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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Alabama

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Alabama in 1888, 67.0% to 32.7%, a margin of 34.3 points and 60,137 votes.

Alabama voted 33.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.8.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when Grover Cleveland also won.

Democrats led in 61 of the 66 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Jefferson, cast 8,613 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.1 points. The closest was Lawrence, where 8 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
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 117,314 67.0%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 57,177 32.7%
All other candidates 594 0.3%
Total175,085

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 5,508 63.9% 3,001 34.8% 104 8,613 D+29.1
Dallas 5,302 71.7% 2,090 28.3% 4 7,396 D+43.4
Montgomery 3,712 55.6% 2,966 44.4% 1 6,679 D+11.2
Mobile 3,109 55.0% 2,542 45.0% 5,651 D+10.0
Wilcox 4,811 88.8% 607 11.2% 5,418 D+77.6
Marengo 3,426 63.9% 1,933 36.1% 5,359 D+27.9
Madison 2,136 45.1% 2,595 54.8% 6 4,737 R+9.7
Hale 2,914 66.2% 1,478 33.6% 8 4,400 D+32.6
Talladega 1,983 46.6% 2,179 51.2% 90 4,252 R+4.6
Barbour 3,530 88.6% 452 11.4% 3,982 D+77.3
Chambers 2,115 57.0% 1,593 43.0% 3,708 D+14.1
Calhoun 2,680 73.9% 938 25.9% 10 3,628 D+48.0
Lowndes 2,105 58.9% 1,468 41.1% 3,573 D+17.8
Perry 2,729 77.6% 790 22.4% 3,519 D+55.1
Pike 2,623 74.7% 890 25.3% 3,513 D+49.3
Lee 1,991 58.1% 1,432 41.8% 3 3,426 D+16.3
Jackson 2,304 68.4% 1,022 30.4% 40 3,366 D+38.1
Tuscaloosa 2,214 67.1% 1,057 32.0% 28 3,299 D+35.1
Butler 1,905 58.1% 1,347 41.1% 25 3,277 D+17.0
Elmore 1,717 52.8% 1,535 47.2% 3,252 D+5.6
Tallapoosa 2,385 76.1% 751 23.9% 3,136 D+52.1
Russell 1,970 64.4% 1,088 35.6% 3,058 D+28.8
Lawrence 1,449 49.5% 1,457 49.8% 19 2,925 R+0.3
Sumter 2,060 71.3% 818 28.3% 11 2,889 D+43.0
Etowah 1,912 68.1% 841 30.0% 55 2,808 D+38.1
Clarke 1,566 55.9% 1,235 44.1% 2,801 D+11.8
Lauderdale 1,637 59.4% 1,120 40.6% 1 2,758 D+18.7
Limestone 1,489 55.3% 1,183 43.9% 21 2,693 D+11.4
Shelby 1,626 60.6% 1,037 38.7% 18 2,681 D+22.0
Colbert 1,274 49.1% 1,315 50.7% 7 2,596 R+1.6
Blount 1,873 83.1% 375 16.6% 7 2,255 D+66.4
Morgan 1,707 76.7% 507 22.8% 13 2,227 D+53.9
Monroe 1,445 65.3% 767 34.7% 2,212 D+30.7
Greene 1,401 64.2% 778 35.7% 2 2,181 D+28.6
Walker 1,126 51.8% 1,049 48.2% 2,175 D+3.5
St. Clair 1,488 69.2% 640 29.8% 21 2,149 D+39.5
Crenshaw 1,923 90.7% 197 9.3% 2,120 D+81.4
Conecuh 1,347 64.3% 748 35.7% 2,095 D+28.6
Coosa 1,329 64.3% 739 35.7% 2,068 D+28.5
Cherokee 1,686 82.7% 333 16.3% 19 2,038 D+66.4
Choctaw 1,389 68.8% 629 31.2% 2,018 D+37.7
Henry 1,947 99.8% 2 0.1% 1 1,950 D+99.7
De Kalb 1,326 68.5% 593 30.6% 17 1,936 D+37.9
Randolph 1,023 58.0% 733 41.6% 8 1,764 D+16.4
Clay 1,278 77.1% 376 22.7% 4 1,658 D+54.4
Bibb 960 59.0% 657 40.4% 9 1,626 D+18.6
Chilton 1,101 71.6% 437 28.4% 1,538 D+43.2
Marshall 1,166 81.3% 248 17.3% 20 1,434 D+64.0
Autauga 893 63.2% 519 36.8% 1,412 D+26.5
Lamar 1,133 82.3% 243 17.6% 1 1,377 D+64.6
Pickens 1,326 98.7% 17 1.3% 1 1,344 D+97.4
Dale 1,266 98.8% 15 1.2% 1,281 D+97.7
Cullman 921 72.3% 350 27.5% 2 1,273 D+44.9
Baldwin 724 57.0% 547 43.0% 1,271 D+13.9
Cleburne 940 77.3% 275 22.6% 1 1,216 D+54.7
Macon 931 77.6% 268 22.4% 1,199 D+55.3
Escambia 694 58.5% 484 40.8% 9 1,187 D+17.7
Fayette 864 72.8% 315 26.6% 7 1,186 D+46.3
Bullock 716 60.6% 465 39.4% 1,181 D+21.3
Coffee 1,124 99.4% 7 0.6% 1,131 D+98.8
Covington 1,058 95.5% 50 4.5% 1,108 D+91.0
Franklin 784 76.9% 236 23.1% 1,020 D+53.7
Marion 721 72.5% 273 27.5% 994 D+45.1
Geneva 794 99.4% 5 0.6% 799 D+98.7
Washington 508 70.0% 217 29.9% 1 726 D+40.1
Winston 220 40.5% 323 59.5% 543 R+19.0

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.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5