1896 United States presidential election in Maine explained

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

Maine 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 38.69%.

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers, but had little appeal in the Northeastern states such as Maine.

With 67.90% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Massachusetts, neighboring New Hampshire and Rhode Island.^[1]

Bryan would lose Maine to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Maine[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	80,403	67.90%	6
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	32,200	27.19%	0
	Populist	William Jennings Bryan	2,387	2.02%	0
	Total	William Jennings Bryan	34,587	29.21%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	1,867	1.58%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	1,562	1.32%	0
Totals			118,419	100.00%	6
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic		Joshua Levering Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast[4]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Androscoggin		5,548		66.61%		2,513		30.17%		157		1.88%		111		1.33%		3,035		36.44%		8,329
	Aroostook		4,816		74.41%		1,383		21.37%		42		0.65%		231		3.57%		3,433		53.04%		6,472
	Cumberland		11,017		65.32%		5,175		30.68%		450		2.67%		224		1.33%		5,842		34.64%		16,866
	Franklin		2,578		72.60%		886		24.95%		49		1.38%		38		1.07%		1,692		47.65%		3,551
	Hancock		4,306		68.69%		1,795		28.63%		117		1.87%		51		0.81%		2,511		40.06%		6,269
	Kennebec		7,889		71.70%		2,817		25.60%		106		0.96%		191		1.74%		5,072		46.10%		11,003
	Knox		3,286		61.72%		1,900		35.69%		103		1.93%		35		0.66%		1,386		26.03%		5,324
	Lincoln		2,596		66.46%		1,211		31.00%		62		1.59%		37		0.95%		1,385		35.46%		3,906
	Oxford		4,779		71.52%		1,677		25.10%		159		2.38%		67		1.00%		3,102		46.42%		6,682
	Penobscot		8,414		66.42%		4,031		31.82%		90		0.71%		133		1.05%		4,383		34.60%		12,668
	Piscataquis		2,342		70.37%		904		27.16%		36		1.08%		46		1.38%		1,438		43.21%		3,328
	Sagadahoc		2,725		71.60%		957		25.14%		79		2.08%		45		1.18%		1,768		46.46%		3,806
	Somerset		4,695		68.12%		2,018		29.28%		82		1.19%		97		1.41%		2,677		38.84%		6,892
	Waldo		3,253		61.68%		1,939		36.77%		50		0.95%		32		0.61%		1,314		24.91%		5,274
	Washington		4,627		68.93%		1,925		28.68%		111		1.65%		50		0.74%		2,702		40.25%		6,713
	York		7,532		66.44%		3,456		30.49%		174		1.53%		174		1.53%		4,076		35.95%		11,336
Totals	80,403	67.90%	34,587	29.21%	1,867	1.58%	1,562	1.32%	45,816	38.69%	118,419

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1896 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1896 Presidential General Election Results – Maine.
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224