Who won the 1884 presidential election?

Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the 1884 presidential election with 219 electoral votes and 48.5% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1884?

The 1884 Electoral College result was 219 Democratic to 182 Republican (401 total electoral votes, 201 needed to win).

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1884

Presidential Election · 1884

Elected President

Grover Cleveland

Democraticdefeating James G. Blaine

219

Cleveland

Electoral

Votes

201 to win

182

Blaine

219 EV201 needed to win182 EV

Popular Vote

Cleveland(DEM)48.5%

Blaine(REP)48.2%

candidates(OTH)3.4%

National margin:D+0.3%

10,091,620 total votes cast

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Cleveland: 20 states · 219 EV|Blaine: 18 states · 182 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Cleveland %	Votes	Blaine %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	South Carolina	9	9	75.3%	69,845	23.4%	21,730	—	D+51.8	↑ D+20.5
▶	Texas	13	22	69.4%	226,627	28.5%	93,157	—	D+40.9	↓ R+2.7
▶	Georgia	12	34	66.1%	94,667	33.9%	48,603	—	D+32.1	↑ D+1.3
▶	Mississippi	9	43	64.3%	77,653	35.7%	43,035	—	D+28.7	↓ R+6.3
▶	Alabama	10	53	60.4%	92,736	38.7%	59,444	—	D+21.7	↓ R+1.2
▶	Arkansas	7	60	57.8%	72,056	40.8%	50,865	—	D+17.0	↑ D+0.3
▶	Louisiana	8	68	57.2%	62,594	42.4%	46,347	—	D+14.8	↓ R+10.1
▶	Delaware	3	71	56.5%	16,957	43.2%	12,953	—	D+13.3	↑ D+9.8
▶	Kentucky	13	84	55.3%	152,961	42.9%	118,690	—	D+12.4	↓ R+3.5
▶	Missouri	16	100	51.9%	236,027	44.7%	203,081	—	D+7.3	↓ R+6.6
▶	Maryland	8	108	52.6%	131,235	45.4%	113,333	—	D+7.2	↓ R+3.6
▶	North Carolina	11	119	53.3%	142,905	46.6%	125,021	—	D+6.7	↑ D+3.1
▶	Florida	4	123	53.0%	31,769	46.7%	28,031	—	D+6.2	↓ R+2.1
▶	Tennessee	12	135	51.7%	133,516	47.9%	123,597	—	D+3.8	↓ R+5.3
▶	West Virginia	6	141	50.9%	67,311	47.8%	63,096	—	D+3.2	↓ R+0.4
▶	Virginia	12	153	50.9%	126,208	49.1%	121,624	—	D+1.9	↓ R+2.9
▶	New Jersey	9	162	49.0%	127,747	47.3%	123,436	—	D+1.6	↑ D+0.8
▶	Indiana	15	177	49.8%	244,989	48.5%	238,466	—	D+1.3	↑ D+2.7
▶	Connecticut	6	183	49.0%	67,167	48.0%	65,879	—	D+0.9	↑ D+2.9
▶	New York	36	219	48.3%	563,048	48.2%	562,001	—	D+0.1	↑ D+2.0
▶	Vermont	4	4	29.2%	17,331	66.5%	39,514	—	R+37.4	↑ D+4.5
▶	Kansas	9	13	33.9%	90,111	58.1%	154,410	8.0%	R+24.2	↑ D+6.5
▶	Minnesota	7	20	36.9%	70,065	58.8%	111,685	—	R+21.9	↑ D+5.0
▶	Rhode Island	4	24	37.8%	12,391	58.1%	19,030	—	R+20.3	↑ D+5.1
▶	Nebraska	5	29	40.5%	54,391	57.3%	76,912	—	R+16.8	↑ D+13.5
▶	Maine	6	35	40.0%	52,153	55.3%	72,217	—	R+15.4	↓ R+9.2
▶	Colorado	3	38	41.7%	27,723	54.3%	36,084	—	R+12.6	↓ R+7.3
▶	Nevada	3	41	43.6%	5,577	56.1%	7,176	—	R+12.5	↓ R+17.3
▶	Michigan	13	54	37.1%	149,687	47.8%	192,651	15.0%	R+10.7	↑ D+4.6
▶	Pennsylvania	30	84	43.9%	394,772	52.5%	472,792	—	R+8.7	↓ R+4.4
▶	Massachusetts	14	98	40.3%	122,352	48.4%	146,724	11.3%	R+8.0	↑ D+10.8
▶	California	8	106	45.3%	89,288	52.0%	102,369	—	R+6.6	↓ R+6.7
▶	Iowa	13	119	47.0%	177,523	52.2%	197,088	—	R+5.2	↑ D+19.0
▶	New Hampshire	4	123	46.3%	39,198	51.1%	43,254	—	R+4.8	↓ R+0.1
▶	Wisconsin	11	134	45.8%	146,447	50.4%	161,155	—	R+4.6	↑ D+6.5
▶	Oregon	3	137	46.7%	24,598	51.0%	26,845	—	R+4.3	↓ R+2.6
▶	Ohio	23	160	46.9%	368,280	51.0%	400,092	—	R+4.0	↑ D+0.7
▶	Illinois	22	182	46.4%	312,351	50.2%	337,469	—	R+3.7	↑ D+2.8

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1880 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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