William Jennings Bryan carried Virginia D+6.6.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Virginia, 1896. The state ran 12.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

294,837 votes counted

Bryan (D)

154,978

52.6%

McKinley (R)

135,379

45.9%

All others

4,587

1.6%

Margin

D+6.6

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1896 presidential election

Virginia, 1896

BryanD+6.6

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	52.6%	154,978
William McKinleyRepublican	45.9%	135,379
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	4,587

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1896

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+28.8%	3,115	1,675	5,004
Albemarle County	D	+15.4%	2,628	1,918	4,622
Alexandria city	D	+17.3%	1,830	1,281	3,180
Alleghany County	R	−39.3%	720	1,711	2,522
Amelia County	R	−15.0%	663	899	1,571
Amherst County	D	+19.0%	1,751	1,190	2,955
Appomattox County	D	+22.4%	946	598	1,557
Arlington County	R	−37.6%	322	713	1,039
Augusta County	D	+4.0%	3,066	2,823	6,117
Bath County	D	+3.7%	508	471	988
Bedford County	D	+15.5%	3,085	2,248	5,400
Bland County	D	+12.4%	498	388	887
Botetourt County	R	−3.8%	1,494	1,614	3,149
Bristol city	D	+3.5%	413	384	825
Brunswick County	D	+17.8%	1,372	956	2,343
Buchanan County	R	−15.4%	509	695	1,204
Buckingham County	D	+1.9%	1,247	1,199	2,478
Buena Vista city	D	+8.6%	219	184	407
Campbell County	D	+10.9%	2,115	1,696	3,827
Caroline County	R	−7.4%	1,293	1,502	2,813
Carroll County	R	−4.5%	1,528	1,673	3,207
Charles City County	R	−13.9%	272	362	646
Charlotte County	D	+44.7%	1,458	538	2,060
Charlottesville city	D	+36.1%	801	371	1,190
Chesapeake city	R	−23.6%	2,137	3,475	5,674
Chesterfield County	D	+15.0%	1,727	1,273	3,036
Clarke County	D	+38.3%	1,114	490	1,629
Craig County	D	+31.8%	490	249	757
Culpeper County	D	+20.8%	1,704	1,113	2,841
Cumberland County	R	−3.0%	618	657	1,284
Danville city	D	+21.7%	1,702	1,078	2,872
Dickenson County	D	+1.2%	547	534	1,092
Dinwiddie County	D	+19.4%	1,099	741	1,848
Essex County	D	+16.0%	924	669	1,597
Fairfax County	D	+5.8%	2,109	1,877	4,016
Fauquier County	D	+27.5%	2,744	1,553	4,328
Floyd County	R	−28.4%	848	1,525	2,387
Fluvanna County	D	+12.9%	919	708	1,642
Franklin County	D	+14.8%	2,305	1,711	4,024
Frederick County	D	+36.8%	1,848	845	2,728
Fredericksburg city	D	+15.5%	533	388	937
Giles County	D	+11.8%	993	777	1,836
Gloucester County	D	+19.5%	819	549	1,385
Goochland County	R	−13.9%	676	897	1,586
Grayson County	R	−5.1%	1,328	1,473	2,831
Greene County	R	−4.3%	533	581	1,116
Greensville County	D	+28.6%	850	471	1,327
Halifax County	D	+22.1%	3,231	2,050	5,334
Hampton city	R	−22.7%	572	919	1,530
Hanover County	D	+5.6%	1,499	1,337	2,899
Henrico County	D	+12.2%	2,332	1,817	4,210
Henry County	R	−11.7%	1,409	1,783	3,206
Highland County	D	+6.1%	553	489	1,051
Isle of Wight County	D	+26.8%	1,264	727	2,001
James City County	R	−5.4%	261	291	555
King and Queen County	D	+13.1%	853	655	1,516
King George County	R	−7.8%	582	681	1,272
King William County	R	−25.0%	592	990	1,593
Lancaster County	D	+28.0%	1,073	599	1,692
Lee County	D	+0.2%	1,475	1,470	2,972
Loudoun County	D	+15.5%	2,741	1,991	4,837
Louisa County	R	−0.9%	1,366	1,391	2,792
Lunenburg County	D	+37.3%	1,045	475	1,530
Lynchburg city	D	+0.3%	1,657	1,647	3,367
Madison County	D	+20.1%	1,089	724	1,818
Mathews County	D	+27.6%	797	444	1,278
Mecklenburg County	R	−5.7%	2,099	2,353	4,484
Middlesex County	D	+0.6%	688	680	1,376
Montgomery County	R	−9.3%	1,317	1,594	2,979
Nelson County	D	+11.4%	1,492	1,183	2,718
New Kent County	R	−9.4%	369	446	823
Newport News city	R	−20.5%	914	1,392	2,334
Norfolk city	D	+20.5%	3,068	1,995	5,229
Northampton County	D	+14.8%	1,086	802	1,920
Northumberland County	D	+2.6%	953	904	1,873
Nottoway County	D	+32.0%	936	478	1,432
Orange County	D	+15.9%	1,324	957	2,305
Page County	R	−10.8%	1,166	1,454	2,670
Patrick County	R	−12.5%	886	1,140	2,039
Petersburg city	D	+36.1%	1,682	766	2,536
Pittsylvania County	D	+10.9%	3,987	3,196	7,244
Portsmouth city	D	+27.7%	1,380	769	2,204
Powhatan County	R	−9.3%	528	637	1,169
Prince Edward County	D	+0.6%	991	979	1,998
Prince George County	D	+13.5%	518	394	918
Prince William County	D	+29.6%	1,341	727	2,077
Pulaski County	R	−14.6%	1,109	1,489	2,609
Radford city	D	+8.9%	372	309	709
Rappahannock County	D	+30.7%	1,076	569	1,654
Richmond city	D	+19.5%	8,651	5,748	14,859
Richmond County	O	+0.0%	667	667	1,344
Roanoke city	D	+8.1%	2,005	1,697	3,793
Roanoke County	R	−13.9%	1,116	1,484	2,648
Rockbridge County	R	−16.2%	1,634	2,290	4,044
Rockingham County	R	−7.9%	2,998	3,524	6,649
Russell County	D	+1.8%	1,530	1,475	3,018
Scott County	R	−10.3%	1,793	2,206	4,014
Shenandoah County	R	−1.2%	2,052	2,102	4,252
Smyth County	R	−4.7%	1,407	1,546	2,968
Southampton County	D	+52.7%	1,438	439	1,897
Spotsylvania County	R	−1.5%	877	903	1,788
Stafford County	R	−26.5%	629	1,084	1,719
Staunton city	D	+11.2%	713	556	1,403
Suffolk city	D	+10.1%	1,300	1,060	2,379
Surry County	D	+7.5%	709	609	1,328
Sussex County	D	+29.4%	769	418	1,193
Tazewell County	R	−22.9%	1,582	2,525	4,124
Virginia Beach city	D	+6.9%	790	687	1,485
Warren County	D	+33.3%	1,172	575	1,792
Washington County	R	−5.8%	2,374	2,669	5,079
Westmoreland County	R	−7.9%	705	827	1,542
Williamsburg city	D	+11.1%	113	90	207
Winchester city	D	+4.4%	490	447	986
Wise County	R	−12.0%	966	1,230	2,202
Wythe County	R	−5.5%	1,683	1,882	3,645
York County	D	+51.9%	722	223	962