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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Texas

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Texas in 1896, 68.0% to 30.7%, a margin of 37.2 points and 202,914 votes.

Texas voted 41.6 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 194 of the 224 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 30. The largest, Dallas, cast 16,245 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.4 points. The closest was Hansford, where 1 vote 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 370,434 68.0%
William McKinley Republican 167,520 30.7%
All other candidates 6,832 1.3%
Total544,786

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 10,590 65.2% 5,655 34.8% 16,245 D+30.4
Grayson 9,034 72.9% 3,353 27.1% 12,387 D+45.9
Harris 6,295 52.2% 5,765 47.8% 12,060 D+4.4
McLennan 7,628 64.9% 4,126 35.1% 11,754 D+29.8
Bexar 6,358 56.0% 5,001 44.0% 11,359 D+11.9
Ellis 8,784 83.3% 1,763 16.7% 10,547 D+66.6
Tarrant 8,148 78.0% 2,293 22.0% 10,441 D+56.1
Collin 7,810 80.1% 1,935 19.9% 9,745 D+60.3
Fannin 7,288 75.8% 2,329 24.2% 9,617 D+51.6
Galveston 4,828 51.1% 4,613 48.9% 9,441 D+2.3
Bell 7,175 80.5% 1,735 19.5% 8,910 D+61.1
Hill 7,305 85.9% 1,195 14.1% 8,500 D+71.9
Travis 4,270 50.8% 4,136 49.2% 8,406 D+1.6
Lamar 6,114 73.6% 2,191 26.4% 8,305 D+47.2
Navarro 6,187 74.5% 2,113 25.5% 8,300 D+49.1
Hunt 6,436 77.9% 1,830 22.1% 8,266 D+55.7
Williamson 5,187 70.7% 2,151 29.3% 7,338 D+41.4
Milam 4,747 68.4% 2,190 31.6% 6,937 D+36.9
Smith 4,061 60.9% 2,603 39.1% 6,664 D+21.9
Fayette 3,147 48.5% 3,338 51.5% 6,485 R+2.9
Falls 3,696 57.5% 2,734 42.5% 6,430 D+15.0
Johnson 5,438 86.2% 869 13.8% 6,307 D+72.4
Washington 1,767 29.7% 4,185 70.3% 5,952 R+40.6
Wise 5,057 90.4% 540 9.6% 5,597 D+80.7
Robertson 2,887 52.0% 2,660 48.0% 5,547 D+4.1
Denton 4,548 82.7% 949 17.3% 5,497 D+65.5
Cooke 4,433 84.3% 827 15.7% 5,260 D+68.6
Erath 4,315 82.4% 923 17.6% 5,238 D+64.8
Red River 3,647 70.0% 1,560 30.0% 5,207 D+40.1
Parker 4,491 87.6% 637 12.4% 5,128 D+75.2
Montague 4,686 92.6% 375 7.4% 5,061 D+85.2
Limestone 5,059 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,059 D+100.0
Anderson 3,091 61.2% 1,956 38.8% 5,047 D+22.5
Lavaca 3,333 69.3% 1,476 30.7% 4,809 D+38.6
Bastrop 2,758 57.8% 2,016 42.2% 4,774 D+15.5
Houston 3,317 71.9% 1,296 28.1% 4,613 D+43.8
Bowie 2,640 57.9% 1,922 42.1% 4,562 D+15.7
Hopkins 3,082 67.6% 1,475 32.4% 4,557 D+35.3
Grimes 2,515 55.5% 2,017 44.5% 4,532 D+11.0
Gonzales 3,852 85.7% 645 14.3% 4,497 D+71.3
Rusk 2,733 62.0% 1,674 38.0% 4,407 D+24.0
Van Zandt 3,603 83.9% 691 16.1% 4,294 D+67.8
Cass 2,406 58.0% 1,742 42.0% 4,148 D+16.0
Coryell 3,545 87.9% 488 12.1% 4,033 D+75.8
Cherokee 2,421 60.0% 1,611 40.0% 4,032 D+20.1
Colorado 1,945 48.7% 2,045 51.3% 3,990 R+2.5
Brazos 1,966 49.6% 1,999 50.4% 3,965 R+0.8
Austin 1,746 44.5% 2,181 55.5% 3,927 R+11.1
De Witt 2,086 54.0% 1,776 46.0% 3,862 D+8.0
Kaufman 3,798 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,798 D+100.0
Nacogdoches 2,939 78.0% 830 22.0% 3,769 D+56.0
Harrison 2,167 57.6% 1,595 42.4% 3,762 D+15.2
El Paso 2,376 65.6% 1,246 34.4% 3,622 D+31.2
Guadalupe 1,368 38.0% 2,229 62.0% 3,597 R+23.9
Caldwell 2,706 77.7% 778 22.3% 3,484 D+55.3
Burleson 1,810 53.0% 1,605 47.0% 3,415 D+6.0
Freestone 2,059 60.5% 1,345 39.5% 3,404 D+21.0
Bosque 2,487 74.0% 875 26.0% 3,362 D+47.9
Wood 2,573 76.8% 778 23.2% 3,351 D+53.6
Shelby 3,080 94.3% 186 5.7% 3,266 D+88.6
Webb 1,187 36.5% 2,067 63.5% 3,254 R+27.0
Henderson 2,554 79.4% 664 20.6% 3,218 D+58.7
Fort Bend 903 28.8% 2,228 71.2% 3,131 R+42.3
Cameron 1,732 55.8% 1,374 44.2% 3,106 D+11.5
Leon 2,064 67.1% 1,012 32.9% 3,076 D+34.2
Brazoria 1,380 46.9% 1,564 53.1% 2,944 R+6.3
Panola 2,595 89.9% 291 10.1% 2,886 D+79.8
Montgomery 1,944 67.6% 933 32.4% 2,877 D+35.1
Eastland 2,627 91.7% 237 8.3% 2,864 D+83.4
Brown 2,524 88.5% 328 11.5% 2,852 D+77.0
Waller 1,329 47.1% 1,493 52.9% 2,822 R+5.8
Upshur 1,931 70.1% 822 29.9% 2,753 D+40.3
Comanche 2,558 94.2% 158 5.8% 2,716 D+88.4
Lee 1,314 49.7% 1,329 50.3% 2,643 R+0.6
Hays 1,904 73.3% 692 26.7% 2,596 D+46.7
Walker 1,478 58.3% 1,057 41.7% 2,535 D+16.6
Wilson 2,319 92.5% 189 7.5% 2,508 D+84.9
Polk 1,913 76.6% 585 23.4% 2,498 D+53.2
Hamilton 1,992 84.9% 354 15.1% 2,346 D+69.8
Victoria 924 40.9% 1,333 59.1% 2,257 R+18.1
Angelina 1,884 84.3% 351 15.7% 2,235 D+68.6
Titus 1,871 84.4% 345 15.6% 2,216 D+68.9
Marion 704 33.3% 1,408 66.7% 2,112 R+33.3
Jefferson 1,169 55.4% 942 44.6% 2,111 D+10.8
Nueces 1,550 73.7% 554 26.3% 2,104 D+47.3
Palo Pinto 1,895 90.6% 196 9.4% 2,091 D+81.3
Wharton 890 43.3% 1,166 56.7% 2,056 R+13.4
Tyler 1,544 76.3% 480 23.7% 2,024 D+52.6
Delta 1,682 84.6% 307 15.4% 1,989 D+69.1
Jack 1,743 88.7% 223 11.3% 1,966 D+77.3
Burnet 1,654 86.0% 269 14.0% 1,923 D+72.0
Starr 1,035 58.6% 732 41.4% 1,767 D+17.1
Karnes 1,372 77.9% 389 22.1% 1,761 D+55.8
Clay 1,510 86.6% 234 13.4% 1,744 D+73.2
Gregg 854 49.2% 881 50.8% 1,735 R+1.6
Madison 1,424 82.6% 299 17.4% 1,723 D+65.3
Trinity 1,273 74.2% 443 25.8% 1,716 D+48.4
San Jacinto 925 54.6% 770 45.4% 1,695 D+9.1
Hood 1,500 89.1% 183 10.9% 1,683 D+78.3
Rockwall 1,371 83.7% 267 16.3% 1,638 D+67.4
Coleman 1,439 90.1% 159 9.9% 1,598 D+80.1
Taylor 1,347 84.6% 246 15.4% 1,593 D+69.1
Bee 1,329 85.3% 229 14.7% 1,558 D+70.6
Gillespie 472 30.7% 1,064 69.3% 1,536 R+38.5
San Augustine 1,259 82.6% 265 17.4% 1,524 D+65.2
Morris 1,004 66.5% 506 33.5% 1,510 D+33.0
Lampasas 1,179 80.3% 290 19.7% 1,469 D+60.5
Medina 877 60.2% 580 39.8% 1,457 D+20.4
Goliad 808 55.9% 637 44.1% 1,445 D+11.8
Callahan 1,321 91.5% 123 8.5% 1,444 D+83.0
Franklin 1,367 94.7% 76 5.3% 1,443 D+89.5
Atascosa 1,299 93.1% 96 6.9% 1,395 D+86.2
Camp 548 39.9% 825 60.1% 1,373 R+20.2
Comal 282 20.7% 1,081 79.3% 1,363 R+58.6
Liberty 893 65.9% 463 34.1% 1,356 D+31.7
Mills 1,142 86.4% 179 13.6% 1,321 D+72.9
Llano 1,169 88.7% 149 11.3% 1,318 D+77.4
San Saba 1,197 91.0% 118 9.0% 1,315 D+82.1
Orange 865 67.0% 426 33.0% 1,291 D+34.0
Tom Green 795 63.1% 465 36.9% 1,260 D+26.2
Hidalgo 1,083 87.8% 151 12.2% 1,234 D+75.5
Young 1,125 91.9% 99 8.1% 1,224 D+83.8
Duval 421 34.8% 790 65.2% 1,211 R+30.5
Stephens 1,191 98.9% 13 1.1% 1,204 D+97.8
Jasper 836 69.5% 367 30.5% 1,203 D+39.0
Jackson 622 57.6% 458 42.4% 1,080 D+15.2
Uvalde 541 51.2% 515 48.8% 1,056 D+2.5
Rains 828 79.5% 214 20.5% 1,042 D+58.9
Wilbarger 895 86.7% 137 13.3% 1,032 D+73.4
Mason 723 71.2% 292 28.8% 1,015 D+42.5
Matagorda 452 44.6% 561 55.4% 1,013 R+10.8
Kerr 595 60.3% 391 39.7% 986 D+20.7
Newton 640 65.0% 345 35.0% 985 D+29.9
Wichita 807 83.0% 165 17.0% 972 D+66.0
Hardin 723 74.7% 245 25.3% 968 D+49.4
Blanco 714 74.6% 243 25.4% 957 D+49.2
Jones 902 95.3% 44 4.7% 946 D+90.7
Sabine 889 94.0% 57 6.0% 946 D+87.9
Presidio 521 55.5% 418 44.5% 939 D+11.0
Frio 681 77.6% 197 22.4% 878 D+55.1
Maverick 522 62.2% 317 37.8% 839 D+24.4
Kendall 273 35.0% 506 65.0% 779 R+29.9
Bandera 629 80.8% 149 19.2% 778 D+61.7
Runnels 627 85.2% 109 14.8% 736 D+70.4
Somervell 704 96.8% 23 3.2% 727 D+93.7
McCulloch 564 81.0% 132 19.0% 696 D+62.1
Reeves 617 93.2% 45 6.8% 662 D+86.4
Chambers 433 68.3% 201 31.7% 634 D+36.6
San Patricio 557 88.7% 71 11.3% 628 D+77.4
Kinney 151 24.4% 467 75.6% 618 R+51.1
Val Verde 408 67.1% 200 32.9% 608 D+34.2
Hardeman 520 91.4% 49 8.6% 569 D+82.8
Archer 502 90.0% 56 10.0% 558 D+79.9
Live Oak 507 91.0% 50 9.0% 557 D+82.0
Mitchell 380 72.1% 147 27.9% 527 D+44.2
Shackelford 402 77.5% 117 22.5% 519 D+54.9
Coke 480 93.6% 33 6.4% 513 D+87.1
Edwards 378 74.6% 129 25.4% 507 D+49.1
Fisher 463 91.3% 44 8.7% 507 D+82.6
La Salle 243 48.2% 261 51.8% 504 R+3.6
Baylor 428 85.6% 72 14.4% 500 D+71.2
Aransas 324 66.9% 160 33.1% 484 D+33.9
Menard 349 73.8% 124 26.2% 473 D+47.6
Howard 315 74.1% 110 25.9% 425 D+48.2
Kimble 325 77.2% 96 22.8% 421 D+54.4
Zapata 14 3.5% 390 96.5% 404 R+93.1
Calhoun 298 77.0% 89 23.0% 387 D+54.0
Nolan 358 93.2% 26 6.8% 384 D+86.5
Scurry 340 89.7% 39 10.3% 379 D+79.4
Crockett 160 42.7% 215 57.3% 375 R+14.7
Childress 345 92.7% 27 7.3% 372 D+85.5
Sutton 181 49.3% 186 50.7% 367 R+1.4
Donley 295 81.7% 66 18.3% 361 D+63.4
Potter 304 85.9% 50 14.1% 354 D+71.8
Midland 292 86.6% 45 13.4% 337 D+73.3
Refugio 188 56.1% 147 43.9% 335 D+12.2
Haskell 318 95.2% 16 4.8% 334 D+90.4
Throckmorton 271 83.9% 52 16.1% 323 D+67.8
Knox 294 94.2% 18 5.8% 312 D+88.5
Hall 283 92.5% 23 7.5% 306 D+85.0
Foard 262 86.2% 42 13.8% 304 D+72.4
Floyd 282 94.0% 18 6.0% 300 D+88.0
Brewster 220 73.6% 79 26.4% 299 D+47.2
Hale 275 100.0% 0 0.0% 275 D+100.0
Pecos 197 76.7% 60 23.3% 257 D+53.3
Stonewall 204 92.3% 17 7.7% 221 D+84.6
Sterling 198 90.0% 22 10.0% 220 D+80.0
Dimmit 151 70.2% 64 29.8% 215 D+40.5
Swisher 195 92.9% 15 7.1% 210 D+85.7
McMullen 151 74.0% 53 26.0% 204 D+48.0
Collingsworth 200 98.5% 3 1.5% 203 D+97.0
Irion 157 77.7% 45 22.3% 202 D+55.4
Armstrong 190 96.0% 8 4.0% 198 D+91.9
Briscoe 175 98.9% 2 1.1% 177 D+97.7
Ward 101 58.7% 71 41.3% 172 D+17.4
Motley 157 95.7% 7 4.3% 164 D+91.5
Hemphill 122 75.8% 39 24.2% 161 D+51.6
Zavala 141 87.6% 20 12.4% 161 D+75.2
Roberts 138 87.9% 19 12.1% 157 D+75.8
Jeff Davis 54 34.6% 102 65.4% 156 R+30.8
Kent 130 96.3% 5 3.7% 135 D+92.6
Lipscomb 100 76.9% 30 23.1% 130 D+53.8
Randall 125 99.2% 1 0.8% 126 D+98.4
Cottle 116 95.9% 5 4.1% 121 D+91.7
Martin 97 81.5% 22 18.5% 119 D+63.0
Hartley 98 83.8% 19 16.2% 117 D+67.5
Dickens 101 89.4% 12 10.6% 113 D+78.8
Crosby 107 96.4% 4 3.6% 111 D+92.8
Deaf Smith 108 97.3% 3 2.7% 111 D+94.6
Carson 103 93.6% 7 6.4% 110 D+87.3
Borden 100 92.6% 8 7.4% 108 D+85.2
Lubbock 96 93.2% 7 6.8% 103 D+86.4
Wheeler 81 79.4% 21 20.6% 102 D+58.8
Glasscock 43 47.3% 48 52.7% 91 R+5.5
King 88 98.9% 1 1.1% 89 D+97.8
Castro 80 90.9% 8 9.1% 88 D+81.8
Oldham 76 97.4% 2 2.6% 78 D+94.9
Ector 68 89.5% 8 10.5% 76 D+78.9
Concho 51 75.0% 17 25.0% 68 D+50.0
Dallam 36 83.7% 7 16.3% 43 D+67.4
Moore 36 92.3% 3 7.7% 39 D+84.6
Ochiltree 29 76.3% 9 23.7% 38 D+52.6
Hansford 16 48.5% 17 51.5% 33 R+3.0
Sherman 6 42.9% 8 57.1% 14 R+14.3

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)