1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Turnout	70.6% 4.0 pp
McKinley 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%	Bryan 40–50%
President before election; Grover Cleveland; Democratic	Elected President ; William McKinley; Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Massachusetts by a margin of 43.15%.

McKinley was able to win every county in the state of Massachusetts, including a rare Republican victory in Suffolk County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Boston. Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had little appeal in the Northeastern states such as Massachusetts. Bryan would win Suffolk County during his rematch with McKinley in 1900 but would lose it again to William Howard Taft in 1908 (in both such elections, Bryan lost the state at-large).

With 69.47% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be McKinley's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont.^[2]

This was the last occasion until 1984 that a Republican won the town of Blackstone in a presidential election.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	278,976	69.47%	15
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	90,610	22.56%	0
	Populist	William Jennings Bryan	15,101	3.76%	0
	Total	William Jennings Bryan	105,711	26.32%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	11,749	2.93%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	2,998	0.75%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	2,114	0.53%	0
	No party	Write-ins	20	0.01%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			401,568	100.00%	15
Voter turnout					—

References

^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Massachusetts". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.

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[1] Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.

[2] "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[3] "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Massachusetts". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.

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