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.
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. 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 policyUbbelohde, Carl; Benson, Maxine and Smith, Duane A.; A Colorado History, pp. 206-207 in a state that was the major producer of silver in the United StatesLarson, Robert W.; ‘Populism in the Mountain West: A Mainstream Movement’; Western Historical Quarterly; Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1982), pp. 143-164 and was resentful of the NortheastAzari, 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 – 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
Results by county CountyBenjamin HarrisonGéoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)RepublicanStephen Grover ClevelandDemocraticClinton Bowen FiskGéoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)ProhibitionAlson Jenness StreeterUnion LaborVarious candidatesOther partiesMargin%#%#%#%#%#%# 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
See also United States presidential elections in Colorado
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