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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Oregon

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Oregon in 1888, 53.8% to 42.8%, a margin of 10.9 points and 6,773 votes.

Oregon voted 11.8 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 23 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Multnomah, cast 10,450 votes and went to the Republican by 21.5 points. The closest was Josephine, where 7 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	33,291	53.8%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	26,518	42.8%
All other candidates		2,080	3.4%
Total		61,889

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Multnomah	3,999 38.3%	6,250 59.8%	201	10,450	R+21.5
Marion	1,567 37.9%	2,235 54.1%	331	4,133	R+16.2
Linn	1,642 48.5%	1,603 47.4%	139	3,384	D+1.2
Umatilla	1,550 48.4%	1,523 47.5%	131	3,204	D+0.8
Lane	1,368 44.3%	1,593 51.6%	126	3,087	R+7.3
Wasco	1,054 38.7%	1,595 58.5%	76	2,725	R+19.9
Clackamas	1,005 37.1%	1,527 56.4%	176	2,708	R+19.3
Jackson	1,321 51.2%	1,181 45.8%	77	2,579	D+5.4
Union	1,223 48.0%	1,303 51.1%	24	2,550	R+3.1
Douglas	1,117 44.3%	1,305 51.8%	99	2,521	R+7.5
Yamhill	994 41.9%	1,289 54.4%	88	2,371	R+12.4
Benton	969 42.9%	1,206 53.4%	85	2,260	R+10.5
Washington	838 38.9%	1,248 57.9%	69	2,155	R+19.0
Grant	933 48.2%	971 50.2%	31	1,935	R+2.0
Coos	779 43.4%	906 50.4%	112	1,797	R+7.1
Clatsop	635 36.4%	1,060 60.7%	51	1,746	R+24.3
Baker	747 46.5%	843 52.5%	17	1,607	R+6.0
Polk	729 46.0%	785 49.5%	71	1,585	R+3.5
Morrow	478 42.8%	598 53.5%	42	1,118	R+10.7
Josephine	528 49.4%	535 50.1%	5	1,068	R+0.7
Gilliam	440 41.7%	601 57.0%	14	1,055	R+15.3
Crook	522 53.4%	438 44.8%	17	977	D+8.6
Columbia	335 35.0%	611 63.8%	11	957	R+28.8
Wallowa	306 39.5%	455 58.7%	14	775	R+19.2
Lake	371 50.3%	358 48.6%	8	737	D+1.8
Klamath	402 55.1%	315 43.2%	12	729	D+11.9
Malheur	303 45.4%	330 49.4%	35	668	R+4.0
Tillamook	220 34.9%	393 62.3%	18	631	R+27.4
Curry	143 37.9%	234 62.1%		377	R+24.1

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.

Oregon in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+14.3
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+16.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+11.0
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+12.1
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+16.3
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+4.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+8.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.0
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+4.7
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+0.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.1
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+6.0
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.6
1948	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+3.4
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+8.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+21.1
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.0
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+26.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+26.7
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+2.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+9.0
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+22.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+47.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+16.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+2.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+26.4
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+10.9
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.3
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+1.6
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+20.2
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+0.7

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