Election 1896 Results
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1896 presidential election in Wyoming
William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Wyoming in 1896, 51.5% to 47.8%, a margin of 3.7 points and 789 votes.
Wyoming voted 8.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.
Wyoming changed party: in 1892 it went Republican, for Benjamin Harrison.
Republicans led in 7 of the 13 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Laramie, cast 3,420 votes and went to the Republican by 3.9 points. The closest was Fremont, where 6 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 Jennings Bryan won | Democratic | 10,861 | 51.5% |
| William McKinley | Republican | 10,072 | 47.8% |
| All other candidates | 159 | 0.8% | |
| Total | 21,092 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie | 1,644 48.1% | 1,776 51.9% | 3,420 | R+3.9 | |
| Uinta | 1,734 65.7% | 907 34.3% | 2,641 | D+31.3 | |
| Carbon | 1,095 47.1% | 1,229 52.9% | 2,324 | R+5.8 | |
| Albany | 1,090 47.2% | 1,220 52.8% | 2,310 | R+5.6 | |
| Sheridan | 1,118 56.0% | 877 44.0% | 1,995 | D+12.1 | |
| Sweetwater | 1,012 57.3% | 754 42.7% | 1,766 | D+14.6 | |
| Big Horn | 604 52.9% | 538 47.1% | 1,142 | D+5.8 | |
| Crook | 575 52.3% | 524 47.7% | 1,099 | D+4.6 | |
| Fremont | 529 49.7% | 535 50.3% | 1,064 | R+0.6 | |
| Converse | 470 44.5% | 585 55.5% | 1,055 | R+10.9 | |
| Weston | 327 42.0% | 451 58.0% | 778 | R+15.9 | |
| Johnson | 469 62.3% | 284 37.7% | 753 | D+24.6 | |
| Natrona | 328 45.6% | 392 54.4% | 720 | R+8.9 |
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.
Wyoming in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+45.8 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+43.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+46.3 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+40.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+32.2 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+39.7 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+40.1 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+13.0 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+5.6 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+42.3 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+34.7 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+19.5 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+38.5 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+13.1 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.0 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+25.6 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+4.3 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+2.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+23.1 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+15.3 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+28.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+36.3 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+32.3 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.8 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+1.8 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+15.8 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+17.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+3.7 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+50.5 |