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1884 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1884 United States presidential election in Nevada

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
Turnout20.52% of the total population Decrease 8.94 pp[1]
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 7,193 5,578
Percentage 56.21% 43.59%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

Nevada was won by Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 56.21% of the vote, against Grover Cleveland, the 28th governor of New York, (DNew York), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks, with 43.59% of the popular vote.[2]

The Greenback and Anti-Monopoly Parties both chose major general and former governor of Massachusetts Benjamin Butler and Absolom M. West, an unseated Mississippi representative, received 0.20% of the vote for the scant 26 votes they received.

This is one of only three elections as of 2020 where a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Nevada (the other instances were eight years later when Grover Cleveland won a second, non consecutive term as Populist James Weaver carried Nevada, and 1976, when Jimmy Carter won a narrow victory). Nevada has been a bellwether state for most of American history, and thus this is one of only eight total elections where Nevada has voted for a losing candidate out of the forty times Nevada has voted in presidential elections. The others are the aforementioned 1892 and 1976, along with Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock's victory four years prior in 1880; all three of Populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan's three runs in 1896, 1900, and 1908; and Hillary Clinton's victory in 2016.[3]

Results

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General Election Results[4]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party James G. Blaine H. C. Davis 7,193
Republican Party James G. Blaine Chancellor Derby 7,176
Republican Party James G. Blaine Thompson Campbell 7,164
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland A. C. Ellis 5,578
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland W. E. F. Deal 5,577
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland George Ernst 5,569
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Frank Cook 26
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler George B. Hill 26
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler G. R. Holcomb 26
Votes cast[a] 12,797

Results by county

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James G. Blaine
Republican
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Benjamin Butler
Greenback
Margin Total votes cast[b]
County # % # % # % # %
Churchill 96 52.17% 88 47.83% 0 0.00% 8 4.35% 184
Douglas 215 56.28% 167 43.72% 0 0.00% 48 12.57% 382
Elko 692 52.99% 614 47.01% 0 0.00% 78 5.97% 1,306
Esmeralda 559 66.47% 282 33.53% 0 0.00% 277 32.94% 841
Eureka 778 61.21% 493 38.79% 0 0.00% 285 22.42% 1,271
Humboldt 428 44.72% 529 55.28% 0 0.00% -101 -10.55% 957
Lander 547 57.70% 401 42.30% 0 0.00% 146 15.40% 948
Lincoln 195 42.86% 260 57.14% 0 0.00% -65 -14.29% 455
Lyon 360 55.90% 284 44.10% 0 0.00% 76 11.80% 644
Nye 207 51.36% 196 48.64% 0 0.00% 11 2.73% 403
Ormsby 537 61.58% 335 38.42% 0 0.00% 202 23.17% 872
Storey 1,488 57.03% 1,121 42.97% 0 0.00% 367 14.07% 2,609
Washoe 716 57.98% 493 39.92% 26 2.11% 223 18.06% 1,235
White Pine 375 54.35% 315 45.65% 0 0.00% 60 8.70% 690
Totals 7,193 56.21% 5,578 43.59% 26 0.20% 1,615 12.62% 12,797

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ^ "1884 Presidential Election Results Nevada Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b "1884 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  3. ^ "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada for the Two Years Ending December 31, 1892. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 103. Retrieved July 8, 2024.