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1896: OVERVIEW | MAPS | STATE BY STATE
William McKinley
William McKinley
Garret Hobart

Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State: McKinley - OH; Hobart - NJ

Electoral Votes: 271
Popular Votes: 7,108,480 (51.0%)

William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Arthur Sewall / Tom Watson

Party: DEMOCRATIC & PEOPLE'S (AKA POPULIST)
Home State: Bryan - NE; Sewall / Watson - ME / GA

Presidential Electoral Votes: 176
VP Electoral Votes: 149 / 27
Popular Votes: 6,511,495 (46.7%)

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John M. Palmer
John M. Palmer
Simon Bolivar Buckner

Party: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
Home State: Palmer - IL; Buckner - KY

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 133,435 (1.0%)
Other Candidates

Prohibition, Socialist Labor, National Prohibition, etc....

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 182,328 (1.3%)

Electoral College Vote
Total electoral votes (from 45 states) - 447
Majority needed to win - 224

McKinley:
win
Bryan:
win

Popular Vote
Total popular vote: 13,935,738

McKinley:
Bryan:
Palmer:
Others:

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