William Jennings Bryan carried Virginia D+11.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Virginia, 1900. The state ran 18.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+7.2 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

264,357 votes counted

Bryan (D)

146,079

55.3%

McKinley (R)

115,769

43.8%

All others

2,603

1.0%

Margin

D+11.5

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1900 presidential election

Virginia, 1900

BryanD+11.5

How it voted

Share of the 1900 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	55.3%	146,079
William McKinleyRepublican	43.8%	115,769
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	2,603

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1900 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 — 1900

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+36.9%	3,210	1,460	4,740
Albemarle County	D	+18.0%	2,411	1,674	4,105
Alexandria city	D	+36.3%	2,003	935	2,944
Alleghany County	R	−26.2%	841	1,451	2,329
Amelia County	R	−15.6%	608	838	1,472
Amherst County	D	+20.8%	1,516	990	2,528
Appomattox County	D	+40.4%	1,082	457	1,547
Arlington County	R	−1.0%	413	421	836
Augusta County	D	+7.2%	2,869	2,473	5,531
Bath County	R	−3.6%	422	454	881
Bedford County	D	+12.0%	2,535	1,982	4,602
Bland County	D	+4.9%	513	465	981
Botetourt County	D	+1.9%	1,382	1,329	2,736
Bristol city	D	+46.8%	787	281	1,081
Brunswick County	R	−5.0%	1,064	1,177	2,246
Buchanan County	R	−8.4%	587	694	1,281
Buckingham County	D	+1.1%	942	922	1,878
Buena Vista city	D	+2.6%	215	204	426
Campbell County	D	+1.9%	1,339	1,288	2,635
Caroline County	R	−3.0%	1,077	1,144	2,235
Carroll County	R	−10.1%	1,434	1,759	3,203
Charlotte County	D	+51.5%	1,011	323	1,336
Charlottesville city	D	+33.5%	731	361	1,105
Chesapeake city	R	−11.2%	2,415	3,024	5,444
Chesterfield County	D	+21.3%	1,368	884	2,276
Clarke County	D	+41.6%	1,055	426	1,513
Craig County	D	+20.9%	415	265	718
Culpeper County	D	+28.2%	1,512	847	2,360
Cumberland County	D	+44.3%	537	205	749
Danville city	D	+64.1%	1,575	310	1,973
Dickenson County	D	+3.1%	727	683	1,410
Dinwiddie County	D	+25.8%	990	583	1,580
Essex County	D	+10.7%	731	590	1,322
Fairfax County	D	+17.2%	2,135	1,507	3,656
Fauquier County	D	+30.8%	2,610	1,377	3,997
Floyd County	R	−41.4%	648	1,566	2,218
Fluvanna County	D	+7.6%	790	678	1,481
Franklin County	D	+2.4%	1,785	1,702	3,519
Frederick County	D	+44.1%	1,748	671	2,444
Fredericksburg city	D	+24.8%	587	353	944
Giles County	D	+8.0%	1,010	858	1,904
Gloucester County	D	+15.5%	484	354	839
Goochland County	R	−18.5%	602	876	1,478
Grayson County	R	−11.7%	1,252	1,585	2,839
Greene County	D	+5.4%	511	459	970
Greensville County	D	+14.9%	740	547	1,295
Halifax County	D	+27.1%	2,864	1,632	4,546
Hampton city	D	+19.0%	1,027	697	1,738
Hanover County	D	+0.1%	1,203	1,201	2,418
Henrico County	D	+34.6%	2,189	1,049	3,291
Henry County	R	−0.4%	1,356	1,367	2,740
Highland County	R	−2.6%	512	540	1,065
Isle of Wight County	D	+22.5%	1,206	763	1,970
James City County	D	+7.1%	294	255	550
King and Queen County	D	+12.9%	796	614	1,412
King George County	R	−14.5%	480	643	1,125
King William County	R	−30.4%	462	871	1,344
Lancaster County	D	+31.2%	971	508	1,486
Lee County	D	+3.5%	1,493	1,392	2,893
Loudoun County	D	+22.4%	2,690	1,684	4,499
Louisa County	R	−0.8%	1,169	1,187	2,378
Lunenburg County	D	+29.8%	634	343	978
Lynchburg city	D	+24.0%	1,081	660	1,753
Madison County	D	+19.5%	986	664	1,650
Mathews County	D	+41.0%	726	294	1,054
Mecklenburg County	R	−4.4%	1,697	1,855	3,592
Middlesex County	D	+3.5%	686	640	1,330
Montgomery County	R	−11.2%	1,102	1,391	2,588
Nelson County	D	+13.6%	1,530	1,163	2,707
New Kent County	R	−22.5%	282	447	734
Newport News city	D	+25.0%	2,422	1,444	3,909
Norfolk city	D	+25.3%	3,883	2,301	6,246
Northampton County	D	+13.6%	1,180	896	2,091
Northumberland County	D	+0.1%	809	807	1,623
Nottoway County	D	+37.2%	1,076	489	1,579
Orange County	D	+8.3%	1,100	929	2,048
Page County	R	−7.6%	1,041	1,214	2,281
Patrick County	R	−11.0%	1,026	1,281	2,315
Petersburg city	D	+39.3%	1,589	688	2,292
Pittsylvania County	D	+23.3%	3,758	2,328	6,145
Portsmouth city	D	+50.5%	1,743	566	2,332
Powhatan County	R	−11.9%	458	582	1,041
Prince Edward County	D	+19.0%	843	574	1,417
Prince George County	D	+9.9%	367	301	669
Prince William County	D	+33.0%	1,351	680	2,031
Pulaski County	R	−8.5%	1,048	1,243	2,291
Radford city	D	+13.1%	257	197	459
Rappahannock County	D	+23.1%	813	507	1,327
Richmond city	D	+35.6%	6,742	3,171	10,032
Richmond County	D	+9.3%	692	574	1,270
Roanoke city	D	+21.5%	1,761	1,120	2,986
Roanoke County	R	−11.2%	942	1,188	2,193
Rockbridge County	R	−14.5%	1,658	2,223	3,905
Rockingham County	D	+5.1%	2,852	2,572	5,527
Russell County	D	+17.3%	1,956	1,377	3,339
Scott County	D	+4.4%	1,813	1,659	3,475
Shenandoah County	D	+2.7%	1,965	1,862	3,872
Smyth County	R	−17.7%	1,252	1,794	3,058
Southampton County	D	+47.1%	1,708	610	2,333
Spotsylvania County	R	−2.7%	774	817	1,596
Stafford County	R	−14.4%	648	867	1,516
Staunton city	D	+22.4%	612	375	1,057
Suffolk city	D	+19.7%	1,481	992	2,479
Surry County	D	+27.4%	839	473	1,335
Sussex County	D	+25.9%	733	430	1,169
Tazewell County	R	−33.9%	1,312	2,663	3,984
Virginia Beach city	D	+38.8%	743	327	1,072
Warren County	D	+39.1%	1,068	462	1,549
Washington County	R	−4.3%	2,291	2,498	4,799
Westmoreland County	D	+7.2%	691	597	1,299
Williamsburg city	D	+28.5%	161	88	256
Winchester city	D	+16.6%	593	423	1,027
Wise County	R	−17.3%	1,215	1,725	2,956
Wythe County	R	−9.2%	1,607	1,932	3,547
York County	R	−6.7%	551	631	1,202