Elections / 1900 · President

William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

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

National popular vote

13,239,250 votes counted

Bryan (D)

6,088,608

46.0%

McKinley (R)

7,045,944

53.2%

All others

366,382

2.8%

Margin

R+7.2

The county map

2,495 county-level results on record for 1900

Democrats carried 1,142 counties, Republicans 1,328, third-party candidates 2. 468 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Conejos County, CO (R+126.1 swing) · New Hanover County, NC (D+114.6 swing) · Grant County, WV (D+112.4 swing) · Hampshire County, WV (R+97.7 swing) · McDowell County, WV (D+96.4 swing) · Preston County, WV (D+92.7 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+26.0%	97,129	55,612	159,640
Arkansas	D	+28.5%	81,242	44,800	127,966
California	R	−13.1%	124,985	164,755	303,004
Colorado	D	+13.6%	122,705	92,622	220,930
Connecticut	R	−15.9%	74,012	102,569	180,137
Delaware	R	−6.3%	4,364	4,961	9,458
Florida	D	+53.8%	18,993	4,775	26,436
Georgia	D	+38.7%	81,201	34,255	121,433
Iowa	R	−18.6%	209,265	307,808	530,355
Idaho	D	+3.8%	29,414	27,237	57,981
Illinois	R	−8.4%	503,061	597,985	1,131,898
Indiana	R	−3.8%	309,584	334,863	662,894
Kansas	R	−6.6%	162,605	185,982	353,797
Kentucky	D	+1.7%	235,123	227,128	468,253
Louisiana	D	+58.1%	53,668	14,234	67,902
Massachusetts	R	−19.7%	156,997	238,866	414,804
Maryland	—	No data	122,238	136,185	1,437
Maine	R	−26.5%	37,822	66,413	107,694
Michigan	R	−19.2%	211,432	316,014	543,789
Minnesota	R	−24.5%	112,901	190,461	316,311
Missouri	D	+5.5%	351,922	314,038	683,604
Mississippi	D	+77.6%	51,169	5,794	58,438
Montana	D	+18.5%	37,146	25,373	63,641
North Carolina	D	+8.5%	157,733	132,997	292,518
North Dakota	R	−26.6%	20,524	35,898	57,783
Nebraska	R	−3.2%	114,013	121,835	241,430
New Hampshire	R	−20.9%	35,489	54,799	92,364
New Jersey	R	−14.2%	164,808	221,707	401,050
Nevada	D	+24.5%	6,347	3,849	10,196
New York	R	−9.3%	678,462	822,013	1,548,043
Ohio	R	−6.6%	474,882	543,918	1,040,073
Oregon	R	−15.6%	33,385	46,526	84,216
Pennsylvania	R	−24.6%	424,232	712,665	1,173,210
Rhode Island	R	−24.7%	19,812	33,784	56,548
South Carolina	D	+86.0%	47,233	3,559	50,792
South Dakota	R	−15.6%	39,538	54,574	96,169
Tennessee	D	+8.1%	145,249	123,108	273,870
Utah	R	−2.3%	45,006	47,139	93,189
Virginia	D	+11.5%	146,079	115,769	264,357
Vermont	R	−52.9%	12,849	42,569	56,212
Washington	R	−11.7%	44,833	57,456	107,524
Wisconsin	R	−24.1%	159,163	265,760	442,501
West Virginia	D	+9.5%	119,829	98,807	220,716
Wyoming	R	−17.5%	10,164	14,482	24,687