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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Illinois

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Illinois in 1888, 49.5% to 46.6%, a margin of 3.0 points and 22,124 votes.

Illinois voted 3.8 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 52 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 50. The largest, Cook, cast 172,839 votes and went to the Republican by 0.5 points. The closest was Jo Daviess, where 9 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	370,475	49.5%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	348,351	46.6%
All other candidates		28,987	3.9%
Total		747,813

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cook	84,503 48.9%	85,307 49.4%	3,029	172,839	R+0.5
La Salle	8,313 48.9%	8,006 47.1%	691	17,010	D+1.8
Peoria	7,476 51.6%	6,677 46.1%	334	14,487	D+5.5
McLean	5,935 41.3%	7,708 53.6%	730	14,373	R+12.3
Sangamon	7,148 49.9%	6,436 44.9%	737	14,321	D+5.0
Adams	7,196 52.7%	6,088 44.6%	359	13,643	D+8.1
St. Clair	6,188 47.8%	5,932 45.9%	816	12,936	D+2.0
Kane	4,386 34.6%	7,572 59.7%	728	12,686	R+25.1
Will	5,257 44.0%	6,357 53.2%	338	11,952	R+9.2
Vermilion	4,621 40.9%	6,247 55.3%	424	11,292	R+14.4
Madison	5,175 47.2%	5,485 50.0%	300	10,960	R+2.8
Fulton	4,965 48.1%	4,948 48.0%	402	10,315	D+0.2
Champaign	4,103 42.6%	5,104 53.1%	414	9,621	R+10.4
Macoupin	4,703 50.9%	4,070 44.0%	467	9,240	D+6.9
Knox	2,885 32.6%	5,450 61.6%	509	8,844	R+29.0
Rock Island	3,644 42.5%	4,584 53.5%	343	8,571	R+11.0
Macon	3,789 44.4%	4,084 47.9%	656	8,529	R+3.5
Livingston	3,691 45.8%	3,914 48.6%	452	8,057	R+2.8
Bureau	3,487 43.6%	4,070 50.9%	436	7,993	R+7.3
Winnebago	2,176 27.3%	5,086 63.9%	697	7,959	R+36.6
Iroquois	3,350 43.1%	4,101 52.7%	329	7,780	R+9.7
Hancock	3,911 50.3%	3,569 45.9%	297	7,777	D+4.4
Morgan	3,643 49.4%	3,426 46.4%	308	7,377	D+2.9
Pike	3,592 49.4%	2,820 38.8%	855	7,267	D+10.6
Stephenson	3,429 47.4%	3,484 48.2%	318	7,231	R+0.8
Henry	2,364 32.8%	4,431 61.5%	413	7,208	R+28.7
Shelby	3,988 57.5%	2,521 36.3%	427	6,936	D+21.2
Coles	3,286 47.7%	3,424 49.7%	173	6,883	R+2.0
Montgomery	3,608 53.1%	2,875 42.3%	317	6,800	D+10.8
Whiteside	2,453 36.5%	3,843 57.2%	418	6,714	R+20.7
Ogle	2,255 33.6%	4,135 61.7%	314	6,704	R+28.0
Christian	3,360 50.2%	2,863 42.8%	465	6,688	D+7.4
McDonough	3,125 47.1%	3,176 47.9%	333	6,634	R+0.8
Tazewell	3,426 52.4%	2,926 44.8%	180	6,532	D+7.7
Edgar	3,169 49.1%	3,107 48.2%	176	6,452	D+1.0
De Kalb	1,793 29.1%	3,971 64.4%	398	6,162	R+35.3
Lee	2,488 41.2%	3,364 55.7%	192	6,044	R+14.5
McHenry	2,002 34.0%	3,563 60.5%	323	5,888	R+26.5
Jackson	2,790 48.1%	2,725 47.0%	285	5,800	D+1.1
Logan	2,919 50.4%	2,604 45.0%	269	5,792	D+5.4
Jo Daviess	2,719 47.7%	2,728 47.9%	249	5,696	R+0.2
Kankakee	2,101 37.5%	3,219 57.5%	276	5,596	R+20.0
Greene	3,237 58.5%	2,072 37.4%	228	5,537	D+21.0
Randolph	2,646 49.0%	2,494 46.2%	258	5,398	D+2.8
White	2,889 55.1%	2,230 42.5%	124	5,243	D+12.6
Clark	2,686 51.5%	2,418 46.3%	116	5,220	D+5.1
Marion	2,492 48.2%	2,165 41.9%	511	5,168	D+6.3
Fayette	2,760 53.8%	2,264 44.1%	110	5,134	D+9.7
Warren	2,016 39.9%	2,709 53.7%	322	5,047	R+13.7
Wayne	2,394 49.0%	2,334 47.8%	154	4,882	D+1.2
Lake	1,718 36.4%	2,790 59.1%	209	4,717	R+22.7
Jefferson	2,378 51.9%	1,981 43.2%	225	4,584	D+8.7
Williamson	2,020 45.0%	2,347 52.2%	126	4,493	R+7.3
Woodford	2,410 54.2%	1,812 40.7%	225	4,447	D+13.4
Mercer	1,804 41.6%	2,349 54.1%	186	4,339	R+12.6
Piatt	1,939 45.9%	2,174 51.4%	113	4,226	R+5.6
Douglas	1,875 44.6%	2,143 51.0%	184	4,202	R+6.4
De Witt	1,976 47.2%	2,042 48.8%	168	4,186	R+1.6
Du Page	1,615 38.8%	2,357 56.6%	194	4,166	R+17.8
Carroll	1,329 32.1%	2,644 63.8%	170	4,143	R+31.7
Effingham	2,539 61.6%	1,484 36.0%	97	4,120	D+25.6
Saline	1,864 45.8%	2,104 51.7%	98	4,066	R+5.9
Grundy	1,508 37.2%	2,144 52.9%	399	4,051	R+15.7
Washington	1,747 44.2%	1,991 50.4%	212	3,950	R+6.2
Crawford	2,000 52.2%	1,794 46.8%	38	3,832	D+5.4
Jasper	2,105 55.2%	1,554 40.8%	154	3,813	D+14.5
Union	2,367 62.3%	1,346 35.4%	87	3,800	D+26.9
Mason	2,114 55.7%	1,556 41.0%	127	3,797	D+14.7
Cass	2,073 55.5%	1,527 40.9%	136	3,736	D+14.6
Schuyler	1,994 53.7%	1,610 43.3%	110	3,714	D+10.3
Clinton	2,187 59.6%	1,413 38.5%	69	3,669	D+21.1
Alexander	1,544 42.4%	2,014 55.3%	85	3,643	R+12.9
Perry	1,661 46.1%	1,646 45.7%	295	3,602	D+0.4
Hamilton	2,007 56.6%	1,461 41.2%	81	3,549	D+15.4
Ford	1,208 34.3%	2,113 60.0%	198	3,519	R+25.7
Clay	1,655 47.3%	1,714 49.0%	129	3,498	R+1.7
Jersey	1,972 56.8%	1,400 40.4%	97	3,469	D+16.5
Cumberland	1,776 51.7%	1,539 44.8%	123	3,438	D+6.9
Marshall	1,697 49.7%	1,613 47.2%	106	3,416	D+2.5
Franklin	1,704 50.2%	1,613 47.5%	79	3,396	D+2.7
Lawrence	1,609 47.8%	1,635 48.5%	125	3,369	R+0.8
Gallatin	1,801 55.2%	1,380 42.3%	81	3,262	D+12.9
Moultrie	1,752 53.7%	1,430 43.9%	78	3,260	D+9.9
Richland	1,625 49.9%	1,541 47.3%	91	3,257	D+2.6
Bond	1,276 40.1%	1,685 53.0%	220	3,181	R+12.9
Menard	1,648 52.7%	1,292 41.3%	186	3,126	D+11.4
Monroe	1,698 57.7%	1,237 42.0%	9	2,944	D+15.7
Johnson	948 32.4%	1,758 60.0%	223	2,929	R+27.7
Brown	1,616 57.0%	945 33.3%	275	2,836	D+23.7
Kendall	724 25.7%	1,809 64.3%	281	2,814	R+38.6
Boone	495 17.8%	2,100 75.5%	188	2,783	R+57.7
Scott	1,408 54.2%	1,125 43.3%	65	2,598	D+10.9
Pope	911 35.1%	1,646 63.5%	36	2,593	R+28.3
Wabash	1,336 52.8%	1,084 42.8%	110	2,530	D+10.0
Pulaski	812 34.3%	1,515 63.9%	43	2,370	R+29.7
Stark	826 35.1%	1,359 57.8%	166	2,351	R+22.7
Massac	779 33.4%	1,530 65.5%	26	2,335	R+32.2
Henderson	897 38.7%	1,342 57.8%	81	2,320	R+19.2
Edwards	648 32.3%	1,301 64.9%	57	2,006	R+32.6
Calhoun	939 59.4%	589 37.3%	53	1,581	D+22.1
Hardin	769 54.6%	631 44.8%	8	1,408	D+9.8
Putnam	516 44.4%	580 50.0%	65	1,161	R+5.5

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+10.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+17.0
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+17.1
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+16.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+25.1
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+10.3
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+12.0
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+14.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+2.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+7.9
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+2.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.5
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+18.9
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.9
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+0.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.0
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.2
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+14.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+42.3
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+9.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.2
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+15.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+28.3
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+8.4
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+13.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+3.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+3.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+3.7
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+6.5
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4

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