United_States_presidential_election_in_California,_1888 References

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The 1888 United States presidential election in California was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California narrowly voted for the Republican challenger, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in California^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison	124,816	49.66%	8
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland ( incumbent)	117,729	46.84%	0
	Prohibition	Clinton B. Fisk	5,761	2.29%	0
	American	James Curtis	1,591	0.63%	0
	No party	Write-ins	1,442	0.57%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			251,339	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison^[2] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland^[2] Democratic		Clinton Bowen Fisk^[3] Prohibition		Various candidates^[3] Other parties		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Alpine	66.25%	53	33.75%	27	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	32.50%	26
Mono	59.72%	347	37.01%	215	1.55%	9	1.72%	10	22.72%	132
Inyo	58.66%	437	36.64%	273	1.74%	13	2.95%	22	22.01%	164
Alameda	57.18%	8,840	36.82%	5,693	2.32%	359	3.68%	569	20.35%	3,147
Sierra	59.21%	1,003	40.67%	689	0.00%	0	0.12%	2	18.54%	314
San Diego	56.88%	4,661	38.92%	3,189	3.93%	322	0.27%	22	17.96%	1,472
Sacramento	56.37%	4,769	40.74%	3,447	1.28%	108	1.61%	136	15.63%	1,322
Humboldt	55.94%	2,773	40.63%	2,014	1.51%	75	1.92%	95	15.31%	759
Los Angeles	54.64%	13,805	40.02%	10,110	5.01%	1,266	0.33%	83	14.63%	3,695
Contra Costa	55.04%	1,518	42.68%	1,177	1.92%	53	0.36%	10	12.36%	341
San Bernardino	53.50%	3,059	41.76%	2,388	4.60%	263	0.14%	8	11.73%	671
Ventura	53.84%	1,107	44.07%	906	1.99%	41	0.10%	2	9.78%	201
Napa	53.20%	1,763	45.14%	1,496	1.27%	42	0.39%	13	8.06%	267
Marin	52.76%	936	45.21%	802	0.90%	16	1.13%	20	7.55%	134
San Mateo	52.95%	1,121	46.29%	980	0.66%	14	0.09%	2	6.66%	141
Placer	52.35%	1,761	45.99%	1,547	1.49%	50	0.18%	6	6.36%	214
Plumas	52.55%	648	46.23%	570	0.73%	9	0.49%	6	6.33%	78
Santa Cruz	50.66%	1,996	44.42%	1,750	4.90%	193	0.03%	1	6.24%	246
Nevada	51.69%	2,167	45.87%	1,923	2.27%	95	0.17%	7	5.82%	244
Santa Clara	49.94%	4,457	44.51%	3,972	4.50%	402	1.04%	93	5.43%	485
Calaveras	52.17%	1,441	47.25%	1,305	0.43%	12	0.14%	4	4.92%	136
Santa Barbara	49.20%	1,684	45.72%	1,565	4.70%	161	0.38%	13	3.48%	119
Shasta	50.70%	1,490	47.43%	1,394	1.74%	51	0.14%	4	3.27%	96
San Luis Obispo	49.68%	1,689	46.62%	1,585	3.56%	121	0.15%	5	3.06%	104
Sutter	49.05%	725	47.23%	698	3.59%	53	0.14%	2	1.83%	27
Solano	49.67%	2,231	48.04%	2,158	2.09%	94	0.20%	9	1.63%	73
Monterey	48.55%	1,875	48.32%	1,866	2.93%	113	0.21%	8	0.23%	9
San Joaquin	47.30%	2,829	47.18%	2,822	4.78%	286	0.74%	44	0.12%	7
Trinity	49.70%	490	49.70%	490	0.20%	2	0.41%	4	0.00%	0
Butte	48.25%	2,191	48.78%	2,215	2.80%	127	0.18%	8	-0.53%	-24
Sonoma	46.97%	3,293	48.41%	3,394	2.20%	154	2.42%	170	-1.44%	-101
Yuba	46.37%	1,130	48.01%	1,170	1.68%	41	3.94%	96	-1.64%	-40
Amador	47.48%	1,373	49.41%	1,429	2.73%	79	0.38%	11	-1.94%	-56
Siskiyou	47.84%	1,361	51.28%	1,459	0.70%	20	0.18%	5	-3.44%	-98
El Dorado	47.02%	1,350	50.71%	1,456	2.12%	61	0.14%	4	-3.69%	-106
Tehama	47.09%	1,181	51.44%	1,290	1.36%	34	0.12%	3	-4.35%	-109
Lassen	46.79%	488	51.29%	535	1.53%	16	0.38%	4	-4.51%	-47
San Francisco	46.14%	25,708	51.51%	28,699	0.81%	452	1.54%	858	-5.37%	-2,991
Fresno	44.81%	2,461	51.38%	2,822	3.15%	173	0.66%	36	-6.57%	-361
Tulare	43.82%	2,275	50.79%	2,637	4.70%	244	0.69%	36	-6.97%	-362
Yolo	44.66%	1,350	52.27%	1,580	3.01%	91	0.07%	2	-7.61%	-230
Mendocino	44.75%	1,708	52.53%	2,005	2.36%	90	0.37%	14	-7.78%	-297
Lake	44.87%	731	53.22%	867	1.66%	27	0.25%	4	-8.35%	-136
San Benito	42.76%	664	51.32%	797	5.80%	90	0.13%	2	-8.56%	-133
Del Norte	42.29%	244	50.95%	294	2.43%	14	4.33%	25	-8.67%	-50
Modoc	43.19%	552	53.13%	679	3.60%	46	0.08%	1	-9.94%	-127
Merced	43.04%	773	54.12%	972	1.06%	19	1.78%	32	-11.08%	-199
Mariposa	43.54%	526	54.97%	664	0.08%	1	1.41%	17	-11.42%	-138
Kern	41.46%	910	55.99%	1,229	1.09%	24	1.46%	32	-14.53%	-319
Tuolumne	41.16%	854	55.86%	1,159	2.65%	55	0.34%	7	-14.70%	-305
Stanislaus	39.02%	903	56.83%	1,315	3.93%	91	0.22%	5	-17.80%	-412
Colusa	35.14%	1,116	63.29%	2,010	1.29%	41	0.28%	9	-28.15%	-894

References

^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
^ ^a ^b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)

[1] "1888 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.

[GeoelectionsI-2] Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-3] Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)

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