1896 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:1896 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:Iowa
Flag Year:1921
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1892 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:1892
Next Election:1900 United States presidential election in Iowa
Next Year:1900
Election Date:November 3, 1896
Image1:William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:William McKinley
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Ohio
Running Mate1:Garret Hobart
Electoral Vote1:13
Popular Vote1:289,293
Percentage1:55.47%
Nominee2:William Jennings Bryan
Party2:Populist
Alliance2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Nebraska
Running Mate2:Thomas E. Watson
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:223,741
Percentage2:42.90%
Map Size:312px
President
Before Election:Grover Cleveland
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:William McKinley
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1896 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Iowa voted for the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey, over the Populist nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan, and former Representative Thomas E. Watson.

McKinley won 55.47% of the vote to Bryan's 42.90%, a margin of 12.57%. Bryan's performance in Iowa was the worst performance for a Democratic candidate since 1880. McKinley both became the first Republican to win over 55% of the popular vote, and the first to win multiple counties that hadn't voted for the Republican candidate since 1880. This was also the first election since 1864 in which Iowa voted more Republican than neighboring Minnesota.

By 1896, incumbent president Grover Cleveland was eligible to run for a second consecutive term (third overall), however he had declined. People had begun losing money during the panic of 1893, and blamed Cleveland for it, which was a big blow for the Democrats. This left the Democratic nomination open to multiple candidates. Eventually, William Jennings Bryan won both the Democratic nomination and the endorsement of the Populist nomination. In Iowa, Bryan had uniquely run under the Populist party, with Thomas E. Watson as his running mate.

Bryan would lose Iowa 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 Iowa[1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanWilliam McKinley289,29355.47%13
PopulistWilliam Jennings Bryan223,74142.90%0
National DemocraticJohn M. Palmer4,5160.87%0
ProhibitionJoshua Levering3,1920.61%0
Socialist LaborCharles H. Matchett4530.09%0
National ProhibitionCharles E. Bentley3520.07%0
Totals521,547100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

County[2] William McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Populist
John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adair2,12751.74%1,94647.34%280.68%90.22%10.02%1814.40%4,111
Adams1,73649.77%1,70148.77%220.63%250.72%40.11%351.00%3,488
Allamakee2,47155.16%1,89742.34%952.12%130.29%40.09%57412.81%4,480
Appanoose3,04650.54%2,94048.78%190.32%120.20%100.17%1061.76%6,027
Audubon1,70554.14%1,41745.00%160.51%110.35%00.00%2889.15%3,149
Benton3,60457.50%2,56040.84%631.01%380.61%30.05%1,04416.66%6,268
Black Hawk4,64366.05%2,16730.83%1582.25%560.80%60.09%2,47635.22%7,030
Boone3,74156.43%2,80142.25%260.39%560.84%60.09%94014.18%6,630
Bremer2,11654.02%1,70443.50%731.86%200.51%40.10%41210.52%3,917
Buchanan2,86555.30%2,23343.10%500.97%310.60%20.04%63212.20%5,181
Buena Vista2,36865.83%1,17832.75%220.61%260.72%30.08%1,19033.08%3,597
Butler2,67064.95%1,37233.37%310.75%360.88%20.05%1,29831.57%4,111
Calhoun2,69867.25%1,28031.90%240.60%100.25%00.00%1,41835.34%4,012
Carroll2,06645.67%2,41753.43%250.55%130.29%30.07%-351-7.76%4,524
Cass2,95956.11%2,24042.47%581.10%130.25%40.08%71913.63%5,274
Cedar2,71754.50%2,12842.69%781.56%501.00%120.24%58911.82%4,985
Cerro Gordo3,04866.73%1,40830.82%380.83%591.29%150.33%1,64035.90%4,568
Cherokee2,34360.08%1,46437.54%250.64%641.64%40.10%87922.54%3,900
Chickasaw1,96748.20%2,08451.07%170.42%100.25%30.07%-117-2.87%4,081
Clarke1,64651.53%1,51747.50%110.34%190.59%10.03%1294.04%3,194
Clay1,88065.99%93332.75%140.49%190.67%30.11%94733.24%2,849
Clayton3,30252.16%2,91045.96%811.28%320.51%60.09%3926.19%6,331
Clinton5,58454.02%4,59044.40%830.80%100.10%700.68%9949.62%10,337
Crawford2,18946.98%2,39651.43%280.60%380.82%80.17%-207-4.44%4,659
Dallas3,32657.87%2,31640.30%360.63%550.96%140.24%1,01017.57%5,747
Davis1,65240.87%2,36758.56%80.20%150.37%00.00%-715-17.69%4,042
Decatur2,26848.46%2,36250.47%350.75%90.19%60.13%-94-2.01%4,680
Delaware2,79960.52%1,77838.44%230.50%240.52%10.02%1,02122.08%4,625
Des Moines4,54953.06%3,74143.63%2412.81%310.36%120.14%8089.42%8,574
Dickinson1,13167.36%51730.79%171.01%140.83%00.00%61436.57%1,679
Dubuque5,20343.51%6,57054.94%1531.28%180.15%140.12%-1,367-11.43%11,958
Emmet1,42970.05%55927.40%30.15%472.30%20.10%87042.65%2,040
Fayette3,52254.69%2,82243.82%380.59%540.84%40.06%70010.87%6,440
Floyd2,74964.15%1,46134.10%350.82%300.70%100.23%1,28830.06%4,285
Franklin2,43972.57%89426.60%170.51%90.27%20.06%1,54545.97%3,361
Fremont1,94840.21%2,85758.97%190.39%110.23%100.21%-909-18.76%4,845
Greene2,60660.80%1,62938.01%260.61%180.42%70.16%97722.80%4,286
Grundy1,89460.36%1,20638.43%210.67%130.41%40.13%68821.92%3,138
Guthrie2,54152.66%2,22046.01%190.39%410.85%40.08%3216.65%4,825
Hamilton3,07469.25%1,30029.29%461.04%150.34%40.09%1,77439.96%4,439
Hancock1,97565.64%1,00733.47%120.40%110.37%40.13%96832.17%3,009
Hardin3,57568.46%1,56830.03%380.73%370.71%40.08%2,00738.43%5,222
Harrison2,83946.48%3,21452.62%240.39%270.44%40.07%-375-6.14%6,108
Henry2,77455.83%2,09242.10%450.91%521.05%60.12%68213.73%4,969
Howard1,92955.24%1,50743.16%210.60%290.83%60.17%42212.08%3,492
Humboldt2,01071.18%78327.73%100.35%170.60%40.14%1,22743.45%2,824
Ida1,47550.36%1,42148.51%150.51%150.51%30.10%541.84%2,929
Iowa2,39153.78%1,95643.99%791.78%150.34%50.11%4359.78%4,446
Jackson2,76847.21%3,01951.49%601.02%160.27%00.00%-251-4.28%5,863
Jasper3,71352.49%3,27946.35%400.57%390.55%30.04%4346.14%7,074
Jefferson2,47857.24%1,77240.93%360.83%350.81%80.18%70616.31%4,329
Johnson2,91047.06%3,17051.26%901.46%80.13%60.10%-260-4.20%6,184
Jones3,05757.84%2,14340.55%541.02%200.38%110.21%91417.29%5,285
Keokuk3,16650.72%2,89146.32%1181.89%610.98%60.10%2754.41%6,242
Kossuth2,93060.30%1,86138.30%501.03%160.33%20.04%1,06922.00%4,859
Lee4,84747.70%5,15350.71%1201.18%350.34%70.07%-306-3.01%10,162
Linn7,33557.14%5,28341.16%950.74%990.77%240.19%2,05215.99%12,836
Louisa2,03559.12%1,33438.76%371.07%330.96%30.09%70120.37%3,442
Lucas1,85952.43%1,62145.71%280.79%330.93%50.14%2386.71%3,546
Lyon1,56851.33%1,46447.92%50.16%160.52%20.07%1043.40%3,055
Madison2,31350.28%2,22448.35%280.61%280.61%70.15%891.93%4,600
Mahaska4,25650.69%3,97447.33%560.67%901.07%200.24%2823.36%8,396
Marion2,74146.05%3,11952.40%330.55%540.91%50.08%-378-6.35%5,952
Marshall4,54161.85%2,62635.77%660.90%1021.39%70.10%1,91526.08%7,342
Mills2,15351.93%1,95847.23%180.43%150.36%20.05%1954.70%4,146
Mitchell2,49869.80%1,03128.81%310.87%170.47%20.06%1,46740.99%3,579
Monona1,52636.86%2,55861.79%130.31%400.97%30.07%-1,032-24.93%4,140
Monroe1,83645.69%2,08651.92%350.87%531.32%80.20%-250-6.22%4,018
Montgomery2,92763.67%1,63435.54%120.26%190.41%50.11%1,29328.13%4,597
Muscatine3,62755.02%2,86343.43%721.09%210.32%90.14%76411.59%6,592
O'Brien2,42160.10%1,56238.78%190.47%250.62%10.02%85921.33%4,028
Osceola1,09457.91%76740.60%120.64%150.79%10.05%32717.31%1,889
Page3,21356.32%2,39041.89%220.39%530.93%270.47%82314.43%5,705
Palo Alto1,59550.00%1,54748.50%120.38%351.10%10.03%481.50%3,190
Plymouth2,62351.40%2,39246.87%470.92%380.74%30.06%2314.53%5,103
Pocahontas1,86656.82%1,37741.93%160.49%240.73%10.03%48914.89%3,284
Polk11,12760.24%7,08738.37%1110.60%1210.66%250.14%4,04021.87%18,471
Pottawattamie5,81051.00%5,46848.00%860.75%140.12%140.12%3423.00%11,392
Poweshiek2,96958.49%2,01339.66%420.83%490.97%30.06%95618.83%5,076
Ringgold2,20956.47%1,65142.20%180.46%250.64%90.23%55814.26%3,912
Sac2,51364.14%1,34634.35%170.43%360.92%60.15%1,16729.79%3,918
Scott6,44958.84%4,03236.79%2782.54%290.26%1721.57%2,41722.05%10,960
Shelby2,01947.85%2,17551.55%110.26%70.17%70.17%-156-3.70%4,219
Sioux2,84159.00%1,89839.42%501.04%240.50%20.04%94319.58%4,815
Story3,63068.72%1,58930.08%220.42%410.78%00.00%2,04138.64%5,282
Tama3,05453.28%2,59645.29%370.65%410.72%40.07%4587.99%5,732
Taylor2,46851.56%2,29347.90%70.15%160.33%30.06%1753.66%4,787
Union2,19646.85%2,42551.74%320.68%310.66%30.06%-229-4.89%4,687
Van Buren2,47853.54%2,07644.86%450.97%280.61%10.02%4028.69%4,628
Wapello4,31950.76%4,04147.49%1121.32%240.28%130.15%2783.27%8,509
Warren2,82655.28%2,21443.31%200.39%500.98%20.04%61211.97%5,112
Washington2,88254.42%2,29243.28%510.96%541.02%170.32%59011.14%5,296
Wayne2,10148.93%2,11549.25%290.68%451.05%40.09%-14-0.33%4,294
Webster3,69158.09%2,55740.24%450.71%600.94%10.02%1,13417.85%6,354
Winnebago1,91272.12%71426.93%100.38%150.57%00.00%1,19845.19%2,651
Winneshiek3,42261.75%2,03336.68%500.90%250.45%120.22%1,38925.06%5,542
Woodbury6,20454.86%4,87643.12%1171.03%970.86%150.13%1,32811.74%11,309
Worth1,69673.74%58425.39%150.65%50.22%00.00%1,11248.35%2,300
Wright2,99271.39%1,13827.15%200.48%380.91%30.07%1,85444.24%4,191
Totals289,29355.47%223,74142.90%4,5160.87%3,1920.61%7990.15%65,55212.57%521,541

See also

Notes and References

  1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Iowa
  2. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)