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1882 New York governor election

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Charles J. Folger (Republican) in New York in 1882, 58.5% to 37.4%, a margin of 21.1 points and 192,854 votes.

New York changed party: in 1879 it went Republican, for Alonzo B. Cornell.

Democrats led in 50 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, New York, cast 174,820 votes and went to the Democrat by 44.1 points. The closest was Schuyler, where 4 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
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 535,318 58.5%
Charles J. Folger Republican 342,464 37.4%
All other candidates 37,757 4.1%
Total915,539

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New York 124,914 71.5% 47,785 27.3% 2,121 174,820 D+44.1
Kings 65,636 68.9% 26,148 27.4% 3,531 95,315 D+41.4
Erie 23,748 57.4% 16,408 39.6% 1,236 41,392 D+17.7
Albany 20,126 65.3% 10,309 33.4% 385 30,820 D+31.9
Monroe 13,143 50.9% 11,056 42.9% 1,598 25,797 D+8.1
Rensselaer 13,714 56.4% 10,468 43.0% 151 24,333 D+13.3
Onondaga 11,563 48.7% 11,629 49.0% 553 23,745 R+0.3
Oneida 13,673 58.0% 8,741 37.1% 1,141 23,555 D+20.9
Westchester 11,478 64.0% 6,005 33.5% 462 17,945 D+30.5
Steuben 8,997 51.9% 6,577 38.0% 1,749 17,323 D+14.0
Dutchess 8,875 53.3% 7,321 43.9% 465 16,661 D+9.3
Orange 8,874 55.0% 6,541 40.6% 706 16,121 D+14.5
Ulster 8,470 55.3% 6,140 40.1% 697 15,307 D+15.2
St. Lawrence 5,220 35.2% 9,304 62.8% 294 14,818 R+27.6
Oswego 6,757 48.3% 6,376 45.6% 851 13,984 D+2.7
Saratoga 6,277 49.0% 6,185 48.3% 338 12,800 D+0.7
Queens 8,666 68.1% 3,698 29.1% 360 12,724 D+39.0
Jefferson 7,190 56.9% 4,483 35.5% 972 12,645 D+21.4
Otsego 6,848 55.6% 4,730 38.4% 742 12,320 D+17.2
Chautauqua 6,207 50.8% 4,803 39.3% 1,197 12,207 D+11.5
Cayuga 5,859 51.3% 4,406 38.6% 1,150 11,415 D+12.7
Cattaraugus 5,279 47.1% 4,681 41.8% 1,243 11,203 D+5.3
Broome 5,060 48.4% 4,955 47.4% 434 10,449 D+1.0
Columbia 6,703 64.3% 3,607 34.6% 119 10,429 D+29.7
Ontario 5,272 50.9% 4,675 45.1% 415 10,362 D+5.8
Washington 4,190 40.6% 5,929 57.5% 201 10,320 R+16.9
Niagara 5,884 59.8% 3,256 33.1% 693 9,833 D+26.7
Delaware 4,596 48.4% 4,331 45.6% 574 9,501 D+2.8
Herkimer 5,131 54.1% 3,701 39.0% 655 9,487 D+15.1
Suffolk 5,287 55.7% 3,815 40.2% 385 9,487 D+15.5
Montgomery 5,374 56.8% 3,927 41.5% 165 9,466 D+15.3
Wayne 4,296 45.5% 4,254 45.1% 891 9,441 D+0.4
Allegany 3,779 40.1% 3,718 39.4% 1,936 9,433 D+0.6
Chenango 4,258 46.1% 3,913 42.4% 1,056 9,227 D+3.7
Chemung 5,336 58.4% 3,079 33.7% 729 9,144 D+24.7
Madison 4,328 50.3% 3,512 40.8% 769 8,609 D+9.5
Livingston 3,966 48.6% 3,650 44.7% 546 8,162 D+3.9
Clinton 3,560 44.8% 4,318 54.3% 67 7,945 R+9.5
Greene 4,481 58.1% 2,808 36.4% 427 7,716 D+21.7
Tioga 3,583 48.0% 3,143 42.1% 743 7,469 D+5.9
Schoharie 4,924 68.1% 2,076 28.7% 229 7,229 D+39.4
Tompkins 3,619 51.0% 2,690 37.9% 782 7,091 D+13.1
Genesee 3,518 51.3% 2,898 42.2% 447 6,863 D+9.0
Cortland 3,011 46.8% 2,996 46.6% 423 6,430 D+0.2
Richmond 4,370 68.0% 2,012 31.3% 46 6,428 D+36.7
Lewis 3,787 59.3% 2,447 38.3% 156 6,390 D+21.0
Orleans 3,119 50.0% 2,549 40.9% 571 6,239 D+9.1
Sullivan 3,451 55.4% 2,266 36.4% 509 6,226 D+19.0
Seneca 3,510 56.5% 2,555 41.1% 146 6,211 D+15.4
Wyoming 2,909 49.3% 2,120 35.9% 877 5,906 D+13.4
Warren 2,677 47.4% 2,560 45.3% 415 5,652 D+2.1
Schenectady 2,836 50.3% 2,604 46.1% 203 5,643 D+4.1
Franklin 2,294 41.8% 3,074 56.0% 120 5,488 R+14.2
Essex 2,150 40.8% 2,951 56.0% 171 5,272 R+15.2
Yates 2,073 43.0% 2,501 51.8% 252 4,826 R+8.9
Schuyler 2,155 48.6% 2,151 48.5% 129 4,435 D+0.1
Rockland 2,771 63.9% 1,473 34.0% 94 4,338 D+29.9
Putnam 1,691 47.7% 1,825 51.5% 30 3,546 R+3.8

Counties as they stood in 1882; 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.

New York governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kathy Hochul (D) D+6.4
2018 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+23.4
2014 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+13.9
2010 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+29.3
2006 Eliot Spitzer (D) D+40.8
2002 George Pataki (R) R+15.9
1998 George Pataki (R) R+21.2
1994 George E. Pataki (R) R+3.3
1990 Mario Cuomo (D) D+31.8
1986 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+32.9
1982 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+3.4
1978 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+5.7
1974 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+15.3
1970 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+12.1
1966 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+6.5
1962 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+9.1
1958 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+10.2
1954 W. Averell Harriman (D) D+0.2
1950 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+10.8
1946 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+13.8
1942 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+15.7
1938 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+1.4
1936 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+9.4
1934 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+21.2
1932 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+18.1
1930 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.1
1928 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+0.6
1926 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+8.5
1924 Alfred E. Smith (D) D+3.3
1922 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+15.2
1920 Nathan L. Miller (R) R+2.6
1918 Al Smith (D) D+0.7
1916 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.0
1914 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.4
1912 William Sulzer (D) D+13.1
1910 John Alden Dix (D) D+4.7
1908 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+4.2
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1904 Frank W. Higgins (R) R+5.0
1902 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+0.6
1900 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+7.2
1898 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+1.3
1896 Frank S. Black (R) R+15.0
1894 Levi P. Morton (R) R+12.3
1891 Roswell Pettibone Flower (D) D+4.1
1888 David B. Hill (D) D+1.5
1885 David B. Hill (D) D+1.1
1882 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.1
1879 Alonzo B. Cornell (R) R+4.8
1876 Lucius Robinson (D) D+3.0
1874 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+6.3
1872 John Adams Dix (R) R+6.4
1870 John T. Hoffman (D) D+4.3
1868 John T. Hoffman (D) D+3.3
1866 Reuben Fenton (R) R+51.0