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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Louisiana

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Louisiana in 1888, 73.4% to 26.5%, a margin of 46.9 points and 54,372 votes.

Louisiana voted 46.1 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 52 of the 59 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Orleans, cast 22,290 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.8 points. The closest was St. Tammany, where 80 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	85,032	73.4%
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	30,660	26.5%
All other candidates		199	0.2%
Total		115,891

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	14,573 65.4%	7,713 34.6%	4	22,290	D+30.8
Rapides	3,397 89.3%	402 10.6%	3	3,802	D+78.8
Assumption	2,239 68.2%	1,045 31.8%		3,284	D+36.4
St. Mary	1,781 55.1%	1,445 44.7%	9	3,235	D+10.4
Iberville	1,116 35.0%	2,071 65.0%		3,187	R+30.0
East Baton Rouge	1,270 40.9%	1,835 59.1%		3,105	R+18.2
Lafourche	2,335 76.1%	732 23.9%		3,067	D+52.3
Concordia	2,477 84.2%	466 15.8%		2,943	D+68.3
Ascension	1,965 68.8%	890 31.2%		2,855	D+37.7
Ouachita	2,702 99.9%	4 0.1%		2,706	D+99.7
Madison	2,523 93.8%	166 6.2%		2,689	D+87.7
Caddo	2,541 95.3%	125 4.7%		2,666	D+90.6
Terrebonne	1,484 58.0%	1,074 42.0%		2,558	D+16.0
St. James	543 22.9%	1,831 77.1%		2,374	R+54.3
East Carroll	1,996 84.2%	374 15.8%		2,370	D+68.4
Bossier	2,155 92.6%	172 7.4%		2,327	D+85.2
St. Landry	1,631 74.0%	574 26.0%		2,205	D+47.9
Tensas	1,787 83.1%	363 16.9%		2,150	D+66.2
Avoyelles	1,507 71.3%	607 28.7%		2,114	D+42.6
Plaquemines	703 33.9%	1,372 66.1%		2,075	R+32.2
Union	2,033 99.8%	0 0.0%	4	2,037	D+99.8
Natchitoches	1,599 82.6%	338 17.4%		1,937	D+65.1
West Feliciana	1,795 97.5%	46 2.5%		1,841	D+95.0
Calcasieu	1,420 83.5%	273 16.1%	7	1,700	D+67.5
Claiborne	1,653 98.7%	16 1.0%	6	1,675	D+97.7
Pointe Coupee	878 52.6%	791 47.4%		1,669	D+5.2
Jefferson	594 35.9%	1,059 64.1%		1,653	R+28.1
Iberia	1,594 99.4%	9 0.6%		1,603	D+98.9
Red River	1,479 94.8%	73 4.7%	8	1,560	D+90.1
St. John The Baptist	399 26.7%	1,094 73.3%		1,493	R+46.6
Lafayette	1,373 97.7%	32 2.3%		1,405	D+95.4
St. Charles	105 7.8%	1,248 92.2%		1,353	R+84.5
Webster	1,310 96.9%	42 3.1%		1,352	D+93.8
Tangipahoa	902 69.8%	391 30.2%		1,293	D+39.5
Morehouse	1,286 99.5%	4 0.3%	2	1,292	D+99.2
Vermilion	977 82.9%	160 13.6%	41	1,178	D+69.4
Richland	1,090 99.3%	0 0.0%	8	1,098	D+99.3
Catahoula	733 69.1%	328 30.9%		1,061	D+38.2
Desoto	1,020 99.8%	2 0.2%		1,022	D+99.6
St. Martin	1,009 99.6%	4 0.4%		1,013	D+99.2
West Baton Rouge	573 57.2%	429 42.8%		1,002	D+14.4
Bienville	988 99.8%	1 0.1%	1	990	D+99.7
St. Bernard	561 61.6%	350 38.4%		911	D+23.2
Caldwell	882 97.6%	22 2.4%		904	D+95.1
Lincoln	842 95.4%	0 0.0%	41	883	D+95.4
East Feliciana	826 99.2%	7 0.8%		833	D+98.3
Grant	584 86.0%	95 14.0%		679	D+72.0
St. Tammany	374 56.0%	294 44.0%		668	D+12.0
Sabine	642 100.0%	0 0.0%		642	D+100.0
Acadia	607 99.3%	4 0.7%		611	D+98.7
Franklin	566 95.6%	26 4.4%		592	D+91.2
Vernon	588 100.0%	0 0.0%		588	D+100.0
Winn	553 97.2%	16 2.8%		569	D+94.4
West Carroll	563 100.0%	0 0.0%		563	D+100.0
Washington	417 80.0%	79 15.2%	25	521	D+64.9
Jackson	519 99.8%	0 0.0%	1	520	D+99.8
Livingston	377 76.5%	77 15.6%	39	493	D+60.9
St. Helena	393 83.6%	77 16.4%		470	D+67.2
Cameron	203 94.4%	12 5.6%		215	D+88.8

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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