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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Minnesota

William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1896, 56.4% to 41.1%, a margin of 15.4 points and 52,686 votes.

Minnesota voted 11.0 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 63 of the 81 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Hennepin, cast 48,288 votes and went to the Republican by 13.0 points. The closest was Kittson, where 9 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 193,503 56.4%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 140,817 41.1%
All other candidates 8,541 2.5%
Total342,861

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 20,515 42.5% 26,786 55.5% 987 48,288 R+13.0
Ramsey 12,048 39.6% 17,522 57.7% 817 30,387 R+18.0
St. Louis 7,412 42.6% 9,810 56.4% 184 17,406 R+13.8
Otter Tail 4,482 54.0% 3,544 42.7% 268 8,294 D+11.3
Polk 5,054 62.7% 2,855 35.4% 158 8,067 D+27.3
Stearns 4,911 61.6% 2,873 36.1% 183 7,967 D+25.6
Winona 3,528 46.2% 3,935 51.5% 176 7,639 R+5.3
Goodhue 1,426 19.3% 5,748 77.9% 208 7,382 R+58.5
Blue Earth 2,744 38.9% 4,055 57.5% 253 7,052 R+18.6
Fillmore 1,939 30.5% 4,195 66.1% 217 6,351 R+35.5
Rice 2,002 35.1% 3,483 61.0% 226 5,711 R+25.9
Washington 1,558 27.5% 3,995 70.5% 113 5,666 R+43.0
Wright 2,172 38.9% 3,312 59.4% 95 5,579 R+20.4
Olmsted 1,741 34.2% 3,201 62.8% 153 5,095 R+28.7
Mower 1,407 28.7% 3,379 68.8% 123 4,909 R+40.2
Freeborn 1,179 25.1% 3,400 72.2% 127 4,706 R+47.2
Renville 1,978 42.7% 2,553 55.2% 97 4,628 R+12.4
Dakota 2,310 49.9% 2,147 46.4% 169 4,626 D+3.5
Le Sueur 2,003 45.8% 2,235 51.2% 131 4,369 R+5.3
Faribault 1,107 25.4% 3,116 71.4% 143 4,366 R+46.0
Wabasha 1,630 37.9% 2,530 58.9% 138 4,298 R+20.9
Todd 1,739 44.5% 2,043 52.3% 126 3,908 R+7.8
Kandiyohi 1,638 42.2% 2,181 56.3% 58 3,877 R+14.0
Morrison 1,734 45.8% 1,960 51.8% 92 3,786 R+6.0
Meeker 1,538 41.4% 2,094 56.3% 86 3,718 R+15.0
Clay 1,908 53.1% 1,594 44.4% 90 3,592 D+8.7
Steele 1,248 36.2% 2,046 59.4% 150 3,444 R+23.2
Douglas 1,350 39.7% 1,966 57.8% 83 3,399 R+18.1
Brown 1,469 43.4% 1,807 53.4% 107 3,383 R+10.0
McLeod 1,653 49.5% 1,595 47.7% 94 3,342 D+1.7
Waseca 1,244 38.5% 1,902 58.8% 89 3,235 R+20.3
Martin 1,327 41.4% 1,739 54.3% 136 3,202 R+12.9
Carver 1,268 39.8% 1,856 58.3% 62 3,186 R+18.5
Houston 991 31.3% 2,087 65.9% 88 3,166 R+34.6
Sibley 1,251 39.7% 1,826 58.0% 73 3,150 R+18.3
Lyon 1,351 44.0% 1,623 52.8% 98 3,072 R+8.9
Chisago 437 14.4% 2,558 84.4% 37 3,032 R+70.0
Redwood 1,123 37.4% 1,818 60.6% 59 3,000 R+23.2
Scott 1,706 58.0% 1,126 38.3% 107 2,939 D+19.7
Dodge 911 31.2% 1,900 65.1% 108 2,919 R+33.9
Crow Wing 1,066 37.2% 1,701 59.4% 99 2,866 R+22.2
Nobles 1,204 42.1% 1,568 54.8% 87 2,859 R+12.7
Norman 1,304 46.8% 1,382 49.6% 100 2,786 R+2.8
Jackson 1,150 41.7% 1,558 56.5% 49 2,757 R+14.8
Nicollet 837 30.8% 1,803 66.4% 75 2,715 R+35.6
Yellow Medicine 1,015 37.9% 1,578 58.9% 85 2,678 R+21.0
Lac Qui Parle 932 35.3% 1,620 61.3% 89 2,641 R+26.1
Swift 1,222 47.8% 1,273 49.8% 62 2,557 R+2.0
Mille Lacs 1,538 60.4% 977 38.4% 30 2,545 D+22.0
Becker 985 39.2% 1,479 58.8% 51 2,515 R+19.6
Pope 688 27.4% 1,773 70.5% 53 2,514 R+43.2
Marshall 1,222 49.8% 1,200 48.9% 30 2,452 D+0.9
Chippewa 1,037 43.2% 1,310 54.6% 52 2,399 R+11.4
Anoka 791 33.1% 1,553 64.9% 49 2,393 R+31.8
Murray 1,054 45.7% 1,204 52.3% 46 2,304 R+6.5
Watonwan 586 26.0% 1,622 72.0% 45 2,253 R+46.0
Isanti 750 33.5% 1,490 66.5% 2,240 R+33.0
Cottonwood 810 38.3% 1,242 58.7% 63 2,115 R+20.4
Pine 875 42.1% 1,152 55.5% 50 2,077 R+13.3
Rock 765 37.9% 1,209 59.9% 46 2,020 R+22.0
Big Stone 742 39.4% 1,048 55.7% 91 1,881 R+16.3
Pipestone 919 50.6% 862 47.5% 34 1,815 D+3.1
Grant 739 41.5% 1,002 56.3% 39 1,780 R+14.8
Carlton 543 31.2% 1,169 67.1% 29 1,741 R+36.0
Stevens 685 40.1% 981 57.4% 43 1,709 R+17.3
Benton 867 51.9% 778 46.6% 24 1,669 D+5.3
Traverse 963 59.9% 589 36.7% 55 1,607 D+23.3
Sherburne 536 34.0% 1,008 63.9% 33 1,577 R+29.9
Itasca 724 46.4% 826 52.9% 11 1,561 R+6.5
Kittson 762 48.9% 753 48.4% 42 1,557 D+0.6
Wilkin 855 56.0% 631 41.3% 42 1,528 D+14.7
Wadena 534 37.1% 874 60.7% 33 1,441 R+23.6
Lincoln 703 48.9% 674 46.9% 60 1,437 D+2.0
Aitkin 344 27.6% 855 68.5% 49 1,248 R+40.9
Lake 320 34.4% 595 64.0% 14 929 R+29.6
Roseau 527 63.6% 287 34.7% 14 828 D+29.0
Kanabec 256 33.9% 484 64.1% 15 755 R+30.2
Hubbard 344 47.0% 364 49.7% 24 732 R+2.7
Cass 271 42.9% 351 55.6% 9 631 R+12.7
Beltrami 213 50.6% 202 48.0% 6 421 D+2.6
Cook 107 55.7% 81 42.2% 4 192 D+13.5

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+4.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+7.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+1.5
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+7.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+10.2
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.5
2000 Al Gore (D) D+2.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+11.6
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+7.0
1984 Walter Mondale (D) D+0.2
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+12.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+5.5
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+12.5
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+27.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+1.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+7.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+17.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+30.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+44.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+51.2
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+0.1
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+55.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.5
1896 William McKinley (R) R+15.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+8.2
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+14.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+21.9
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+26.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+19.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+22.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+21.8