Who won Virginia in the 1884 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Virginia in 1884, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 1884?

Virginia cast 12 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Virginia vote for the national winner in 1884?

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

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1884

Virginia: Cleveland carries 12 EV.

Virginia cast its 12 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Virginia voted with the national winner this cycle.

Virginia in 1884

The 1884 contest saw Virginia line up behind Cleveland, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Virginia ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Virginia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. Virginia did not move alone — neighboring North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland broke the same way in 1884. Across the 58 presidential elections Virginia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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