Under each candidate (L » R): Pop. Vote Percentage - Electoral Points
----------------- William William J. John Eugene
State | Electoral McKinley Bryan Woolley Debs
| Votes Republican Democrat Prohibition Socialist
Group A .. 1st priority - 5,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- California, Georgia ... Total, Group-A: 47,000
1. Alabama (11) 34.82% 1,820 60.82% 3,180 1.73% 00 n/a
2. Arkansas (8) 35.04% 1,779 63.46% 3,221 0.46% 00 n/a
3. California (9) +++ 54.37% 3,412 41.25% 2,588 1.68% 00 n/a
4. Colorado (4) 55.43% 2,843 42.04% 2,157 1.71% 00 0.32% 00
5. Connecticut (6) 56.92% 2,904 41.07% 2,096 0.90% 00 0.57% 00
6. Delaware (3) 53.67% 2,722 44.90% 2,278 1.30% 00 0.13% 00
7. Florida (4) 18.55% 971 71.31% 3,733 5.66% 296 1.60% 00
8. Georgia (13) +++ 28.22% 1,781 66.86% 4,219 1.15% 00 n/a
9. Idaho (3) 46.96% 2,402 50.79% 2,598 1.48% 00 n/a
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So Far (47,000) 20,634 26,070 296 00
Needed to Win - 72,510 McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
Group B .. 2nd priority - 4,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Iowa, Maryland ... Total, Group-B: 38,000
10. Illinois (24) 52.83% 2,173 44.44% 1,827 1.56% 00 n/a
11. Indiana (15) 50.60% 2,082 46.62% 1,918 2.07% 00 0.36% 00
12. Iowa (13) +++ 58.04% 2,976 39.46% 2,024 1.79% 00 0.52% 00
13. Kansas (10) 52.56% 2,134 45.96% 1,866 1.02% 00 0.45% 00
14. Kentucky (13) 48.51% 1,966 50.21% 2,034 0.62% 00 0.16% 00
15. Louisiana (8) 20.96% 1,000 79.03% 3,000 n/a n/a
16. Maine (6) 61.89% 2,559 34.84% 1,441 2.44% 00 0.83% 00
17. Maryland (8) +++ 51.50% 2,635 46.23% 2,365 1.73% 00 0.34% 00
18. Massachusetts (15) 57.59% 2,414 37.85% 1,586 1.50% 00 2.32% 00
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So Far (85,000) 40,573 44,131 296 00
Needed to Win - 72,510 McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
Group C .. 3rd priority - 3,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Mississippi, New Hampshire ... Total, Group-C: 29,000
19. Michigan (14) 58.10% 1,797 38.89% 1,203 2.18% 00 0.52% 00
20. Minnesota (9) 60.21% 1,885 35.69% 1,115 2.70% 00 0.97% 00
21. Mississippi (9) +++ 9.66% 1,000 87.56% 3,000 n/a n/a
22. Missouri (17) 45.94% 1,414 51.48% 1,586 0.87% 00 0.90% 00
23. Montana (3) 39.79% 1,215 58.43% 1,785 0.48% 00 1.11% 00
24. Nebraska (8) 50.46% 1,550 47.22% 1,450 1.51% 00 0.34% 00
25. Nevada (3) 37.75% 1,132 62.25% 1,868 n/a n/a
26. New Hampshire (4) +++ 59.33% 2,428 38.42% 1,572 1.37% 00 0.86% 00
27. New Jersey (10) 55.27% 1,721 41.10% 1,279 1.79% 00 1.15% 00
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So Far (114,000) 54,715 58,989 296 00
Needed to Win - 72,510 McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
Group D .. 4th priority - 2,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- North Dakota, South Carolina ... Total, Group-D: 20,000
28. New York (36) 53.10% 1,096 43.83% 904 1.43% 00 0.83% 00
29. North Carolina (11) 45.47% 915 53.92% 1,085 0.34% 00 n/a
30. North Dakota (3) +++ 62.12% 1,908 35.53% 1,092 1.26% 00 0.90% 00
31. Ohio (23) 52.30% 1,068 45.66% 932 0.98% 00 0.47% 00
32. Oregon (4) 55.46% 1,169 39.41% 831 3.05% 00 1.76% 00
33. Pennsylvania (32) 60.74% 1,254 36.16% 746 2.38% 00 0.41% 00
34. Rhode Island (4) 59.74% 1,261 35.04% 739 2.70% 00 n/a
35. South Carolina (9) +++ 7.04% 750 92.96% 2,250 n/a n/a
36. South Dakota (4) 56.73% 1,159 41.14% 841 1.60% 00 0.18% 00
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So Far (134,000) 65,295 68,409 296 00
Needed to Win - 72,510 McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
Group E .. 5th priority - 1,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Utah, Wisconsin ... Total, Group-E: 11,000
37. Tennessee (12) 44.95% 459 53.03% 541 1.40% 00 0.13% 00
38. Texas (15) 30.83% 328 63.12% 672 0.62% 00 0.44% 00
39. Utah (3) +++ 50.58% 1,023 48.30% 977 0.22% 00 0.77% 00
40. Vermont (4) 75.73% 750 22.86% 250 0.68% 00 0.07% 00
41. Virginia (12) 43.82% 442 55.29% 558 0.81% 00 n/a
42. Washington (4) 53.44% 562 41.70% 438 2.20% 00 1.87% 00
43. West Virginia (6) 54.27% 548 44.75% 452 0.74% 00 0.13% 00
44. Wisconsin (12) +++ 60.06% 1,251 35.97% 749 2.27% 00 1.59% 00
45. Wyoming (3) 58.66% 588 41.17% 412 n/a 0.09% 00
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TOTAL - 145,000 71,246 73,458 296 00
Needed to Win - 72,510 McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
Finish Order Runner-Up **1 Winner **2 3rd place **3 **4
Percentage of Points 49.13527% 50.66068% 00.20413%
»»» First-Second Electoral Points ... 1.031047-1 (Bryan)
First-Second Electoral Votes .... 1.883870-1 (McKinley)
Electoral Votes (447) 292 (65.32438%) 155 (34.67562%)
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|----- Actual (1900) McKinley-R Bryan-D Woolley-Prob Debs-Soc
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Popular Votes (13,971,846) 7,218,283 **5 6,358,149 **6 209,132 86,973
Pctage of Pop. Votes 51.66305% 45.50686% 1.49681% 0.62248%
1900 - Actual Fact (and, where mentioned, E.P.P.) Extra Notes
**1 / **5 = William McKinley was the actual fact winner of the 1900 election. He lost to William
Jennings Bryan in the E.P.P. reality by 2,302 points, while Bryan went over the E.P.P.
need-to-win mark of 72,510 by a mere 948 points.
**2 / **6 = 1900 Election - Why The Screwy Outcome ???
William Jennings Bryan's winning in the Electoral Points reality despite being almost
900,000 popular votes behind William McKinley is due mainly to this actual fact --
"The Solid South". These were states that were part of the Confederacy from 1861 to
1865, where the voters therein went almost solidly for Democratic Party candidates,
especially those running for President as well as both houses of Congress, from the
1860's to the early-to-mid 1970's.
In three Southern states -- Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina -- Bryan had
winning popular vote shares of 79.03%, 87.56% and 92.96% respectively. However,
because McKinley had gained well over 5.00% of the popular vote in all three states,
and because of the E.P.P. 75% Limit Rule, 1,303 Electoral Points that could have gone
to Bryan instead went to McKinley.
Also note a situation in Texas that is not shown in the results above. The People's
Party Candidate, Wharton Barker, earned 4.95% of the Texas popular vote, 0.05% short
of the 5.00% minimum required to earn Electoral Points. However, even if Barker had
managed to get to the 5.00% mark, that would not have come anywhere close to changing
the final outcome of the E.P.P. reality.
Beyond Texas, Barker got 3.75% of the popular vote in Georgia, and got better than
2.00% in three other states. He finished fifth in the overall national polls with
a total of 50,847 popular votes.
**3 = John Woolley, the Prohibition Party candidate, cracked the 5.00% popular vote minimum
only once, getting 5.66% in Florida, which was worth 296 Electoral Points. Woolley's
next best performance came in Oregon, where 3.05% of the voters went for him. Two
states -- Minnesota and Rhode Island -- each gave Woolley 2.70% of their votes.
Woolley gained better than 2.00% of the popular vote in six other states.
**4 = Eugene Debs, the Socialist Party candidate, ran for the first time in 1900. He would
not be a factor in this election, but would go on to run for President in 1904, 1908,
1912 (where he had his best E.P.P. showing, despite finishing 4th) and 1920.
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