1880 United States presidential election in Nevada

The 1880 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

1880 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Turnout29.46% of the total population Decrease 16.88 pp[1]
 
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 9,613 8,732
Percentage 52.40% 47.60%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James Garfield
Republican

Nevada was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (DPennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 52.40% of the popular vote, against Representative James A. Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 47.60% of the vote.[2] This was the first time Nevada voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, with Hancock's victory being generally attributed to the fact that Garfield was viewed as weaker than Hancock on the hot-bed issue of controlling immigration from China – which both major parties promised to do and which the Nevada electorate was overwhelmingly in favor of.[3]

This is the first occasion where a Republican won without the state. This was the first election in which a Democratic candidate carried Douglas County, Storey County, Washoe County, and White Pine County; they would not back a Democrat again until 1896.

Results

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General Election Results[4]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Winfield Scott Hancock W. E. F. Deal 9,613
Democratic Party Winfield Scott Hancock John H. Dennis 9,611
Democratic Party Winfield Scott Hancock J. C. McTarnahan 9,609
Republican Party James A. Garfield O. H. Gray 8,732
Republican Party James A. Garfield E. A. Morton 8,732
Republican Party James A. Garfield R. H. Taylor 8,725
Votes cast[a] 18,345

Results by county

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Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic
James Abram Garfield
Republican
Margin Total votes cast[b]
County # % # % # %
Churchill 99 54.70% 82 45.30% 17 9.39% 181
Douglas 275 52.68% 247 47.32% 28 5.36% 522
Elko 885 53.09% 782 46.91% 103 6.18% 1,667
Esmeralda 670 52.47% 607 47.53% 63 4.93% 1,277
Eureka 891 46.48% 1,026 53.52% -135 -7.04% 1,917
Humboldt 598 61.65% 372 38.35% 226 23.30% 970
Lander 576 52.80% 515 47.20% 61 5.59% 1,091
Lincoln 419 61.98% 257 38.02% 162 23.96% 676
Lyon 295 45.38% 355 54.62% -60 -9.23% 650
Nye 418 55.22% 339 44.78% 79 10.44% 757
Ormsby 452 42.01% 624 57.99% -172 -15.99% 1,076
Storey 2,766 53.82% 2,373 46.18% 393 7.65% 5,139
Washoe 828 52.31% 755 47.69% 73 4.61% 1,583
White Pine 441 52.56% 398 47.44% 43 5.13% 839
Totals 9,613 52.40% 8,732 47.60% 881 4.80% 18,345

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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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. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Results Nevada Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b "1880 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  3. ^ Gold, Martin; Forbidden Citizens: Chinese Exclusion and the U.S. Congress: A Legislative History; p. 141 ISBN 1587332353
  4. ^ Nevada State Archives, Abstract of Votes Cast at the General Election in Nevada, November 2d, 1880