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1876 presidential election in Nevada

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Nevada in 1876, 52.7% to 47.3%, a margin of 5.5 points and 1,075 votes.

Nevada voted 8.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant won.

Democrats led in 7 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 6. The largest, Storey, cast 6,918 votes and went to the Republican by 6.7 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 3 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rutherford B. Hayes won Republican 10,383 52.7%
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 9,308 47.3%
Total19,691

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Storey 3,226 46.6% 3,692 53.4% 6,918 R+6.7
Elko 820 51.8% 763 48.2% 1,583 D+3.6
Washoe 662 42.2% 906 57.8% 1,568 R+15.6
Eureka 769 49.7% 779 50.3% 1,548 R+0.6
Ormsby (Ext) 506 37.5% 844 62.5% 1,350 R+25.0
White Pine 568 50.0% 568 50.0% 1,136 level
Lander 525 58.0% 380 42.0% 905 D+16.0
Humboldt 500 55.9% 394 44.1% 894 D+11.9
Nye 436 50.4% 429 49.6% 865 D+0.8
Lyon 305 36.4% 533 63.6% 838 R+27.2
Lincoln 393 52.3% 359 47.7% 752 D+4.5
Esmeralda 373 50.2% 370 49.8% 743 D+0.4
Douglas 179 35.0% 332 65.0% 511 R+29.9
Churchill 46 57.5% 34 42.5% 80 D+15.0

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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.

Nevada in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.1
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+2.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+12.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+35.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+4.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+27.4
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+17.2
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+15.9
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+3.1
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+45.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+13.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+20.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+17.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+23.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+23.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+24.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+62.3
1892 Third party (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+15.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+12.5
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+4.8
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+5.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+10.8