Election of 1892

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BASICS

Category Result
Incumbent Benjamin Harrison (R)
Prior streak R (1)
Prior five elections R (4), D (1)
Population 65,428,309
States 44
Electoral votes 444
Popular votes 12,071,548
Voter turnout 74.7%

FIELD OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Candidate Party PI Age State Position Nom Win CS ROP
Grover Cleveland D 9.1 55.62 New York Former president X X 80.73 89
Benjamin Harrison R 8.5 59.20 Indiana President X 68.40 80
James Weaver POP 4.1 59.39 Iowa Former representative 38.80 95
James Blaine R 3.7 62.75 Maine Former nominee 26.05 70
William McKinley R 8.2 49.76 Ohio Governor 26.05 32
David Hill D 8.5 49.17 New York Senator 19.98 24
Horace Boies D 6.3 64.90 Iowa Governor 19.02 30
John Bidwell PRO 0.4 73.24 California Movement leader 17.19 430
Arthur Gorman D 7.4 53.64 Maryland Senator 13.19 18

GENERAL ELECTION

Candidate Party SC PV PV% EV EV% PV*EQ EV*EQ
Grover Cleveland D 24 5,554,617 46.01% 277 62.39% 46,014,123 336
Benjamin Harrison R 17 5,186,793 42.97% 145 32.66% 42,967,091 176
James Weaver POP 5 1,029,357 8.53% 22 4.96% 8,527,133 27
John Bidwell PRO 0 270,979 2.25% 0 0.00% 2,244,774 0

REGIONAL SPLITS

Candidate Party PV% East South Midwest West EV East South Midwest West
Grover Cleveland D 46.01% 47.50% 57.04% 41.47% 29.07% 277 69 125 75 8
Benjamin Harrison R 42.97% 48.53% 27.15% 46.41% 42.96% 145 65 0 66 14
James Weaver POP 8.53% 0.95% 14.63% 9.42% 25.39% 22 0 0 11 11
John Bidwell PRO 2.25% 2.50% 0.87% 2.69% 2.58% 0 0 0 0 0

PV BY STATES

State Total PV Cleveland Harrison Weaver Bidwell Other
Alabama 232,543 138,135 9,184 84,984 240
Arkansas 148,117 87,834 47,072 11,831 113 1,267
California 269,585 118,151 118,027 25,311 8,096
Colorado 93,881 38,620 53,584 1,677
Connecticut 164,593 82,395 77,030 809 4,026 333
Delaware 37,235 18,581 18,077 564 13
Florida 35,567 30,154 4,843 570
Georgia 223,961 129,386 48,305 42,937 988 2,345
Idaho 19,407 8,599 10,520 288
Illinois 873,667 426,281 399,308 22,207 25,871
Indiana 553,613 262,740 255,615 22,208 13,050
Iowa 443,159 196,367 219,795 20,595 6,402
Kansas 323,591 156,134 162,888 4,569
Kentucky 340,864 175,461 135,462 23,500 6,441
Louisiana 118,287 87,922 27,903 2,462
Maine 116,013 48,024 62,878 2,045 3,062 4
Maryland 213,275 113,866 92,736 796 5,877
Massachusetts 391,028 176,813 202,814 3,210 7,539 652
Michigan 466,917 202,396 222,708 20,031 20,857 925
Minnesota 267,461 101,055 122,836 29,336 14,234
Mississippi 52,519 40,030 1,398 10,118 973
Missouri 541,583 268,400 227,646 41,204 4,333
Montana 44,461 17,690 18,871 7,338 562
Nebraska 200,205 24,956 87,213 83,134 4,902
Nevada 10,826 703 2,811 7,226 86
New Hampshire 89,328 42,081 45,658 292 1,297
New Jersey 337,485 170,987 156,059 969 8,133 1,337
New York 1,336,793 654,868 609,350 16,429 38,190 17,956
North Carolina 280,270 132,951 100,346 44,336 2,637
North Dakota 36,118 17,519 17,700 899
Ohio 850,164 404,115 405,187 14,850 26,012
Oregon 78,378 14,243 35,002 26,875 2,258
Pennsylvania 1,003,000 452,264 516,011 8,714 25,123 888
Rhode Island 53,196 24,336 26,975 228 1,654 3
South Carolina 70,504 54,680 13,345 2,407 72
South Dakota 70,513 9,081 34,888 26,544
Tennessee 265,732 136,468 100,537 23,918 4,809
Texas 422,447 239,148 77,478 99,688 2,165 3,968
Vermont 55,793 16,325 37,992 42 1,424 10
Virginia 292,238 164,136 113,098 12,275 2,729
Washington 87,968 29,802 36,459 19,165 2,542
West Virginia 171,079 84,467 80,292 4,167 2,153
Wisconsin 371,481 177,325 171,101 9,919 13,136
Wyoming 16,703 8,454 7,722 498 29
Total 12,071,548 5,554,617 5,186,793 1,029,357 270,979 29,802

PV% BY STATES

State PV winner Cleveland Harrison Weaver Bidwell Other
Alabama Cleveland 59.40% 3.95% 36.55% 0.10%
Arkansas Cleveland 59.30% 31.78% 7.99% 0.08% 0.86%
California Cleveland 43.83% 43.78% 9.39% 3.00%
Colorado Weaver 41.14% 57.08% 1.79%
Connecticut Cleveland 50.06% 46.80% 0.49% 2.45% 0.20%
Delaware Cleveland 49.90% 48.55% 1.52% 0.04%
Florida Cleveland 84.78% 13.62% 1.60%
Georgia Cleveland 57.77% 21.57% 19.17% 0.44% 1.05%
Idaho Weaver 44.31% 54.21% 1.48%
Illinois Cleveland 48.79% 45.71% 2.54% 2.96%
Indiana Cleveland 47.46% 46.17% 4.01% 2.36%
Iowa Harrison 44.31% 49.60% 4.65% 1.45%
Kansas Weaver 48.25% 50.34% 1.41%
Kentucky Cleveland 51.48% 39.74% 6.89% 1.89%
Louisiana Cleveland 74.33% 23.59% 2.08%
Maine Harrison 41.40% 54.20% 1.76% 2.64% 0.00%
Maryland Cleveland 53.39% 43.48% 0.37% 2.76%
Massachusetts Harrison 45.22% 51.87% 0.82% 1.93% 0.17%
Michigan Harrison 43.35% 47.70% 4.29% 4.47% 0.20%
Minnesota Harrison 37.78% 45.93% 10.97% 5.32%
Mississippi Cleveland 76.22% 2.66% 19.27% 1.85%
Missouri Cleveland 49.56% 42.03% 7.61% 0.80%
Montana Harrison 39.79% 42.44% 16.50% 1.26%
Nebraska Harrison 12.47% 43.56% 41.52% 2.45%
Nevada Weaver 6.49% 25.97% 66.75% 0.79%
New Hampshire Harrison 47.11% 51.11% 0.33% 1.45%
New Jersey Cleveland 50.67% 46.24% 0.29% 2.41% 0.40%
New York Cleveland 48.99% 45.58% 1.23% 2.86% 1.34%
North Carolina Cleveland 47.44% 35.80% 15.82% 0.94%
North Dakota Weaver 48.51% 49.01% 2.49%
Ohio Harrison 47.53% 47.66% 1.75% 3.06%
Oregon Harrison 18.17% 44.66% 34.29% 2.88%
Pennsylvania Harrison 45.09% 51.45% 0.87% 2.51% 0.09%
Rhode Island Harrison 45.75% 50.71% 0.43% 3.11% 0.01%
South Carolina Cleveland 77.56% 18.93% 3.41% 0.10%
South Dakota Harrison 12.88% 49.48% 37.64%
Tennessee Cleveland 51.36% 37.83% 9.00% 1.81%
Texas Cleveland 56.61% 18.34% 23.60% 0.51% 0.94%
Vermont Harrison 29.26% 68.10% 0.08% 2.55% 0.02%
Virginia Cleveland 56.17% 38.70% 4.20% 0.93%
Washington Harrison 33.88% 41.45% 21.79% 2.89%
West Virginia Cleveland 49.37% 46.93% 2.44% 1.26%
Wisconsin Cleveland 47.74% 46.06% 2.67% 3.54%
Wyoming Harrison 50.61% 46.23% 2.98% 0.17%
Total Cleveland 46.01% 42.97% 8.53% 2.25% 0.25%

EV BY STATES

State Total EV Cleveland Harrison Weaver
Alabama 11 11 0 0
Arkansas 8 8 0 0
California 9 8 1 0
Colorado 4 0 0 4
Connecticut 6 6 0 0
Delaware 3 3 0 0
Florida 4 4 0 0
Georgia 13 13 0 0
Idaho 3 0 0 3
Illinois 24 24 0 0
Indiana 15 15 0 0
Iowa 13 0 13 0
Kansas 10 0 0 10
Kentucky 13 13 0 0
Louisiana 8 8 0 0
Maine 6 0 6 0
Maryland 8 8 0 0
Massachusetts 15 0 15 0
Michigan 14 5 9 0
Minnesota 9 0 9 0
Mississippi 9 9 0 0
Missouri 17 17 0 0
Montana 3 0 3 0
Nebraska 8 0 8 0
Nevada 3 0 0 3
New Hampshire 4 0 4 0
New Jersey 10 10 0 0
New York 36 36 0 0
North Carolina 11 11 0 0
North Dakota 3 1 1 1
Ohio 23 1 22 0
Oregon 4 0 3 1
Pennsylvania 32 0 32 0
Rhode Island 4 0 4 0
South Carolina 9 9 0 0
South Dakota 4 0 4 0
Tennessee 12 12 0 0
Texas 15 15 0 0
Vermont 4 0 4 0
Virginia 12 12 0 0
Washington 4 0 4 0
West Virginia 6 6 0 0
Wisconsin 12 12 0 0
Wyoming 3 0 3 0
Total 444 277 145 22

MARGINS AND FLIPS

State PV winner Runnerup Gap (votes) Gap (points) Flip
Alabama Cleveland Weaver 53,151 22.86 26,576
Arkansas Cleveland Harrison 40,762 27.52 20,382
California Cleveland Harrison 124 0.05 63
Colorado Weaver Harrison 14,964 15.94 7,483
Connecticut Cleveland Harrison 5,365 3.26 2,683
Delaware Cleveland Harrison 504 1.35 253
Florida Cleveland Weaver 25,311 71.16 12,656
Georgia Cleveland Harrison 81,081 36.20 40,541
Idaho Weaver Harrison 1,921 9.90 961
Illinois Cleveland Harrison 26,973 3.09 13,487
Indiana Cleveland Harrison 7,125 1.29 3,563
Iowa Harrison Cleveland 23,428 5.29 11,715
Kansas Weaver Harrison 6,754 2.09 3,378
Kentucky Cleveland Harrison 39,999 11.73 20,000
Louisiana Cleveland Harrison 60,019 50.74 30,010
Maine Harrison Cleveland 14,854 12.80 7,428
Maryland Cleveland Harrison 21,130 9.91 10,566
Massachusetts Harrison Cleveland 26,001 6.65 13,001
Michigan Harrison Cleveland 20,312 4.35 10,157
Minnesota Harrison Cleveland 21,781 8.14 10,891
Mississippi Cleveland Weaver 29,912 56.96 14,957
Missouri Cleveland Harrison 40,754 7.53 20,378
Montana Harrison Cleveland 1,181 2.66 591
Nebraska Harrison Weaver 4,079 2.04 2,040
Nevada Weaver Harrison 4,415 40.78 2,208
New Hampshire Harrison Cleveland 3,577 4.01 1,789
New Jersey Cleveland Harrison 14,928 4.42 7,465
New York Cleveland Harrison 45,518 3.41 22,760
North Carolina Cleveland Harrison 32,605 11.63 16,303
North Dakota Weaver Harrison 181 0.50 91
Ohio Harrison Cleveland 1,072 0.13 537
Oregon Harrison Weaver 8,127 10.37 4,064
Pennsylvania Harrison Cleveland 63,747 6.36 31,874
Rhode Island Harrison Cleveland 2,639 4.96 1,320
South Carolina Cleveland Harrison 41,335 58.63 20,668
South Dakota Harrison Weaver 8,344 11.83 4,173
Tennessee Cleveland Harrison 35,931 13.52 17,966
Texas Cleveland Weaver 139,460 33.01 69,731
Vermont Harrison Cleveland 21,667 38.84 10,834
Virginia Cleveland Harrison 51,038 17.46 25,520
Washington Harrison Cleveland 6,657 7.57 3,329
West Virginia Cleveland Harrison 4,175 2.44 2,088
Wisconsin Cleveland Harrison 6,224 1.68 3,113
Wyoming Harrison Weaver 732 4.38 367
Total Cleveland Harrison 367,824 3.05 183,913
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