1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley Party Silver Republican Alliance Democratic Populist Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Arthur Sewall (Democratic/Silver) Thomas E. Watson (Populist) Garret Hobart Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 8,376 1,938 Percentage 81.21% 18.79%

County Results Bryan   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% The 1896 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Nevada was won by the Silver and Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 62.42%, which to date remains the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada. With 81.21% of the popular vote, Nevada would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi, South Carolina, Colorado and neighboring Utah. [1] Bryan would later defeat McKinley in the state four years later and would also later defeat William Howard Taft in the state in 1908. This election was the first time ever that the presidential candidate that won Nevada carried all counties in Nevada. Results 1896 United States presidential election in Nevada [2] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic/Silver William Jennings Bryan 7,802 [lower-alpha 1] 75.64% 3 Populist William Jennings Bryan 574 5.57% 0 Total William Jennings Bryan 8,376 81.21% 3 Republican William McKinley 1,938 18.79% 0 Totals 10,314 100.00% 3 Voter turnout — Results by county County William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist [lower-alpha 2] William McKinley Republican Margin Total votes cast [3] #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Churchill 153 75.36% 3 1.47% 156 76.85% 47 23.15% 109 53.69% 203 Douglas 180 40.90% 85 19.31% 265 60.23% 175 39.77% 90 20.45% 440 Elko 942 82.77% 69 6.06% 1,011 88.84% 127 11.16% 884 77.68% 1,138 Esmeralda 384 82.40% 13 2.79% 397 85.19% 69 14.81% 328 70.39% 466 Eureka 533 92.69% 20 3.48% 553 96.17% 22 3.83% 531 92.35% 575 Humboldt 715 84.41% 34 4.01% 749 88.43% 98 11.57% 651 76.86% 847 Lander 479 90.38% 15 2.83% 494 93.21% 36 6.79% 458 86.42% 530 Lincoln 813 92.70% 34 3.88% 847 96.58% 30 3.42% 817 93.16% 877 Lyon 450 75.63% 32 5.38% 482 81.01% 113 18.99% 369 62.02% 595 Nye 215 89.58% 13 5.42% 228 95.00% 12 5.00% 216 90.00% 240 Ormsby 550 64.71% 16 1.88% 566 66.59% 284 33.41% 282 33.18% 850 Storey 1,075 70.67% 74 4.87% 1,149 75.54% 372 24.46% 777 51.08% 1,521 Washoe 1,010 60.08% 158 9.40% 1,168 69.48% 513 30.52% 655 38.96% 1,681 White Pine 311 88.60% 8 2.28% 319 88.60% 40 11.40% 271 77.21% 351 Totals 7,802 75.64% 574 5.57% 8,376 81.21% 1,938 18.79% 6,438 62.42% 10,314 Notes Bryan vote comprised 7,802 votes on the Democratic ticket and 574 votes on the Populist ticket. Bryan vote on Democratic line is in left two columns, vote on Populist line in middle two columns, and total vote in two rightmost columns. References "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nevada Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 268-270 ISBN   9780804716963 This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.