The 1888 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Colorado voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 14.38 points.
With 55.22 percent of the popular vote, Colorado proved to be Harrison's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada, Maine and Kansas.[1] This was nonetheless the last election of an era when Colorado had, like the Plains States to its east, been solidly Republican, with that party continuously controlling the legislature and holding the governorship for five of seven terms. Widespread criticism of the national party for its monetary policy[2] in a state that was the major producer of silver in the United States[3] and was resentful of the Northeast[4] – where the Republican Party’s power base was located – would turn the state into a Populist stronghold and then a Democratic-leaning state until after World War I.
Results
edit| 1888 United States presidential election in Colorado[5] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 50,772 | 55.22% | 3 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 37,549 | 40.84% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 2,182 | 2.37% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Labor | Alson Streeter of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 1,266 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 177 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 91,946 | 100.00% | 3 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Benjamin Harrison[6] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[6] Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[7] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[7] Union Labor |
Various candidates[7] Other parties |
Margin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Grand | 64.80% | 162 | 33.20% | 83 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.80% | 2 | 31.60% | 79 |
| Weld | 57.56% | 1,942 | 30.71% | 1,036 | 4.86% | 164 | 6.88% | 232 | 26.85% | 906 | ||
| Clear Creek | 60.62% | 1,244 | 33.92% | 696 | 4.68% | 96 | 0.78% | 16 | 26.71% | 548 | ||
| Rio Grande | 61.52% | 454 | 35.37% | 261 | 2.03% | 15 | 1.08% | 8 | 26.15% | 193 | ||
| Routt | 62.24% | 366 | 37.24% | 219 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.17% | 1 | 25.00% | 147 |
| El Paso | 60.58% | 2,164 | 35.86% | 1,281 | 3.53% | 126 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.03% | 1 | 24.72% | 883 |
| Archuleta | 62.25% | 127 | 37.75% | 77 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 24.51% | 50 | ||
| Larimer | 58.31% | 1,322 | 33.92% | 769 | 6.79% | 154 | 0.97% | 22 | 24.39% | 553 | ||
| Washington | 59.12% | 810 | 36.86% | 505 | 3.07% | 42 | 0.95% | 13 | 22.26% | 305 | ||
| Logan | 57.19% | 1,086 | 35.23% | 669 | 5.11% | 97 | 2.32% | 44 | 0.16% | 33 | 21.96% | 417 |
| Custer | 60.10% | 574 | 39.16% | 374 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.10% | 1 | 20.94% | 200 | ||
| Eagle | 59.98% | 604 | 39.72% | 400 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 20.26% | 204 | ||
| Conejos | 59.26% | 982 | 40.37% | 669 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.06% | 1 | 18.89% | 313 |
| Gunnison | 55.73% | 904 | 38.04% | 617 | 1.11% | 18 | 5.12% | 83 | 17.69% | 287 | ||
| San Miguel | 57.51% | 540 | 40.26% | 378 | 0.32% | 3 | 1.70% | 16 | 0.21% | 2 | 17.25% | 162 |
| Saguache | 57.76% | 592 | 41.76% | 428 | 0.49% | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | 16.00% | 164 | ||
| Fremont | 49.91% | 1,123 | 34.04% | 766 | 4.71% | 106 | 11.33% | 255 | 15.87% | 357 | ||
| Arapahoe | 56.55% | 11,541 | 40.77% | 8,320 | 2.18% | 445 | 0.49% | 99 | 0.01% | 3 | 15.78% | 3,221 |
| Boulder | 54.98% | 1,639 | 39.45% | 1,176 | 4.09% | 122 | 1.41% | 42 | 0.07% | 2 | 15.53% | 463 |
| Hinsdale | 57.66% | 158 | 42.34% | 116 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.33% | 42 | ||
| Dolores | 57.61% | 140 | 42.39% | 103 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.23% | 37 | ||
| Montrose | 55.65% | 512 | 40.43% | 372 | 2.28% | 21 | 1.63% | 15 | 15.22% | 140 | ||
| Elbert | 56.89% | 784 | 41.94% | 578 | 1.09% | 15 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.07% | 1 | 14.95% | 206 |
| Garfield | 56.63% | 1,110 | 41.84% | 820 | 1.53% | 30 | 0.00% | 0 | 14.80% | 290 | ||
| Chaffee | 56.21% | 1,277 | 41.42% | 941 | 2.07% | 47 | 0.31% | 7 | 14.79% | 336 | ||
| San Juan | 55.21% | 392 | 40.42% | 287 | 0.00% | 0 | 4.37% | 31 | 14.79% | 105 | ||
| Gilpin | 53.09% | 953 | 38.33% | 688 | 5.46% | 98 | 3.06% | 55 | 0.06% | 1 | 14.76% | 265 |
| Costilla | 56.46% | 507 | 42.65% | 383 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.56% | 5 | 13.81% | 124 | ||
| Ouray | 55.29% | 961 | 42.17% | 733 | 0.52% | 9 | 2.01% | 35 | 13.12% | 228 | ||
| Park | 56.30% | 764 | 43.33% | 588 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | 12.97% | 176 | ||
| Summit | 55.63% | 701 | 44.21% | 557 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.16% | 2 | 11.43% | 144 | ||
| Jefferson | 52.92% | 970 | 41.84% | 767 | 4.91% | 90 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.05% | 1 | 11.07% | 203 |
| Pitkin | 54.82% | 1,524 | 43.78% | 1,217 | 1.22% | 34 | 0.18% | 5 | 11.04% | 307 | ||
| Douglas | 52.67% | 385 | 42.00% | 307 | 4.92% | 36 | 0.41% | 3 | 10.67% | 78 | ||
| Bent | 51.58% | 1,338 | 41.40% | 1,074 | 2.81% | 73 | 4.20% | 109 | 10.18% | 264 | ||
| Lake | 54.01% | 2,901 | 44.93% | 2,413 | 1.06% | 57 | 0.00% | 0 | 9.09% | 488 | ||
| Mesa | 49.49% | 440 | 43.64% | 388 | 6.86% | 61 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.85% | 52 | ||
| Pueblo | 51.14% | 2,280 | 45.72% | 2,038 | 1.53% | 68 | 1.62% | 72 | 5.43% | 242 | ||
| Huerfano | 51.62% | 750 | 46.39% | 674 | 1.86% | 27 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 5.23% | 76 |
| La Plata | 51.11% | 849 | 46.60% | 774 | 0.60% | 10 | 1.69% | 28 | 4.52% | 75 | ||
| Delta | 44.01% | 257 | 40.92% | 239 | 3.77% | 22 | 10.27% | 60 | 1.03% | 6 | 3.08% | 18 |
| Las Animas | 46.85% | 2,655 | 49.14% | 2,785 | 1.15% | 65 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.86% | 162 | -2.29% | -130 |
References
edit- ^ "1888 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Ubbelohde, Carl; Benson, Maxine and Smith, Duane A.; A Colorado History, pp. 206-207 ISBN 0871089424
- ^ Larson, Robert W.; ‘Populism in the Mountain West: A Mainstream Movement’; Western Historical Quarterly; Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1982), pp. 143-164
- ^ Azari, Julia and Hetherington, Mark J.; ‘Back to the Future? What the Politics of the Late Nineteenth Century Can Tell Us about the 2016 Election’; The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; Vol 667: Elections in America; (September 2016), pp. 92-109
- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)