1900 United States presidential election in Massachusetts explained

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Election Name:1900 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Previous Year:1896
Next Election:1904 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Next Year:1904
Turnout:67.4[1] 3.2 pp
Election Date:November 6, 1900
Image1:Mckinley (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:William McKinley
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Ohio
Running Mate1:Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral Vote1:15
Popular Vote1:238,866
Percentage1:57.59%
Nominee2:William Jennings Bryan
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Nebraska
Running Mate2:Adlai E. Stevenson
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:156,997
Percentage2:37.85%
Map Size:350px
President
Before Election:William McKinley
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:William McKinley
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1900 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 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, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Massachusetts by a margin of 19.74% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

McKinley was able to win 13 out of the 14 counties in the state of Massachusetts. The only county that went to Bryan was Suffolk County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Boston. Bryan had previously lost the county to McKinley in 1896 and would lose it again to William Howard Taft in 1908. Bryan had previously lost Massachusetts to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again to Taft in 1908.

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Notes and References

  1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.