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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Mississippi

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Mississippi in 1896, 91.0% to 6.9%, a margin of 84.1 points and 58,536 votes.

Mississippi voted 88.5 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 75 of the 75 counties as they stood then. The largest, Lauderdale, cast 2,136 votes and went to the Democrat by 88.0 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 68 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	63,355	91.0%
William McKinley	Republican	4,819	6.9%
All other candidates		1,411	2.0%
Total		69,585

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Lauderdale	1,978 92.6%	98 4.6%	60	2,136	D+88.0
Hinds	1,643 88.6%	144 7.8%	68	1,855	D+80.8
Monroe	1,608 95.5%	71 4.2%	5	1,684	D+91.3
Copiah	1,588 94.9%	63 3.8%	23	1,674	D+91.1
Pike	1,380 89.7%	120 7.8%	38	1,538	D+81.9
Attala	1,307 87.7%	164 11.0%	19	1,490	D+76.7
Lafayette	1,314 90.8%	129 8.9%	4	1,447	D+81.9
Union	1,262 91.3%	114 8.2%	7	1,383	D+83.0
Marshall	1,286 93.3%	72 5.2%	20	1,378	D+88.1
Panola	1,235 91.0%	78 5.7%	44	1,357	D+85.3
Lee	1,241 96.4%	34 2.6%	12	1,287	D+93.8
Carroll	1,187 92.8%	79 6.2%	13	1,279	D+86.6
Leake	1,164 91.9%	91 7.2%	11	1,266	D+84.8
Tate	1,125 90.7%	76 6.1%	40	1,241	D+84.5
Newton	1,201 98.4%	9 0.7%	10	1,220	D+97.7
Yalobusha	1,110 91.5%	73 6.0%	30	1,213	D+85.5
Warren	867 72.2%	183 15.2%	151	1,201	D+57.0
Yazoo	1,159 97.5%	24 2.0%	6	1,189	D+95.5
Tippah	1,063 90.5%	103 8.8%	8	1,174	D+81.8
Itawamba	1,089 95.8%	32 2.8%	16	1,137	D+93.0
Rankin	1,044 92.2%	76 6.7%	12	1,132	D+85.5
Lincoln	954 84.6%	134 11.9%	39	1,127	D+72.8
Marion	839 76.1%	228 20.7%	36	1,103	D+55.4
Holmes	1,010 92.2%	74 6.8%	11	1,095	D+85.5
Smith	1,077 99.3%	1 0.1%	7	1,085	D+99.2
Montgomery	1,050 97.0%	23 2.1%	10	1,083	D+94.8
Neshoba	1,055 99.2%	7 0.7%	2	1,064	D+98.5
Prentiss	973 92.3%	59 5.6%	22	1,054	D+86.7
Amite	983 95.7%	21 2.0%	23	1,027	D+93.7
Pontotoc	944 92.3%	64 6.3%	15	1,023	D+86.0
Calhoun	948 92.8%	33 3.2%	41	1,022	D+89.5
Kemper	922 90.7%	72 7.1%	22	1,016	D+83.7
Webster	876 86.8%	127 12.6%	6	1,009	D+74.2
Jackson	723 73.0%	181 18.3%	87	991	D+54.7
Jones	934 94.5%	35 3.5%	19	988	D+91.0
Alcorn	925 93.7%	57 5.8%	5	987	D+87.9
De Soto	888 91.7%	58 6.0%	22	968	D+85.7
Choctaw	904 93.7%	54 5.6%	7	965	D+88.1
Clarke	947 98.6%	7 0.7%	6	960	D+97.9
Lawrence	774 80.7%	175 18.2%	10	959	D+62.5
Tishomingo	851 92.4%	67 7.3%	3	921	D+85.1
Jasper	871 95.5%	20 2.2%	21	912	D+93.3
Madison	763 89.8%	66 7.8%	21	850	D+82.0
Oktibbeha	816 96.1%	27 3.2%	6	849	D+92.9
Lowndes	820 97.3%	13 1.5%	10	843	D+95.7
Winston	793 94.6%	32 3.8%	13	838	D+90.8
Scott	780 95.9%	23 2.8%	10	813	D+93.1
Covington	731 90.7%	72 8.9%	3	806	D+81.8
Tallahatchie	779 97.0%	23 2.9%	1	803	D+94.1
Chickasaw	666 86.8%	70 9.1%	31	767	D+77.7
Washington	611 80.6%	98 12.9%	49	758	D+67.7
Benton	636 84.5%	113 15.0%	4	753	D+69.5
Noxubee	715 96.1%	12 1.6%	17	744	D+94.5
Simpson	677 91.5%	53 7.2%	10	740	D+84.3
Clay	676 93.5%	34 4.7%	13	723	D+88.8
Adams	507 70.9%	174 24.3%	34	715	D+46.6
Wayne	655 94.8%	30 4.3%	6	691	D+90.4
Jefferson	627 91.4%	55 8.0%	4	686	D+83.4
Franklin	592 95.8%	17 2.8%	9	618	D+93.0
Wilkinson	561 93.5%	36 6.0%	3	600	D+87.5
Claiborne	514 89.9%	15 2.6%	43	572	D+87.2
Grenada	483 94.9%	20 3.9%	6	509	D+91.0
Bolivar	360 72.0%	117 23.4%	23	500	D+48.6
Sunflower	459 93.5%	24 4.9%	8	491	D+88.6
Perry	419 91.5%	30 6.6%	9	458	D+84.9
Coahoma	347 78.3%	83 18.7%	13	443	D+59.6
Hancock	348 85.5%	48 11.8%	11	407	D+73.7
Leflore	316 99.7%	0 0.0%	1	317	D+99.7
Pearl River	266 85.8%	34 11.0%	10	310	D+74.8
Greene	266 98.5%	0 0.0%	4	270	D+98.5
Harrison	237 87.8%	17 6.3%	16	270	D+81.5
Tunica	174 72.2%	62 25.7%	5	241	D+46.5
Sharkey	194 87.8%	22 10.0%	5	221	D+77.8
Quitman	171 81.0%	40 19.0%		211	D+62.1
Issaquena	97 75.8%	29 22.7%	2	128	D+53.1

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

1896 presidential election in Mississippi

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