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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Nebraska

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1888, 53.5% to 39.8%, a margin of 13.8 points and 27,865 votes.

Nebraska voted 14.6 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 65 of the 81 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 16. The largest, Douglas, cast 21,540 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.7 points. The closest was Thomas, where 2 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
Benjamin Harrison won Republican 108,417 53.5%
Grover Cleveland Democratic 80,552 39.8%
All other candidates 13,661 6.7%
Total202,630

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 10,810 50.2% 10,237 47.5% 493 21,540 D+2.7
Lancaster 3,508 35.2% 5,677 57.0% 780 9,965 R+21.8
Gage 2,341 37.3% 3,563 56.7% 375 6,279 R+19.5
Cass 2,913 46.9% 3,041 48.9% 260 6,214 R+2.1
Custer 1,501 32.1% 2,778 59.4% 399 4,678 R+27.3
Otoe 2,137 47.0% 2,039 44.9% 368 4,544 D+2.2
Saunders 1,806 41.3% 2,141 49.0% 426 4,373 R+7.7
Dodge 2,245 52.4% 1,853 43.3% 184 4,282 D+9.2
Saline 1,746 42.1% 2,109 50.8% 293 4,148 R+8.8
Richardson 1,888 45.5% 2,084 50.3% 173 4,145 R+4.7
Buffalo 1,375 35.0% 2,324 59.2% 227 3,926 R+24.2
Adams 1,282 33.6% 1,929 50.6% 605 3,816 R+17.0
Holt 1,532 40.9% 1,990 53.2% 220 3,742 R+12.2
York 1,111 30.8% 2,253 62.4% 244 3,608 R+31.7
Seward 1,658 46.3% 1,804 50.4% 116 3,578 R+4.1
Hall 1,509 42.5% 1,907 53.7% 132 3,548 R+11.2
Fillmore 1,313 38.6% 1,923 56.5% 168 3,404 R+17.9
Clay 995 29.3% 2,090 61.5% 315 3,400 R+32.2
Butler 1,495 46.1% 1,478 45.5% 273 3,246 D+0.5
Platte 1,627 55.0% 1,240 41.9% 91 2,958 D+13.1
Cheyenne 1,114 37.8% 1,689 57.3% 143 2,946 R+19.5
Jefferson 1,001 34.7% 1,742 60.4% 140 2,883 R+25.7
Hamilton 988 34.5% 1,730 60.5% 142 2,860 R+25.9
Nemaha 1,094 39.6% 1,427 51.6% 245 2,766 R+12.0
Madison 1,154 42.5% 1,392 51.3% 169 2,715 R+8.8
Thayer 1,060 40.7% 1,391 53.4% 156 2,607 R+12.7
Washington 971 39.2% 1,302 52.6% 202 2,475 R+13.4
Cuming 1,316 53.2% 1,038 42.0% 118 2,472 D+11.2
Johnson 947 39.6% 1,252 52.3% 194 2,393 R+12.7
Burt 613 25.7% 1,627 68.1% 148 2,388 R+42.5
Webster 749 32.5% 1,316 57.1% 239 2,304 R+24.6
Antelope 584 25.6% 1,412 61.8% 288 2,284 R+36.3
Pawnee 645 28.9% 1,297 58.2% 287 2,229 R+29.3
Nuckolls 742 33.7% 1,251 56.8% 209 2,202 R+23.1
Furnas 647 30.8% 1,317 62.7% 136 2,100 R+31.9
Red Willow 565 27.3% 1,155 55.7% 352 2,072 R+28.5
Merrick 639 31.1% 1,136 55.3% 280 2,055 R+24.2
Polk 480 24.1% 951 47.7% 564 1,995 R+23.6
Colfax 1,040 53.1% 829 42.4% 88 1,957 D+10.8
Kearney 667 34.2% 1,056 54.1% 230 1,953 R+19.9
Howard 963 50.4% 916 48.0% 30 1,909 D+2.5
Lincoln 726 38.0% 1,154 60.5% 29 1,909 R+22.4
Knox 706 37.2% 1,038 54.7% 153 1,897 R+17.5
Sheridan 699 37.7% 1,008 54.4% 145 1,852 R+16.7
Phelps 355 19.2% 1,238 66.9% 258 1,851 R+47.7
Boone 598 32.4% 1,188 64.4% 58 1,844 R+32.0
Brown 542 30.1% 1,075 59.7% 183 1,800 R+29.6
Harlan 431 24.0% 1,010 56.1% 358 1,799 R+32.2
Dawes 656 36.8% 1,128 63.2% 1,784 R+26.5
Dawson 614 34.6% 1,087 61.3% 72 1,773 R+26.7
Frontier 587 34.4% 1,043 61.1% 76 1,706 R+26.7
Dixon 627 38.5% 888 54.5% 113 1,628 R+16.0
Dakota 896 55.4% 706 43.7% 14 1,616 D+11.8
Sarpy 875 54.5% 658 41.0% 72 1,605 D+13.5
Franklin 558 35.0% 890 55.9% 145 1,593 R+20.8
Valley 525 34.2% 829 54.0% 180 1,534 R+19.8
Cherry 540 38.9% 749 54.0% 99 1,388 R+15.1
Hitchcock 436 32.4% 826 61.5% 82 1,344 R+29.0
Box Butte 556 42.0% 718 54.3% 49 1,323 R+12.2
Sherman 561 42.8% 706 53.9% 43 1,310 R+11.1
Cedar 640 49.0% 586 44.9% 79 1,305 D+4.1
Wayne 433 35.6% 616 50.6% 169 1,218 R+15.0
Chase 417 34.4% 734 60.6% 61 1,212 R+26.2
Perkins 402 35.5% 645 57.0% 85 1,132 R+21.5
Nance 369 32.7% 645 57.2% 113 1,127 R+24.5
Greeley 569 52.1% 519 47.5% 5 1,093 D+4.6
Keya Paha 338 31.6% 636 59.5% 95 1,069 R+27.9
Gosper 368 34.7% 668 62.9% 26 1,062 R+28.2
Stanton 467 49.7% 442 47.1% 30 939 D+2.7
Dundy 290 31.5% 546 59.2% 86 922 R+27.8
Pierce 447 48.7% 428 46.7% 42 917 D+2.1
Hayes 320 36.4% 516 58.8% 42 878 R+22.3
Keith 263 41.3% 319 50.1% 55 637 R+8.8
Sioux 292 47.2% 286 46.3% 40 618 D+1.0
Wheeler 126 29.3% 293 68.1% 11 430 R+38.8
Garfield 122 30.7% 235 59.2% 40 397 R+28.5
Logan 149 41.7% 206 57.7% 2 357 R+16.0
Blaine 96 35.6% 146 54.1% 28 270 R+18.5
Loup 58 21.5% 204 75.6% 8 270 R+54.1
Thomas 78 47.0% 80 48.2% 8 166 R+1.2
Grant 49 51.0% 42 43.8% 5 96 D+7.3

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.

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+19.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+25.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+14.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+33.2
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+29.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+17.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+21.0
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+39.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+20.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+28.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+5.2
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+24.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.3
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+17.2
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+16.4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+27.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+27.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+17.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+33.4
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+22.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+37.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+3.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+31.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+13.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+16.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+29.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+41.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.7