Who won Florida in the 1892 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Florida in 1892, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1892?

Florida cast 4 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1892?

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

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1892

Florida: Cleveland carries 4 EV.

Florida cast its 4 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Florida voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Florida, 1892

In 1892, Florida awarded its 4 electoral votes to Cleveland of the Democratic party. Florida ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1892. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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