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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in North Carolina

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in North Carolina in 1888, 51.8% to 47.2%, a margin of 4.6 points and 13,118 votes.

North Carolina voted 3.8 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 62 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 34. The largest, Wake, cast 9,629 votes and went to the Republican by 5.4 points. The closest was Rutherford, where 9 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 147,902 51.8%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 134,784 47.2%
All other candidates 2,877 1.0%
Total285,563

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 4,511 46.8% 5,029 52.2% 89 9,629 R+5.4
Mecklenburg 4,206 55.7% 3,253 43.1% 93 7,552 D+12.6
Buncombe 2,956 49.7% 2,873 48.3% 121 5,950 D+1.4
Guilford 2,462 44.4% 2,721 49.1% 361 5,544 R+4.7
Wayne 2,748 50.7% 2,629 48.5% 42 5,419 D+2.2
Halifax 2,488 46.5% 2,867 53.5% 5,355 R+7.1
Johnston 2,992 58.3% 2,129 41.5% 7 5,128 D+16.8
Granville 2,397 47.6% 2,625 52.2% 10 5,032 R+4.5
Pitt 2,569 51.4% 2,358 47.2% 68 4,995 D+4.2
Forsyth 2,238 45.6% 2,613 53.3% 53 4,904 R+7.6
Robeson 2,879 58.9% 1,970 40.3% 41 4,890 D+18.6
Chatham 2,581 54.5% 2,027 42.8% 130 4,738 D+11.7
New Hanover 1,870 39.6% 2,856 60.4% 4,726 R+20.9
Randolph 2,121 44.9% 2,339 49.5% 262 4,722 R+4.6
Iredell 2,720 58.0% 1,894 40.4% 73 4,687 D+17.6
Rockingham 2,351 51.4% 2,176 47.6% 44 4,571 D+3.8
Cumberland 2,523 55.4% 2,028 44.6% 4,551 D+10.9
Davidson 2,023 45.3% 2,346 52.5% 97 4,466 R+7.2
Franklin 2,218 52.3% 2,019 47.6% 1 4,238 D+4.7
Rowan 2,732 67.2% 1,274 31.3% 58 4,064 D+35.9
Sampson 2,390 59.7% 1,608 40.1% 7 4,005 D+19.5
Wilkes 1,691 42.3% 2,292 57.3% 16 3,999 R+15.0
Beaufort 2,033 50.9% 1,833 45.9% 126 3,992 D+5.0
Craven 1,359 34.1% 2,618 65.7% 6 3,983 R+31.6
Nash 2,181 55.9% 1,719 44.1% 3,900 D+11.8
Edgecombe 1,331 34.3% 2,542 65.5% 5 3,878 R+31.2
Moore 1,955 50.9% 1,826 47.5% 62 3,843 D+3.4
Wilson 2,130 57.4% 1,580 42.6% 3,710 D+14.8
Northampton 1,684 45.7% 1,996 54.2% 6 3,686 R+8.5
Durham 1,835 51.9% 1,618 45.8% 82 3,535 D+6.1
Richmond 1,729 49.7% 1,743 50.1% 9 3,481 R+0.4
Alamance 1,716 50.4% 1,544 45.3% 148 3,408 D+5.0
Rutherford 1,678 49.8% 1,669 49.5% 24 3,371 D+0.3
Duplin 2,209 66.0% 1,135 33.9% 3 3,347 D+32.1
Vance 1,385 41.8% 1,929 58.2% 3,314 R+16.4
Surry 1,672 50.7% 1,611 48.8% 15 3,298 D+1.8
Anson 2,157 67.2% 1,055 32.8% 3,212 D+34.3
Catawba 2,349 73.2% 765 23.8% 94 3,208 D+49.4
Lenoir 1,598 52.1% 1,427 46.6% 40 3,065 D+5.6
Madison 1,158 37.8% 1,901 62.1% 4 3,063 R+24.3
Cleveland 2,264 74.0% 762 24.9% 32 3,058 D+49.1
Caswell 1,351 45.2% 1,627 54.4% 11 2,989 R+9.2
Columbus 2,078 69.6% 893 29.9% 15 2,986 D+39.7
Martin 1,663 56.0% 1,308 44.0% 2,971 D+11.9
Union 2,067 69.8% 879 29.7% 16 2,962 D+40.1
Orange 1,613 54.7% 1,299 44.1% 35 2,947 D+10.7
Gaston 1,589 54.1% 1,260 42.9% 88 2,937 D+11.2
Ashe 1,416 48.3% 1,518 51.7% 2,934 R+3.5
Bladen 1,520 52.5% 1,375 47.5% 2,895 D+5.0
Stokes 1,442 51.3% 1,363 48.5% 7 2,812 D+2.8
Cabarrus 1,659 62.1% 933 34.9% 81 2,673 D+27.2
Person 1,369 51.4% 1,292 48.6% 2,661 D+2.9
Harnett 1,498 57.7% 1,100 42.3% 2,598 D+15.3
Yadkin 1,065 41.9% 1,431 56.3% 45 2,541 R+14.4
Burke 1,249 51.7% 1,162 48.1% 7 2,418 D+3.6
Haywood 1,328 56.7% 991 42.3% 22 2,341 D+14.4
Bertie 1,218 52.2% 1,109 47.6% 5 2,332 D+4.7
Mitchell 679 30.0% 1,586 70.0% 2,265 R+40.0
Davie 1,008 45.3% 1,199 53.9% 17 2,224 R+8.6
Henderson 915 41.4% 1,297 58.6% 2,212 R+17.3
Montgomery 992 45.0% 1,207 54.8% 3 2,202 R+9.8
Hertford 1,107 51.2% 1,055 48.8% 2,162 D+2.4
Lincoln 1,205 56.3% 922 43.0% 15 2,142 D+13.2
Greene 994 48.0% 1,078 52.0% 2,072 R+4.1
Pasquotank 826 39.9% 1,221 58.9% 25 2,072 R+19.1
Brunswick 1,023 51.4% 965 48.4% 4 1,992 D+2.9
Caldwell 1,257 63.5% 723 36.5% 1 1,981 D+27.0
Gates 1,146 58.6% 808 41.3% 3 1,957 D+17.3
McDowell 1,002 53.1% 874 46.3% 11 1,887 D+6.8
Watauga 908 48.1% 976 51.7% 3 1,887 R+3.6
Washington 775 42.2% 1,050 57.2% 12 1,837 R+15.0
Carteret 1,082 59.2% 714 39.0% 33 1,829 D+20.1
Stanly 1,021 56.3% 776 42.8% 16 1,813 D+13.5
Perquimans 783 43.9% 986 55.2% 16 1,785 R+11.4
Yancey 929 53.6% 805 46.4% 1,734 D+7.2
Onslow 1,177 72.2% 453 27.8% 1,630 D+44.4
Hyde 843 52.0% 771 47.6% 6 1,620 D+4.4
Macon 805 50.3% 754 47.1% 41 1,600 D+3.2
Cherokee 673 43.1% 888 56.9% 1,561 R+13.8
Chowan 738 47.6% 808 52.1% 4 1,550 R+4.5
Jackson 902 58.9% 612 39.9% 18 1,532 D+18.9
Alexander 948 62.2% 548 36.0% 27 1,523 D+26.3
Pender 725 48.9% 758 51.1% 1,483 R+2.2
Currituck 1,001 68.2% 461 31.4% 6 1,468 D+36.8
Warren 549 38.4% 879 61.6% 1,428 R+23.1
Pamlico 730 54.3% 605 45.0% 9 1,344 D+9.3
Jones 706 53.4% 613 46.4% 3 1,322 D+7.0
Camden 588 48.9% 614 51.1% 1,202 R+2.2
Alleghany 687 62.6% 407 37.1% 4 1,098 D+25.5
Transylvania 523 48.1% 565 51.9% 1,088 R+3.9
Swain 527 52.5% 453 45.2% 23 1,003 D+7.4
Polk 436 50.7% 418 48.6% 6 860 D+2.1
Tyrrell 472 55.7% 374 44.2% 1 847 D+11.6
Clay 401 57.3% 290 41.4% 9 700 D+15.9
Dare 321 48.8% 337 51.2% 658 R+2.4
Graham 284 59.3% 195 40.7% 479 D+18.6

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8