Benjamin Harrison carried Colorado R+14.4.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in Colorado, 1888. Colorado held 3 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 20.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+6.2 nationally).

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R)

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Colorado result

92,014 votes counted

Electoral votes

3

Cleveland (D)

37,566

40.8%

Harrison (R)

50,784

55.2%

All others

3,664

4.0%

Margin

R+14.4

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1888 presidential election

Colorado, 1888

HarrisonR+14.4

How it voted

Share of the 1888 vote

Benjamin Harrison ✓Republican	55.2%	50,784
Grover ClevelandDemocratic	40.8%	37,566
OtherAll other candidates	4.0%	3,664

D+60

R+60

42 counties, each filled by 1888 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Colorado's presidential margins

1880–2024, the 1888 contest in context

Colorado's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1880	−5.2%
1884	−12.6%
1888	−14.4%
1892	−41.1%
1896	+70.6%
1900	+13.6%
1904	−14.2%
1908	+1.1%
1912	+20.9%
1916	+26.0%
1920	−23.4%
1924	−35.0%
1928	−30.8%
1932	+13.4%
1936	+23.3%
1940	−2.6%
1944	−6.8%
1948	+5.4%
1952	−21.3%
1956	−19.7%
1960	−9.7%
1964	+23.1%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−28.0%
1976	−11.5%
1980	−24.0%
1984	−28.3%
1988	−7.8%
1992	+4.3%
1996	−1.4%
2000	−8.4%
2004	−4.7%
2008	+9.0%
2012	+5.4%
2016	+4.9%
2020	+13.5%
2024	+11.0%

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County results — 1888

42 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arapahoe County	R	−15.8%	8,320	11,541	20,408
Archuleta County	R	−24.5%	77	127	204
Bent County	R	−10.2%	1,074	1,338	2,594
Boulder County	R	−15.5%	1,176	1,639	2,981
Chaffee County	R	−14.8%	941	1,277	2,272
Clear Creek County	R	−26.7%	696	1,244	2,052
Conejos County	R	−18.9%	669	982	1,657
Costilla County	R	−13.8%	383	507	898
Custer County	R	−20.9%	374	574	955
Delta County	R	−3.1%	239	257	584
Dolores County	R	−15.2%	103	140	243
Douglas County	R	−10.7%	307	385	731
Eagle County	R	−20.3%	400	604	1,007
El Paso County	R	−24.7%	1,281	2,164	3,572
Elbert County	R	−14.9%	578	784	1,378
Fremont County	R	−15.9%	766	1,123	2,250
Garfield County	R	−14.8%	820	1,110	1,960
Gilpin County	R	−14.8%	688	953	1,795
Grand County	R	−31.6%	83	162	250
Gunnison County	R	−17.7%	617	904	1,622
Hinsdale County	R	−15.3%	116	158	274
Huerfano County	R	−5.2%	674	750	1,453
Jefferson County	R	−11.1%	767	970	1,833
La Plata County	R	−4.5%	774	849	1,661
Lake County	R	−9.1%	2,413	2,901	5,371
Larimer County	R	−24.4%	769	1,322	2,267
Las Animas County	D	+2.3%	2,785	2,655	5,667
Logan County	R	−21.6%	669	1,086	1,929
Mesa County	R	−5.8%	388	440	889
Montrose County	R	−15.2%	372	512	920
Ouray County	R	−13.1%	733	961	1,738
Park County	R	−13.0%	588	764	1,357
Pitkin County	R	−11.0%	1,217	1,524	2,780
Pueblo County	R	−5.4%	2,038	2,280	4,458
Rio Grande County	R	−26.2%	261	454	738
Routt County	R	−25.0%	219	366	588
Saguache County	R	−16.0%	428	592	1,025
San Juan County	R	−14.8%	287	392	710
San Miguel County	R	−17.3%	378	540	939
Summit County	R	−11.4%	557	701	1,260
Washington County	R	−22.3%	505	810	1,370
Weld County	R	−26.9%	1,036	1,942	3,374