Who won Vermont in the 1892 presidential election?

Harrison (Republican) carried Vermont in 1892, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Vermont have in 1892?

Vermont cast 4 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did Vermont vote for the national winner in 1892?

No. Vermont backed Harrison, while Grover Cleveland won the presidency nationally.

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1892

Vermont: Harrison carries 4 EV.

Vermont cast its 4 electoral votes for Harrison (Republican). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Vermont voted against the national winner this cycle.

Vermont in 1892

The 1892 contest saw Vermont line up behind Harrison, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Vermont among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Vermont backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Massachusetts and New Hampshire joined Vermont for the Republican ticket, while New York did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Vermont has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (33 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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