1884 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1884 United States presidential election in Colorado
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Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote30
Popular vote36,08427,723
Percentage54.25%41.68%
Colorado Presidential Election Results 1884.svg
County Results
President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

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Colorado voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 12.57 points. In its earliest years as a state Colorado was like the Plains States to its east solidly Republican, with that party continuously controlling the legislature and holding the governorship for five of seven terms. This was in spite of widespread criticism of the national GOP for its monetary policy [1] in a state that was the major producer of silver in the United States [2]

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Colorado [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 39,51454.25%3100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 27,72341.68%00.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 1,9562.94%00.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 7561.14%00.00%
Total66,519100.00%3100.00%

Results by county

County James Gillespie Blaine [4]
Republican		 Stephen Grover Cleveland [4]
Democratic		Various candidates [4]
Other parties		Margin
%#%#%#%#
El Paso 65.71%1,20929.02%5345.27%9736.68%675
Montrose 62.69%42034.33%2302.99%2028.36%190
Gilpin 61.43%1,12933.41%6145.17%9528.02%515
Garfield 63.80%24536.20%1390.00%027.60%106
Eagle 61.57%30638.23%1900.20%123.34%116
Weld 53.49%1,33230.72%76515.78%39322.77%567
Rio Grande 59.50%44838.38%2892.12%1621.12%159
Clear Creek 59.36%1,39938.82%9151.82%4320.53%484
Larimer 54.01%1,03833.51%64412.49%24020.50%394
Fremont 54.77%91334.97%58310.26%17119.80%330
Routt 59.22%10640.78%730.00%018.44%33
Custer 58.67%81240.97%5670.36%517.70%245
Boulder 51.59%1,44534.06%95414.35%40217.53%491
Grand 58.18%24940.65%1741.17%517.52%75
San Juan 57.24%66440.78%4731.98%2316.47%191
Hinsdale 57.11%24541.96%1800.93%415.15%65
Arapahoe 54.17%7,13340.33%5,3105.51%72513.84%1,823
Delta 55.96%23042.34%1741.70%713.63%56
Lake 55.52%3,41643.25%2,6611.24%7612.27%755
Pitkin 55.81%60544.19%4790.00%011.62%126
Dolores 55.69%19144.31%1520.00%011.37%39
Ouray 55.57%49944.43%3990.00%011.14%100
Conejos 55.45%72844.40%5830.15%211.04%145
Park 54.45%77744.08%6291.47%2110.37%148
Gunnison 54.20%1,24543.93%1,0091.87%4310.27%236
Pueblo 53.88%1,78443.76%1,4492.36%7810.12%335
Saguache 54.08%54345.22%4540.70%78.86%89
Elbert 54.31%22745.45%1900.24%18.85%37
San Miguel 54.19%43345.68%3650.13%18.51%68
Douglas 53.33%28845.56%2461.11%67.78%42
Chaffee 53.46%1,14246.16%9860.37%87.30%156
La Plata 51.02%72244.45%6294.52%646.57%93
Jefferson 50.97%84544.81%7434.22%706.15%102
Summit 51.92%60947.40%5560.68%84.52%53
Mesa 51.38%35347.89%3290.73%53.49%24
Costilla 50.71%49849.29%4840.00%01.43%14
Bent 44.26%38251.68%4464.06%35-7.42%-64
Las Animas 41.73%1,03958.27%1,4510.00%0-16.55%-412
Huerfano 37.83%43558.70%6753.48%40-20.87%-240

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References

  1. ↑ Ubbelohde, Carl; Benson, Maxine and Smith, Duane A.; A Colorado History, pp. 206-207 ISBN   0871089424
  2. ↑ Larson, Robert W.; ‘Populism in the Mountain West: A Mainstream Movement’; Western Historical Quarterly; Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1982), pp. 143-164
  3. ↑ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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