William McKinley carried New York R+18.9.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in New York, 1896. The state ran 12.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

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

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New York result

1,423,876 votes counted

Bryan (D)

551,369

38.7%

McKinley (R)

819,838

57.6%

All others

52,669

3.7%

Margin

R+18.9

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1896 presidential election

New York, 1896

McKinleyR+18.9

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William McKinley ✓Republican	57.6%	819,838
William J. BryanDemocratic	38.7%	551,369
OtherAll other candidates	3.7%	52,669

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1896

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	R	−10.9%	17,818	22,263	40,834
Allegany County	R	−27.7%	3,895	7,079	11,508
Broome County	R	−31.0%	5,461	10,630	16,674
Cattaraugus County	R	−20.4%	6,088	9,337	15,889
Cayuga County	R	−25.6%	5,846	10,024	16,330
Chautauqua County	R	−36.0%	6,581	14,325	21,507
Chemung County	R	−19.6%	5,259	7,926	13,586
Chenango County	R	−22.0%	3,973	6,338	10,726
Clinton County	R	−31.9%	3,074	6,005	9,189
Columbia County	R	−20.0%	4,373	6,654	11,382
Cortland County	R	−30.4%	2,574	4,939	7,791
Delaware County	R	−26.5%	4,450	7,790	12,615
Dutchess County	R	−28.3%	6,634	12,127	19,422
Erie County	R	−19.8%	30,172	45,612	77,879
Essex County	R	−49.8%	1,760	5,356	7,214
Franklin County	R	−41.1%	2,490	6,118	8,829
Fulton County	R	−31.8%	3,471	6,948	10,951
Genesee County	R	−25.9%	3,004	5,190	8,439
Greene County	R	−10.0%	3,688	4,540	8,492
Hamilton County	R	−31.7%	378	756	1,192
Herkimer County	R	−22.7%	5,027	8,096	13,545
Jefferson County	R	−25.4%	6,644	11,411	18,744
Kings County	R	−16.7%	76,882	109,135	193,676
Lewis County	R	−18.6%	3,042	4,461	7,647
Livingston County	R	−13.7%	4,101	5,461	9,896
Madison County	R	−34.6%	3,580	7,588	11,574
Monroe County	R	−20.4%	17,158	26,288	44,818
Montgomery County	R	−19.2%	4,759	7,082	12,129
New York County	R	−6.7%	135,624	156,359	308,232
Niagara County	R	−14.1%	6,441	8,626	15,490
Oneida County	R	−25.3%	11,003	18,855	31,007
Onondaga County	R	−28.2%	13,695	25,032	40,141
Ontario County	R	−15.2%	5,485	7,506	13,332
Orange County	R	−21.6%	8,971	14,086	23,667
Orleans County	R	−21.1%	2,993	4,664	7,909
Oswego County	R	−27.6%	6,401	11,411	18,168
Otsego County	R	−16.2%	5,820	8,161	14,477
Putnam County	R	−38.3%	1,027	2,364	3,495
Queens County	R	−20.8%	11,980	18,694	32,213
Rensselaer County	R	−13.3%	13,119	17,221	30,914
Richmond County	R	−15.3%	4,452	6,170	11,198
Rockland County	R	−17.5%	3,002	4,336	7,614
Saratoga County	R	−30.7%	4,987	9,638	15,161
Schenectady County	R	−13.4%	3,711	4,903	8,907
Schoharie County	D	+4.4%	4,203	3,838	8,240
Schuyler County	R	−23.9%	1,619	2,692	4,495
Seneca County	R	−8.9%	3,213	3,853	7,198
St. Lawrence County	R	−44.3%	5,749	15,287	21,541
Steuben County	R	−22.6%	7,971	12,858	21,622
Suffolk County	R	−39.1%	3,872	9,388	14,097
Sullivan County	R	−19.3%	3,073	4,589	7,864
Tioga County	R	−25.5%	2,824	4,849	7,941
Tompkins County	R	−20.0%	3,506	5,342	9,200
Ulster County	R	−15.0%	8,140	11,100	19,711
Warren County	R	−33.8%	2,269	4,685	7,152
Washington County	R	−41.6%	3,239	8,139	11,775
Wayne County	R	−30.0%	4,254	8,039	12,598
Westchester County	R	−23.4%	11,752	19,337	32,434
Wyoming County	R	−28.4%	2,706	4,967	7,975
Yates County	R	−22.8%	2,086	3,370	5,630