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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1896

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

William McKinley^V1
William Jennings Bryan
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John McAuley Palmer
Joshua Levering
Charles Horatio Matchett
Charles Eugene Bentley
Other

Republican^V2
Democrat / Populist^V3
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National Democratic
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
National Prohibition
(nominal parties)

271
176
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    0
    0
    0
    0
    0

7,035,638
6,467,946
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133,148
125,088
36,359
19,391
1,570

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Garret Augustus Hobart
Arthur Sewall ^V3
Thomas Edward Watson ^V3
Simon B. Buckner
Hale Johnson
Mathew Maguire
James Southgate
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Republican
Democrat
Populist
Natl. Democratic
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
Natl. Prohibition
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271
149
27    0
    0
    0
    0
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Index

^V1	Historians consider the campaign between McKinley and Bryan to be the hardest fought. McKinley brought together a coalition of professional and skilled workers, businessmen, and prosperous farmers as well as out-spending Bryan 10 to one with a 3.5 million dollar budget.
^V2	The Gold standard emerged as the top issue. Republicans will hold the Presidency until a split in 1912.
^V3	William J Bryan became the candidate of a coalition to be on the Democratic and the Populist Party tickets. Bryan's democratic running mate was Arthur Sewall and his Populist running mate was Thomas E. Watson.
*	Theoretically, had Bryan won just enough electoral votes to win having a split vote for his two running mates he probably would have had Republican Hobart as his vice president.

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