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The 1896 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1896. State voters chose 15 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Texas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.
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From 1896-2020 Starr County, Texas, voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in every election.[1][2] This ended when Republican Donald Trump won the county in the 2024 Presidential Election with 57.7% of the vote,[3] breaking the longest unbroken Democratic voting streak in history.
Results
edit| 1896 United States presidential election in Texas[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 370,434 | 68.00% | 15 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 167,520 | 30.75% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 5,046 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 1,786 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Totals | 544,786 | 100.00% | 15 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
See also
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edit- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 309–319 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "2024 Texas Election Results". AP NEWS. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Texas