William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign
Results

Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Running mate
Running mate
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Count
Percentage
Electoral vote
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
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic/ Populist
Nebraska
6,492,559
46.7%
176
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
Other
Other
1,570
0.0%
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Other
Other
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Total
Total
Total
13,905,691
100%
447
-
-
447
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
224
-
-
224

Question: How close was the election for William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential campaign?
Answer: In the 1896 presidential campaign, the electoral vote was not as close: 271 for McKinley to 176 for William Jennings Bryan.