Who won Wisconsin in the 1892 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Wisconsin in 1892, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wisconsin have in 1892?

Wisconsin cast 12 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did Wisconsin vote for the national winner in 1892?

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

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1892

Wisconsin: Cleveland carries 12 EV.

Wisconsin cast its 12 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Wisconsin voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1892 result in Wisconsin

Wisconsin backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1892 presidential election, casting 12 electoral votes for the ticket. Wisconsin ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

Cleveland's win closed out Wisconsin's 9-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Illinois joined Wisconsin for the Democratic ticket, while Minnesota, Iowa, and Michigan did not. Across the 45 presidential elections Wisconsin has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 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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