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Election 1871 Results

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1871 California governor election

Newton Booth (Republican) beat Henry H. Haight (Democrat) in California in 1871, 52.1% to 47.9%, a margin of 4.2 points and 5,019 votes.

California changed party: in 1867 it went Democratic, for Henry H. Haight.

Democrats led in 27 of the 50 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23. The largest, San Francisco, cast 24,995 votes and went to the Republican by 11.8 points. The closest was Shasta, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Newton Booth won Republican 61,819 52.1%
Henry H. Haight Democratic 56,800 47.9%
All other candidates 1 0.0%
Total118,620

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
San Francisco 11,018 44.1% 13,977 55.9% 24,995 R+11.8
Sacramento 2,647 41.5% 3,734 58.5% 6,381 R+17.0
Santa Clara 2,444 46.8% 2,772 53.1% 1 5,217 R+6.3
Nevada 2,227 47.5% 2,462 52.5% 4,689 R+5.0
Sonoma 2,512 57.2% 1,881 42.8% 4,393 D+14.4
Solano 1,361 33.5% 2,701 66.5% 4,062 R+33.0
Alameda 1,571 38.7% 2,489 61.3% 4,060 R+22.6
San Joaquin 1,803 47.3% 2,006 52.7% 3,809 R+5.3
Los Angeles 2,077 59.4% 1,421 40.6% 3,498 D+18.8
El Dorado 1,553 50.3% 1,532 49.7% 3,085 D+0.7
Placer 1,330 43.9% 1,698 56.1% 3,028 R+12.2
Butte 1,504 50.8% 1,458 49.2% 2,962 D+1.6
Yuba 1,237 47.3% 1,380 52.7% 2,617 R+5.5
Monterey 1,202 51.6% 1,129 48.4% 2,331 D+3.1
Calaveras 1,163 52.3% 1,062 47.7% 2,225 D+4.5
Amador 1,063 48.4% 1,132 51.6% 2,195 R+3.1
Yolo 1,126 51.4% 1,064 48.6% 2,190 D+2.8
Santa Cruz 777 39.0% 1,213 61.0% 1,990 R+21.9
Tuolumne 1,086 54.7% 899 45.3% 1,985 D+9.4
Siskiyou 1,101 55.8% 872 44.2% 1,973 D+11.6
Napa 831 45.9% 979 54.1% 1,810 R+8.2
Mendocino 1,114 61.6% 694 38.4% 1,808 D+23.2
Sierra 633 35.0% 1,173 65.0% 1,806 R+29.9
Contra Costa 702 39.7% 1,066 60.3% 1,768 R+20.6
Humboldt 650 37.3% 1,094 62.7% 1,744 R+25.5
San Mateo 650 41.3% 925 58.7% 1,575 R+17.5
Santa Barbara 720 48.6% 762 51.4% 1,482 R+2.8
Colusa 915 64.8% 497 35.2% 1,412 D+29.6
Stanislaus 817 60.8% 527 39.2% 1,344 D+21.6
Sutter 664 51.3% 630 48.7% 1,294 D+2.6
San Diego 654 50.9% 631 49.1% 1,285 D+1.8
Shasta 645 50.3% 638 49.7% 1,283 D+0.5
Plumas 601 48.2% 645 51.8% 1,246 R+3.5
Marin 550 44.5% 687 55.5% 1,237 R+11.1
Mariposa 675 55.5% 541 44.5% 1,216 D+11.0
San Luis Obispo 586 51.0% 563 49.0% 1,149 D+2.0
Tehama 605 52.7% 542 47.3% 1,147 D+5.5
Tulare 696 61.4% 437 38.6% 1,133 D+22.9
San Bernardino 525 56.0% 413 44.0% 938 D+11.9
Trinity 422 49.6% 429 50.4% 851 R+0.8
Lake 525 66.1% 269 33.9% 794 D+32.2
Fresno 599 82.2% 130 17.8% 729 D+64.3
Merced 438 74.2% 152 25.8% 590 D+48.5
Inyo 311 54.1% 264 45.9% 575 D+8.2
Kern 363 68.0% 171 32.0% 534 D+36.0
Lassen 190 43.4% 248 56.6% 438 R+13.2
Klamath (Ext) 250 62.3% 151 37.7% 401 D+24.7
Del Norte 212 53.0% 188 47.0% 400 D+6.0
Alpine 91 40.1% 136 59.9% 227 R+19.8
Mono 84 41.8% 117 58.2% 201 R+16.4

Counties as they stood in 1871; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Gavin Newsom (D) D+18.4
2018 Gavin Newsom (D) D+23.9
2014 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.9
2010 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+12.9
2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.0
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.1
2002 Gray Davis (D) D+4.9
1998 Gray Davis (D) D+19.6
1994 Pete Wilson (R) R+14.6
1990 Pete Wilson (R) R+3.5
1986 George Deukmejian (R) R+23.2
1982 George Deukmejian (R) R+1.2
1978 Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.5
1974 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+2.9
1970 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.7
1966 Ronald Reagan (R) R+15.3
1962 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+5.1
1958 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.6
1954 Goodwin J. Knight (R) R+13.7
1950 Earl Warren (R) R+29.7
1946 Earl Warren (R) R+91.6
1942 Earl Warren (R) R+15.3
1938 Culbert L. Olson (D) D+8.3
1934 Frank F. Merriam (R) R+11.1
1930 James Rolph Jr. (R) R+48.0
1926 Clement C. Young (R) R+46.5
1922 Friend William Richardson (R) R+23.7
1918 William Stephens (R) R+56.3
1914 Hiram W. Johnson (other)
1910 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+5.8
1906 James Gillett (R) R+2.6
1902 George C. Pardee (R) R+0.8
1898 Henry Gage (R) R+6.7
1894 James H. Budd (D) D+0.4
1890 Henry H. Markham (R) R+3.1
1886 Washington Bartlett (D) D+0.3
1882 George Stoneman (D) D+14.3
1879 George C. Perkins (R) R+12.7
1875 William Irwin (D) D+24.6
1871 Newton Booth (R) R+4.2
1867 Henry H. Haight (D) D+10.3