William Jennings Bryan carried North Carolina D+8.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in North Carolina, 1900. The state ran 16.0 points more Democratic than the nation (R+7.5 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

292,518 votes counted

Bryan (D)

157,733

53.9%

McKinley (R)

132,997

45.5%

All others

1,788

0.6%

Margin

D+8.5

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1900 presidential election

North Carolina, 1900

BryanD+8.5

How it voted

Share of the 1900 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	53.9%	157,733
William McKinleyRepublican	45.5%	132,997
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	1,788

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1900 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 — 1900

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−7.9%	1,923	2,256	4,217
Alexander County	R	−9.4%	774	938	1,738
Alleghany County	D	+3.4%	709	662	1,371
Anson County	D	+46.7%	1,856	673	2,534
Ashe County	R	−12.3%	1,513	1,937	3,452
Beaufort County	D	+12.6%	2,316	1,799	4,115
Bertie County	D	+38.8%	2,420	1,067	3,487
Bladen County	R	−3.9%	1,102	1,192	2,314
Brunswick County	R	−9.9%	525	643	1,194
Buncombe County	R	−5.3%	3,724	4,140	7,899
Burke County	D	+11.1%	1,389	1,110	2,514
Cabarrus County	D	+14.1%	1,485	1,112	2,638
Caldwell County	R	−8.4%	1,111	1,317	2,463
Camden County	R	−3.6%	498	535	1,033
Carteret County	D	+15.4%	1,046	767	1,817
Caswell County	D	+2.5%	1,342	1,277	2,621
Catawba County	D	+2.7%	1,612	1,522	3,292
Chatham County	R	−20.0%	1,489	2,240	3,755
Cherokee County	R	−19.8%	774	1,157	1,937
Chowan County	R	−1.9%	898	932	1,830
Clay County	D	+1.3%	404	394	798
Cleveland County	D	+25.6%	2,228	1,311	3,579
Columbus County	D	+13.5%	1,623	1,237	2,860
Craven County	D	+14.9%	2,028	1,502	3,530
Cumberland County	R	−4.2%	1,964	2,138	4,113
Currituck County	D	+36.1%	927	435	1,362
Dare County	D	+9.9%	404	331	735
Davidson County	R	−12.1%	1,823	2,329	4,197
Davie County	R	−19.8%	831	1,251	2,125
Duplin County	D	+26.8%	1,879	1,081	2,980
Durham County	D	+7.9%	2,373	2,026	4,418
Edgecombe County	D	+29.6%	3,009	1,635	4,645
Forsyth County	R	−2.1%	2,482	2,588	5,097
Franklin County	D	+26.5%	2,781	1,602	4,453
Gaston County	D	+8.4%	1,931	1,626	3,615
Gates County	D	+33.2%	1,125	564	1,689
Graham County	R	−3.9%	358	387	745
Granville County	D	+18.0%	2,288	1,587	3,891
Greene County	D	+25.5%	1,385	820	2,212
Guilford County	D	+0.6%	3,335	3,296	6,676
Halifax County	D	+29.5%	3,990	2,174	6,164
Harnett County	D	+5.6%	1,342	1,199	2,542
Haywood County	D	+15.9%	1,735	1,257	3,011
Henderson County	R	−20.7%	973	1,482	2,455
Hertford County	D	+29.2%	1,337	732	2,069
Hyde County	D	+4.1%	867	798	1,667
Iredell County	D	+10.3%	2,523	2,044	4,645
Jackson County	D	+1.5%	1,080	1,047	2,147
Johnston County	D	+22.4%	3,154	1,997	5,168
Jones County	D	+8.5%	714	602	1,316
Lenoir County	D	+22.7%	1,942	1,224	3,166
Lincoln County	R	−11.8%	892	1,133	2,047
Macon County	R	−2.9%	977	1,035	2,016
Madison County	R	−30.4%	1,268	2,377	3,645
Martin County	D	+25.1%	1,819	1,088	2,907
McDowell County	R	−0.5%	1,014	1,024	2,055
Mecklenburg County	D	+25.5%	3,786	2,234	6,098
Mitchell County	R	−59.9%	491	1,958	2,449
Montgomery County	D	+8.9%	1,100	920	2,021
Moore County	R	−11.6%	1,606	2,029	3,647
Nash County	D	+32.1%	2,600	1,337	3,937
New Hanover County	D	+94.8%	2,247	60	2,307
Northampton County	D	+11.3%	1,992	1,587	3,579
Onslow County	D	+36.3%	1,322	618	1,940
Orange County	R	−0.2%	1,275	1,280	2,565
Pamlico County	R	−10.0%	597	729	1,326
Pasquotank County	R	−3.5%	1,196	1,282	2,478
Pender County	D	+35.2%	1,137	543	1,687
Perquimans County	R	−1.0%	830	846	1,676
Person County	D	+7.0%	1,466	1,274	2,747
Pitt County	D	+20.3%	3,264	2,156	5,456
Polk County	R	−14.7%	484	652	1,143
Randolph County	R	−4.7%	2,264	2,487	4,779
Richmond County	D	+42.9%	1,264	504	1,773
Robeson County	D	+48.3%	3,280	1,144	4,424
Rockingham County	D	+8.2%	2,652	2,252	4,907
Rowan County	D	+21.1%	2,460	1,555	4,290
Rutherford County	D	+2.5%	2,081	1,981	4,063
Sampson County	R	−21.8%	1,257	2,002	3,414
Scotland County	D	+90.7%	925	44	971
Stanly County	D	+23.0%	1,265	792	2,057
Stokes County	R	−11.0%	1,443	1,798	3,241
Surry County	R	−12.7%	1,898	2,451	4,349
Swain County	R	−14.0%	590	782	1,372
Transylvania County	R	−8.1%	529	622	1,154
Tyrrell County	D	+9.8%	466	383	849
Union County	D	+34.6%	1,790	864	2,676
Vance County	D	+16.3%	1,233	881	2,164
Wake County	D	+9.5%	4,774	3,947	8,736
Warren County	D	+8.1%	1,573	1,337	2,910
Washington County	D	+3.1%	834	784	1,618
Watauga County	R	−21.8%	923	1,439	2,364
Wayne County	D	+22.3%	3,104	1,965	5,106
Wilkes County	R	−25.0%	1,704	2,840	4,546
Wilson County	D	+40.4%	2,816	1,194	4,012
Yadkin County	R	−29.1%	950	1,733	2,690
Yancey County	R	−6.3%	954	1,082	2,036