Who won Connecticut in the 1884 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1884, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1884?

Connecticut cast 6 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1884?

Yes. Connecticut backed Grover Cleveland, who won the presidency that year.

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1884

Connecticut: Cleveland carries 6 EV.

Connecticut cast its 6 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Connecticut, 1884

In 1884, Connecticut awarded its 6 electoral votes to Cleveland of the Democratic party. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Connecticut away from the Republican it had supported in 1880. The region divided — New York joined Connecticut for the Democratic ticket, while Massachusetts and Rhode Island did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Grover Cleveland took 219 of the 401 electoral votes, against James G. Blaine's 182. Grover Cleveland led the national popular vote with 48.85% of the ballots cast.

The 1884 national map

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