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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Election Results. Popular Vote. The popu- 

 lar vote, by parties, for each State, will be found 

 under the heading " Political " in each of the 

 State articles in this volume. According to the 

 latest revised returns, the total vote for President, 

 1896, was 13,926,757. The Republican vote reached 

 7,104,244. That of the Democrats, including Popu- 

 lists and Silver party, each having Bryan at the 

 head of its ticket, was 6.506,835. The National 

 Democratic vote is recorded as 134,652. The ticket 

 of this party was headed by Palmer, and repre- 

 sented " sound money." The vote of the two Pro- 

 hibition parties aggregated 144,606. The Socialist- 

 Labor candidate polled 36,416. That portion of 

 the Democratic vote supported by Populists, and 

 having Watson substituted for Sewall as vice-presi- 

 dential candidate, contributed, in round numbers, 

 217,000 toward the Democratic total given above. 

 This number was cast in 17 States. That portion 

 of the Prohibition vote supported by the Bentley 

 candidates amounted to nearly 14,000. In 28 

 States a Democratic-Populist fusion for division of 

 electors was consummated, as below : 



* The Democratic ticket was indorsed by the Populists, 

 the electors to vote as they please for Vice-president. 



t Populists indorsed the Democratic electors in return for 

 State officers. 



J One Silver Republican elector. 



Pluralities. Twenty-three States gave an aggre- 

 gate of Republican pluralities amounting to 1,565,- 

 903. Twenty-two States showed a Democratic ag- 

 gregated plurality of 968,494. The actual Repub- 

 lican plurality was therefore 597,409. 



Electoral College. The following exhibit shows 

 the distribution of electoral votes, 1896 : 



total vote at the last presidential election were 

 New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Mis- 

 souri. Of these, the first four named also cast the 

 highest Republican vote, Indiana being fifth. New 

 York, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri 

 stand at the head of the Democratic column in the 

 matter of total vote. The National Democratic or 

 sound-money party proved to be strongest in New 

 York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and 

 Illinois. The Prohibitionists made the best show- 

 ing for their party, in actual numbers, in Pennsyl- 

 vania, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio. 

 The Socialist-Labor party, as such, was numerically 

 superior to other States in New York, New Jersey, 

 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. In 

 the matter of pluralities, the greatest pluralities for 

 McKinley were given in Pennsylvania, New York, 

 Massachusetts, Illinois, and Wisconsin ; the great- 

 est for Bryan were given in Texas, Colorado, Ala- 

 bama, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



The rank of States in percentages of party votes 

 to total vote of State, taking the twenty highest of 

 each leading party Republican and Democratic 

 was as follows : 



Analysis of Election Results by States. 

 Rank of Staffs in Total and Party Vote and in 

 Pluralities. The five States casting the largest 



From the figures immediately preceding, it will 

 readily be noted that in each of the 20 States giv- 

 ing the highest Republican percentages in 1896 

 there is a remarkable increase over the Republican 

 percentages of 1892 and 1888. In 4 States the in- 

 crease is over 15 per cent., in 9 States it is 10 to 

 15 per cent, more than in 1892, and in 5 other 

 States the increase is between 5 and 10 per cent. 

 Considering for a moment the 25 States not given 

 in the preceding list, it may be mentioned that 

 of these the increase in the Republican vote of 

 1896 over that of 1892 was 10 per cent, or more in 6 

 instances, and between 5 and 10 per cent, in 5 in- 

 stances. Briefly, 29 States had an increase of 5 

 per cent, or more in the Republican vote, and the 

 increase in 19 States was 10 per cent, or over. 



The following list of 20 States giving the highest 

 percentages of Democratic vote to total State vote, 

 with comparisons, 1892 and 1888, shows that out of 

 the States given the decrease below that of 1892 

 was 10 per cent, or over in 5 States, and a decrease 

 less than 10 per cent, in 7 States. In the 25 States 

 not mentioned, 11 had a decreased percentage of 10 

 per cent, or over, and 9 showed a decrease of be- 

 tween 5 and 10 per cent. Summarized, the re- 

 sults for the 45 States show that, compared with 

 the last preceding presidential election, 16 States 

 had a decreased Democratic percentage of 10 per 

 cent, or over, and 20 showed a decrease below 10 

 per cent. The number of States showing a de- 

 creased Democratic percentage is therefore 36. 

 Of the remaining 9, 5 are silver-producing to the 

 extent of 1,000,000 ounces or more (1893). 



