Who won North Carolina in the 1880 presidential election?

Hancock (Democratic) carried North Carolina in 1880, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did North Carolina have in 1880?

North Carolina cast 10 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did North Carolina vote for the national winner in 1880?

No. North Carolina backed Hancock, while James A. Garfield won the presidency nationally.

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1880

North Carolina: Hancock carries 10 EV.

North Carolina cast its 10 electoral votes for Hancock (Democratic). National winner: James A. Garfield (Republican) — North Carolina voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in North Carolina, 1880

In 1880, North Carolina awarded its 10 electoral votes to Hancock of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — James A. Garfield (Republican) won the presidency, leaving North Carolina among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which North Carolina backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. North Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1880. Across the 58 presidential elections North Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, James A. Garfield took 214 of the 369 electoral votes, against Winfield Scott Hancock's 155. James A. Garfield led the national popular vote with 48.31% of the ballots cast.

The 1880 national map

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