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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Wisconsin

William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1896, 59.9% to 37.0%, a margin of 22.9 points and 102,612 votes.

Wisconsin voted 18.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for Grover Cleveland.

Republicans led in 67 of the 70 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 64,344 votes and went to the Republican by 14.6 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 96 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 268,135 59.9%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 165,523 37.0%
All other candidates 13,751 3.1%
Total447,409

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 26,536 41.2% 35,939 55.9% 1,869 64,344 R+14.6
Dane 6,521 40.3% 9,080 56.1% 585 16,186 R+15.8
Winnebago 5,089 38.2% 7,898 59.2% 347 13,334 R+21.1
Rock 3,655 29.8% 8,282 67.5% 340 12,277 R+37.7
Fond Du Lac 4,933 43.3% 6,174 54.2% 294 11,401 R+10.9
Dodge 4,900 45.0% 5,610 51.6% 372 10,882 R+6.5
Sheboygan 3,327 31.3% 6,644 62.5% 660 10,631 R+31.2
Racine 3,975 39.2% 5,849 57.6% 329 10,153 R+18.5
Outagamie 4,096 41.8% 5,433 55.4% 275 9,804 R+13.6
La Crosse 3,058 31.4% 6,297 64.6% 396 9,751 R+33.2
Brown 3,841 40.6% 5,436 57.5% 175 9,452 R+16.9
Grant 3,683 39.8% 5,315 57.4% 262 9,260 R+17.6
Waukesha 3,192 35.9% 5,411 60.9% 277 8,880 R+25.0
Manitowoc 3,919 45.6% 4,430 51.6% 242 8,591 R+5.9
Jefferson 3,504 42.4% 4,344 52.6% 409 8,257 R+10.2
Marathon 3,829 48.0% 3,958 49.6% 190 7,977 R+1.6
Columbia 2,380 31.2% 4,845 63.6% 397 7,622 R+32.3
Walworth 1,894 24.9% 5,347 70.4% 353 7,594 R+45.5
Sauk 2,611 34.4% 4,623 60.9% 351 7,585 R+26.5
Waupaca 1,577 21.7% 5,472 75.2% 229 7,278 R+53.5
Eau Claire 2,364 33.2% 4,522 63.4% 244 7,130 R+30.3
Douglas 2,527 36.3% 4,274 61.5% 154 6,955 R+25.1
Chippewa 2,929 44.0% 3,601 54.1% 127 6,657 R+10.1
Portage 2,890 44.0% 3,537 53.8% 146 6,573 R+9.8
Marinette 1,867 29.8% 4,277 68.3% 122 6,266 R+38.5
Monroe 2,361 38.1% 3,683 59.5% 150 6,194 R+21.3
Vernon 1,627 26.4% 4,393 71.3% 137 6,157 R+44.9
St. Croix 2,475 40.3% 3,462 56.4% 203 6,140 R+16.1
Green 2,339 41.4% 3,093 54.7% 220 5,652 R+13.3
Iowa 2,060 38.0% 3,115 57.4% 250 5,425 R+19.4
Washington 2,404 44.4% 2,877 53.2% 128 5,409 R+8.7
Pierce 1,412 26.5% 3,724 69.8% 200 5,336 R+43.3
Lafayette 2,236 41.9% 2,919 54.7% 177 5,332 R+12.8
Dunn 1,418 28.6% 3,370 67.9% 172 4,960 R+39.4
Trempealeau 1,394 28.5% 3,306 67.7% 186 4,886 R+39.1
Richland 2,098 43.0% 2,636 54.0% 145 4,879 R+11.0
Wood 1,877 39.0% 2,839 59.0% 97 4,813 R+20.0
Clark 1,318 27.5% 3,328 69.4% 149 4,795 R+41.9
Shawano 1,594 33.7% 3,035 64.2% 101 4,730 R+30.5
Kenosha 1,732 37.1% 2,827 60.5% 111 4,670 R+23.4
Juneau 1,671 36.3% 2,832 61.5% 103 4,606 R+25.2
Ashland 1,743 38.0% 2,738 59.7% 105 4,586 R+21.7
Barron 1,324 30.9% 2,772 64.7% 186 4,282 R+33.8
Oconto 1,290 30.5% 2,836 67.1% 102 4,228 R+36.6
Crawford 1,509 38.7% 2,323 59.6% 65 3,897 R+20.9
Polk 891 23.2% 2,861 74.6% 85 3,837 R+51.3
Waushara 456 12.0% 3,210 84.4% 139 3,805 R+72.4
Green Lake 1,568 41.5% 2,103 55.7% 105 3,776 R+14.2
Buffalo 1,302 35.0% 2,301 61.9% 115 3,718 R+26.9
Jackson 778 21.4% 2,710 74.6% 146 3,634 R+53.2
Kewaunee 1,649 45.9% 1,835 51.1% 106 3,590 R+5.2
Ozaukee 1,947 54.3% 1,535 42.8% 105 3,587 D+11.5
Lincoln 1,802 50.4% 1,706 47.7% 69 3,577 D+2.7
Calumet 1,869 53.8% 1,547 44.5% 58 3,474 D+9.3
Door 895 26.6% 2,402 71.3% 72 3,369 R+44.7
Bayfield 770 24.9% 2,244 72.6% 78 3,092 R+47.7
Langlade 956 38.6% 1,457 58.8% 65 2,478 R+20.2
Marquette 827 35.2% 1,476 62.8% 46 2,349 R+27.6
Taylor 710 33.0% 1,387 64.5% 53 2,150 R+31.5
Price 550 26.7% 1,448 70.2% 64 2,062 R+43.5
Oneida 563 27.4% 1,453 70.6% 41 2,057 R+43.3
Adams 391 21.0% 1,432 76.7% 43 1,866 R+55.8
Pepin 436 24.3% 1,301 72.5% 58 1,795 R+48.2
Iron 472 26.4% 1,288 72.0% 28 1,788 R+45.6
Vilas 443 36.4% 754 62.0% 19 1,216 R+25.6
Burnett 349 29.5% 800 67.5% 36 1,185 R+38.1
Washburn 250 23.8% 771 73.3% 31 1,052 R+49.5
Sawyer 369 40.4% 514 56.3% 30 913 R+15.9
Florence 129 20.6% 488 78.1% 8 625 R+57.4
Forest 172 28.8% 406 68.0% 19 597 R+39.2

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5