Election 1896 Results
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1896 presidential election in West Virginia
William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1896, 52.2% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.4 points and 10,899 votes.
West Virginia voted 1.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.
West Virginia changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for Grover Cleveland.
Republicans led in 31 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24. The largest, Ohio, cast 11,882 votes and went to the Republican by 14.3 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 30 votes separated the two parties.
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 McKinley won | Republican | 105,379 | 52.2% |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 94,480 | 46.8% |
| All other candidates | 1,898 | 0.9% | |
| Total | 201,757 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5,016 42.2% | 6,721 56.6% | 145 | 11,882 | R+14.3 |
| Kanawha | 4,824 40.7% | 6,948 58.6% | 75 | 11,847 | R+17.9 |
| Wood | 3,484 45.9% | 4,043 53.3% | 58 | 7,585 | R+7.4 |
| Fayette | 2,783 37.7% | 4,543 61.5% | 64 | 7,390 | R+23.8 |
| Marion | 3,304 48.2% | 3,420 49.9% | 131 | 6,855 | R+1.7 |
| Cabell | 3,076 49.2% | 3,127 50.0% | 54 | 6,257 | R+0.8 |
| Marshall | 2,108 36.4% | 3,561 61.4% | 129 | 5,798 | R+25.1 |
| Mason | 2,492 44.7% | 3,066 55.0% | 21 | 5,579 | R+10.3 |
| Harrison | 2,485 44.8% | 3,027 54.5% | 39 | 5,551 | R+9.8 |
| Preston | 1,331 27.2% | 3,528 72.0% | 38 | 4,897 | R+44.9 |
| Jackson | 2,286 47.2% | 2,527 52.2% | 32 | 4,845 | R+5.0 |
| Berkeley | 2,084 44.8% | 2,497 53.6% | 74 | 4,655 | R+8.9 |
| Mercer | 2,123 46.9% | 2,388 52.7% | 17 | 4,528 | R+5.9 |
| Wayne | 2,443 54.4% | 2,031 45.3% | 14 | 4,488 | D+9.2 |
| Tyler | 1,799 42.2% | 2,430 57.1% | 29 | 4,258 | R+14.8 |
| Wetzel | 2,524 59.7% | 1,685 39.8% | 22 | 4,231 | D+19.8 |
| Monongalia | 1,482 35.2% | 2,684 63.7% | 50 | 4,216 | R+28.5 |
| Greenbrier | 2,414 58.7% | 1,661 40.4% | 39 | 4,114 | D+18.3 |
| Roane | 2,125 53.3% | 1,849 46.3% | 16 | 3,990 | D+6.9 |
| Ritchie | 1,601 41.4% | 2,211 57.1% | 58 | 3,870 | R+15.8 |
| Jefferson | 2,453 64.1% | 1,283 33.5% | 89 | 3,825 | D+30.6 |
| Braxton | 2,188 59.5% | 1,453 39.5% | 36 | 3,677 | D+20.0 |
| McDowell | 986 27.2% | 2,635 72.6% | 6 | 3,627 | R+45.5 |
| Lewis | 1,718 47.7% | 1,813 50.3% | 72 | 3,603 | R+2.6 |
| Putnam | 1,702 47.5% | 1,876 52.3% | 7 | 3,585 | R+4.9 |
| Randolph | 1,969 57.6% | 1,427 41.7% | 24 | 3,420 | D+15.8 |
| Summers | 1,746 51.9% | 1,599 47.5% | 20 | 3,365 | D+4.4 |
| Upshur | 949 28.9% | 2,281 69.5% | 54 | 3,284 | R+40.6 |
| Barbour | 1,643 51.1% | 1,573 48.9% | 1 | 3,217 | D+2.2 |
| Taylor | 1,307 41.2% | 1,838 57.9% | 28 | 3,173 | R+16.7 |
| Doddridge | 1,231 41.0% | 1,747 58.3% | 21 | 2,999 | R+17.2 |
| Monroe | 1,579 54.2% | 1,323 45.4% | 12 | 2,914 | D+8.8 |
| Mineral | 1,307 45.0% | 1,547 53.3% | 50 | 2,904 | R+8.3 |
| Lincoln | 1,364 50.4% | 1,334 49.3% | 8 | 2,706 | D+1.1 |
| Hampshire | 1,909 73.4% | 676 26.0% | 17 | 2,602 | D+47.4 |
| Tucker | 1,111 46.9% | 1,259 53.1% | 2,370 | R+6.2 | |
| Gilmer | 1,356 57.3% | 1,000 42.2% | 11 | 2,367 | D+15.0 |
| Raleigh | 1,103 48.8% | 1,150 50.9% | 6 | 2,259 | R+2.1 |
| Wirt | 1,159 51.7% | 1,068 47.7% | 14 | 2,241 | D+4.1 |
| Nicholas | 1,226 55.7% | 908 41.3% | 67 | 2,201 | D+14.4 |
| Calhoun | 1,186 59.6% | 804 40.4% | 1,990 | D+19.2 | |
| Pendleton | 1,117 58.0% | 784 40.7% | 24 | 1,925 | D+17.3 |
| Mingo | 1,204 65.4% | 632 34.3% | 5 | 1,841 | D+31.1 |
| Pleasants | 921 50.7% | 887 48.9% | 7 | 1,815 | D+1.9 |
| Hardy | 1,146 65.9% | 547 31.5% | 45 | 1,738 | D+34.5 |
| Brooke | 748 43.8% | 935 54.7% | 25 | 1,708 | R+10.9 |
| Grant | 372 22.0% | 1,306 77.3% | 11 | 1,689 | R+55.3 |
| Webster | 972 57.8% | 709 42.2% | 1,681 | D+15.6 | |
| Pocahontas | 983 60.5% | 632 38.9% | 10 | 1,625 | D+21.6 |
| Morgan | 433 27.1% | 1,107 69.4% | 55 | 1,595 | R+42.3 |
| Boone | 813 54.3% | 678 45.3% | 5 | 1,496 | D+9.0 |
| Hancock | 584 39.9% | 843 57.5% | 38 | 1,465 | R+17.7 |
| Logan | 992 71.1% | 382 27.4% | 22 | 1,396 | D+43.7 |
| Wyoming | 613 45.5% | 735 54.5% | 1,348 | R+9.1 | |
| Clay | 606 47.7% | 661 52.0% | 3 | 1,270 | R+4.3 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |