Elections / 1880 · President

James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock.

Winfield Scott Hancock (D) vs James A. Garfield (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

1880 presidential election

GarfieldD+5.9

1880presidential margin

D+60

R+60

Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1880 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.

Smaller states, enlarged

Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.

Electoral college

369 electors · 185 for a majority

Garfield won 214 of 369 electoral votes.

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National popular vote

508,712 votes counted

Hancock (D)

264,626

52.0%

Garfield (R)

234,599

46.1%

All others

9,485

1.9%

Margin

D+5.9

The county map

159 county-level results on record for 1880

Democrats carried 99 counties, Republicans 60. 21 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Dallas County, AL (D+65.5 swing) · Wilcox County, AL (D+60.5 swing) · Barbour County, AL (R+52.1 swing) · Perry County, AL (D+45.8 swing) · Lee County, AL (R+34.0 swing) · Autauga County, AL (D+32.6 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+22.9%	91,130	56,360	151,912
California	D	+0.1%	80,442	80,348	164,321
Colorado	R	−5.2%	24,647	27,450	53,546
Connecticut	R	−2.0%	64,414	67,068	131,484
Delaware	D	+8.3%	3,993	3,373	7,449