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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in North Carolina

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in North Carolina in 1896, 52.6% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.8 points and 19,286 votes.

North Carolina voted 10.2 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 59 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 37. The largest, Wake, cast 10,121 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.1 points. The closest was Alamance, where 12 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 174,408 52.6%
William McKinley Republican 155,122 46.8%
All other candidates 1,807 0.5%
Total331,337

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 5,396 53.3% 4,675 46.2% 50 10,121 D+7.1
Mecklenburg 4,714 53.6% 3,921 44.6% 155 8,790 D+9.0
Buncombe 4,098 46.9% 4,611 52.8% 24 8,733 R+5.9
Guilford 3,479 49.7% 3,455 49.3% 70 7,004 D+0.3
Forsyth 2,778 41.3% 3,888 57.8% 55 6,721 R+16.5
Halifax 2,255 36.0% 4,003 63.9% 3 6,261 R+27.9
Robeson 3,457 58.7% 2,429 41.2% 3 5,889 D+17.5
Pitt 3,181 57.0% 2,390 42.8% 11 5,582 D+14.2
Wayne 3,215 58.6% 2,248 40.9% 27 5,490 D+17.6
New Hanover 2,100 38.4% 3,183 58.2% 189 5,472 R+19.8
Rockingham 2,882 52.8% 2,569 47.1% 9 5,460 D+5.7
Randolph 2,482 46.6% 2,743 51.5% 104 5,329 R+4.9
Johnston 3,343 64.7% 1,824 35.3% 2 5,169 D+29.4
Franklin 3,217 63.7% 1,834 36.3% 1 5,052 D+27.4
Iredell 2,958 59.4% 2,003 40.3% 15 4,976 D+19.2
Craven 1,810 37.5% 2,921 60.5% 97 4,828 R+23.0
Edgecombe 2,032 42.3% 2,758 57.5% 9 4,799 R+15.1
Cumberland 2,509 52.9% 2,200 46.4% 36 4,745 D+6.5
Beaufort 2,513 53.0% 2,207 46.5% 23 4,743 D+6.5
Richmond 2,172 46.1% 2,529 53.6% 13 4,714 R+7.6
Alamance 2,302 49.3% 2,314 49.6% 50 4,666 R+0.3
Wilkes 1,801 38.8% 2,835 61.1% 6 4,642 R+22.3
Surry 2,019 43.7% 2,590 56.1% 8 4,617 R+12.4
Nash 2,916 63.2% 1,699 36.8% 1 4,616 D+26.4
Rowan 3,095 67.3% 1,468 31.9% 37 4,600 D+35.4
Davidson 2,072 46.2% 2,375 53.0% 34 4,481 R+6.8
Granville 2,269 50.9% 2,175 48.8% 14 4,458 D+2.1
Durham 2,435 55.2% 1,924 43.6% 52 4,411 D+11.6
Chatham 2,892 65.8% 1,490 33.9% 15 4,397 D+31.9
Northampton 1,906 45.2% 2,310 54.7% 4 4,220 R+9.6
Moore 2,207 53.0% 1,948 46.7% 12 4,167 D+6.2
Wilson 2,715 65.4% 1,436 34.6% 2 4,153 D+30.8
Sampson 2,789 67.6% 1,271 30.8% 64 4,124 D+36.8
Rutherford 2,146 52.2% 1,953 47.5% 16 4,115 D+4.7
Bertie 1,711 43.0% 2,255 56.7% 10 3,976 R+13.7
Cleveland 2,664 67.9% 1,216 31.0% 44 3,924 D+36.9
Union 2,747 72.7% 1,009 26.7% 23 3,779 D+46.0
Gaston 2,069 55.5% 1,625 43.6% 33 3,727 D+11.9
Catawba 2,649 71.9% 1,004 27.3% 29 3,682 D+44.7
Madison 1,357 37.4% 2,270 62.6% 2 3,629 R+25.2
Duplin 2,409 67.6% 1,147 32.2% 8 3,564 D+35.4
Stokes 1,447 41.1% 2,069 58.8% 2 3,518 R+17.7
Warren 1,213 35.8% 2,175 64.1% 5 3,393 R+28.4
Anson 2,322 68.7% 1,060 31.3% 3,382 D+37.3
Lenoir 1,966 58.2% 1,410 41.7% 2 3,378 D+16.5
Ashe 1,574 47.1% 1,761 52.7% 4 3,339 R+5.6
Cabarrus 2,250 68.1% 996 30.1% 60 3,306 D+37.9
Vance 1,465 45.6% 1,745 54.3% 5 3,215 R+8.7
Caswell 1,372 44.0% 1,701 54.6% 45 3,118 R+10.6
Person 1,713 55.0% 1,402 45.0% 3,115 D+10.0
Columbus 1,918 61.9% 1,162 37.5% 18 3,098 D+24.4
Martin 1,681 55.0% 1,374 45.0% 3,055 D+10.0
Orange 1,700 57.1% 1,264 42.4% 14 2,978 D+14.6
Burke 1,550 52.2% 1,385 46.7% 33 2,968 D+5.6
Haywood 1,901 64.1% 1,039 35.0% 27 2,967 D+29.1
Bladen 1,665 56.9% 1,256 43.0% 3 2,924 D+14.0
Yadkin 1,093 39.7% 1,646 59.7% 16 2,755 R+20.1
Harnett 1,676 61.0% 1,042 37.9% 28 2,746 D+23.1
Hertford 1,240 46.5% 1,426 53.5% 2,666 R+7.0
Pasquotank 1,037 40.4% 1,519 59.2% 9 2,565 R+18.8
Henderson 1,022 41.0% 1,459 58.5% 12 2,493 R+17.5
Mitchell 630 25.3% 1,861 74.7% 2,491 R+49.4
Caldwell 1,428 57.9% 967 39.2% 70 2,465 D+18.7
Pender 1,276 52.3% 1,164 47.7% 2,440 D+4.6
Lincoln 1,349 56.6% 1,010 42.4% 23 2,382 D+14.2
Montgomery 1,129 48.3% 1,206 51.6% 2 2,337 R+3.3
Greene 1,222 53.4% 1,065 46.6% 2,287 D+6.9
Carteret 1,308 58.0% 943 41.8% 6 2,257 D+16.2
Watauga 1,063 47.5% 1,166 52.1% 11 2,240 R+4.6
Davie 894 40.6% 1,306 59.3% 4 2,204 R+18.7
Brunswick 1,279 59.3% 878 40.7% 1 2,158 D+18.6
McDowell 1,204 55.8% 950 44.0% 4 2,158 D+11.8
Onslow 1,559 72.6% 589 27.4% 2,148 D+45.2
Yancey 1,056 51.8% 982 48.2% 2,038 D+3.6
Macon 1,140 56.0% 891 43.8% 4 2,035 D+12.2
Washington 739 36.4% 1,289 63.6% 2,028 R+27.1
Jackson 1,145 56.7% 873 43.3% 2,018 D+13.5
Stanly 1,425 73.5% 511 26.4% 2 1,938 D+47.2
Chowan 791 40.8% 1,146 59.2% 1,937 R+18.3
Hyde 1,019 54.6% 847 45.3% 2 1,868 D+9.2
Gates 1,086 58.9% 759 41.1% 1,845 D+17.7
Perquimans 793 43.6% 1,016 55.9% 8 1,817 R+12.3
Cherokee 770 43.8% 987 56.1% 2 1,759 R+12.3
Alexander 1,119 64.2% 620 35.6% 3 1,742 D+28.6
Pamlico 861 57.2% 642 42.7% 1 1,504 D+14.6
Jones 814 54.3% 686 45.7% 1,500 D+8.5
Currituck 922 66.1% 472 33.8% 1 1,395 D+32.3
Alleghany 737 54.9% 605 45.0% 1 1,343 D+9.8
Swain 808 60.3% 531 39.6% 2 1,341 D+20.7
Transylvania 595 48.1% 637 51.5% 4 1,236 R+3.4
Polk 469 38.7% 731 60.3% 13 1,213 R+21.6
Camden 554 48.5% 588 51.5% 1,142 R+3.0
Tyrrell 411 45.6% 491 54.4% 902 R+8.9
Dare 408 46.4% 471 53.6% 879 R+7.2
Clay 476 61.4% 299 38.6% 775 D+22.8
Graham 363 51.1% 347 48.9% 710 D+2.3

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8