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Election 1884 Results

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1884 presidential election in Michigan

James G. Blaine (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Michigan in 1884, 48.0% to 47.2%, a margin of 0.8 points and 3,308 votes.

Michigan voted 1.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1880, when James A. Garfield won.

Republicans led in 48 of the 79 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 31. The largest, Wayne, cast 36,705 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.7 points. The closest was Roscommon, where 24 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 G. Blaine won Republican 192,669 48.0%
Grover Cleveland Democratic 189,361 47.2%
All other candidates 19,156 4.8%
Total401,186

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 19,390 52.8% 17,315 47.2% 36,705 D+5.7
Kent 9,628 51.7% 9,007 48.3% 18,635 D+3.3
Saginaw 6,896 53.7% 5,939 46.3% 12,835 D+7.5
Lenawee 6,000 50.7% 5,827 49.3% 11,827 D+1.5
Calhoun 5,309 50.9% 5,113 49.1% 10,422 D+1.9
Jackson 5,523 53.5% 4,804 46.5% 10,327 D+7.0
Oakland 5,345 52.5% 4,842 47.5% 10,187 D+4.9
Washtenaw 5,345 56.9% 4,049 43.1% 9,394 D+13.8
Berrien 4,320 49.3% 4,445 50.7% 8,765 R+1.4
Genesee 4,244 49.5% 4,328 50.5% 8,572 R+1.0
St. Clair 4,486 52.8% 4,017 47.2% 8,503 D+5.5
Kalamazoo 3,873 46.2% 4,515 53.8% 8,388 R+7.7
Ingham 4,541 55.0% 3,709 45.0% 8,250 D+10.1
Allegan 4,046 49.8% 4,080 50.2% 8,126 R+0.4
Eaton 3,799 48.1% 4,106 51.9% 7,905 R+3.9
Hillsdale 3,557 45.2% 4,315 54.8% 7,872 R+9.6
Bay 4,845 62.4% 2,916 37.6% 7,761 D+24.9
Ionia 3,888 52.3% 3,552 47.7% 7,440 D+4.5
Montcalm 3,575 48.1% 3,857 51.9% 7,432 R+3.8
Van Buren 2,969 41.3% 4,219 58.7% 7,188 R+17.4
Monroe 3,778 55.5% 3,025 44.5% 6,803 D+11.1
Ottawa 2,955 44.0% 3,758 56.0% 6,713 R+12.0
Branch 3,040 45.3% 3,671 54.7% 6,711 R+9.4
Muskegon 3,151 47.5% 3,483 52.5% 6,634 R+5.0
St. Joseph 3,324 50.5% 3,261 49.5% 6,585 D+1.0
Shiawassee 3,402 55.7% 2,705 44.3% 6,107 D+11.4
Macomb 3,322 54.4% 2,782 45.6% 6,104 D+8.8
Clinton 3,188 53.4% 2,782 46.6% 5,970 D+6.8
Barry 3,129 53.7% 2,699 46.3% 5,828 D+7.4
Lapeer 2,737 47.2% 3,062 52.8% 5,799 R+5.6
Marquette 1,374 24.5% 4,230 75.5% 5,604 R+51.0
Tuscola 2,649 47.6% 2,914 52.4% 5,563 R+4.8
Livingston 2,887 52.6% 2,597 47.4% 5,484 D+5.3
Cass 2,673 49.2% 2,764 50.8% 5,437 R+1.7
Gratiot 2,713 50.3% 2,676 49.7% 5,389 D+0.7
Mecosta 1,832 43.7% 2,365 56.3% 4,197 R+12.7
Newaygo 2,028 50.7% 1,971 49.3% 3,999 D+1.4
Houghton 1,559 39.5% 2,383 60.5% 3,942 R+20.9
Sanilac 1,797 48.3% 1,923 51.7% 3,720 R+3.4
Menominee 861 24.8% 2,614 75.2% 3,475 R+50.4
Huron 1,869 58.0% 1,355 42.0% 3,224 D+15.9
Manistee 1,881 59.0% 1,305 41.0% 3,186 D+18.1
Isabella 1,531 48.6% 1,617 51.4% 3,148 R+2.7
Oceana 1,412 46.3% 1,637 53.7% 3,049 R+7.4
Grand Traverse 810 33.0% 1,645 67.0% 2,455 R+34.0
Osceola 958 39.0% 1,497 61.0% 2,455 R+22.0
Mason 1,151 47.0% 1,299 53.0% 2,450 R+6.0
Wexford 913 42.8% 1,220 57.2% 2,133 R+14.4
Alpena 1,062 53.4% 927 46.6% 1,989 D+6.8
Iosco 910 47.2% 1,016 52.8% 1,926 R+5.5
Midland 818 43.3% 1,071 56.7% 1,889 R+13.4
Charlevoix 833 44.4% 1,043 55.6% 1,876 R+11.2
Delta 553 31.5% 1,201 68.5% 1,754 R+36.9
Antrim 680 38.9% 1,066 61.1% 1,746 R+22.1
Emmet 901 53.6% 779 46.4% 1,680 D+7.3
Lake 688 42.0% 951 58.0% 1,639 R+16.0
Cheboygan 835 51.8% 777 48.2% 1,612 D+3.6
Clare 731 54.0% 622 46.0% 1,353 D+8.1
Leelanau 540 40.0% 811 60.0% 1,351 R+20.1
Chippewa 590 46.2% 686 53.8% 1,276 R+7.5
Kalkaska 364 36.6% 630 63.4% 994 R+26.8
Mackinac 505 51.3% 479 48.7% 984 D+2.6
Benzie 411 42.5% 556 57.5% 967 R+15.0
Ogemaw 443 48.1% 478 51.9% 921 R+3.8
Arenac 566 63.7% 323 36.3% 889 D+27.3
Otsego 388 44.4% 485 55.6% 873 R+11.1
Alcona 306 36.0% 545 64.0% 851 R+28.1
Roscommon 403 48.6% 427 51.4% 830 R+2.9
Missaukee 356 43.1% 470 56.9% 826 R+13.8
Keweenaw 192 23.6% 620 76.4% 812 R+52.7
Schoolcraft 286 35.6% 518 64.4% 804 R+28.9
Baraga 276 41.1% 396 58.9% 672 R+17.9
Presque Isle 207 34.4% 394 65.6% 601 R+31.1
Ontonagon 231 43.4% 301 56.6% 532 R+13.2
Crawford 209 40.7% 304 59.3% 513 R+18.5
Gladwin 220 43.3% 288 56.7% 508 R+13.4
Oscoda 82 29.2% 199 70.8% 281 R+41.6
Montmorency 131 58.5% 93 41.5% 224 D+17.0
Isle Royale (Ext) 141 88.7% 18 11.3% 159 D+77.4

Counties as they stood in 1884; 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