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1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

← 1892 November 3, 1896 1900 ⊟
Turnout70.6%[1] Decrease 4.0 pp
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Populist
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 278,976 105,711
Percentage 69.47% 26.32%


President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Massachusetts by a margin of 43.15%.

McKinley was able to win every county in the state of Massachusetts, including a rare Republican victory in Suffolk County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Boston. Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had little appeal in the Northeastern states such as Massachusetts. Bryan would win Suffolk County during his rematch with McKinley in 1900 but would lose it again to William Howard Taft in 1908 (in both such elections, Bryan lost the state at-large).

With 69.47% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be McKinley's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont.[2]

This was the last occasion until 1984 that a Republican won the town of Blackstone in a presidential election.

Results

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1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley 278,976 69.47% 15
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 90,610 22.56% 0
Populist William Jennings Bryan 15,101 3.76% 0
Total William Jennings Bryan 105,711 26.32% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 11,749 2.93% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 2,998 0.75% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 2,114 0.53% 0
No party Write-ins 20 0.01% 0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals 401,568 100.00% 15
Voter turnout

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Massachusetts". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.