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The1896 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maine voted for theRepublican nominee, formergovernor of OhioWilliam McKinley, over theDemocratic nominee, formerU.S. Representative from NebraskaWilliam Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 38.69%.
Bryan, running on a platform offree silver, appealed strongly toWestern miners and farmers, but had little appeal in theNortheastern states such as Maine, despite the fact he had chosen the Maine bornArthur Sewall as running mate.
With 67.90% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote afterVermont,Massachusetts, neighboringNew Hampshire andRhode Island.[1]
Bryan would lose Maine to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 80,403 | 67.90% | 6 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 32,200 | 27.19% | 0 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 2,387 | 2.02% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 34,587 | 29.21% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,867 | 1.58% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 1,562 | 1.32% | 0 | |
| Totals | 118,419 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic | Joshua Levering[3] Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 5,548 | 66.61% | 2,513 | 30.17% | 157 | 1.88% | 111 | 1.33% | 3,035 | 36.44% | 8,329 |
| Aroostook | 4,816 | 74.41% | 1,383 | 21.37% | 42 | 0.65% | 231 | 3.57% | 3,433 | 53.04% | 6,472 |
| Cumberland | 11,017 | 65.32% | 5,175 | 30.68% | 450 | 2.67% | 224 | 1.33% | 5,842 | 34.64% | 16,866 |
| Franklin | 2,578 | 72.60% | 886 | 24.95% | 49 | 1.38% | 38 | 1.07% | 1,692 | 47.65% | 3,551 |
| Hancock | 4,306 | 68.69% | 1,795 | 28.63% | 117 | 1.87% | 51 | 0.81% | 2,511 | 40.06% | 6,269 |
| Kennebec | 7,889 | 71.70% | 2,817 | 25.60% | 106 | 0.96% | 191 | 1.74% | 5,072 | 46.10% | 11,003 |
| Knox | 3,286 | 61.72% | 1,900 | 35.69% | 103 | 1.93% | 35 | 0.66% | 1,386 | 26.03% | 5,324 |
| Lincoln | 2,596 | 66.46% | 1,211 | 31.00% | 62 | 1.59% | 37 | 0.95% | 1,385 | 35.46% | 3,906 |
| Oxford | 4,779 | 71.52% | 1,677 | 25.10% | 159 | 2.38% | 67 | 1.00% | 3,102 | 46.42% | 6,682 |
| Penobscot | 8,414 | 66.42% | 4,031 | 31.82% | 90 | 0.71% | 133 | 1.05% | 4,383 | 34.60% | 12,668 |
| Piscataquis | 2,342 | 70.37% | 904 | 27.16% | 36 | 1.08% | 46 | 1.38% | 1,438 | 43.21% | 3,328 |
| Sagadahoc | 2,725 | 71.60% | 957 | 25.14% | 79 | 2.08% | 45 | 1.18% | 1,768 | 46.46% | 3,806 |
| Somerset | 4,695 | 68.12% | 2,018 | 29.28% | 82 | 1.19% | 97 | 1.41% | 2,677 | 38.84% | 6,892 |
| Waldo | 3,253 | 61.68% | 1,939 | 36.77% | 50 | 0.95% | 32 | 0.61% | 1,314 | 24.91% | 5,274 |
| Washington | 4,627 | 68.93% | 1,925 | 28.68% | 111 | 1.65% | 50 | 0.74% | 2,702 | 40.25% | 6,713 |
| York | 7,532 | 66.44% | 3,456 | 30.49% | 174 | 1.53% | 174 | 1.53% | 4,076 | 35.95% | 11,336 |
| Totals | 80,403 | 67.90% | 34,587 | 29.21% | 1,867 | 1.58% | 1,562 | 1.32% | 45,816 | 38.69% | 118,419 |
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