William Jennings Bryan carried North Carolina D+5.8.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in North Carolina, 1896. The state ran 11.9 points more Democratic than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

331,337 votes counted

Bryan (D)

174,408

52.6%

McKinley (R)

155,122

46.8%

All others

1,807

0.5%

Margin

D+5.8

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1896 presidential election

North Carolina, 1896

BryanD+5.8

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	52.6%	174,408
William McKinleyRepublican	46.8%	155,122
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	1,807

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1896

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−0.3%	2,302	2,314	4,666
Alexander County	D	+28.6%	1,119	620	1,742
Alleghany County	D	+9.8%	737	605	1,343
Anson County	D	+37.3%	2,322	1,060	3,382
Ashe County	R	−5.6%	1,574	1,761	3,339
Beaufort County	D	+6.5%	2,513	2,207	4,743
Bertie County	R	−13.7%	1,711	2,255	3,976
Bladen County	D	+14.0%	1,665	1,256	2,924
Brunswick County	D	+18.6%	1,279	878	2,158
Buncombe County	R	−5.9%	4,098	4,611	8,733
Burke County	D	+5.6%	1,550	1,385	2,968
Cabarrus County	D	+37.9%	2,250	996	3,306
Caldwell County	D	+18.7%	1,428	967	2,465
Camden County	R	−3.0%	554	588	1,142
Carteret County	D	+16.2%	1,308	943	2,257
Caswell County	R	−10.6%	1,372	1,701	3,118
Catawba County	D	+44.7%	2,649	1,004	3,682
Chatham County	D	+31.9%	2,892	1,490	4,397
Cherokee County	R	−12.3%	770	987	1,759
Chowan County	R	−18.3%	791	1,146	1,937
Clay County	D	+22.8%	476	299	775
Cleveland County	D	+36.9%	2,664	1,216	3,924
Columbus County	D	+24.4%	1,918	1,162	3,098
Craven County	R	−23.0%	1,810	2,921	4,828
Cumberland County	D	+6.5%	2,509	2,200	4,745
Currituck County	D	+32.3%	922	472	1,395
Dare County	R	−7.2%	408	471	879
Davidson County	R	−6.8%	2,072	2,375	4,481
Davie County	R	−18.7%	894	1,306	2,204
Duplin County	D	+35.4%	2,409	1,147	3,564
Durham County	D	+11.6%	2,435	1,924	4,411
Edgecombe County	R	−15.1%	2,032	2,758	4,799
Forsyth County	R	−16.5%	2,778	3,888	6,721
Franklin County	D	+27.4%	3,217	1,834	5,052
Gaston County	D	+11.9%	2,069	1,625	3,727
Gates County	D	+17.7%	1,086	759	1,845
Graham County	D	+2.3%	363	347	710
Granville County	D	+2.1%	2,269	2,175	4,458
Greene County	D	+6.9%	1,222	1,065	2,287
Guilford County	D	+0.3%	3,479	3,455	7,004
Halifax County	R	−27.9%	2,255	4,003	6,261
Harnett County	D	+23.1%	1,676	1,042	2,746
Haywood County	D	+29.1%	1,901	1,039	2,967
Henderson County	R	−17.5%	1,022	1,459	2,493
Hertford County	R	−7.0%	1,240	1,426	2,666
Hyde County	D	+9.2%	1,019	847	1,868
Iredell County	D	+19.2%	2,958	2,003	4,976
Jackson County	D	+13.5%	1,145	873	2,018
Johnston County	D	+29.4%	3,343	1,824	5,169
Jones County	D	+8.5%	814	686	1,500
Lenoir County	D	+16.5%	1,966	1,410	3,378
Lincoln County	D	+14.2%	1,349	1,010	2,382
Macon County	D	+12.2%	1,140	891	2,035
Madison County	R	−25.2%	1,357	2,270	3,629
Martin County	D	+10.0%	1,681	1,374	3,055
McDowell County	D	+11.8%	1,204	950	2,158
Mecklenburg County	D	+9.0%	4,714	3,921	8,790
Mitchell County	R	−49.4%	630	1,861	2,491
Montgomery County	R	−3.3%	1,129	1,206	2,337
Moore County	D	+6.2%	2,207	1,948	4,167
Nash County	D	+26.4%	2,916	1,699	4,616
New Hanover County	R	−19.8%	2,100	3,183	5,472
Northampton County	R	−9.6%	1,906	2,310	4,220
Onslow County	D	+45.2%	1,559	589	2,148
Orange County	D	+14.6%	1,700	1,264	2,978
Pamlico County	D	+14.6%	861	642	1,504
Pasquotank County	R	−18.8%	1,037	1,519	2,565
Pender County	D	+4.6%	1,276	1,164	2,440
Perquimans County	R	−12.3%	793	1,016	1,817
Person County	D	+10.0%	1,713	1,402	3,115
Pitt County	D	+14.2%	3,181	2,390	5,582
Polk County	R	−21.6%	469	731	1,213
Randolph County	R	−4.9%	2,482	2,743	5,329
Richmond County	R	−7.6%	2,172	2,529	4,714
Robeson County	D	+17.5%	3,457	2,429	5,889
Rockingham County	D	+5.7%	2,882	2,569	5,460
Rowan County	D	+35.4%	3,095	1,468	4,600
Rutherford County	D	+4.7%	2,146	1,953	4,115
Sampson County	D	+36.8%	2,789	1,271	4,124
Stanly County	D	+47.2%	1,425	511	1,938
Stokes County	R	−17.7%	1,447	2,069	3,518
Surry County	R	−12.4%	2,019	2,590	4,617
Swain County	D	+20.7%	808	531	1,341
Transylvania County	R	−3.4%	595	637	1,236
Tyrrell County	R	−8.9%	411	491	902
Union County	D	+46.0%	2,747	1,009	3,779
Vance County	R	−8.7%	1,465	1,745	3,215
Wake County	D	+7.1%	5,396	4,675	10,121
Warren County	R	−28.4%	1,213	2,175	3,393
Washington County	R	−27.1%	739	1,289	2,028
Watauga County	R	−4.6%	1,063	1,166	2,240
Wayne County	D	+17.6%	3,215	2,248	5,490
Wilkes County	R	−22.3%	1,801	2,835	4,642
Wilson County	D	+30.8%	2,715	1,436	4,153
Yadkin County	R	−20.1%	1,093	1,646	2,755
Yancey County	D	+3.6%	1,056	982	2,038