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Election 1888 Results

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1888 North Carolina governor election

Daniel G. Fowle (Democrat) beat Oliver H. Dockery (Republican) in North Carolina in 1888, 52.0% to 46.9%, a margin of 5.0 points and 14,370 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when Alfred M. Scales won.

Democrats led in 62 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 34. The largest, Wake, cast 9,666 votes and went to the Republican by 3.4 points. The closest was Camden, 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
Daniel G. Fowle won Democratic 148,405 52.0%
Oliver H. Dockery Republican 134,035 46.9%
All other candidates 3,124 1.1%
Total285,564

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 4,618 47.8% 4,943 51.1% 105 9,666 R+3.4
Mecklenburg 4,163 55.1% 3,284 43.5% 110 7,557 D+11.6
Buncombe 3,041 50.8% 2,816 47.1% 125 5,982 D+3.8
Guilford 2,470 44.7% 2,680 48.5% 381 5,531 R+3.8
Wayne 2,781 51.4% 2,561 47.4% 64 5,406 D+4.1
Halifax 2,495 46.3% 2,897 53.7% 5,392 R+7.5
Johnston 3,021 58.9% 2,099 40.9% 8 5,128 D+18.0
Granville 2,406 47.9% 2,609 51.9% 10 5,025 R+4.0
Pitt 2,593 52.0% 2,328 46.6% 70 4,991 D+5.3
Forsyth 2,259 46.1% 2,584 52.8% 53 4,896 R+6.6
Cumberland 2,577 53.0% 2,232 45.9% 50 4,859 D+7.1
Robeson 2,823 58.1% 1,988 40.9% 44 4,855 D+17.2
Randolph 2,171 45.1% 2,327 48.3% 316 4,814 R+3.2
Chatham 2,546 53.3% 2,099 43.9% 135 4,780 D+9.4
New Hanover 1,880 39.7% 2,856 60.3% 4 4,740 R+20.6
Iredell 2,724 58.2% 1,897 40.5% 60 4,681 D+17.7
Rockingham 2,395 52.8% 2,101 46.4% 36 4,532 D+6.5
Davidson 2,018 45.2% 2,335 52.3% 112 4,465 R+7.1
Franklin 2,204 51.9% 2,041 48.0% 3 4,248 D+3.8
Rowan 2,739 67.6% 1,266 31.2% 48 4,053 D+36.3
Craven 1,408 34.7% 2,637 65.1% 7 4,052 R+30.3
Beaufort 2,092 52.2% 1,799 44.9% 116 4,007 D+7.3
Sampson 2,370 59.3% 1,616 40.4% 12 3,998 D+18.9
Wilkes 1,706 42.8% 2,252 56.5% 28 3,986 R+13.7
Nash 2,157 55.9% 1,699 44.0% 1 3,857 D+11.9
Moore 1,944 50.6% 1,846 48.0% 53 3,843 D+2.6
Edgecombe 1,322 34.5% 2,509 65.4% 6 3,837 R+30.9
Wilson 2,159 58.7% 1,521 41.3% 3,680 D+17.3
Northampton 1,659 45.4% 1,990 54.4% 6 3,655 R+9.1
Durham 1,815 51.6% 1,617 46.0% 83 3,515 D+5.6
Alamance 1,741 50.9% 1,517 44.4% 161 3,419 D+6.6
Richmond 1,711 50.2% 1,684 49.4% 12 3,407 D+0.8
Rutherford 1,690 50.1% 1,663 49.3% 19 3,372 D+0.8
Duplin 2,205 65.5% 1,154 34.3% 6 3,365 D+31.2
Vance 1,382 41.6% 1,936 58.2% 7 3,325 R+16.7
Surry 1,671 51.2% 1,575 48.3% 17 3,263 D+2.9
Anson 2,241 69.6% 975 30.3% 2 3,218 D+39.3
Catawba 2,360 74.0% 756 23.7% 72 3,188 D+50.3
Caswell 1,358 44.3% 1,697 55.3% 13 3,068 R+11.0
Lenoir 1,587 51.7% 1,436 46.8% 45 3,068 D+4.9
Union 2,040 66.6% 997 32.6% 24 3,061 D+34.1
Madison 1,178 38.5% 1,873 61.2% 8 3,059 R+22.7
Cleveland 2,269 74.4% 764 25.1% 16 3,049 D+49.4
Columbus 2,072 69.5% 910 30.5% 1 2,983 D+39.0
Martin 1,674 56.4% 1,287 43.4% 5 2,966 D+13.0
Orange 1,610 54.8% 1,288 43.8% 41 2,939 D+11.0
Bladen 1,541 53.0% 1,365 47.0% 2,906 D+6.1
Gaston 1,584 54.6% 1,236 42.6% 81 2,901 D+12.0
Ashe 1,399 48.6% 1,482 51.4% 2,881 R+2.9
Stokes 1,450 52.0% 1,333 47.8% 4 2,787 D+4.2
Person 1,375 51.4% 1,293 48.3% 7 2,675 D+3.1
Cabarrus 1,645 62.2% 915 34.6% 84 2,644 D+27.6
Yadkin 1,071 42.3% 1,419 56.1% 40 2,530 R+13.8
Burke 1,247 51.5% 1,165 48.1% 10 2,422 D+3.4
Bertie 1,316 54.4% 1,097 45.3% 7 2,420 D+9.0
Hertford 1,132 48.5% 1,202 51.5% 2,334 R+3.0
Harnett 1,444 62.1% 877 37.7% 6 2,327 D+24.4
Haywood 1,326 57.0% 974 41.9% 26 2,326 D+15.1
Mitchell 698 30.8% 1,564 69.1% 1 2,263 R+38.3
Davie 1,008 45.2% 1,204 54.0% 16 2,228 R+8.8
Henderson 917 41.4% 1,291 58.3% 8 2,216 R+16.9
Montgomery 979 44.6% 1,215 55.3% 3 2,197 R+10.7
Lincoln 1,209 57.1% 901 42.6% 7 2,117 D+14.5
Greene 1,008 48.4% 1,072 51.5% 1 2,081 R+3.1
Pasquotank 832 40.0% 1,217 58.5% 32 2,081 R+18.5
Brunswick 1,010 51.0% 965 48.8% 4 1,979 D+2.3
Caldwell 1,253 63.5% 717 36.3% 3 1,973 D+27.2
Gates 1,131 58.3% 800 41.2% 10 1,941 D+17.1
McDowell 1,019 53.9% 858 45.4% 14 1,891 D+8.5
Watauga 898 48.2% 965 51.7% 2 1,865 R+3.6
Stanly 996 54.3% 817 44.5% 21 1,834 D+9.8
Washington 807 44.1% 1,014 55.3% 11 1,832 R+11.3
Carteret 1,073 59.6% 677 37.6% 49 1,799 D+22.0
Perquimans 779 43.8% 982 55.2% 17 1,778 R+11.4
Yancey 940 54.4% 789 45.6% 1,729 D+8.7
Hyde 854 52.7% 758 46.8% 7 1,619 D+5.9
Onslow 1,181 73.5% 425 26.4% 1 1,607 D+47.0
Macon 780 50.2% 742 47.7% 32 1,554 D+2.4
Chowan 742 48.2% 791 51.4% 7 1,540 R+3.2
Alexander 952 62.1% 552 36.0% 30 1,534 D+26.1
Cherokee 643 42.1% 868 56.9% 15 1,526 R+14.7
Pender 721 48.8% 757 51.2% 1,478 R+2.4
Jackson 903 61.3% 569 38.7% 1,472 D+22.7
Currituck 978 68.8% 438 30.8% 6 1,422 D+38.0
Warren 545 38.4% 875 61.6% 1,420 R+23.2
Pamlico 740 54.1% 619 45.2% 9 1,368 D+8.8
Jones 684 52.5% 620 47.5% 1,304 D+4.9
Camden 598 49.8% 602 50.2% 1,200 R+0.3
Alleghany 687 62.7% 405 37.0% 4 1,096 D+25.7
Transylvania 520 48.5% 553 51.5% 1,073 R+3.1
Polk 480 45.8% 560 53.4% 8 1,048 R+7.6
Swain 505 54.2% 410 44.0% 16 931 D+10.2
Tyrrell 472 56.1% 367 43.6% 2 841 D+12.5
Clay 391 56.5% 286 41.3% 15 692 D+15.2
Dare 326 51.3% 309 48.7% 635 D+2.7
Graham 271 58.2% 182 39.1% 13 466 D+19.1

Counties as they stood in 1888; 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.

North Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Josh Stein (D) D+14.8
2020 Roy Cooper (D) D+4.5
2016 Roy Cooper (D) D+0.2
2012 Pat McCrory (R) R+11.4
2008 Bev Perdue (D) D+3.4
2004 Mike Easley (D) D+12.7
2000 Mike Easley (D) D+5.8
1996 Jim Hunt (D) D+13.2
1992 Jim Hunt (D) D+9.5
1988 James G. Martin (R) R+12.1
1984 James G. Martin (R) R+8.8
1980 Jim Hunt (D) D+24.5
1976 Jim Hunt (D) D+31.1
1972 James Holshouser (R) R+2.5
1968 Robert W. Scott (D) D+5.4
1964 Dan K. Moore (D) D+13.2
1960 Terry Sanford (D) D+9.0
1956 Luther H. Hodges (D) D+33.9
1952 William B. Umstead (D) D+35.0
1948 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+47.0
1944 R. Gregg Cherry (D) D+39.2
1940 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+51.4
1936 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+33.8
1932 J. C.B. Ehringhaus (D) D+40.1
1928 O. Max Gardner (D) D+11.1
1924 Angus Wilton McLean (D) D+22.7
1920 Cameron Morrison (D) D+14.5
1916 Thomas W. Bickett (D) D+16.6
1912 Locke Craig (D) D+43.5
1908 William W. Kitchin (D) D+14.7
1904 Robert B. Glenn (D) D+23.6
1900 Charles B. Aycock (D) D+19.3
1896 Daniel L. Russell (R) R+2.6
1892 Elias Carr (D) D+14.5
1888 Daniel G. Fowle (D) D+5.0
1884 Alfred M. Scales (D) D+7.7
1880 Thomas J. Jarvis (D) D+2.6
1876 Zebulon B. Vance (D) D+5.7
1872 Tod R. Caldwell (R) R+1.0
1868 William W. Holden (R) R+55.5
1866 Jonathan Worth (other)
1865 Jonathan Worth (other)