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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Louisiana

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Louisiana in 1896, 76.4% to 21.8%, a margin of 54.6 points and 55,138 votes.

Louisiana voted 58.9 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 51 of the 59 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Orleans, cast 26,571 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.6 points. The closest was St. Mary, where 18 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Jennings Bryan won	Democratic	77,175	76.4%
William McKinley	Republican	22,037	21.8%
All other candidates		1,834	1.8%
Total		101,046

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Orleans	17,487 65.8%	9,084 34.2%	26,571	D+31.6
Calcasieu	2,658 74.3%	921 25.7%	3,579	D+48.5
Ouachita	2,712 96.3%	104 3.7%	2,816	D+92.6
Rapides	2,600 93.6%	179 6.4%	2,779	D+87.1
Caddo	1,812 83.7%	353 16.3%	2,165	D+67.4
Desoto	1,940 91.6%	179 8.4%	2,119	D+83.1
East Baton Rouge	1,412 68.4%	653 31.6%	2,065	D+36.8
Plaquemines	1,502 73.2%	551 26.8%	2,053	D+46.3
St. Landry	1,786 87.0%	266 13.0%	2,052	D+74.1
Avoyelles	1,657 88.0%	226 12.0%	1,883	D+76.0
Tangipahoa	1,429 77.0%	427 23.0%	1,856	D+54.0
Claiborne	1,757 95.8%	77 4.2%	1,834	D+91.6
Jefferson	1,383 79.3%	361 20.7%	1,744	D+58.6
Union	1,586 93.5%	111 6.5%	1,697	D+86.9
Natchitoches	1,656 98.1%	32 1.9%	1,688	D+96.2
St. James	210 12.6%	1,460 87.4%	1,670	R+74.9
East Feliciana	1,548 98.5%	24 1.5%	1,572	D+96.9
Bienville	1,491 96.0%	62 4.0%	1,553	D+92.0
Lafourche	1,129 73.9%	398 26.1%	1,527	D+47.9
Sabine	1,469 97.2%	42 2.8%	1,511	D+94.4
Ascension	737 49.1%	765 50.9%	1,502	R+1.9
Assumption	344 23.7%	1,110 76.3%	1,454	R+52.7
Madison	1,248 92.0%	108 8.0%	1,356	D+84.1
Tensas	1,108 82.1%	241 17.9%	1,349	D+64.3
Iberia	939 70.0%	402 30.0%	1,341	D+40.0
Acadia	1,082 81.5%	245 18.5%	1,327	D+63.1
Lincoln	1,241 95.0%	65 5.0%	1,306	D+90.0
Washington	1,168 95.1%	60 4.9%	1,228	D+90.2
Pointe Coupee	773 64.0%	434 36.0%	1,207	D+28.1
St. Mary	591 49.3%	609 50.8%	1,200	R+1.5
Bossier	1,146 97.3%	32 2.7%	1,178	D+94.6
Concordia	1,085 92.6%	87 7.4%	1,172	D+85.2
St. Tammany	636 60.8%	410 39.2%	1,046	D+21.6
Lafayette	825 81.7%	185 18.3%	1,010	D+63.4
West Feliciana	919 93.6%	63 6.4%	982	D+87.2
Iberville	358 36.7%	618 63.3%	976	R+26.6
Terrebonne	597 62.1%	364 37.9%	961	D+24.2
Franklin	871 94.9%	47 5.1%	918	D+89.8
Grant	780 85.2%	136 14.8%	916	D+70.3
Vermilion	702 77.4%	205 22.6%	907	D+54.8
Morehouse	853 94.2%	53 5.8%	906	D+88.3
Catahoula	811 91.3%	77 8.7%	888	D+82.7
Webster	774 88.4%	102 11.6%	876	D+76.7
Red River	832 96.4%	31 3.6%	863	D+92.8
Richland	706 90.7%	72 9.3%	778	D+81.5
Livingston	693 90.2%	75 9.8%	768	D+80.5
St. Martin	679 89.1%	83 10.9%	762	D+78.2
St. John The Baptist	180 24.3%	560 75.7%	740	R+51.4
Vernon	697 94.6%	40 5.4%	737	D+89.1
Winn	682 93.4%	48 6.6%	730	D+86.8
Jackson	705 97.2%	20 2.8%	725	D+94.5
Caldwell	610 95.5%	29 4.5%	639	D+90.9
West Carroll	637 99.8%	1 0.2%	638	D+99.7
St. Bernard	569 89.5%	67 10.5%	636	D+78.9
St. Helena	522 88.6%	67 11.4%	589	D+77.2
West Baton Rouge	237 43.7%	305 56.3%	542	R+12.5
East Carroll	235 52.9%	209 47.1%	444	D+5.9
St. Charles	125 29.9%	293 70.1%	418	R+40.2
Cameron	254 85.5%	43 14.5%	297	D+71.0

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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