William McKinley carried Minnesota R+24.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Minnesota, 1900. The state ran 17.3 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.2 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

316,311 votes counted

Bryan (D)

112,901

35.7%

McKinley (R)

190,461

60.2%

All others

12,949

4.1%

Margin

R+24.5

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1900 presidential election

Minnesota, 1900

McKinleyR+24.5

How it voted

Share of the 1900 vote

William McKinley ✓Republican	60.2%	190,461
William J. BryanDemocratic	35.7%	112,901
OtherAll other candidates	4.1%	12,949

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 1900 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1900 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 — 1900

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−56.8%	262	988	1,278
Anoka County	R	−44.8%	555	1,511	2,132
Becker County	R	−36.8%	771	1,790	2,770
Beltrami County	R	−26.5%	767	1,339	2,158
Benton County	R	−6.0%	751	849	1,646
Big Stone County	R	−24.0%	644	1,081	1,824
Blue Earth County	R	−22.4%	2,254	3,647	6,215
Brown County	R	−6.9%	1,471	1,695	3,256
Carlton County	R	−40.1%	467	1,119	1,627
Carver County	R	−21.1%	1,146	1,775	2,981
Cass County	R	−33.7%	518	1,074	1,648
Chippewa County	R	−32.3%	707	1,432	2,248
Chisago County	R	−68.8%	411	2,354	2,824
Clay County	R	−23.1%	1,165	1,903	3,201
Cook County	R	−10.4%	65	81	154
Cottonwood County	R	−41.1%	547	1,368	1,997
Crow Wing County	R	−37.2%	804	1,803	2,682
Dakota County	R	−0.7%	1,878	1,904	3,997
Dodge County	R	−37.8%	674	1,611	2,476
Douglas County	R	−22.6%	1,194	1,917	3,202
Faribault County	R	−47.9%	936	2,910	4,121
Fillmore County	R	−44.4%	1,364	3,741	5,359
Freeborn County	R	−53.0%	838	2,934	3,956
Goodhue County	R	−60.5%	1,125	4,894	6,231
Grant County	R	−37.5%	456	1,062	1,615
Hennepin County	R	−28.8%	14,498	26,902	43,095
Houston County	R	−32.2%	884	1,765	2,733
Hubbard County	R	−35.7%	464	1,009	1,526
Isanti County	R	−48.7%	504	1,525	2,098
Itasca County	R	−29.4%	413	770	1,216
Jackson County	R	−26.7%	993	1,757	2,864
Kanabec County	R	−50.0%	210	658	896
Kandiyohi County	R	−31.3%	1,204	2,343	3,643
Kittson County	R	−21.5%	562	885	1,501
Lac qui Parle County	R	−47.6%	642	1,924	2,692
Lake County	R	−37.8%	278	639	954
Le Sueur County	R	−2.1%	1,858	1,941	3,960
Lincoln County	R	−23.3%	528	866	1,452
Lyon County	R	−33.8%	879	1,844	2,854
Marshall County	R	−22.6%	905	1,457	2,442
Martin County	R	−17.6%	1,233	1,819	3,326
McLeod County	R	−4.5%	1,540	1,691	3,381
Meeker County	R	−21.2%	1,300	2,032	3,458
Mille Lacs County	R	−47.6%	358	1,072	1,501
Morrison County	R	−1.1%	1,838	1,880	3,817
Mower County	R	−45.9%	1,081	3,076	4,348
Murray County	R	−24.2%	816	1,358	2,238
Nicollet County	R	−31.5%	858	1,684	2,626
Nobles County	R	−20.5%	1,101	1,709	2,963
Norman County	R	−19.0%	964	1,492	2,785
Olmsted County	R	−26.7%	1,597	2,818	4,573
Otter Tail County	R	−2.6%	3,257	3,446	7,303
Pine County	R	−20.8%	726	1,121	1,898
Pipestone County	R	−22.6%	692	1,112	1,858
Polk County	R	−5.7%	2,533	2,863	5,770
Pope County	R	−55.7%	481	1,774	2,322
Ramsey County	R	−16.3%	10,931	15,384	27,345
Red Lake County	D	+16.2%	1,165	823	2,105
Redwood County	R	−37.8%	918	2,127	3,201
Renville County	R	−34.2%	1,326	2,809	4,337
Rice County	R	−25.5%	1,688	2,924	4,844
Rock County	R	−34.9%	573	1,234	1,893
Roseau County	R	−8.0%	537	632	1,192
Scott County	D	+22.4%	1,588	996	2,642
Sherburne County	R	−41.0%	373	931	1,360
Sibley County	R	−15.0%	1,272	1,736	3,087
St. Louis County	R	−30.1%	4,667	8,851	13,890
Stearns County	D	+25.8%	4,244	2,460	6,920
Steele County	R	−20.5%	1,188	1,833	3,143
Stevens County	R	−19.8%	682	1,036	1,786
Swift County	R	−14.0%	1,028	1,378	2,494
Todd County	R	−18.4%	1,487	2,212	3,930
Traverse County	R	−3.1%	720	768	1,527
Wabasha County	R	−19.3%	1,406	2,114	3,665
Wadena County	R	−34.7%	448	949	1,445
Waseca County	R	−19.7%	1,155	1,744	2,983
Washington County	R	−39.1%	1,279	2,984	4,357
Watonwan County	R	−47.7%	509	1,509	2,098
Wilkin County	R	−9.6%	663	812	1,560
Winona County	D	+1.9%	3,436	3,305	6,980
Wright County	R	−24.4%	1,888	3,153	5,193
Yellow Medicine County	R	−37.1%	763	1,743	2,643