The 1900 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Maine by a margin of 27.85% in this rematch of the 1896 United States presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory. Nonetheless, Bryan's narrow victory in Knox County was the only occasion between 1884 and 1908 that a Democrat carried any of Maine's counties, and one of only two such cases between 1856 and 1908 inclusive.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219
With 61.89% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and North Dakota.
Bryan had previously lost Maine to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results
Results by county CountyWilliam McKinleyRepublicanWilliam Jennings BryanDemocraticJohn Granville WoolleyProhibitionEugene Victor DebsSocialistMarginTotal votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 # % # % # % # % # % Androscoggin 4,648 57.44% 3,182 39.32% 203 2.51% 59 0.73% 1,466 18.12% 8,092 Aroostook 4,192 76.07% 1,030 18.69% 280 5.08% 9 0.16% 3,162 57.38% 5,511 Cumberland 8,824 58.59% 5,770 38.31% 337 2.24% 129 0.86% 3,054 20.28% 15,060 Franklin 2,235 65.99% 1,085 32.03% 65 1.92% 2 0.06% 1,150 33.96% 3,387 Hancock 3,432 63.70% 1,860 34.52% 69 1.28% 27 0.50% 1,572 29.18% 5,388 Kennebec 6,228 62.60% 3,410 34.27% 257 2.58% 54 0.54% 2,818 28.33% 9,949 Knox 2,762 48.76% 2,765 48.81% 74 1.31% 64 1.13% -3 -0.05% 5,665 Lincoln 2,212 59.98% 1,419 38.48% 48 1.30% 9 0.24% 793 21.50% 3,688 Oxford 3,912 64.19% 2,023 33.20% 146 2.40% 13 0.21% 1,889 30.99% 6,094 Penobscot 6,873 63.87% 3,615 33.59% 237 2.20% 36 0.33% 3,258 30.28% 10,761 Piscataquis 2,023 67.50% 824 27.49% 146 4.87% 4 0.13% 1,199 40.01% 2,997 Sagadahoc 2,245 64.49% 1,025 29.45% 192 5.52% 19 0.55% 1,220 35.04% 3,481 Somerset 3,727 61.21% 1,949 32.01% 121 1.99% 292 4.80% 1,778 29.20% 6,089 Waldo 2,469 57.96% 1,710 40.14% 61 1.43% 20 0.47% 759 17.82% 4,260 Washington 3,682 61.60% 2,109 35.29% 110 1.84% 76 1.27% 1,573 26.31% 5,977York 6,949 61.52% 4,046 35.82% 235 2.08% 65 0.58% 2,903 25.70% 11,295Totals66,41361.67%37,82235.12%2,5812.40%8780.82%28,59126.55%107,694
See also United States presidential elections in Maine
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