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Vinton County, presidential election of 1896

Vinton County

52.43%William McKinley (R), the most votes3,881Votes counted for president

Every election in Vinton County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1896

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What this is

Vinton County counted 3,881 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1896. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William McKinleyRepublican2,03552.43%
William Jennings BryanDemocratic1,82146.92%
OtherOther250.64%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to William McKinley (Republican) with 51.86%, a 4.8-point margin over William Jennings Bryan. The country elected William McKinley.
Against the state
Vinton County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+5.5 against Ohio's R+4.8: 0.7 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 39th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1892
From 1892 to 1896 the county's lean moved 6.4 points toward the Republicans, from D+0.9 to R+5.5.
Matched
Vinton County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.

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Where this appears

The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.

Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1896-11-03 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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