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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Colorado

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Colorado in 1888, 55.2% to 40.8%, a margin of 14.4 points and 13,223 votes.

Colorado voted 15.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.8.

The Republican hold continued from 1884, when James G. Blaine won.

Republicans led in 41 of the 42 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Arapahoe, cast 20,403 votes and went to the Republican by 15.9 points. The closest was Delta, where 21 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
Benjamin Harrison won	Republican	50,772	55.2%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	37,549	40.8%
All other candidates		3,625	3.9%
Total		91,946

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Arapahoe	8,310 40.7%	11,549 56.6%	544	20,403	R+15.9
Las Animas	2,781 49.1%	2,651 46.8%	227	5,659	D+2.3
Lake	2,415 45.0%	2,900 54.0%	57	5,372	R+9.0
Pueblo	2,031 45.6%	2,279 51.2%	140	4,450	R+5.6
El Paso	1,283 35.9%	2,164 60.6%	126	3,573	R+24.7
Weld	1,036 30.7%	1,943 57.6%	396	3,375	R+26.9
Boulder	1,176 39.4%	1,639 55.0%	166	2,981	R+15.5
Pitkin	1,215 43.7%	1,524 54.9%	39	2,778	R+11.1
Bent	1,073 41.4%	1,337 51.6%	182	2,592	R+10.2
Chaffee	942 41.5%	1,276 56.2%	54	2,272	R+14.7
Larimer	769 33.9%	1,323 58.3%	176	2,268	R+24.4
Fremont	766 34.0%	1,123 49.9%	361	2,250	R+15.9
Clear Creek	698 34.0%	1,244 60.6%	112	2,054	R+26.6
Garfield	820 41.9%	1,109 56.6%	30	1,959	R+14.8
Logan	669 35.2%	1,086 57.1%	147	1,902	R+21.9
Jefferson	768 41.9%	971 52.9%	95	1,834	R+11.1
Gilpin	686 38.4%	947 53.0%	154	1,787	R+14.6
Ouray	735 42.3%	959 55.2%	44	1,738	R+12.9
La Plata	776 46.7%	847 51.0%	38	1,661	R+4.3
Conejos	670 40.5%	979 59.2%	6	1,655	R+18.7
Gunnison	616 38.0%	904 55.8%	101	1,621	R+17.8
Huerfano	674 46.4%	749 51.6%	29	1,452	R+5.2
Elbert	578 42.0%	784 56.9%	15	1,377	R+15.0
Washington	506 36.9%	809 59.1%	55	1,370	R+22.1
Park	588 43.4%	763 56.3%	5	1,356	R+12.9
Summit	557 44.2%	700 55.6%	2	1,259	R+11.4
Saguache	428 41.8%	592 57.8%	5	1,025	R+16.0
Eagle	400 39.7%	604 60.0%	3	1,007	R+20.3
Custer	373 39.1%	574 60.2%	7	954	R+21.1
San Miguel	378 40.3%	540 57.5%	21	939	R+17.3
Montrose	371 40.4%	512 55.7%	36	919	R+15.3
Costilla	383 42.7%	507 56.5%	8	898	R+13.8
Mesa	388 43.6%	440 49.5%	61	889	R+5.8
Rio Grande	261 35.4%	454 61.5%	23	738	R+26.2
Douglas	307 42.0%	385 52.7%	39	731	R+10.7
San Juan	287 40.4%	392 55.2%	31	710	R+14.8
Routt	218 37.1%	366 62.4%	3	587	R+25.2
Delta	239 41.1%	260 44.8%	82	581	R+3.6
Hinsdale	115 42.1%	158 57.9%		273	R+15.8
Grand	83 33.3%	161 64.7%	5	249	R+31.3
Dolores	103 42.2%	141 57.8%		244	R+15.6
Archuleta	77 37.7%	127 62.3%		204	R+24.5

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.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

1888 presidential election in Colorado

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