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The1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
New Hampshire overwhelmingly 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 42.78%.
With 68.66% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboringVermont andMassachusetts.[1] The state was also the best performance forNational Democratic Party candidateJohn M. Palmer, who won 4.21% of the vote.
Bryan, running on a platform offree silver, appealed strongly toWestern miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little-to-no appeal in theNortheastern states like New Hampshire. This was the first time since 1860 that a Republican won every county in the state.
Bryan would lose New Hampshire to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 57,444 | 68.66% | 4 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 21,271 | 25.43% | 0 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 379 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 21,650 | 25.88% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 3,520 | 4.21% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 779 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 228 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | 49 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 83,670 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | William McKinley[3] Republican | William Jennings Bryan[3] Democratic | John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic | Joshua Levering[3] Prohibition | Various candidates[3] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Belknap | 3,465 | 72.67% | 978 | 20.51% | 263 | 5.52% | 58 | 1.22% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,487 | 52.16% | 4,768 |
| Carroll | 2,800 | 65.88% | 1,214 | 28.56% | 175 | 4.12% | 57 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,586 | 37.32% | 4,250 |
| Cheshire | 4,818 | 75.60% | 1,272 | 19.96% | 231 | 3.62% | 45 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,546 | 55.64% | 6,373 |
| Coös | 3,253 | 66.01% | 1,489 | 30.22% | 149 | 3.02% | 35 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,764 | 35.80% | 4,928 |
| Grafton | 6,199 | 68.15% | 2,306 | 25.35% | 459 | 5.05% | 109 | 1.20% | 23 | 0.25% | 3,893 | 42.80% | 9,096 |
| Hillsborough | 13,080 | 67.80% | 4,965 | 25.73% | 917 | 4.75% | 144 | 0.75% | 187 | 0.97% | 8,115 | 42.06% | 19,293 |
| Merrimack | 7,715 | 65.67% | 3,310 | 28.17% | 562 | 4.78% | 155 | 1.32% | 7 | 0.06% | 4,405 | 37.49% | 11,749 |
| Rockingham | 7,881 | 69.32% | 2,992 | 26.32% | 390 | 3.43% | 87 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.17% | 4,889 | 43.00% | 11,369 |
| Strafford | 5,483 | 68.58% | 2,259 | 28.26% | 173 | 2.16% | 62 | 0.78% | 18 | 0.23% | 3,224 | 40.33% | 7,995 |
| Sullivan | 2,750 | 71.45% | 865 | 22.47% | 201 | 5.22% | 27 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,885 | 48.97% | 3,849 |
| Totals | 57,444 | 68.66% | 21,650 | 25.88% | 3,520 | 4.21% | 779 | 0.93% | 277 | 0.33% | 35,794 | 42.78% | 83,670 |
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