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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Michigan

James A. Garfield (Republican) beat Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) in Michigan in 1880, 52.5% to 37.3%, a margin of 15.2 points and 53,744 votes.

Michigan voted 15.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1876, when Rutherford B. Hayes won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 76 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Wayne, cast 31,957 votes and went to the Republican by 3.4 points. The closest was Ontonagon, where 10 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
James A. Garfield won Republican 185,341 52.5%
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic 131,597 37.3%
James B. Weaver Greenback 34,895 9.9%
All other candidates 944 0.3%
Total352,777

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 15,064 47.1% 16,157 50.6% 736 31,957 R+3.4
Kent 5,115 30.9% 8,313 50.3% 3,113 16,541 R+19.3
Lenawee 5,246 42.7% 6,451 52.5% 579 12,276 R+9.8
Saginaw 5,304 47.6% 5,207 46.8% 621 11,132 D+0.9
Oakland 5,150 47.3% 5,370 49.3% 362 10,882 R+2.0
Jackson 3,743 36.9% 4,486 44.2% 1,927 10,156 R+7.3
Washtenaw 4,957 49.8% 4,629 46.6% 358 9,944 D+3.3
Calhoun 3,143 34.2% 5,187 56.4% 871 9,201 R+22.2
Genesee 3,086 34.2% 4,934 54.8% 991 9,011 R+20.5
Berrien 3,536 41.0% 4,535 52.6% 550 8,621 R+11.6
Ingham 3,412 40.5% 3,984 47.3% 1,034 8,430 R+6.8
St. Clair 3,439 40.8% 4,219 50.1% 765 8,423 R+9.3
Allegan 2,376 28.5% 4,693 56.3% 1,261 8,330 R+27.8
Hillsdale 1,951 23.6% 4,909 59.5% 1,391 8,251 R+35.9
Kalamazoo 3,044 37.7% 4,478 55.5% 552 8,074 R+17.8
Ionia 2,542 31.5% 4,210 52.2% 1,313 8,065 R+20.7
Eaton 2,681 34.5% 4,195 54.0% 896 7,772 R+19.5
Montcalm 2,770 36.0% 4,163 54.1% 767 7,700 R+18.1
Van Buren 2,004 27.8% 4,131 57.2% 1,081 7,216 R+29.5
Monroe 3,701 52.0% 3,178 44.7% 236 7,115 D+7.4
Branch 1,195 17.2% 4,121 59.3% 1,636 6,952 R+42.1
Clinton 2,797 40.7% 3,299 48.0% 772 6,868 R+7.3
Macomb 3,218 49.0% 3,137 47.8% 212 6,567 D+1.2
Shiawassee 1,972 30.3% 3,347 51.4% 1,194 6,513 R+21.1
St. Joseph 2,102 32.4% 3,144 48.5% 1,237 6,483 R+16.1
Barry 1,020 16.3% 3,083 49.1% 2,172 6,275 R+32.9
Lapeer 2,606 41.9% 3,440 55.3% 174 6,220 R+13.4
Bay 2,068 33.3% 2,404 38.7% 1,734 6,206 R+5.4
Ottawa 2,019 32.5% 3,284 52.9% 901 6,204 R+20.4
Livingston 2,819 47.3% 2,879 48.3% 257 5,955 R+1.0
Cass 2,180 40.0% 2,859 52.4% 415 5,454 R+12.4
Gratiot 1,489 29.7% 2,548 50.8% 975 5,012 R+21.1
Tuscola 1,517 31.1% 2,999 61.5% 363 4,879 R+30.4
Muskegon 1,680 34.7% 2,807 57.9% 361 4,848 R+23.2
Marquette 1,271 34.0% 2,434 65.1% 35 3,740 R+31.1
Sanilac 1,296 34.8% 2,238 60.1% 188 3,722 R+25.3
Houghton 1,311 38.4% 2,100 61.5% 5 3,416 R+23.1
Newaygo 625 20.0% 1,492 47.8% 1,005 3,122 R+27.8
Huron 1,245 41.4% 1,713 56.9% 51 3,009 R+15.6
Mecosta 852 31.0% 1,621 59.0% 275 2,748 R+28.0
Isabella 996 38.8% 1,438 56.0% 134 2,568 R+17.2
Oceana 482 19.5% 1,481 60.1% 503 2,466 R+40.5
Manistee 870 37.8% 1,189 51.7% 241 2,300 R+13.9
Menominee 880 38.8% 1,380 60.9% 6 2,266 R+22.1
Mason 766 36.3% 1,267 60.1% 76 2,109 R+23.8
Grand Traverse 428 23.1% 1,356 73.1% 70 1,854 R+50.1
Osceola 581 31.4% 1,225 66.2% 45 1,851 R+34.8
Alpena 834 45.5% 960 52.4% 38 1,832 R+6.9
Wexford 406 24.7% 1,111 67.5% 128 1,645 R+42.9
Midland 405 26.5% 761 49.8% 361 1,527 R+23.3
Emmet 495 34.6% 814 57.0% 120 1,429 R+22.3
Iosco 513 38.7% 809 61.0% 5 1,327 R+22.3
Cheboygan 541 43.4% 606 48.6% 99 1,246 R+5.2
Leelanau 545 44.6% 594 48.6% 83 1,222 R+4.0
Charlevoix 304 26.0% 784 67.1% 80 1,168 R+41.1
Delta 441 38.2% 708 61.3% 6 1,155 R+23.1
Roscommon 596 58.4% 335 32.8% 90 1,021 D+25.6
Antrim 153 15.8% 600 61.9% 216 969 R+46.1
Clare 370 41.0% 488 54.1% 44 902 R+13.1
Keweenaw 262 30.7% 591 69.3% 853 R+38.6
Lake 266 31.2% 579 68.0% 7 852 R+36.7
Benzie 170 22.3% 449 58.8% 144 763 R+36.6
Chippewa 347 46.6% 396 53.2% 2 745 R+6.6
Kalkaska 170 24.4% 496 71.2% 31 697 R+46.8
Alcona 252 38.9% 386 59.7% 9 647 R+20.7
Otsego 217 34.2% 328 51.7% 89 634 R+17.5
Ogemaw 191 37.2% 264 51.5% 58 513 R+14.2
Ontonagon 218 46.2% 228 48.3% 26 472 R+2.1
Mackinac 296 67.1% 145 32.9% 441 D+34.2
Missaukee 121 28.5% 266 62.7% 37 424 R+34.2
Gladwin 243 59.0% 160 38.8% 9 412 D+20.1
Baraga 224 56.1% 173 43.4% 2 399 D+12.8
Presque Isle 145 40.2% 216 59.8% 361 R+19.7
Crawford 142 41.2% 183 53.0% 20 345 R+11.9
Schoolcraft 41 20.7% 157 79.3% 198 R+58.6
Isle Royale (Ext) 139 80.3% 34 19.7% 173 D+60.7

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0