William McKinley carried Iowa R+12.6.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Iowa, 1896. The state ran 6.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)

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Iowa result

521,587 votes counted

Bryan (D)

223,611

42.9%

McKinley (R)

289,463

55.5%

All others

8,513

1.6%

Margin

R+12.6

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1896 presidential election

Iowa, 1896

McKinleyR+12.6

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William McKinley ✓Republican	55.5%	289,463
William J. BryanDemocratic	42.9%	223,611
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	8,513

D+60

R+60

99 counties, each filled by 1896 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1896

99 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−4.4%	1,946	2,127	4,111
Adams County	R	−1.0%	1,701	1,736	3,488
Allamakee County	R	−12.8%	1,897	2,471	4,480
Appanoose County	R	−1.8%	2,940	3,046	6,027
Audubon County	R	−9.1%	1,417	1,705	3,149
Benton County	R	−16.7%	2,560	3,604	6,268
Black Hawk County	R	−35.2%	2,167	4,643	7,030
Boone County	R	−14.2%	2,801	3,741	6,630
Bremer County	R	−10.5%	1,704	2,116	3,917
Buchanan County	R	−12.2%	2,233	2,865	5,181
Buena Vista County	R	−36.6%	1,178	2,568	3,797
Butler County	R	−33.9%	1,302	2,670	4,041
Calhoun County	R	−35.3%	1,280	2,698	4,012
Carroll County	D	+7.8%	2,417	2,066	4,524
Cass County	R	−13.6%	2,240	2,959	5,274
Cedar County	R	−11.8%	2,128	2,717	4,985
Cerro Gordo County	R	−35.9%	1,408	3,048	4,568
Cherokee County	R	−22.5%	1,464	2,343	3,900
Chickasaw County	D	+2.9%	2,084	1,967	4,081
Clarke County	R	−4.0%	1,517	1,646	3,194
Clay County	R	−33.2%	933	1,880	2,849
Clayton County	R	−6.2%	2,910	3,302	6,331
Clinton County	R	−9.6%	4,590	5,584	10,337
Crawford County	D	+4.4%	2,396	2,189	4,659
Dallas County	R	−17.6%	2,316	3,326	5,747
Davis County	D	+17.7%	2,367	1,652	4,042
Decatur County	D	+2.0%	2,362	2,268	4,680
Delaware County	R	−22.1%	1,778	2,799	4,625
Des Moines County	R	−9.4%	3,741	4,549	8,574
Dickinson County	R	−36.6%	517	1,131	1,679
Dubuque County	D	+11.0%	6,510	5,203	11,898
Emmet County	R	−42.6%	559	1,429	2,040
Fayette County	R	−10.9%	2,822	3,522	6,440
Floyd County	R	−30.1%	1,461	2,749	4,285
Franklin County	R	−46.0%	894	2,439	3,361
Fremont County	D	+18.8%	2,857	1,948	4,845
Greene County	R	−22.8%	1,629	2,606	4,286
Grundy County	R	−21.9%	1,206	1,894	3,138
Guthrie County	R	−6.7%	2,220	2,541	4,825
Hamilton County	R	−40.0%	1,300	3,074	4,439
Hancock County	R	−32.2%	1,007	1,975	3,009
Hardin County	R	−38.4%	1,568	3,575	5,222
Harrison County	D	+6.1%	3,214	2,839	6,108
Henry County	R	−13.7%	2,092	2,774	4,969
Howard County	R	−12.1%	1,507	1,929	3,492
Humboldt County	R	−43.4%	783	2,010	2,824
Ida County	R	−1.8%	1,421	1,475	2,929
Iowa County	R	−9.8%	1,956	2,391	4,446
Jackson County	R	−6.1%	3,279	3,713	7,074
Jasper County	D	+4.3%	3,019	2,768	5,863
Jefferson County	R	−16.3%	1,772	2,478	4,329
Johnson County	D	+4.2%	3,170	2,910	6,184
Jones County	R	−17.3%	2,143	3,057	5,285
Keokuk County	R	−4.4%	2,891	3,166	6,242
Kossuth County	R	−22.0%	1,861	2,930	4,859
Lee County	D	+3.0%	5,153	4,847	10,162
Linn County	R	−16.0%	5,283	7,335	12,836
Louisa County	R	−20.4%	1,334	2,035	3,442
Lucas County	R	−6.7%	1,621	1,859	3,546
Lyon County	R	−3.4%	1,464	1,568	3,055
Madison County	R	−1.9%	2,224	2,313	4,600
Mahaska County	R	−3.4%	3,974	4,256	8,396
Marion County	D	+6.4%	3,119	2,741	5,952
Marshall County	R	−26.1%	2,626	4,541	7,342
Mills County	R	−4.7%	1,958	2,153	4,146
Mitchell County	R	−41.0%	1,031	2,498	3,579
Monona County	D	+24.9%	2,558	1,526	4,140
Monroe County	D	+6.2%	2,086	1,836	4,018
Montgomery County	R	−28.1%	1,634	2,927	4,597
Muscatine County	R	−11.6%	2,863	3,627	6,592
O'Brien County	R	−21.3%	1,562	2,421	4,028
Osceola County	R	−17.3%	767	1,094	1,889
Page County	R	−14.4%	2,390	3,213	5,705
Palo Alto County	R	−1.5%	1,547	1,595	3,190
Plymouth County	R	−4.5%	2,392	2,623	5,103
Pocahontas County	R	−14.9%	1,377	1,866	3,284
Polk County	R	−21.9%	7,087	11,127	18,471
Pottawattamie County	R	−3.0%	5,468	5,810	11,392
Poweshiek County	R	−18.8%	2,013	2,969	5,076
Ringgold County	R	−14.3%	1,651	2,209	3,912
Sac County	R	−29.8%	1,346	2,513	3,918
Scott County	R	−21.8%	4,032	6,419	10,930
Shelby County	D	+3.7%	2,175	2,019	4,219
Sioux County	R	−19.6%	1,898	2,841	4,814
Story County	R	−38.6%	1,589	3,630	5,282
Tama County	R	−8.0%	2,596	3,054	5,733
Taylor County	R	−3.7%	2,293	2,468	4,788
Union County	D	+4.9%	2,425	2,196	4,689
Van Buren County	R	−8.7%	2,076	2,478	4,628
Wapello County	R	−3.3%	4,041	4,319	8,510
Warren County	R	−12.0%	2,214	2,826	5,113
Washington County	R	−11.1%	2,292	2,882	5,296
Wayne County	D	+0.3%	2,115	2,101	4,294
Webster County	R	−17.8%	2,557	3,691	6,355
Winnebago County	R	−45.2%	714	1,912	2,651
Winneshiek County	R	−25.1%	2,033	3,422	5,542
Woodbury County	R	−11.7%	4,876	6,204	11,309
Worth County	R	−48.3%	584	1,696	2,300
Wright County	R	−44.2%	1,138	2,992	4,191