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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Michigan

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Michigan in 1888, 49.7% to 44.9%, a margin of 4.9 points and 23,056 votes.

Michigan voted 5.7 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 58 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Wayne, cast 48,212 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.7 points. The closest was Schoolcraft, where 1 vote separated the top two.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Benjamin Harrison won Republican 236,384 49.7%
Grover Cleveland Democratic 213,328 44.9%
All other candidates 25,500 5.4%
Total475,212

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 25,986 53.9% 21,326 44.2% 900 48,212 D+9.7
Kent 11,864 45.8% 12,811 49.4% 1,254 25,929 R+3.7
Saginaw 8,923 55.7% 6,723 42.0% 379 16,025 D+13.7
Lenawee 5,671 43.3% 6,475 49.5% 937 13,083 R+6.1
Jackson 5,170 44.7% 5,646 48.8% 750 11,566 R+4.1
Oakland 5,410 47.5% 5,389 47.3% 591 11,390 D+0.2
St. Clair 5,286 47.8% 5,419 49.0% 346 11,051 R+1.2
Calhoun 4,358 40.1% 5,732 52.8% 772 10,862 R+12.6
Washtenaw 5,482 51.8% 4,549 43.0% 557 10,588 D+8.8
Berrien 4,689 45.5% 5,128 49.7% 497 10,314 R+4.3
Genesee 3,904 38.4% 5,404 53.2% 856 10,164 R+14.8
Bay 5,386 53.8% 4,378 43.7% 248 10,012 D+10.1
Ingham 4,782 48.1% 4,547 45.7% 619 9,948 D+2.4
Kalamazoo 3,950 39.7% 5,437 54.7% 560 9,947 R+14.9
Allegan 3,829 39.2% 5,078 52.0% 856 9,763 R+12.8
Eaton 3,266 36.8% 4,624 52.1% 983 8,873 R+15.3
Ionia 3,779 43.4% 4,436 51.0% 491 8,706 R+7.5
Hillsdale 3,035 34.9% 4,959 57.0% 706 8,700 R+22.1
Muskegon 3,514 40.8% 4,521 52.4% 587 8,622 R+11.7
Montcalm 3,495 41.6% 4,480 53.4% 418 8,393 R+11.7
Van Buren 2,986 36.2% 4,783 58.0% 471 8,240 R+21.8
Ottawa 3,191 40.8% 4,302 55.0% 325 7,818 R+14.2
Shiawassee 3,187 41.3% 4,007 51.9% 525 7,719 R+10.6
Monroe 3,940 52.1% 3,430 45.3% 197 7,567 D+6.7
Branch 2,739 37.0% 4,098 55.4% 566 7,403 R+18.4
Tuscola 3,112 42.2% 3,888 52.8% 367 7,367 R+10.5
Clinton 3,248 45.2% 3,493 48.6% 439 7,180 R+3.4
Macomb 3,708 51.7% 3,245 45.2% 220 7,173 D+6.5
Gratiot 2,854 40.7% 3,667 52.3% 484 7,005 R+11.6
St. Joseph 3,217 46.1% 3,372 48.4% 383 6,972 R+2.2
Lapeer 2,914 42.5% 3,662 53.4% 287 6,863 R+10.9
Marquette 2,105 30.7% 4,512 65.8% 244 6,861 R+35.1
Barry 2,676 41.5% 3,212 49.8% 558 6,446 R+8.3
Livingston 2,842 47.2% 2,706 45.0% 467 6,015 D+2.3
Houghton 2,696 45.8% 3,012 51.1% 184 5,892 R+5.4
Cass 2,564 44.3% 2,929 50.6% 293 5,786 R+6.3
Sanilac 2,434 42.8% 2,940 51.7% 317 5,691 R+8.9
Menominee 2,228 40.3% 3,156 57.1% 144 5,528 R+16.8
Mecosta 1,793 37.8% 2,604 54.9% 343 4,740 R+17.1
Newaygo 1,932 40.9% 2,448 51.9% 341 4,721 R+10.9
Huron 1,988 42.7% 1,608 34.5% 1,063 4,659 D+8.2
Manistee 2,328 54.8% 1,668 39.2% 256 4,252 D+15.5
Isabella 1,841 44.0% 2,154 51.5% 191 4,186 R+7.5
Oceana 1,426 39.5% 1,726 47.8% 457 3,609 R+8.3
Mason 1,573 47.1% 1,697 50.8% 71 3,341 R+3.7
Iosco 1,639 49.5% 1,505 45.5% 167 3,311 D+4.0
Osceola 1,090 33.0% 1,882 57.0% 329 3,301 R+24.0
Alpena 1,504 47.7% 1,486 47.1% 162 3,152 D+0.6
Grand Traverse 925 31.4% 1,859 63.1% 162 2,946 R+31.7
Delta 1,332 45.5% 1,587 54.2% 11 2,930 R+8.7
Midland 1,148 42.6% 1,336 49.6% 210 2,694 R+7.0
Wexford 1,065 40.0% 1,437 54.0% 161 2,663 R+14.0
Gogebic 1,112 44.2% 1,367 54.4% 36 2,515 R+10.1
Cheboygan 1,237 50.9% 1,110 45.7% 84 2,431 D+5.2
Antrim 881 38.3% 1,305 56.7% 114 2,300 R+18.4
Charlevoix 874 39.0% 1,270 56.7% 96 2,240 R+17.7
Emmet 1,056 50.1% 946 44.9% 106 2,108 D+5.2
Chippewa 909 44.4% 1,055 51.6% 82 2,046 R+7.1
Lake 807 41.3% 1,061 54.2% 88 1,956 R+13.0
Clare 912 48.4% 905 48.0% 69 1,886 D+0.4
Leelanau 673 41.5% 899 55.5% 48 1,620 R+14.0
Mackinac 913 58.8% 625 40.2% 15 1,553 D+18.5
Kalkaska 400 31.3% 798 62.3% 82 1,280 R+31.1
Ogemaw 579 45.2% 620 48.4% 81 1,280 R+3.2
Missaukee 572 45.7% 632 50.4% 49 1,253 R+4.8
Schoolcraft 589 47.7% 590 47.8% 55 1,234 R+0.1
Benzie 412 33.4% 710 57.6% 111 1,233 R+24.2
Alcona 502 43.3% 645 55.6% 13 1,160 R+12.3
Arenac 261 23.3% 357 31.8% 503 1,121 Others
Iron 520 46.4% 598 53.4% 2 1,120 R+7.0
Otsego 434 40.0% 573 52.8% 78 1,085 R+12.8
Crawford 479 51.8% 436 47.1% 10 925 D+4.6
Presque Isle 484 53.6% 408 45.2% 11 903 D+8.4
Gladwin 357 40.0% 525 58.8% 11 893 R+18.8
Ontonagon 542 63.6% 308 36.2% 2 852 D+27.5
Baraga 406 50.8% 389 48.7% 4 799 D+2.1
Roscommon 358 49.7% 360 50.0% 2 720 R+0.3
Keweenaw 185 30.8% 411 68.5% 4 600 R+37.7
Oscoda 299 50.9% 277 47.2% 11 587 D+3.7
Montmorency 237 49.3% 235 48.9% 9 481 D+0.4
Alger 162 35.5% 284 62.3% 10 456 R+26.8
Luce 172 43.4% 212 53.5% 12 396 R+10.1
Isle Royale (Ext) 141 97.9% 3 2.1% 144 D+95.8

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0