1896 United States presidential election
Southern votes
In the South, there were numerous Republican counties, notably in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. Even in Georgia, a state in the Deep South, there were counties returning Republican majorities.

1896 United States presidential election

Section Title: Southern votes
Table Section Text: In the South, there were numerous Republican counties, notably in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. Even in Georgia, a state in the Deep South, there were counties returning Republican majorities.

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

William McKinley	Republican	Ohio	7,111,607	51.03%	271	Garret A. Hobart	New Jersey	271

William Jennings Bryan	Democratic – People's	Nebraska	6,509,052(a)	46.70%	176	Arthur Sewall(b)	Maine	149

Thomas E. Watson(c)	Georgia	27

John M. Palmer	National Democratic	Illinois	134,645	0.97%	0	Simon Bolivar Buckner	Kentucky	0

Joshua Levering	Prohibition	Maryland	131,312	0.94%	0	Hale Johnson	Illinois	0

Charles Matchett	Socialist Labor	New York	36,373	0.26%	0	Matthew Maguire	New Jersey	0

Charles Eugene Bentley	National Prohibition	Nebraska	13,968	0.10%	0	James H. Southgate	North Carolina	0

Other	1,570	0.01%	—	Other	—

Total	13,936,957	100%	447	447

Needed to win	224	224

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In the electoral vote, McKinley won, receiving 271 electoral votes to Bryan's 176 (224 were needed to win).

final_sentence: In the electoral vote, McKinley won, receiving 271 electoral votes to Bryan's 176 (224 were needed to win).