William McKinley carried Minnesota R+15.7.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Minnesota, 1896. The state ran 9.7 points more Republican than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

341,762 votes counted

Bryan (D)

139,735

40.9%

McKinley (R)

193,503

56.6%

All others

8,524

2.5%

Margin

R+15.7

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1896 presidential election

Minnesota, 1896

McKinleyR+15.7

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William McKinley ✓Republican	56.6%	193,503
William J. BryanDemocratic	40.9%	139,735
OtherAll other candidates	2.5%	8,524

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1896

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−41.5%	344	855	1,231
Anoka County	R	−31.8%	791	1,553	2,393
Becker County	R	−19.6%	985	1,479	2,515
Beltrami County	D	+2.6%	213	202	421
Benton County	D	+5.3%	867	778	1,669
Big Stone County	R	−16.3%	742	1,048	1,881
Blue Earth County	R	−18.6%	2,744	4,055	7,052
Brown County	R	−10.0%	1,469	1,807	3,383
Carlton County	R	−36.0%	543	1,169	1,741
Carver County	R	−18.5%	1,268	1,856	3,186
Cass County	R	−12.7%	271	351	631
Chippewa County	R	−11.4%	1,037	1,310	2,399
Chisago County	R	−70.0%	437	2,558	3,032
Clay County	D	+8.7%	1,908	1,594	3,592
Cook County	D	+13.5%	107	81	192
Cottonwood County	R	−20.4%	810	1,242	2,115
Crow Wing County	R	−22.2%	1,066	1,701	2,866
Dakota County	D	+3.5%	2,310	2,147	4,626
Dodge County	R	−33.9%	911	1,900	2,919
Douglas County	R	−18.1%	1,350	1,966	3,399
Faribault County	R	−46.0%	1,107	3,116	4,366
Fillmore County	R	−35.5%	1,939	4,195	6,351
Freeborn County	R	−47.2%	1,179	3,400	4,706
Goodhue County	R	−58.5%	1,426	5,748	7,382
Grant County	R	−14.8%	739	1,002	1,780
Hennepin County	R	−13.0%	20,515	26,786	48,288
Houston County	R	−34.6%	991	2,087	3,166
Hubbard County	R	−2.7%	344	364	732
Isanti County	R	−33.0%	750	1,490	2,240
Itasca County	R	−6.5%	724	826	1,561
Jackson County	R	−14.8%	1,150	1,558	2,757
Kanabec County	R	−30.2%	256	484	755
Kandiyohi County	R	−14.0%	1,638	2,181	3,877
Kittson County	D	+0.6%	762	753	1,557
Lac qui Parle County	R	−26.1%	932	1,620	2,641
Lake County	R	−29.6%	320	595	929
Le Sueur County	R	−5.3%	2,003	2,235	4,369
Lincoln County	D	+2.0%	703	674	1,437
Lyon County	R	−8.9%	1,351	1,623	3,072
Marshall County	D	+0.9%	1,222	1,200	2,452
Martin County	R	−12.9%	1,327	1,739	3,202
McLeod County	D	+1.7%	1,653	1,595	3,342
Meeker County	R	−15.0%	1,538	2,094	3,718
Mille Lacs County	R	−35.6%	456	977	1,463
Morrison County	R	−6.0%	1,734	1,960	3,786
Mower County	R	−40.2%	1,407	3,379	4,909
Murray County	R	−6.5%	1,054	1,204	2,304
Nicollet County	R	−35.6%	837	1,803	2,715
Nobles County	R	−12.7%	1,204	1,568	2,859
Norman County	R	−2.8%	1,304	1,382	2,786
Olmsted County	R	−28.7%	1,741	3,201	5,095
Otter Tail County	D	+11.3%	4,482	3,544	8,294
Pine County	R	−13.3%	875	1,152	2,077
Pipestone County	D	+3.1%	919	862	1,815
Polk County	D	+27.3%	5,054	2,855	8,067
Pope County	R	−43.2%	688	1,773	2,514
Ramsey County	R	−18.0%	12,048	17,522	30,387
Redwood County	R	−23.2%	1,123	1,818	3,000
Renville County	R	−12.4%	1,978	2,553	4,628
Rice County	R	−25.9%	2,002	3,483	5,711
Rock County	R	−22.0%	765	1,209	2,020
Roseau County	D	+29.0%	527	287	828
Scott County	D	+19.7%	1,706	1,126	2,939
Sherburne County	R	−29.9%	536	1,008	1,577
Sibley County	R	−18.3%	1,251	1,826	3,150
St. Louis County	R	−13.8%	7,412	9,810	17,406
Stearns County	D	+25.6%	4,911	2,873	7,967
Steele County	R	−23.2%	1,248	2,046	3,444
Stevens County	R	−17.3%	685	981	1,709
Swift County	R	−2.0%	1,222	1,273	2,557
Todd County	R	−7.8%	1,739	2,043	3,908
Traverse County	D	+23.3%	963	589	1,607
Wabasha County	R	−20.9%	1,630	2,530	4,298
Wadena County	R	−23.6%	534	874	1,441
Waseca County	R	−20.3%	1,244	1,902	3,235
Washington County	R	−43.0%	1,558	3,995	5,666
Watonwan County	R	−46.0%	586	1,622	2,253
Wilkin County	D	+14.7%	855	631	1,528
Winona County	R	−5.3%	3,528	3,935	7,639
Wright County	R	−20.4%	2,172	3,312	5,579
Yellow Medicine County	R	−21.0%	1,015	1,578	2,678