Who won Florida in the 1896 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Florida in 1896, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1896?

Florida cast 4 electoral votes in the 1896 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1896?

No. Florida backed Bryan, while William McKinley won the presidency nationally.

Progressive EraFL · 4 EV

1896

Florida: Bryan carries 4 EV.

Florida cast its 4 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Florida voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1896 result in Florida

Florida backed Bryan (Democratic) in the 1896 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Florida among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1896. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, William McKinley took 271 of the 447 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 176. William McKinley led the national popular vote with 51.02% of the ballots cast.

The 1896 national map

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