1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley Party Democratic Republican Alliance Populist Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Arthur Sewall (Democratic) Thomas E. Watson (Populist) Garret Hobart Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 174,408 155,122 Percentage 52.64% 46.82%

County Results Bryan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% McKinley   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

The1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.

North Carolina was won by theDemocratic nominees,former U.S. RepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and his running mateArthur Sewall ofMaine. 5 electors cast their vice presidential ballots forThomas E. Watson, who was nominated as Bryan's running mate under thePopulist Party banner in a form offusion, at the same time as the Populists were engaging in fusion with the North Carolina Republicans at the state level (both fusion efforts being orchestrated byMarion Butler.) They defeated theRepublican nominees, formerGovernor of OhioWilliam McKinley and his running mateGarret Hobart ofNew Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 5.82%.

As of 2024, this is the last occasionNorthampton County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate,^[1] which stands as the longest Democratic streak in the nation.^{[note 1]} While Northampton County had been majority Black and a Republican bastion since the Civil War, the1899 disenfranchisement of Black voters by North Carolina Democrats following theirWhite supremacy campaign of 1898 prevented Republicans from winning the county until long after political realignment had occurred.

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