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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Mississippi

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Mississippi in 1888, 73.8% to 26.0%, a margin of 47.8 points and 55,356 votes.

Mississippi voted 47.0 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 67 of the 74 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Marshall, cast 3,684 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.9 points. The closest was Quitman, where 62 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 85,451 73.8%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 30,095 26.0%
All other candidates 240 0.2%
Total115,786

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marshall 2,264 61.5% 1,420 38.5% 3,684 D+22.9
Monroe 2,962 87.8% 413 12.2% 3,375 D+75.5
Warren 2,364 71.2% 958 28.8% 3,322 D+42.3
Washington 1,850 58.2% 1,322 41.6% 9 3,181 D+16.6
Hinds 2,201 69.5% 956 30.2% 12 3,169 D+39.3
De Soto 2,083 68.5% 960 31.5% 3,043 D+36.9
Attala 1,924 67.5% 927 32.5% 2,851 D+35.0
Adams 793 28.6% 1,981 71.4% 2,774 R+42.8
Panola 1,650 59.5% 1,121 40.5% 2,771 D+19.1
Copiah 2,207 82.7% 461 17.3% 2,668 D+65.4
Bolivar 907 34.4% 1,726 65.6% 2,633 R+31.1
Lauderdale 2,150 86.2% 332 13.3% 13 2,495 D+72.9
Holmes 1,664 69.8% 717 30.1% 2 2,383 D+39.7
Madison 2,032 85.5% 344 14.5% 1 2,377 D+71.0
Tate 1,931 81.5% 437 18.5% 2,368 D+63.1
Coahoma 612 27.8% 1,591 72.2% 2,203 R+44.4
Lafayette 1,687 77.6% 487 22.4% 2,174 D+55.2
Pike 1,518 72.0% 585 27.7% 6 2,109 D+44.2
Rankin 1,545 75.4% 504 24.6% 2,049 D+50.8
Clarke 1,510 74.8% 496 24.6% 12 2,018 D+50.2
Newton 1,875 93.2% 135 6.7% 1 2,011 D+86.5
Union 1,409 77.8% 397 21.9% 4 1,810 D+55.9
Tippah 1,301 72.9% 483 27.1% 1 1,785 D+45.8
Amite 1,399 78.7% 375 21.1% 3 1,777 D+57.6
Oktibbeha 1,342 76.6% 399 22.8% 11 1,752 D+53.8
Clay 1,508 86.6% 234 13.4% 1,742 D+73.1
Lincoln 1,097 63.5% 631 36.5% 1,728 D+27.0
Chickasaw 1,264 74.4% 432 25.4% 2 1,698 D+49.0
Jasper 1,045 63.0% 611 36.8% 4 1,660 D+26.1
Alcorn 1,094 70.9% 447 29.0% 3 1,544 D+41.9
Kemper 1,213 78.9% 325 21.1% 1,538 D+57.7
Lee 1,508 98.2% 27 1.8% 1,535 D+96.5
Prentiss 1,231 81.4% 281 18.6% 1,512 D+62.8
Pontotoc 967 65.3% 509 34.4% 4 1,480 D+30.9
Tunica 509 34.7% 956 65.3% 1,465 R+30.5
Jackson 833 57.2% 616 42.3% 8 1,457 D+14.9
Itawamba 1,360 96.5% 50 3.5% 1,410 D+92.9
Leake 1,200 85.2% 209 14.8% 1,409 D+70.3
Harrison 850 63.0% 478 35.4% 22 1,350 D+27.6
Benton 814 62.9% 479 37.0% 1 1,294 D+25.9
Calhoun 1,163 91.1% 108 8.5% 5 1,276 D+82.7
Yalobusha 1,046 83.2% 211 16.8% 1,257 D+66.4
Yazoo 1,196 99.4% 7 0.6% 1,203 D+98.8
Wayne 690 58.1% 494 41.6% 4 1,188 D+16.5
Scott 1,056 90.0% 112 9.5% 5 1,173 D+80.5
Lowndes 1,122 98.3% 17 1.5% 2 1,141 D+96.8
Carroll 1,052 94.3% 60 5.4% 4 1,116 D+88.9
Montgomery 989 89.3% 118 10.7% 1,107 D+78.7
Smith 1,082 99.6% 2 0.2% 2 1,086 D+99.4
Hancock 725 67.7% 313 29.2% 33 1,071 D+38.5
Issaquena 487 46.2% 568 53.8% 1,055 R+7.7
Tallahatchie 1,021 97.3% 28 2.7% 1,049 D+94.7
Jefferson 683 65.3% 363 34.7% 1,046 D+30.6
Franklin 776 78.5% 203 20.5% 9 988 D+58.0
Grenada 708 73.7% 253 26.3% 961 D+47.3
Tishomingo 810 84.5% 144 15.0% 5 959 D+69.4
Simpson 750 79.4% 193 20.4% 1 944 D+59.0
Webster 725 81.6% 161 18.1% 2 888 D+63.5
Neshoba 884 99.7% 3 0.3% 887 D+99.3
Noxubee 846 100.0% 0 0.0% 846 D+100.0
Lawrence 836 99.6% 1 0.1% 2 839 D+99.5
Marion 826 98.8% 5 0.6% 5 836 D+98.2
Sharkey 228 27.4% 599 72.1% 4 831 R+44.6
Leflore 825 99.6% 1 0.1% 2 828 D+99.5
Choctaw 743 99.6% 3 0.4% 746 D+99.2
Winston 708 99.7% 0 0.0% 2 710 D+99.7
Jones 671 100.0% 0 0.0% 671 D+100.0
Covington 638 99.4% 4 0.6% 642 D+98.8
Claiborne 599 97.7% 14 2.3% 613 D+95.4
Perry 547 91.5% 17 2.8% 34 598 D+88.6
Wilkinson 495 93.0% 37 7.0% 532 D+86.1
Greene 381 85.8% 63 14.2% 444 D+71.6
Sunflower 365 96.3% 14 3.7% 379 D+92.6
Quitman 105 38.6% 167 61.4% 272 R+22.8

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+22.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+17.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+11.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+13.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+19.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+16.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+58.6
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+74.3
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+33.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+20.9
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+87.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+91.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+94.3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+92.4
1928 Al Smith (D) D+64.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+81.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+70.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+87.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+86.5
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+83.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+85.5
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+77.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+84.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+73.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+47.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+28.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+35.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+36.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.0