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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Arkansas

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Arkansas in 1888, 54.8% to 38.0%, a margin of 16.8 points and 26,310 votes.

Arkansas voted 15.9 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 58 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 17. The largest, Pulaski, cast 7,358 votes and went to the Republican by 21.4 points. The closest was Little River, where 25 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
Grover Cleveland won	Democratic	86,062	54.8%
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	59,752	38.0%
Alson Streeter	Union Labor	10,630	6.8%
All other candidates		614	0.4%
Total		157,058

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	2,873 39.0%	4,446 60.4%	39	7,358	R+21.4
Jefferson	1,855 25.6%	5,363 74.1%	24	7,242	R+48.4
Washington	3,199 60.4%	1,969 37.2%	126	5,294	D+23.2
Benton	3,059 68.6%	1,108 24.9%	289	4,456	D+43.8
Sebastian	2,573 62.1%	1,548 37.4%	23	4,144	D+24.7
Hempstead	1,685 45.6%	1,840 49.7%	174	3,699	R+4.2
Crawford	1,913 52.7%	1,680 46.3%	37	3,630	D+6.4
Independence	1,789 53.1%	324 9.6%	1,256	3,369	D+43.5
Clark	1,787 57.9%	1,212 39.3%	85	3,084	D+18.6
Franklin	2,125 69.7%	777 25.5%	147	3,049	D+44.2
Logan	1,799 60.8%	1,034 34.9%	127	2,960	D+25.8
Phillips	789 27.1%	2,123 72.9%		2,912	R+45.8
Carroll	1,500 53.2%	1,044 37.0%	276	2,820	D+16.2
White	1,948 69.8%	550 19.7%	294	2,792	D+50.1
Conway	1,360 50.1%	1,280 47.1%	75	2,715	D+2.9
Pope	1,660 62.0%	321 12.0%	695	2,676	D+50.0
Madison	1,337 51.4%	1,163 44.7%	103	2,603	D+6.7
Lonoke	1,469 56.5%	1,043 40.1%	88	2,600	D+16.4
Yell	1,663 65.5%	471 18.6%	405	2,539	D+46.9
Ouachita	1,303 51.4%	1,165 45.9%	68	2,536	D+5.4
Faulkner	1,239 49.2%	760 30.2%	518	2,517	D+19.0
Lee	962 38.3%	1,537 61.2%	13	2,512	R+22.9
Jackson	1,555 62.6%	842 33.9%	87	2,484	D+28.7
Woodruff	1,236 50.4%	1,021 41.7%	194	2,451	D+8.8
Columbia	1,610 68.7%	662 28.3%	70	2,342	D+40.5
Nevada	1,025 44.8%	609 26.6%	653	2,287	D+18.2
Drew	1,211 53.2%	1,065 46.8%	2	2,278	D+6.4
Miller	1,164 51.4%	1,015 44.8%	86	2,265	D+6.6
Johnson	1,419 63.0%	503 22.3%	330	2,252	D+40.7
Garland	1,196 53.3%	987 44.0%	60	2,243	D+9.3
Boone	1,373 66.8%	609 29.6%	74	2,056	D+37.2
St. Francis	838 41.7%	923 45.9%	249	2,010	R+4.2
Arkansas	903 44.9%	943 46.9%	163	2,009	R+2.0
Lawrence	1,416 70.6%	427 21.3%	164	2,007	D+49.3
Monroe	784 39.8%	1,167 59.2%	21	1,972	R+19.4
Lincoln	755 38.7%	1,189 60.9%	7	1,951	R+22.2
Howard	1,241 63.8%	359 18.4%	346	1,946	D+45.3
Randolph	1,606 84.3%	249 13.1%	51	1,906	D+71.2
Ashley	1,089 57.6%	800 42.4%		1,889	D+15.3
Chicot	211 11.5%	1,621 88.5%		1,832	R+77.0
Desha	372 22.5%	1,281 77.5%		1,653	R+55.0
Izard	1,187 72.4%	378 23.0%	75	1,640	D+49.3
Greene	1,153 72.0%	214 13.4%	235	1,602	D+58.6
Scott	1,081 68.4%	497 31.5%	2	1,580	D+37.0
Craighead	1,212 76.9%	217 13.8%	147	1,576	D+63.1
Union	1,247 80.5%	70 4.5%	232	1,549	D+76.0
Prairie	761 49.3%	603 39.1%	180	1,544	D+10.2
Cleveland	991 66.7%	339 22.8%	155	1,485	D+43.9
Sharp	913 63.5%	115 8.0%	409	1,437	D+55.5
Clay	946 66.2%	324 22.7%	159	1,429	D+43.5
Saline	967 68.2%	377 26.6%	74	1,418	D+41.6
Hot Spring	944 68.5%	274 19.9%	160	1,378	D+48.6
Fulton	873 63.8%	272 19.9%	224	1,369	D+43.9
Crittenden	310 22.7%	1,055 77.3%		1,365	R+54.6
Sevier	965 73.6%	176 13.4%	170	1,311	D+60.2
Little River	605 47.9%	630 49.9%	28	1,263	R+2.0
Marion	838 69.6%	296 24.6%	70	1,204	D+45.0
Dallas	676 58.4%	425 36.7%	57	1,158	D+21.7
Mississippi	529 46.5%	603 53.0%	5	1,137	R+6.5
Pike	664 60.8%	83 7.6%	345	1,092	D+53.2
Baxter	709 65.7%	310 28.7%	60	1,079	D+37.0
Cross	566 54.6%	416 40.2%	54	1,036	D+14.5
Searcy	462 45.1%	500 48.8%	63	1,025	R+3.7
Bradley	770 76.4%	165 16.4%	73	1,008	D+60.0
Polk	785 79.5%	126 12.8%	76	987	D+66.8
Montgomery	806 83.1%	161 16.6%	3	970	D+66.5
Newton	367 39.4%	559 60.0%	6	932	R+20.6
Calhoun	560 60.7%	306 33.2%	56	922	D+27.5
Grant	702 76.4%	152 16.5%	65	919	D+59.8
Van Buren	547 65.1%	209 24.9%	84	840	D+40.2
Lafayette	304 36.3%	473 56.4%	61	838	R+20.2
Cleburne	483 62.5%	22 2.8%	268	773	D+59.6
Perry	384 56.5%	180 26.5%	116	680	D+30.0
Stone	462 73.3%	76 12.1%	92	630	D+61.3
Poinsett	402 74.2%	119 22.0%	21	542	D+52.2

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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