1900
Reading the 1900 result in Washington
Washington backed McKinley (Republican) in the 1900 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Washington ended up on the winning side — William McKinley captured the White House that year.
It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Washington backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1892. The region divided — Oregon joined Washington for the Republican ticket, while Idaho did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Washington has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (19 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.
In the national count, William McKinley took 292 of the 447 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 155. William McKinley led the national popular vote with 51.64% of the ballots cast.
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