Summary
The 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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McKinley 60-70% 70-80%
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New Hampshire 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 the state by a margin of 42.78%.
With 68.66% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont and Massachusetts.[1] The state was also the best performance for National Democratic Party candidate John M. Palmer, who won 4.21% of the vote.
Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little-to-no appeal in the Northeastern states like New Hampshire. This was the first time since 1860 that a Republican won every county in the state.
Bryan would lose New Hampshire to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results edit
| 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 57,444 | 68.66% | 4 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 21,271 | 25.43% | 0 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 379 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 21,650 | 25.88% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 3,520 | 4.21% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 779 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 228 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | 49 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 83,670 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county edit
| County | William McKinley[3] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[3] Democratic |
John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic |
Joshua Levering[3] Prohibition |
Various candidates[3] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Belknap | 3,465 | 72.67% | 978 | 20.51% | 263 | 5.52% | 58 | 1.22% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,487 | 52.16% | 4,768 |
| Carroll | 2,800 | 65.88% | 1,214 | 28.56% | 175 | 4.12% | 57 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,586 | 37.32% | 4,250 |
| Cheshire | 4,818 | 75.60% | 1,272 | 19.96% | 231 | 3.62% | 45 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,546 | 55.64% | 6,373 |
| Coös | 3,253 | 66.01% | 1,489 | 30.22% | 149 | 3.02% | 35 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,764 | 35.80% | 4,928 |
| Grafton | 6,199 | 68.15% | 2,306 | 25.35% | 459 | 5.05% | 109 | 1.20% | 23 | 0.25% | 3,893 | 42.80% | 9,096 |
| Hillsborough | 13,080 | 67.80% | 4,965 | 25.73% | 917 | 4.75% | 144 | 0.75% | 187 | 0.97% | 8,115 | 42.06% | 19,293 |
| Merrimack | 7,715 | 65.67% | 3,310 | 28.17% | 562 | 4.78% | 155 | 1.32% | 7 | 0.06% | 4,405 | 37.49% | 11,749 |
| Rockingham | 7,881 | 69.32% | 2,992 | 26.32% | 390 | 3.43% | 87 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.17% | 4,889 | 43.00% | 11,369 |
| Strafford | 5,483 | 68.58% | 2,259 | 28.26% | 173 | 2.16% | 62 | 0.78% | 18 | 0.23% | 3,224 | 40.33% | 7,995 |
| Sullivan | 2,750 | 71.45% | 865 | 22.47% | 201 | 5.22% | 27 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,885 | 48.97% | 3,849 |
| Totals | 57,444 | 68.66% | 21,650 | 25.88% | 3,520 | 4.21% | 779 | 0.93% | 277 | 0.33% | 35,794 | 42.78% | 83,670 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b c d e Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)