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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Texas

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Texas in 1888, 65.7% to 24.7%, a margin of 41.0 points and 146,461 votes.

Texas voted 40.1 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 173 of the 190 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Dallas, cast 10,990 votes and went to the Democrat by 36.7 points. The closest was Duval, where 3 votes separated the top two.

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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 234,883 65.7%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 88,422 24.7%
Alson Streeter Union Labor 29,459 8.2%
All other candidates 4,749 1.3%
Total357,513

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 7,059 64.2% 3,029 27.6% 902 10,990 D+36.7
Grayson 5,822 67.8% 2,297 26.7% 471 8,590 D+41.0
Bexar 4,335 60.5% 2,798 39.1% 27 7,160 D+21.5
McLennan 4,023 57.3% 1,791 25.5% 1,204 7,018 D+31.8
Tarrant 4,129 59.5% 1,069 15.4% 1,747 6,945 D+44.1
Fannin 5,114 74.8% 1,175 17.2% 548 6,837 D+57.6
Collin 5,647 83.1% 556 8.2% 592 6,795 D+74.9
Harris 3,571 54.0% 2,813 42.5% 235 6,619 D+11.5
Navarro 3,865 61.0% 1,319 20.8% 1,148 6,332 D+40.2
Galveston 3,837 62.9% 2,178 35.7% 87 6,102 D+27.2
Travis 3,178 52.2% 2,738 45.0% 168 6,084 D+7.2
Ellis 4,763 79.0% 732 12.1% 535 6,030 D+66.8
Bell 4,596 81.8% 466 8.3% 555 5,617 D+73.5
Hunt 4,369 79.3% 552 10.0% 589 5,510 D+69.3
Lamar 3,667 67.9% 1,537 28.5% 197 5,401 D+39.4
Fayette 3,279 63.3% 1,695 32.7% 207 5,181 D+30.6
Smith 2,714 55.2% 1,976 40.2% 226 4,916 D+15.0
Washington 2,598 53.5% 2,242 46.2% 12 4,852 D+7.3
Hill 3,389 70.1% 370 7.7% 1,076 4,835 D+62.4
Kaufman 3,701 79.6% 676 14.5% 274 4,651 D+65.0
Robertson 1,918 42.5% 2,184 48.4% 407 4,509 R+5.9
Cooke 3,354 77.7% 595 13.8% 367 4,316 D+63.9
Johnson 2,966 69.9% 114 2.7% 1,166 4,246 D+67.2
Milam 2,733 68.0% 790 19.6% 498 4,021 D+48.3
Red River 2,576 66.3% 1,286 33.1% 26 3,888 D+33.2
Hopkins 3,080 80.5% 453 11.8% 294 3,827 D+68.6
Williamson 2,682 70.2% 803 21.0% 334 3,819 D+49.2
Grimes 1,734 45.8% 1,970 52.0% 85 3,789 R+6.2
Denton 2,709 71.8% 509 13.5% 557 3,775 D+58.3
Falls 1,892 50.6% 1,298 34.7% 552 3,742 D+15.9
Rusk 2,216 59.6% 1,477 39.7% 26 3,719 D+19.9
Colorado 1,855 50.9% 1,629 44.7% 157 3,641 D+6.2
Bastrop 2,079 57.3% 1,408 38.8% 143 3,630 D+18.5
Cherokee 2,394 67.6% 1,077 30.4% 71 3,542 D+37.2
Limestone 2,116 60.6% 571 16.4% 805 3,492 D+44.2
Bowie 2,110 61.2% 1,297 37.6% 39 3,446 D+23.6
Cass 2,034 60.6% 1,065 31.7% 259 3,358 D+28.9
Austin 2,049 63.1% 1,126 34.7% 70 3,245 D+28.4
Gonzales 2,037 63.2% 695 21.6% 493 3,225 D+41.6
Wise 2,318 72.8% 263 8.3% 605 3,186 D+64.5
Anderson 1,635 51.9% 1,321 41.9% 197 3,153 D+10.0
Van Zandt 2,001 64.2% 147 4.7% 968 3,116 D+59.5
Brazos 1,469 47.2% 1,482 47.6% 160 3,111 R+0.4
Parker 2,405 77.5% 363 11.7% 334 3,102 D+65.8
Lavaca 2,451 81.0% 564 18.6% 11 3,026 D+62.4
Houston 1,728 57.2% 1,272 42.1% 19 3,019 D+15.1
Montague 2,102 71.9% 68 2.3% 752 2,922 D+69.6
Erath 1,806 62.8% 36 1.3% 1,035 2,877 D+61.5
Wood 1,543 53.7% 447 15.5% 886 2,876 D+38.1
Freestone 1,769 61.9% 1,088 38.1% 2 2,859 D+23.8
Harrison 1,937 71.1% 786 28.9% 2,723 D+42.3
Caldwell 1,491 55.7% 743 27.8% 441 2,675 D+28.0
Nacogdoches 2,063 77.5% 590 22.2% 9 2,662 D+55.3
Coryell 1,700 66.9% 78 3.1% 763 2,541 D+63.8
Guadalupe 1,346 53.0% 991 39.0% 201 2,538 D+14.0
Fort Bend 552 21.9% 1,967 78.1% 2,519 R+56.2
El Paso 1,418 57.4% 1,028 41.6% 26 2,472 D+15.8
Panola 1,646 67.1% 747 30.5% 60 2,453 D+36.6
Bosque 1,864 77.0% 193 8.0% 363 2,420 D+69.0
Burleson 1,212 50.6% 1,039 43.3% 146 2,397 D+7.2
Leon 1,454 62.3% 761 32.6% 120 2,335 D+29.7
Tyler 957 42.8% 455 20.4% 822 2,234 D+22.5
Comanche 1,327 59.8% 46 2.1% 846 2,219 D+57.7
Henderson 1,188 54.4% 288 13.2% 708 2,184 D+41.2
Shelby 1,927 89.3% 195 9.0% 36 2,158 D+80.3
Waller 787 36.7% 1,351 63.0% 5 2,143 R+26.3
Montgomery 1,047 48.9% 893 41.7% 201 2,141 D+7.2
Upshur 1,237 59.7% 510 24.6% 324 2,071 D+35.1
De Witt 1,114 54.3% 836 40.8% 100 2,050 D+13.6
Lee 1,401 69.0% 494 24.3% 135 2,030 D+44.7
Walker 722 37.6% 332 17.3% 864 1,918 Others
Cameron 1,432 77.2% 423 22.8% 1,855 D+54.4
Hays 1,304 70.9% 342 18.6% 194 1,840 D+52.3
Polk 989 54.4% 623 34.2% 207 1,819 D+20.1
Wilson 1,479 83.1% 63 3.5% 237 1,779 D+79.6
Brazoria 452 25.8% 1,298 74.0% 3 1,753 R+48.3
Wharton 332 19.0% 1,416 81.0% 1,748 R+62.0
Delta 1,475 86.4% 163 9.5% 70 1,708 D+76.8
Brown 1,198 71.3% 38 2.3% 445 1,681 D+69.0
Victoria 723 46.1% 843 53.8% 2 1,568 R+7.7
Titus 1,162 75.6% 237 15.4% 139 1,538 D+60.1
Burnet 1,222 82.6% 141 9.5% 117 1,480 D+73.0
Nueces 1,091 75.9% 347 24.1% 1,438 D+51.7
Eastland 1,163 80.9% 44 3.1% 230 1,437 D+77.9
Hamilton 1,179 82.2% 8 0.6% 248 1,435 D+81.6
Gregg 633 46.1% 471 34.3% 268 1,372 D+11.8
Jack 860 64.3% 136 10.2% 341 1,337 D+54.2
Lampasas 837 64.3% 167 12.8% 298 1,302 D+51.5
Tom Green 878 67.7% 418 32.3% 1,296 D+35.5
Morris 760 60.4% 483 38.4% 15 1,258 D+22.0
Angelina 1,050 85.0% 82 6.6% 104 1,236 D+78.3
Camp 597 48.5% 559 45.4% 76 1,232 D+3.1
Franklin 979 82.7% 58 4.9% 147 1,184 D+77.8
Gillespie 759 64.4% 419 35.6% 1,178 D+28.9
San Jacinto 369 31.6% 594 50.9% 203 1,166 R+19.3
Madison 772 67.7% 193 16.9% 175 1,140 D+50.8
Hood 958 84.9% 12 1.1% 158 1,128 D+83.9
Comal 692 61.4% 435 38.6% 1,127 D+22.8
Trinity 992 88.8% 89 8.0% 36 1,117 D+80.8
Rockwall 1,020 92.7% 41 3.7% 39 1,100 D+89.0
Medina 702 68.0% 330 31.9% 1 1,033 D+36.0
Clay 718 71.8% 114 11.4% 168 1,000 D+60.4
Llano 905 94.8% 50 5.2% 955 D+89.5
Jefferson 482 51.1% 361 38.3% 100 943 D+12.8
Coleman 895 95.5% 35 3.7% 7 937 D+91.8
Palo Pinto 925 100.0% 0 0.0% 925 D+100.0
Goliad 467 51.2% 430 47.1% 15 912 D+4.1
Webb 765 84.7% 138 15.3% 903 D+69.4
San Saba 783 87.0% 87 9.7% 30 900 D+77.3
Rains 490 54.6% 0 0.0% 407 897 D+54.6
Liberty 373 42.5% 306 34.9% 198 877 D+7.6
Taylor 656 79.4% 86 10.4% 84 826 D+69.0
Blanco 613 75.5% 156 19.2% 43 812 D+56.3
Mason 617 76.6% 185 23.0% 3 805 D+53.7
San Augustine 802 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 803 D+99.9
Jasper 511 64.7% 257 32.5% 22 790 D+32.2
Mills 638 81.4% 67 8.5% 79 784 D+72.8
Callahan 619 79.7% 58 7.5% 100 777 D+72.2
Young 648 84.7% 53 6.9% 64 765 D+77.8
Matagorda 250 33.1% 505 66.8% 1 756 R+33.7
Stephens 676 89.7% 0 0.0% 78 754 D+89.7
Duval 369 50.2% 366 49.8% 735 D+0.4
Maverick 334 46.7% 381 53.3% 715 R+6.6
Hardin 352 50.5% 160 23.0% 185 697 D+27.5
Kendall 251 36.2% 443 63.8% 694 R+27.7
Sabine 680 100.0% 0 0.0% 680 D+100.0
Bandera 461 68.5% 212 31.5% 673 D+37.0
Uvalde 510 76.7% 153 23.0% 2 665 D+53.7
Atascosa 645 98.0% 4 0.6% 9 658 D+97.4
Kerr 331 52.9% 211 33.7% 84 626 D+19.2
Newton 527 85.0% 87 14.0% 6 620 D+71.0
Jackson 312 50.6% 304 49.4% 616 D+1.3
Hidalgo 513 91.9% 45 8.1% 558 D+83.9
McCulloch 453 85.2% 78 14.7% 1 532 D+70.5
Val Verde 318 61.6% 198 38.4% 516 D+23.3
Bee 422 82.3% 84 16.4% 7 513 D+65.9
Kinney 193 38.0% 315 62.0% 508 R+24.0
Karnes 444 87.7% 40 7.9% 22 506 D+79.8
Starr 479 99.6% 2 0.4% 481 D+99.2
Wheeler 357 76.8% 108 23.2% 465 D+53.5
Wilbarger 286 64.6% 110 24.8% 47 443 D+39.7
Oldham 247 56.0% 24 5.4% 170 441 D+50.6
Wichita 339 77.2% 99 22.6% 1 439 D+54.7
Somervell 292 67.0% 0 0.0% 144 436 D+67.0
La Salle 147 34.2% 283 65.8% 430 R+31.6
Frio 342 81.2% 77 18.3% 2 421 D+62.9
Mitchell 279 67.2% 96 23.1% 40 415 D+44.1
Chambers 267 65.1% 136 33.2% 7 410 D+32.0
Presidio 376 95.4% 18 4.6% 394 D+90.9
Jones 365 94.6% 16 4.1% 5 386 D+90.4
Shackelford 245 66.0% 86 23.2% 40 371 D+42.9
Jeff Davis 152 42.5% 206 57.5% 358 R+15.1
Buchel (Ext) 265 74.2% 16 4.5% 76 357 D+69.7
Kimble 329 94.3% 10 2.9% 10 349 D+91.4
Donley 273 80.8% 52 15.4% 13 338 D+65.4
Live Oak 322 99.1% 0 0.0% 3 325 D+99.1
Reeves 308 95.7% 14 4.3% 322 D+91.3
Edwards 223 73.6% 80 26.4% 303 D+47.2
Howard 187 65.4% 81 28.3% 18 286 D+37.1
Menard 251 90.3% 27 9.7% 278 D+80.6
Brewster 223 81.4% 51 18.6% 274 D+62.8
Hardeman 259 96.3% 4 1.5% 6 269 D+94.8
Nolan 216 82.1% 7 2.7% 40 263 D+79.5
Baylor 238 98.8% 1 0.4% 2 241 D+98.3
Concho 193 80.8% 46 19.2% 239 D+61.5
Crosby 223 93.7% 0 0.0% 15 238 D+93.7
Refugio 161 70.3% 68 29.7% 229 D+40.6
Fisher 213 99.1% 1 0.5% 1 215 D+98.6
Lipscomb 132 62.3% 76 35.8% 4 212 D+26.4
Aransas 172 83.5% 34 16.5% 206 D+67.0
Zapata 196 100.0% 0 0.0% 196 D+100.0
Dimmit 146 74.9% 49 25.1% 195 D+49.7
McMullen 177 91.2% 4 2.1% 13 194 D+89.2
Hemphill 141 73.8% 50 26.2% 191 D+47.6
Haskell 179 100.0% 0 0.0% 179 D+100.0
Zavala 163 93.1% 12 6.9% 175 D+86.3
Pecos 156 90.2% 17 9.8% 173 D+80.3
Throckmorton 135 78.9% 34 19.9% 2 171 D+59.1
Midland 120 71.4% 32 19.0% 16 168 D+52.4
Archer 109 65.3% 52 31.1% 6 167 D+34.1
Calhoun 119 71.7% 47 28.3% 166 D+43.4
Knox 157 100.0% 0 0.0% 157 D+100.0
Martin 97 62.6% 58 37.4% 155 D+25.2
San Patricio 149 100.0% 0 0.0% 149 D+100.0
Scurry 117 83.6% 2 1.4% 21 140 D+82.1
Hale 81 100.0% 0 0.0% 81 D+100.0
Childress 80 100.0% 0 0.0% 80 D+100.0
Carson 58 78.4% 16 21.6% 74 D+56.8
Potter 69 95.8% 3 4.2% 72 D+91.7
Runnels 0 0.0% 28 75.7% 9 37 R+75.7

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)