William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign
Results
Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1896 Presidential Election Results".

William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1896 Presidential Election Results".

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

William McKinley	Republican	Ohio	7,102,246	51.0%	271	Garret A. Hobart	New Jersey	271

William Jennings Bryan	Democratic/ Populist	Nebraska	6,492,559	46.7%	176	Arthur Sewall	Maine	149

Thomas E. Watson	Georgia	27

John M. Palmer	National Democratic	Illinois	133,537	0.96%	0	Simon Bolivar Buckner	Kentucky	0

Joshua Levering	Prohibition	Maryland	124,896	0.90%	0	Hale Johnson	Illinois	0

Charles Matchett	Socialist Labor	New York	36,359	0.26%	0	Matthew Maguire	New Jersey	0

Charles Eugene Bentley	National Prohibition	Nebraska	19,367	0.14%	0	James Southgate	North Carolina	0

Other	1,570	0.0%	—	Other	—

Total	13,905,691	100%	447	447

Needed to win	224	224

Sentence(s)

In the 1896 presidential campaign, the electoral vote was not as close: 271 for McKinley to 176 for William Jennings Bryan.

final_sentence: In the 1896 presidential campaign, the electoral vote was not as close: 271 for McKinley to 176 for William Jennings Bryan.