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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Georgia

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Georgia in 1888, 70.4% to 28.4%, a margin of 42.0 points and 59,994 votes.

Georgia voted 41.2 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 130 of the 137 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Chatham, cast 5,332 votes and went to the Democrat by 48.1 points. The closest was Towns, where 2 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	100,493	70.4%
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	40,499	28.4%
All other candidates		1,808	1.3%
Total		142,800

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Chatham	3,920 73.5%	1,355 25.4%	57	5,332	D+48.1
Fulton	2,750 53.4%	2,164 42.0%	233	5,147	D+11.4
Bibb	2,215 64.1%	1,121 32.4%	119	3,455	D+31.7
Jackson	2,180 80.8%	506 18.8%	12	2,698	D+62.0
Hall	2,170 87.3%	274 11.0%	42	2,486	D+76.3
Coweta	1,476 59.7%	990 40.0%	6	2,472	D+19.7
Thomas	1,465 63.1%	838 36.1%	17	2,320	D+27.0
Gwinnett	2,004 90.6%	186 8.4%	23	2,213	D+82.2
Carroll	1,710 80.9%	349 16.5%	55	2,114	D+64.4
Cherokee	1,575 76.7%	459 22.4%	19	2,053	D+54.4
Washington	1,351 69.8%	572 29.5%	13	1,936	D+40.2
Monroe	1,420 75.3%	466 24.7%	1	1,887	D+50.6
Forsyth	1,579 87.7%	209 11.6%	12	1,800	D+76.1
Decatur	1,287 72.8%	482 27.2%		1,769	D+45.5
Floyd	1,145 65.5%	585 33.5%	18	1,748	D+32.0
Muscogee	1,107 63.8%	611 35.2%	16	1,734	D+28.6
Troup	1,242 73.8%	435 25.8%	7	1,684	D+47.9
Henry	1,136 67.9%	512 30.6%	25	1,673	D+37.3
Harris	1,020 61.2%	633 38.0%	13	1,666	D+23.2
Sumter	940 58.9%	652 40.9%	3	1,595	D+18.1
Pike	1,030 64.8%	514 32.3%	45	1,589	D+32.5
Cobb	1,143 73.2%	391 25.0%	28	1,562	D+48.1
Greene	803 52.4%	714 46.6%	16	1,533	D+5.8
Spalding	1,039 68.9%	448 29.7%	20	1,507	D+39.2
Clarke	801 54.6%	660 45.0%	6	1,467	D+9.6
Meriwether	991 68.2%	452 31.1%	11	1,454	D+37.1
Lowndes	767 53.7%	643 45.1%	17	1,427	D+8.7
Brooks	828 58.3%	580 40.8%	13	1,421	D+17.5
Houston	949 66.9%	466 32.9%	3	1,418	D+34.1
Screven	1,161 82.4%	243 17.2%	5	1,409	D+65.2
Pulaski	1,107 78.7%	298 21.2%	2	1,407	D+57.5
Dekalb	1,021 75.8%	313 23.2%	13	1,347	D+52.6
Upson	977 73.8%	345 26.1%	1	1,323	D+47.8
Whitfield	837 63.4%	421 31.9%	62	1,320	D+31.5
Bartow	916 71.0%	290 22.5%	84	1,290	D+48.5
Newton	788 64.6%	398 32.6%	33	1,219	D+32.0
Glynn	601 49.6%	582 48.0%	29	1,212	D+1.6
Liberty	477 39.8%	708 59.0%	15	1,200	R+19.3
Dooly	787 67.0%	386 32.9%	1	1,174	D+34.2
Pickens	368 31.8%	788 68.0%	2	1,158	R+36.3
Gilmer	556 49.6%	543 48.4%	22	1,121	D+1.2
Bulloch	1,061 96.0%	42 3.8%	2	1,105	D+92.2
Campbell (Ext)	778 70.7%	321 29.2%	1	1,100	D+41.5
Mitchell	650 60.0%	433 39.9%	1	1,084	D+20.0
Fannin	374 34.9%	692 64.6%	6	1,072	R+29.7
Laurens	839 78.4%	222 20.7%	9	1,070	D+57.7
Polk	587 55.2%	450 42.3%	27	1,064	D+12.9
Dougherty	815 78.2%	222 21.3%	5	1,042	D+56.9
Banks	807 78.3%	210 20.4%	14	1,031	D+57.9
Habersham	830 80.8%	188 18.3%	9	1,027	D+62.5
Walton	767 75.0%	235 23.0%	21	1,023	D+52.0
Gordon	852 84.6%	119 11.8%	36	1,007	D+72.8
Macon	683 68.0%	320 31.9%	1	1,004	D+36.2
Walker	718 72.5%	260 26.3%	12	990	D+46.3
Union	547 55.4%	440 44.5%	1	988	D+10.8
Jones	531 54.4%	443 45.4%	2	976	D+9.0
Talbot	575 59.3%	389 40.1%	5	969	D+19.2
Milton (Ext)	895 93.4%	56 5.8%	7	958	D+87.6
Jefferson	816 85.8%	130 13.7%	5	951	D+72.1
Richmond	808 85.1%	113 11.9%	28	949	D+73.2
Randolph	594 63.2%	327 34.8%	19	940	D+28.4
Burke	684 73.4%	248 26.6%		932	D+46.8
Dodge	496 54.3%	406 44.4%	12	914	D+9.8
Terrell	673 74.6%	228 25.3%	1	902	D+49.3
Fayette	690 77.1%	204 22.8%	1	895	D+54.3
Butts	603 68.9%	245 28.0%	27	875	D+40.9
McIntosh	192 22.2%	673 77.8%		865	R+55.6
Dawson	513 59.4%	340 39.4%	11	864	D+20.0
Rockdale	568 66.5%	280 32.8%	6	854	D+33.7
Clay	554 65.8%	287 34.1%	1	842	D+31.7
Clayton	604 72.9%	224 27.1%		828	D+45.9
Heard	629 76.4%	188 22.8%	6	823	D+53.6
Chattooga	638 77.8%	180 22.0%	2	820	D+55.9
Elbert	774 95.7%	11 1.4%	24	809	D+94.3
Stewart	662 82.5%	139 17.3%	1	802	D+65.2
Paulding	592 75.4%	185 23.6%	8	785	D+51.8
Hart	674 87.0%	80 10.3%	21	775	D+76.6
Hancock	596 77.0%	177 22.9%	1	774	D+54.1
Lumpkin	440 57.1%	317 41.2%	13	770	D+16.0
Jasper	588 76.9%	177 23.1%		765	D+53.7
Franklin	606 79.8%	121 15.9%	32	759	D+63.9
Telfair	493 65.0%	234 30.8%	32	759	D+34.1
Worth	547 72.3%	179 23.6%	31	757	D+48.6
Appling	531 70.3%	219 29.0%	5	755	D+41.3
Early	467 61.9%	288 38.1%		755	D+23.7
Murray	524 71.0%	199 27.0%	15	738	D+44.0
Berrien	721 98.0%	11 1.5%	4	736	D+96.5
Madison	583 80.2%	144 19.8%		727	D+60.4
Morgan	506 70.3%	210 29.2%	4	720	D+41.1
Wilkes	683 97.9%	0 0.0%	15	698	D+97.9
Taylor	559 80.3%	123 17.7%	14	696	D+62.6
Emanuel	658 95.5%	30 4.4%	1	689	D+91.1
Baldwin	403 59.2%	271 39.8%	7	681	D+19.4
Montgomery	480 71.5%	178 26.5%	13	671	D+45.0
Douglas	493 76.1%	151 23.3%	4	648	D+52.8
Warren	545 84.1%	100 15.4%	3	648	D+68.7
White	494 77.3%	139 21.8%	6	639	D+55.6
Marion	543 85.1%	94 14.7%	1	638	D+70.4
Tattnall	534 83.7%	102 16.0%	2	638	D+67.7
Haralson	493 82.9%	93 15.6%	9	595	D+67.2
Taliaferro	391 65.7%	200 33.6%	4	595	D+32.1
Schley	355 60.4%	233 39.6%		588	D+20.7
Lee	178 30.5%	405 69.3%	1	584	R+38.9
Ware	369 64.5%	186 32.5%	17	572	D+32.0
Pierce	366 64.7%	198 35.0%	2	566	D+29.7
Effingham	362 64.1%	189 33.5%	14	565	D+30.6
Dade	465 83.5%	89 16.0%	3	557	D+67.5
Oglethorpe	550 98.9%	4 0.7%	2	556	D+98.2
Catoosa	428 77.1%	106 19.1%	21	555	D+58.0
Clinch	435 78.5%	115 20.8%	4	554	D+57.8
Towns	275 49.6%	277 50.0%	2	554	R+0.4
Oconee	380 70.8%	156 29.1%	1	537	D+41.7
Johnson	379 73.4%	124 24.0%	13	516	D+49.4
Webster	290 56.4%	224 43.6%		514	D+12.8
Putnam	511 99.8%	0 0.0%	1	512	D+99.8
Camden	188 36.9%	317 62.2%	5	510	R+25.3
Crawford	442 94.2%	26 5.5%	1	469	D+88.7
Wayne	317 67.9%	137 29.3%	13	467	D+38.5
Twiggs	299 65.0%	157 34.1%	4	460	D+30.9
Calhoun	451 100.0%	0 0.0%		451	D+100.0
Quitman	327 72.7%	122 27.1%	1	450	D+45.6
Lincoln	446 99.8%	0 0.0%	1	447	D+99.8
Rabun	386 88.1%	43 9.8%	9	438	D+78.3
Wilcox	357 82.4%	73 16.9%	3	433	D+65.6
Wilkinson	339 82.5%	69 16.8%	3	411	D+65.7
Coffee	294 72.1%	110 27.0%	4	408	D+45.1
Columbia	397 98.5%	0 0.0%	6	403	D+98.5
McDuffie	389 99.2%	3 0.8%		392	D+98.5
Baker	346 88.9%	43 11.1%		389	D+77.9
Glascock	290 86.6%	45 13.4%		335	D+73.1
Irwin	245 88.8%	31 11.2%		276	D+77.5
Colquitt	255 97.7%	4 1.5%	2	261	D+96.2
Bryan	214 94.3%	12 5.3%	1	227	D+89.0
Echols	150 75.8%	43 21.7%	5	198	D+54.0
Miller	170 95.0%	9 5.0%		179	D+89.9
Charlton	113 65.3%	58 33.5%	2	173	D+31.8
Chattahoochee	145 86.8%	22 13.2%		167	D+73.7

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

1888 presidential election in Georgia

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