Who won South Carolina in the 1892 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried South Carolina in 1892, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 1892?

South Carolina cast 9 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did South Carolina vote for the national winner in 1892?

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

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1892

South Carolina: Cleveland carries 9 EV.

South Carolina cast its 9 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — South Carolina voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1892 result in South Carolina

South Carolina backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1892 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. South Carolina ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which South Carolina backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. South Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Georgia and North Carolina broke the same way in 1892. Across the 59 presidential elections South Carolina 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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