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1900 presidential election in Pennsylvania
William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1900, 60.7% to 36.2%, a margin of 24.6 points and 288,433 votes.
Pennsylvania voted 18.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+6.2.
The Republican hold continued from 1896, when William McKinley also won.
Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 234,889 votes and went to the Republican by 49.2 points. The closest was Carbon, where 73 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 | 712,665 | 60.7% |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 424,232 | 36.2% |
| All other candidates | 36,313 | 3.1% | |
| Total | 1,173,210 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 58,179 24.8% | 173,657 73.9% | 3,053 | 234,889 | R+49.2 |
| Allegheny | 27,311 26.6% | 71,780 69.9% | 3,533 | 102,624 | R+43.3 |
| Luzerne | 16,470 41.5% | 21,793 54.9% | 1,454 | 39,717 | R+13.4 |
| Berks | 19,013 56.6% | 13,952 41.5% | 628 | 33,593 | D+15.1 |
| Lackawanna | 14,728 45.3% | 16,763 51.6% | 1,019 | 32,510 | R+6.3 |
| Lancaster | 8,437 26.1% | 23,230 71.8% | 701 | 32,368 | R+45.7 |
| Schuylkill | 14,496 48.0% | 15,327 50.7% | 392 | 30,215 | R+2.8 |
| Montgomery | 11,208 38.9% | 17,051 59.1% | 590 | 28,849 | R+20.3 |
| Westmoreland | 11,010 39.2% | 16,014 57.0% | 1,072 | 28,096 | R+17.8 |
| York | 13,732 51.6% | 12,327 46.3% | 572 | 26,631 | D+5.3 |
| Dauphin | 7,390 32.3% | 14,673 64.2% | 783 | 22,846 | R+31.9 |
| Northampton | 11,412 52.3% | 9,849 45.1% | 556 | 21,817 | D+7.2 |
| Chester | 6,214 29.8% | 13,809 66.2% | 835 | 20,858 | R+36.4 |
| Lehigh | 10,438 50.9% | 9,775 47.6% | 304 | 20,517 | D+3.2 |
| Erie | 7,281 36.0% | 11,816 58.5% | 1,110 | 20,207 | R+22.4 |
| Delaware | 4,249 23.1% | 13,794 75.0% | 358 | 18,401 | R+51.9 |
| Cambria | 7,168 39.7% | 10,476 58.0% | 420 | 18,064 | R+18.3 |
| Fayette | 7,650 42.5% | 9,637 53.5% | 712 | 17,999 | R+11.0 |
| Washington | 6,380 36.4% | 10,408 59.4% | 733 | 17,521 | R+23.0 |
| Northumberland | 7,989 47.1% | 8,366 49.4% | 596 | 16,951 | R+2.2 |
| Bucks | 7,287 43.4% | 9,263 55.1% | 253 | 16,803 | R+11.8 |
| Lycoming | 7,427 45.6% | 7,750 47.5% | 1,127 | 16,304 | R+2.0 |
| Crawford | 7,000 45.4% | 7,705 50.0% | 713 | 15,418 | R+4.6 |
| Clearfield | 6,066 40.8% | 7,955 53.6% | 833 | 14,854 | R+12.7 |
| Blair | 4,528 30.6% | 9,749 65.8% | 537 | 14,814 | R+35.2 |
| Bradford | 4,211 31.3% | 8,625 64.0% | 631 | 13,467 | R+32.8 |
| Mercer | 4,916 39.6% | 6,950 55.9% | 559 | 12,425 | R+16.4 |
| Cumberland | 5,428 47.7% | 5,587 49.1% | 374 | 11,389 | R+1.4 |
| Butler | 4,465 39.6% | 6,303 55.9% | 517 | 11,285 | R+16.3 |
| Beaver | 4,076 36.3% | 6,759 60.1% | 409 | 11,244 | R+23.9 |
| Venango | 4,014 35.7% | 5,931 52.7% | 1,299 | 11,244 | R+17.0 |
| Franklin | 4,500 40.2% | 6,483 58.0% | 199 | 11,182 | R+17.7 |
| Lebanon | 3,050 28.7% | 7,089 66.8% | 479 | 10,618 | R+38.0 |
| Tioga | 2,638 25.1% | 7,458 71.0% | 406 | 10,502 | R+45.9 |
| Lawrence | 2,754 26.7% | 6,343 61.4% | 1,235 | 10,332 | R+34.7 |
| McKean | 3,427 33.3% | 6,319 61.4% | 547 | 10,293 | R+28.1 |
| Armstrong | 3,438 33.9% | 6,443 63.6% | 252 | 10,133 | R+29.7 |
| Jefferson | 3,063 32.1% | 5,950 62.4% | 525 | 9,538 | R+30.3 |
| Centre | 4,339 46.9% | 4,684 50.6% | 226 | 9,249 | R+3.7 |
| Somerset | 2,151 23.6% | 6,677 73.3% | 281 | 9,109 | R+49.7 |
| Susquehanna | 3,527 38.8% | 5,019 55.2% | 539 | 9,085 | R+16.4 |
| Carbon | 4,149 48.0% | 4,222 48.8% | 278 | 8,649 | R+0.8 |
| Warren | 2,500 28.9% | 5,609 64.9% | 536 | 8,645 | R+36.0 |
| Columbia | 4,982 59.4% | 2,954 35.2% | 454 | 8,390 | D+24.2 |
| Bedford | 3,445 41.2% | 4,790 57.2% | 133 | 8,368 | R+16.1 |
| Indiana | 1,767 22.4% | 5,687 72.3% | 417 | 7,871 | R+49.8 |
| Adams | 3,967 50.7% | 3,718 47.5% | 147 | 7,832 | D+3.2 |
| Huntingdon | 1,989 29.1% | 4,645 67.9% | 206 | 6,840 | R+38.8 |
| Clarion | 3,472 51.7% | 3,002 44.7% | 244 | 6,718 | D+7.0 |
| Elk | 3,105 47.8% | 3,254 50.1% | 141 | 6,500 | R+2.3 |
| Wayne | 2,647 41.7% | 3,229 50.9% | 466 | 6,342 | R+9.2 |
| Clinton | 2,879 46.1% | 3,157 50.6% | 205 | 6,241 | R+4.5 |
| Greene | 3,674 59.1% | 2,427 39.0% | 119 | 6,220 | D+20.0 |
| Perry | 2,440 41.2% | 3,400 57.4% | 82 | 5,922 | R+16.2 |
| Potter | 2,147 37.5% | 3,224 56.3% | 356 | 5,727 | R+18.8 |
| Mifflin | 1,842 40.1% | 2,594 56.5% | 157 | 4,593 | R+16.4 |
| Monroe | 3,054 67.6% | 1,264 28.0% | 198 | 4,516 | D+39.6 |
| Wyoming | 1,875 43.9% | 2,247 52.6% | 149 | 4,271 | R+8.7 |
| Union | 1,359 31.8% | 2,810 65.8% | 100 | 4,269 | R+34.0 |
| Snyder | 1,319 34.0% | 2,517 64.9% | 45 | 3,881 | R+30.9 |
| Juniata | 1,621 46.2% | 1,805 51.5% | 79 | 3,505 | R+5.2 |
| Montour | 1,875 57.9% | 1,292 39.9% | 72 | 3,239 | D+18.0 |
| Sullivan | 1,376 49.4% | 1,266 45.5% | 143 | 2,785 | D+3.9 |
| Fulton | 1,224 53.3% | 1,039 45.3% | 32 | 2,295 | D+8.1 |
| Forest | 714 33.4% | 1,309 61.3% | 114 | 2,137 | R+27.8 |
| Pike | 1,236 62.9% | 694 35.3% | 36 | 1,966 | D+27.6 |
| Cameron | 514 33.7% | 971 63.6% | 42 | 1,527 | R+29.9 |
Counties as they stood in 1900; 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.
Pennsylvania in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+1.7 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+1.2 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+0.7 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+5.4 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+10.3 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+2.5 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+4.2 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.2 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.0 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+7.4 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+7.1 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+2.7 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.0 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+30.2 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+2.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+5.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+6.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+16.0 |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+5.5 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+31.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+46.3 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+38.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+14.0 |
| 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt (other) | |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+23.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+40.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.7 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+6.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+4.3 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+24.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.4 |