Who won California in the 1892 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried California in 1892, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did California have in 1892?

California cast 8 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did California vote for the national winner in 1892?

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

Gilded AgeCA · 8 EV

1892

California: Cleveland carries 8 EV.

California cast its 8 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — California voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1892 result in California

California backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1892 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. California ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

Cleveland's win closed out California's 2-election run of voting Republican. It stood apart from its neighbors: Oregon and Nevada went the other way that year. Across the 44 presidential elections California has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (22 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Grover Cleveland took 277 of the 444 electoral votes, against Benjamin Harrison's 145. Grover Cleveland led the national popular vote with 46.02% of the ballots cast.

The 1892 national map

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