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Election 1884 Results

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1884 presidential election in Minnesota

James G. Blaine (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1884, 58.8% to 36.9%, a margin of 21.9 points and 41,620 votes.

Minnesota voted 22.5 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 67 of the 79 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Hennepin, cast 24,025 votes and went to the Republican by 27.2 points. The closest was Aitkin, where 7 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James G. Blaine won	Republican	111,685	58.8%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	70,065	36.9%
All other candidates		8,267	4.4%
Total		190,017

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	8,058 33.5%	14,596 60.8%	1,371	24,025	R+27.2
Ramsey	6,739 45.7%	7,942 53.8%	70	14,751	R+8.2
Winona	3,303 53.1%	2,664 42.8%	253	6,220	D+10.3
Goodhue	1,635 28.5%	3,907 68.1%	199	5,741	R+39.6
Otter Tail	1,510 30.3%	3,425 68.7%	47	4,982	R+38.4
Blue Earth	2,028 42.2%	2,480 51.7%	293	4,801	R+9.4
Fillmore	1,013 21.3%	2,927 61.7%	806	4,746	R+40.3
Rice	1,831 39.4%	2,453 52.8%	364	4,648	R+13.4
Stearns	3,072 68.6%	1,381 30.8%	27	4,480	D+37.7
Washington	1,702 38.2%	2,704 60.6%	53	4,459	R+22.5
Polk	1,636 39.0%	2,499 59.6%	56	4,191	R+20.6
Wright	1,609 38.8%	2,383 57.5%	153	4,145	R+18.7
Olmsted	1,539 39.6%	2,127 54.8%	217	3,883	R+15.1
Wabasha	1,954 54.0%	1,610 44.5%	56	3,620	D+9.5
Le Sueur	1,861 52.8%	1,618 45.9%	45	3,524	D+6.9
Dakota	1,824 52.8%	1,523 44.1%	110	3,457	D+8.7
St. Louis	827 25.9%	2,366 74.1%	2	3,195	R+48.2
Freeborn	733 24.0%	2,104 68.8%	223	3,060	R+44.8
Carver	1,590 56.2%	1,187 41.9%	54	2,831	D+14.2
Houston	1,183 41.8%	1,614 57.1%	32	2,829	R+15.2
McLeod	1,578 57.3%	1,071 38.9%	105	2,754	D+18.4
Mower	780 28.6%	1,666 61.0%	284	2,730	R+32.5
Meeker	859 31.5%	1,456 53.4%	412	2,727	R+21.9
Scott	1,842 72.0%	692 27.0%	26	2,560	D+44.9
Faribault	639 25.0%	1,683 65.8%	236	2,558	R+40.8
Brown	1,169 46.4%	1,159 46.0%	194	2,522	D+0.4
Steele	1,006 42.8%	1,273 54.2%	71	2,350	R+11.4
Renville	764 32.7%	1,517 64.9%	58	2,339	R+32.2
Douglas	559 24.0%	1,643 70.6%	124	2,326	R+46.6
Kandiyohi	212 9.2%	1,858 80.3%	244	2,314	R+71.1
Sibley	1,122 51.6%	1,040 47.9%	11	2,173	D+3.8
Waseca	867 40.1%	1,189 55.0%	106	2,162	R+14.9
Anoka	532 26.1%	1,402 68.7%	108	2,042	R+42.6
Clay	727 36.7%	1,176 59.4%	77	1,980	R+22.7
Nicollet	701 38.3%	1,129 61.7%		1,830	R+23.4
Chisago	306 17.0%	1,492 82.8%	5	1,803	R+65.8
Dodge	481 26.7%	1,174 65.2%	145	1,800	R+38.5
Morrison	1,010 59.5%	687 40.5%		1,697	D+19.0
Lyon	242 15.2%	1,223 76.9%	125	1,590	R+61.7
Pope	210 13.5%	1,308 84.2%	36	1,554	R+70.7
Crow Wing	501 33.8%	967 65.2%	16	1,484	R+31.4
Swift	474 32.4%	965 66.0%	24	1,463	R+33.6
Todd	549 38.1%	758 52.6%	133	1,440	R+14.5
Isanti	113 8.3%	1,243 91.1%	8	1,364	R+82.8
Yellow Medicine	193 14.1%	1,112 81.5%	59	1,364	R+67.4
Becker	353 27.7%	920 72.2%	2	1,275	R+44.5
Chippewa	357 28.6%	794 63.7%	96	1,247	R+35.0
Norman	295 24.4%	916 75.6%		1,211	R+51.3
Lac Qui Parle	220 18.5%	966 81.5%		1,186	R+62.9
Martin	260 22.1%	736 62.4%	183	1,179	R+40.4
Redwood	240 22.4%	733 68.5%	97	1,070	R+46.1
Stevens	399 38.9%	613 59.8%	13	1,025	R+20.9
Sherburne	346 34.4%	644 64.0%	16	1,006	R+29.6
Grant	138 13.9%	810 81.3%	48	996	R+67.5
Rock	162 16.7%	741 76.5%	66	969	R+59.8
Big Stone	207 21.7%	552 58.0%	193	952	R+36.2
Carlton	266 28.3%	670 71.3%	4	940	R+43.0
Nobles	246 27.2%	491 54.2%	169	906	R+27.0
Murray	244 27.2%	627 69.8%	27	898	R+42.7
Pipestone	256 28.8%	598 67.2%	36	890	R+38.4
Benton	520 58.7%	351 39.6%	15	886	D+19.1
Jackson	146 17.0%	652 76.0%	60	858	R+59.0
Watonwan	192 23.2%	626 75.8%	8	826	R+52.5
Lincoln	154 18.8%	599 73.3%	64	817	R+54.5
Cottonwood	137 17.2%	599 75.3%	60	796	R+58.0
Marshall	157 21.0%	584 78.0%	8	749	R+57.0
Traverse	253 36.6%	411 59.5%	27	691	R+22.9
Pine	307 44.8%	379 55.2%		686	R+10.5
Wadena	243 36.9%	384 58.3%	32	659	R+21.4
Wilkin	204 33.7%	400 66.1%	1	605	R+32.4
Kittson	186 37.1%	315 62.9%		501	R+25.7
Mille Lacs	140 31.5%	301 67.6%	4	445	R+36.2
Aitkin	214 49.2%	221 50.8%		435	R+1.6
Kanabec	40 12.5%	280 87.5%		320	R+75.0
Hubbard	75 42.6%	101 57.4%		176	R+14.8
Cass	5 3.3%	145 96.7%		150	R+93.3
Lake	6 7.5%	74 92.5%		80	R+85.0
Cook	8 14.8%	46 85.2%		54	R+70.4
Beltrami	6 31.6%	13 68.4%		19	R+36.8

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

1884 presidential election in Minnesota

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