Elections / 1888 · President

Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R). Cleveland won the popular vote. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R)

1888 presidential election

HarrisonD+6.2

1888presidential margin

D+60

R+60

Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1888 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.

Smaller states, enlarged

CTD+0.26 EV DED+11.63 EV

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

Electoral college

401 electors · 201 for a majority

Harrison won 233 of 401 electoral votes.

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Harrison won the electoral college; Cleveland led the popular vote.

National popular vote

702,000 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

363,942

51.8%

Harrison (R)

320,333

45.6%

All others

17,966

2.6%

Margin

D+6.2

The county map

172 county-level results on record for 1888

Democrats carried 92 counties, Republicans 80. 15 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Greene County, AL (D+63.8 swing) · Wilcox County, AL (D+55.2 swing) · Montgomery County, AL (D+44.7 swing) · Hale County, AL (D+39.3 swing) · Dale County, AL (D+27.8 swing) · Barbour County, AL (D+27.0 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	+34.3%	117,314	57,177	175,125
California	R	−2.8%	117,729	124,816	251,339
Colorado	R	−14.4%	37,566	50,784	92,014
Connecticut	D	+0.2%	74,919	74,583	153,735
Delaware	D	+11.6%	16,414	12,973	29,787