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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Wisconsin

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1888, 49.8% to 43.8%, a margin of 6.0 points and 21,321 votes.

Wisconsin voted 6.8 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 53 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 43,529 votes and went to the Republican by 9.4 points. The closest was Kenosha, where 3 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	176,553	49.8%
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	155,232	43.8%
All other candidates		22,829	6.4%
Total		354,614

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	17,302 39.7%	21,394 49.1%	4,833	43,529	R+9.4
Dane	6,426 44.8%	6,827 47.6%	1,088	14,341	R+2.8
Winnebago	4,611 43.4%	4,938 46.4%	1,084	10,633	R+3.1
Rock	3,501 34.3%	6,225 60.9%	491	10,217	R+26.7
Fond Du Lac	4,910 50.0%	4,511 45.9%	398	9,819	D+4.1
Dodge	6,046 63.7%	3,186 33.6%	252	9,484	D+30.2
Sheboygan	4,320 50.4%	3,729 43.5%	522	8,571	D+6.9
La Crosse	3,901 45.6%	4,128 48.2%	527	8,556	R+2.7
Grant	3,414 41.6%	4,242 51.7%	543	8,199	R+10.1
Racine	3,326 41.1%	3,947 48.8%	819	8,092	R+7.7
Waukesha	3,456 45.3%	3,839 50.3%	330	7,625	R+5.0
Jefferson	4,282 57.1%	2,994 40.0%	217	7,493	D+17.2
Walworth	2,028 28.3%	4,473 62.5%	656	7,157	R+34.2
Manitowoc	4,218 59.7%	2,703 38.2%	146	7,067	D+21.4
Outagamie	4,000 56.6%	2,759 39.1%	305	7,064	D+17.6
Sauk	2,648 40.0%	3,410 51.4%	570	6,628	R+11.5
Columbia	2,650 40.4%	3,509 53.5%	406	6,565	R+13.1
Brown	3,554 55.2%	2,655 41.2%	229	6,438	D+14.0
Eau Claire	2,412 38.5%	3,203 51.1%	655	6,270	R+12.6
Marathon	3,365 57.7%	2,122 36.4%	346	5,833	D+21.3
Chippewa	2,506 45.8%	2,685 49.1%	283	5,474	R+3.3
St. Croix	2,130 39.0%	2,759 50.5%	578	5,467	R+11.5
Green	2,098 38.8%	2,659 49.1%	657	5,414	R+10.4
Waupaca	1,769 32.9%	3,385 63.0%	220	5,374	R+30.1
Iowa	2,257 43.4%	2,484 47.8%	461	5,202	R+4.4
Vernon	1,540 29.8%	3,316 64.2%	313	5,169	R+34.4
Ashland	2,233 43.3%	2,868 55.6%	56	5,157	R+12.3
Portage	2,322 45.4%	2,603 50.9%	189	5,114	R+5.5
Lafayette	2,275 44.5%	2,564 50.2%	273	5,112	R+5.7
Monroe	2,138 41.9%	2,695 52.9%	266	5,099	R+10.9
Washington	2,872 60.4%	1,869 39.3%	12	4,753	D+21.1
Richland	1,740 38.5%	2,467 54.6%	313	4,520	R+16.1
Pierce	1,158 27.4%	2,477 58.7%	588	4,223	R+31.2
Trempealeau	1,571 38.6%	2,261 55.6%	236	4,068	R+17.0
Wood	1,984 49.6%	1,904 47.6%	114	4,002	D+2.0
Dunn	1,299 32.7%	2,531 63.7%	141	3,971	R+31.0
Juneau	1,666 42.4%	2,066 52.6%	194	3,926	R+10.2
Marinette	1,767 45.4%	1,775 45.6%	351	3,893	R+0.2
Clark	1,297 34.8%	2,260 60.7%	166	3,723	R+25.9
Kenosha	1,681 48.5%	1,684 48.6%	103	3,468	R+0.1
Crawford	1,564 45.1%	1,799 51.9%	104	3,467	R+6.8
Shawano	1,636 47.2%	1,775 51.2%	54	3,465	R+4.0
Jackson	986 29.6%	2,090 62.7%	255	3,331	R+33.1
Green Lake	1,415 43.6%	1,702 52.4%	130	3,247	R+8.8
Buffalo	1,331 41.9%	1,754 55.3%	89	3,174	R+13.3
Calumet	1,984 63.5%	952 30.5%	188	3,124	D+33.0
Waushara	663 21.4%	2,245 72.4%	192	3,100	R+51.0
Barron	885 29.8%	1,800 60.5%	289	2,974	R+30.8
Kewaunee	2,077 71.0%	849 29.0%	1	2,927	D+42.0
Ozaukee	2,026 70.7%	750 26.2%	90	2,866	D+44.5
Door	1,018 36.8%	1,688 61.1%	57	2,763	R+24.2
Polk	631 23.7%	1,703 63.9%	332	2,666	R+40.2
Oconto	1,148 45.8%	1,315 52.5%	44	2,507	R+6.7
Lincoln	1,032 43.2%	1,138 47.6%	220	2,390	R+4.4
Marquette	1,005 46.7%	1,119 51.9%	30	2,154	R+5.3
Langlade	1,192 57.8%	774 37.5%	96	2,062	D+20.3
Douglas	778 39.2%	1,183 59.7%	22	1,983	R+20.4
Bayfield	708 36.5%	1,205 62.1%	27	1,940	R+25.6
Oneida	868 52.8%	771 46.9%	6	1,645	D+5.9
Price	619 37.9%	914 55.9%	101	1,634	R+18.1
Pepin	461 29.5%	926 59.3%	175	1,562	R+29.8
Adams	426 27.5%	1,102 71.1%	21	1,549	R+43.6
Taylor	719 47.1%	792 51.9%	15	1,526	R+4.8
Sawyer	511 48.5%	542 51.4%	1	1,054	R+2.9
Washburn	363 36.9%	514 52.3%	106	983	R+15.4
Burnett	69 8.7%	490 62.1%	230	789	R+53.4
Florence	227 40.4%	321 57.1%	14	562	R+16.7
Forest	217 47.2%	234 50.9%	9	460	R+3.7

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+13.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+0.4
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+3.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+4.7
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.7
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+23.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+4.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+1.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+1.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+32.3
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.2
1924	Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+54.9
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+6.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+8.4
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+17.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+35.2
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+22.9
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+1.7
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+6.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+11.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+9.2
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+12.5

1888 presidential election in Wisconsin

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