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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Virginia

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Virginia in 1888, 50.0% to 49.5%, a margin of 0.5 points and 1,605 votes.

Virginia voted 0.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.8.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when Grover Cleveland also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 47. The largest, Pittsylvania, cast 9,565 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.2 points. The closest was Orange, where 1 vote 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 152,004 50.0%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 150,399 49.5%
All other candidates 1,684 0.6%
Total304,087

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pittsylvania 5,063 52.9% 4,468 46.7% 34 9,565 D+6.2
Rockingham 3,440 47.4% 3,687 50.8% 131 7,258 R+3.4
Halifax 4,242 59.3% 2,872 40.1% 40 7,154 D+19.2
Augusta 4,004 56.9% 2,934 41.7% 94 7,032 D+15.2
Norfolk (Ext) 2,340 34.9% 4,345 64.9% 15 6,700 R+29.9
Washington 3,470 53.4% 2,959 45.5% 68 6,497 D+7.9
Accomack 3,783 60.3% 2,315 36.9% 176 6,274 D+23.4
Bedford 3,807 62.2% 2,312 37.8% 3 6,122 D+24.4
Loudoun 3,377 56.4% 2,543 42.5% 66 5,986 D+13.9
Albemarle 3,057 54.7% 2,515 45.0% 15 5,587 D+9.7
Fauquier 3,162 60.5% 2,065 39.5% 5,227 D+21.0
Mecklenburg 2,096 40.8% 3,028 58.9% 14 5,138 R+18.1
Shenandoah 2,571 51.4% 2,396 47.9% 36 5,003 D+3.5
Franklin 2,855 58.3% 2,040 41.6% 5 4,900 D+16.6
Rockbridge 2,412 49.8% 2,409 49.7% 23 4,844 D+0.1
Henrico 2,034 43.0% 2,701 57.0% 4,735 R+14.1
Fairfax 2,388 52.8% 2,118 46.8% 18 4,524 D+6.0
Southampton 1,854 42.4% 2,459 56.2% 61 4,374 R+13.8
Campbell 2,482 57.6% 1,816 42.1% 14 4,312 D+15.4
Tazewell 1,553 36.9% 2,607 61.9% 54 4,214 R+25.0
Nansemond (Ext) 1,642 40.4% 2,424 59.6% 4,066 R+19.2
Scott 1,842 46.8% 2,090 53.2% 3,932 R+6.3
Hanover 2,045 53.8% 1,755 46.2% 2 3,802 D+7.6
Amherst 2,112 56.3% 1,639 43.7% 3,751 D+12.6
Chesterfield 1,888 50.6% 1,830 49.1% 11 3,729 D+1.6
Wythe 1,737 47.4% 1,908 52.1% 18 3,663 R+4.7
Caroline 1,713 48.1% 1,844 51.8% 2 3,559 R+3.7
Henry 1,674 47.1% 1,867 52.6% 11 3,552 R+5.4
Montgomery 1,586 45.1% 1,761 50.1% 167 3,514 R+5.0
Russell 1,902 54.8% 1,548 44.6% 20 3,470 D+10.2
Louisa 1,375 41.3% 1,948 58.4% 10 3,333 R+17.2
Brunswick 1,532 46.4% 1,766 53.5% 6 3,304 R+7.1
Botetourt 1,851 56.2% 1,413 42.9% 29 3,293 D+13.3
Lee 1,757 53.4% 1,504 45.7% 27 3,288 D+7.7
Nelson 1,847 56.5% 1,421 43.5% 3,268 D+13.0
Charlotte 2,044 62.9% 1,203 37.0% 1 3,248 D+25.9
Frederick 2,177 67.2% 1,012 31.3% 49 3,238 D+36.0
Buckingham 1,407 44.2% 1,765 55.5% 8 3,180 R+11.3
Prince Edward 1,343 43.2% 1,764 56.7% 2 3,109 R+13.5
Culpeper 1,668 54.9% 1,372 45.1% 3,040 D+9.7
Grayson 1,530 51.0% 1,462 48.8% 6 2,998 D+2.3
Smyth 1,557 52.2% 1,426 47.8% 2 2,985 D+4.4
Page 1,420 47.6% 1,548 51.9% 14 2,982 R+4.3
Carroll 1,571 53.8% 1,332 45.6% 19 2,922 D+8.2
Dinwiddie 1,267 43.4% 1,639 56.2% 11 2,917 R+12.8
Sussex 1,065 36.6% 1,837 63.1% 7 2,909 R+26.5
Floyd 1,131 39.3% 1,721 59.8% 24 2,876 R+20.5
Gloucester 1,275 44.5% 1,589 55.5% 1 2,865 R+11.0
Isle Of Wight 1,426 52.4% 1,296 47.6% 2,722 D+4.8
Orange 1,338 49.8% 1,339 49.8% 10 2,687 level
Patrick 1,472 55.0% 1,187 44.4% 16 2,675 D+10.7
Northampton 1,165 45.1% 1,418 54.9% 2,583 R+9.8
Roanoke 1,111 43.2% 1,408 54.7% 55 2,574 R+11.5
Pulaski 1,271 52.0% 1,153 47.2% 18 2,442 D+4.8
Prince William 1,560 64.4% 859 35.4% 5 2,424 D+28.9
Lunenburg 1,444 60.7% 936 39.3% 2,380 D+21.3
Elizabeth City (Ext) 650 29.6% 1,528 69.5% 19 2,197 R+40.0
Madison 1,142 52.0% 1,053 48.0% 2,195 D+4.1
Essex 920 42.1% 1,264 57.9% 2,184 R+15.8
Princess Anne (Ext) 1,003 46.1% 1,166 53.6% 7 2,176 R+7.5
King William 886 41.1% 1,269 58.9% 2,155 R+17.8
Spotsylvania 1,041 49.2% 1,071 50.7% 2 2,114 R+1.4
King And Queen 1,138 54.2% 963 45.8% 2,101 D+8.3
Lancaster 997 47.9% 1,078 51.8% 7 2,082 R+3.9
Surry 785 37.9% 1,279 61.8% 7 2,071 R+23.9
Alleghany 902 43.7% 1,156 56.0% 7 2,065 R+12.3
Northumberland 1,011 49.0% 1,051 50.9% 2 2,064 R+1.9
Fluvanna 1,193 57.9% 858 41.6% 10 2,061 D+16.3
Clarke 1,431 69.7% 614 29.9% 8 2,053 D+39.8
Amelia 837 41.0% 1,203 59.0% 2,040 R+17.9
Nottoway 726 35.8% 1,296 63.9% 5 2,027 R+28.1
Warren 1,454 72.9% 511 25.6% 29 1,994 D+47.3
Prince George 785 39.9% 1,182 60.1% 1,967 R+20.2
Mathews 1,216 62.5% 714 36.7% 16 1,946 D+25.8
Goochland 801 41.2% 1,144 58.8% 1,945 R+17.6
Giles 1,161 59.9% 743 38.4% 33 1,937 D+21.6
Westmoreland 744 38.8% 1,172 61.1% 2 1,918 R+22.3
Cumberland 687 36.1% 1,214 63.9% 1,901 R+27.7
Greensville 848 44.9% 1,037 54.9% 3 1,888 R+10.0
Rappahannock 1,229 65.7% 642 34.3% 1,871 D+31.4
Middlesex 755 41.4% 1,056 57.9% 14 1,825 R+16.5
Appomattox 819 46.8% 914 52.3% 16 1,749 R+5.4
York 588 33.7% 1,129 64.6% 30 1,747 R+31.0
Stafford 707 40.8% 1,025 59.2% 1,732 R+18.4
Wise 858 49.7% 862 49.9% 6 1,726 R+0.2
Powhatan 667 42.8% 891 57.2% 1 1,559 R+14.4
Richmond 657 43.1% 861 56.5% 5 1,523 R+13.4
King George 644 43.5% 836 56.5% 1,480 R+13.0
Warwick (Ext) 457 34.0% 886 66.0% 1,343 R+31.9
New Kent 446 35.5% 800 63.6% 11 1,257 R+28.2
Greene 632 51.1% 604 48.9% 1,236 D+2.3
Bland 638 51.9% 591 48.1% 1,229 D+3.8
Charles City 360 31.2% 794 68.7% 1 1,155 R+37.6
Buchanan 585 54.1% 496 45.9% 1,081 D+8.2
Highland 539 50.9% 511 48.3% 9 1,059 D+2.6
Bath 573 54.8% 470 45.0% 2 1,045 D+9.9
Dickenson 536 54.5% 446 45.4% 1 983 D+9.2
James City 260 26.9% 705 73.1% 965 R+46.1
Craig 654 75.6% 206 23.8% 5 865 D+51.8
Alexandria 303 35.6% 537 63.2% 10 850 R+27.5

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+5.8
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+10.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+5.3
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+6.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+8.2
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+8.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+2.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+4.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+25.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+37.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+7.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+5.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.0
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+6.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+25.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+36.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+8.0
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+29.7
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+23.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+35.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+48.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+22.2
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+24.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+11.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+6.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+2.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+21.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+1.0