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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Minnesota

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1888, 54.1% to 39.6%, a margin of 14.5 points and 38,107 votes.

Minnesota voted 15.3 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 63 of the 79 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 16. The largest, Hennepin, cast 38,022 votes and went to the Republican by 16.2 points. The closest was Cook, where 5 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	142,492	54.1%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	104,385	39.6%
Clinton B. Fisk	Prohibition	15,311	5.8%
All other candidates		1,097	0.4%
Total		263,285

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	15,040 39.6%	21,209 55.8%	1,773	38,022	R+16.2
Ramsey	13,094 50.0%	12,163 46.4%	932	26,189	D+3.6
St. Louis	1,914 26.0%	4,920 66.7%	539	7,373	R+40.8
Stearns	4,747 66.7%	2,173 30.5%	195	7,115	D+36.2
Winona	3,738 53.0%	3,176 45.0%	144	7,058	D+8.0
Blue Earth	2,761 42.6%	3,307 51.0%	411	6,479	R+8.4
Otter Tail	1,770 27.8%	3,874 60.7%	733	6,377	R+33.0
Goodhue	1,721 29.2%	3,813 64.6%	364	5,898	R+35.5
Fillmore	1,759 31.3%	3,428 61.0%	436	5,623	R+29.7
Polk	1,711 31.4%	3,096 56.8%	640	5,447	R+25.4
Wright	2,133 39.8%	2,877 53.7%	345	5,355	R+13.9
Rice	2,195 43.0%	2,512 49.2%	394	5,101	R+6.2
Washington	2,015 41.1%	2,764 56.4%	123	4,902	R+15.3
Olmsted	2,094 44.8%	2,432 52.0%	147	4,673	R+7.2
Dakota	2,372 55.8%	1,664 39.1%	217	4,253	D+16.6
Le Sueur	2,121 51.3%	1,817 43.9%	200	4,138	D+7.3
Mower	1,343 34.6%	2,373 61.0%	171	3,887	R+26.5
Wabasha	2,033 52.4%	1,669 43.0%	179	3,881	D+9.4
Freeborn	973 25.8%	2,413 63.9%	388	3,774	R+38.2
Faribault	1,054 29.9%	2,176 61.7%	297	3,527	R+31.8
Carver	1,886 54.9%	1,486 43.3%	61	3,433	D+11.7
Meeker	1,231 37.6%	1,799 55.0%	243	3,273	R+17.4
McLeod	1,827 56.1%	1,323 40.6%	105	3,255	D+15.5
Renville	1,070 33.8%	1,903 60.1%	192	3,165	R+26.3
Houston	1,376 44.3%	1,624 52.3%	103	3,103	R+8.0
Scott	2,092 71.0%	805 27.3%	51	2,948	D+43.7
Brown	1,489 50.8%	1,285 43.8%	159	2,933	D+7.0
Sibley	1,437 49.9%	1,389 48.2%	54	2,880	D+1.7
Waseca	1,169 41.2%	1,498 52.8%	171	2,838	R+11.6
Steele	1,207 42.6%	1,488 52.5%	137	2,832	R+9.9
Douglas	661 23.4%	1,744 61.7%	420	2,825	R+38.3
Kandiyohi	472 16.8%	1,936 68.9%	401	2,809	R+52.1
Clay	972 35.8%	1,547 56.9%	198	2,717	R+21.2
Nicollet	1,201 44.4%	1,383 51.1%	120	2,704	R+6.7
Dodge	805 31.5%	1,530 59.8%	222	2,557	R+28.4
Morrison	1,404 56.4%	1,042 41.8%	44	2,490	D+14.5
Todd	870 35.1%	1,508 60.8%	102	2,480	R+25.7
Anoka	807 35.1%	1,320 57.3%	175	2,302	R+22.3
Becker	511 23.5%	1,360 62.6%	301	2,172	R+39.1
Chisago	419 20.2%	1,481 71.5%	172	2,072	R+51.3
Norman	356 18.0%	1,162 58.7%	461	1,979	R+40.7
Swift	743 37.7%	1,098 55.7%	132	1,973	R+18.0
Lac Qui Parle	540 28.0%	1,298 67.4%	88	1,926	R+39.4
Crow Wing	699 36.6%	1,144 60.0%	65	1,908	R+23.3
Pope	390 20.5%	1,267 66.7%	242	1,899	R+46.2
Lyon	475 26.1%	1,138 62.5%	207	1,820	R+36.4
Martin	471 26.1%	1,161 64.2%	176	1,808	R+38.2
Redwood	540 30.6%	1,018 57.7%	205	1,763	R+27.1
Nobles	682 38.9%	896 51.1%	176	1,754	R+12.2
Marshall	426 24.9%	1,166 68.2%	117	1,709	R+43.3
Yellow Medicine	346 20.8%	1,175 70.8%	139	1,660	R+49.9
Jackson	476 30.1%	1,018 64.4%	86	1,580	R+34.3
Chippewa	506 33.4%	820 54.2%	188	1,514	R+20.7
Carlton	439 31.0%	924 65.3%	53	1,416	R+34.3
Rock	325 23.0%	995 70.3%	96	1,416	R+47.3
Isanti	159 11.3%	924 65.9%	320	1,403	R+54.5
Grant	316 22.8%	899 64.9%	170	1,385	R+42.1
Murray	492 35.7%	782 56.7%	104	1,378	R+21.0
Watonwan	326 24.3%	928 69.2%	88	1,342	R+44.9
Benton	762 57.6%	527 39.8%	35	1,324	D+17.7
Sherburne	437 34.0%	790 61.4%	59	1,286	R+27.4
Stevens	475 38.6%	679 55.1%	78	1,232	R+16.6
Big Stone	446 37.3%	641 53.6%	109	1,196	R+16.3
Pipestone	305 26.9%	668 59.0%	160	1,133	R+32.0
Cottonwood	273 24.3%	760 67.7%	90	1,123	R+43.4
Lincoln	399 37.3%	594 55.5%	77	1,070	R+18.2
Traverse	451 43.5%	542 52.3%	44	1,037	R+8.8
Kittson	360 34.7%	603 58.2%	73	1,036	R+23.5
Wadena	337 33.3%	604 59.7%	71	1,012	R+26.4
Pine	431 43.9%	487 49.6%	63	981	R+5.7
Wilkin	359 37.6%	546 57.2%	50	955	R+19.6
Cass	236 33.0%	474 66.2%	6	716	R+33.2
Mille Lacs	229 34.4%	414 62.2%	23	666	R+27.8
Aitkin	185 29.5%	408 65.1%	34	627	R+35.6
Hubbard	181 47.9%	169 44.7%	28	378	D+3.2
Kanabec	82 22.9%	162 45.3%	114	358	R+22.3
Lake	89 28.4%	222 70.9%	2	313	R+42.5
Itasca	105 60.7%	58 33.5%	10	173	D+27.2
Cook	29 54.7%	24 45.3%		53	D+9.4

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

1888 presidential election in Minnesota

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