Grover Cleveland carried Virginia D+17.5.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in Virginia, 1892. Virginia held 12 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 15.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+1.7 nationally).

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R) · James B. Weaver (Populist)

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Virginia result

292,238 votes counted

Electoral votes

12

Cleveland (D)

164,136

56.2%

Harrison (R)

113,098

38.7%

Weaver + others

15,004

5.1%

Margin

D+17.5

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1892 presidential election

Virginia, 1892

ClevelandD+17.5

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Grover Cleveland ✓Democratic	56.2%	164,136
Benjamin HarrisonRepublican	38.7%	113,098
James B. WeaverPopulist	5.1%	15,004

D+60

R+60

116 counties, each filled by 1892 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1892

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+33.0%	3,529	1,733	5,448
Albemarle County	D	+21.0%	2,757	1,795	4,581
Alexandria city	D	+25.9%	1,982	1,162	3,163
Alleghany County	D	+19.0%	499	340	839
Amelia County	R	−5.1%	501	563	1,226
Amherst County	D	+16.0%	1,666	1,190	2,973
Appomattox County	D	+5.0%	776	691	1,714
Arlington County	D	+4.4%	1,169	1,069	2,298
Augusta County	D	+23.8%	3,563	2,136	5,986
Bath County	D	+20.6%	488	310	866
Bedford County	D	+31.2%	3,216	1,590	5,217
Bland County	D	+36.4%	501	159	939
Botetourt County	D	+16.3%	1,681	1,196	2,984
Bristol city	D	+32.1%	465	235	716
Brunswick County	D	+4.5%	1,049	947	2,292
Buchanan County	D	+11.5%	472	367	910
Buckingham County	D	+8.7%	1,269	1,052	2,495
Buena Vista city	D	+59.7%	341	86	427
Campbell County	D	+15.8%	1,765	1,210	3,513
Caroline County	R	−3.8%	1,235	1,343	2,823
Carroll County	D	+17.6%	1,450	1,008	2,508
Charles City County	R	−23.0%	337	541	887
Charlotte County	D	+24.1%	1,396	815	2,414
Charlottesville city	D	+49.6%	889	296	1,195
Chesapeake city	D	+2.6%	2,587	2,452	5,136
Chesterfield County	D	+16.1%	1,747	1,241	3,140
Clarke County	D	+47.6%	1,208	409	1,678
Craig County	D	+47.1%	535	164	787
Culpeper County	D	+22.2%	1,561	991	2,564
Cumberland County	R	−18.1%	560	838	1,534
Danville city	D	+26.8%	1,234	710	1,956
Dickenson County	D	+18.5%	439	295	779
Dinwiddie County	R	−5.1%	597	674	1,498
Essex County	R	−0.7%	890	903	1,848
Fairfax County	D	+16.9%	2,168	1,537	3,730
Fauquier County	D	+34.3%	2,802	1,348	4,238
Floyd County	R	−5.0%	854	954	2,010
Fluvanna County	D	+27.6%	918	488	1,558
Franklin County	D	+27.4%	2,262	1,178	3,962
Frederick County	D	+47.6%	2,035	700	2,803
Fredericksburg city	D	+35.3%	655	311	975
Giles County	D	+40.7%	1,059	399	1,623
Gloucester County	R	−15.5%	907	1,276	2,380
Goochland County	R	−11.0%	626	790	1,488
Grayson County	D	+20.7%	1,299	832	2,257
Greene County	D	+26.9%	629	356	1,013
Greensville County	D	+5.2%	362	320	812
Halifax County	D	+20.9%	3,133	1,937	5,730
Hampton city	R	−18.4%	891	1,309	2,276
Hanover County	D	+16.4%	1,536	1,064	2,872
Henrico County	D	+12.0%	2,374	1,849	4,358
Henry County	R	−4.8%	1,317	1,459	2,975
Highland County	D	+22.2%	611	386	1,015
Isle of Wight County	D	+38.8%	1,494	636	2,210
James City County	R	−33.3%	233	466	700
King and Queen County	D	+3.3%	564	527	1,124
King George County	R	−0.6%	722	731	1,620
King William County	R	−11.0%	672	844	1,560
Lancaster County	D	+4.6%	983	896	1,895
Lee County	D	+16.9%	1,604	1,131	2,791
Loudoun County	D	+21.1%	2,719	1,738	4,657
Louisa County	R	−2.7%	1,296	1,373	2,803
Lunenburg County	D	+35.5%	819	363	1,285
Lynchburg city	D	+27.9%	2,422	1,358	3,811
Madison County	D	+29.7%	1,115	579	1,804
Mathews County	D	+21.3%	931	591	1,600
Mecklenburg County	R	−4.2%	1,345	1,484	3,343
Middlesex County	R	−3.3%	271	291	604
Montgomery County	D	+5.7%	1,286	1,128	2,783
Nelson County	D	+15.2%	1,409	1,020	2,551
New Kent County	R	−16.2%	366	513	906
Newport News city	D	+42.1%	5,467	2,192	7,775
Norfolk city	D	+36.0%	495	219	766
Northampton County	R	−0.5%	1,225	1,238	2,475
Northumberland County	D	+8.8%	953	792	1,823
Nottoway County	D	+22.2%	931	587	1,551
Orange County	D	+22.8%	1,343	831	2,248
Page County	D	+17.4%	1,351	927	2,434
Patrick County	D	+18.6%	1,288	873	2,234
Petersburg city	D	+41.9%	2,558	1,046	3,606
Pittsylvania County	D	+4.4%	3,661	3,320	7,803
Portsmouth city	D	+24.0%	1,728	1,052	2,812
Powhatan County	R	−20.1%	396	642	1,221
Prince Edward County	R	−1.4%	766	788	1,568
Prince George County	R	−31.8%	270	545	865
Prince William County	D	+33.7%	1,356	663	2,057
Pulaski County	D	+9.4%	1,397	1,154	2,580
Radford city	D	+51.2%	591	185	793
Rappahannock County	D	+45.8%	1,056	384	1,468
Richmond city	D	+49.0%	11,391	3,839	15,408
Richmond County	R	−0.6%	644	652	1,335
Roanoke city	D	+17.9%	2,707	1,870	4,683
Roanoke County	D	+8.1%	1,527	1,290	2,930
Rockbridge County	D	+16.4%	2,210	1,576	3,864
Rockingham County	D	+9.1%	3,293	2,724	6,236
Russell County	D	+32.9%	1,659	752	2,756
Scott County	D	+8.9%	1,746	1,433	3,531
Shenandoah County	D	+14.4%	2,315	1,705	4,235
Smyth County	D	+22.0%	1,352	841	2,322
Southampton County	R	−2.8%	1,127	1,200	2,631
Spotsylvania County	D	+10.7%	849	679	1,593
Stafford County	D	+14.0%	742	558	1,316
Staunton city	D	+23.7%	919	549	1,561
Suffolk city	D	+8.3%	1,763	1,477	3,461
Surry County	R	−7.9%	562	671	1,377
Sussex County	R	−34.0%	291	638	1,022
Tazewell County	R	−6.1%	1,573	1,784	3,453
Virginia Beach city	D	+19.7%	623	409	1,084
Warren County	D	+52.2%	1,286	389	1,717
Washington County	D	+21.2%	2,783	1,774	4,764
Westmoreland County	R	−5.8%	726	817	1,571
Williamsburg city	D	+0.8%	122	120	243
Winchester city	D	+10.4%	579	468	1,072
Wise County	D	+19.8%	1,101	731	1,872
Wythe County	D	+18.1%	1,838	1,243	3,293
York County	R	−19.3%	533	798	1,373