1892
Michigan in 1892
The 1892 contest saw Michigan line up behind Harrison, delivering 14 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Michigan among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Michigan backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Ohio joined Michigan for the Republican ticket, while Indiana and Wisconsin did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Michigan has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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.
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