clay 933 32.7% 1,880 66.0% 36 2,849 R+33.2
Humboldt 783 27.7% 2,010 71.2% 31 2,824 R+43.4
Winnebago 714 26.9% 1,912 72.1% 25 2,651 R+45.2
Worth 584 25.4% 1,696 73.7% 20 2,300 R+48.3
Emmet 559 27.4% 1,429 70.0% 52 2,040 R+42.6
Osceola 767 40.6% 1,094 57.9% 28 1,889 R+17.3
Dickinson 517 30.8% 1,131 67.4% 31 1,679 R+36.6

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.

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.8
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.7
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+10.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+28.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.5
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+24.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+38.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+45.4
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+12.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.0
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+32.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+18.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+12.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+5.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+24.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+20.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.8