1892 United States presidential election in Nevada
The 1892 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Nevada was won by the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. The state constituted the Populist Party's highest margin of victory in the election. The state would not vote against a winning Democrat again until 1976.
Results
| 1892 United States presidential election in Nevada[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| People's | James Weaver | 7,264 | 66.78% | 3 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 2,811 | 25.84% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 714 | 6.56% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 89 | 0.82% | 0 | |
| Totals | 10,878 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
| County | Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
James Baird Weaver[3] People's |
John Bidwell[4] Prohibition |
Margin[lower-alpha 1] | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 57 | 29.84% | 4 | 2.09% | 129 | 67.54% | 1 | 0.52% | -72 | -37.70% | 191 |
| Douglas | 196 | 49.62% | 36 | 9.11% | 157 | 39.75% | 6 | 1.52% | 39 | 9.87% | 395 |
| Elko | 218 | 18.71% | 49 | 4.21% | 892 | 76.57% | 6 | 0.52% | -674 | -57.85% | 1,165 |
| Esmeralda | 84 | 16.83% | 19 | 3.81% | 394 | 78.96% | 2 | 0.40% | -310 | -62.12% | 499 |
| Eureka | 48 | 6.21% | 10 | 1.29% | 706 | 91.33% | 9 | 1.16% | -658 | -85.12% | 773 |
| Humboldt | 54 | 6.75% | 27 | 3.38% | 714 | 89.25% | 5 | 0.63% | -660 | -82.50% | 800 |
| Lander | 52 | 9.92% | 30 | 5.73% | 437 | 83.40% | 5 | 0.95% | -385 | -73.47% | 524 |
| Lincoln | 99 | 18.33% | 26 | 4.81% | 413 | 76.48% | 2 | 0.37% | -314 | -58.15% | 540 |
| Lyon | 152 | 25.55% | 36 | 6.05% | 403 | 67.73% | 4 | 0.67% | -251 | -42.18% | 595 |
| Nye | 14 | 5.36% | 7 | 2.68% | 238 | 91.19% | 2 | 0.77% | -224 | -85.82% | 261 |
| Ormsby | 417 | 48.38% | 31 | 3.60% | 406 | 47.10% | 8 | 0.93% | 11 | 1.28% | 862 |
| Storey | 819 | 37.04% | 196 | 8.86% | 1,189 | 53.78% | 7 | 0.32% | -370 | -16.73% | 2,211 |
| Washoe | 530 | 32.56% | 235 | 14.43% | 834 | 51.23% | 29 | 1.78% | -304 | -18.67% | 1,628 |
| White Pine | 71 | 16.36% | 8 | 1.84% | 352 | 81.11% | 3 | 0.69% | -281 | -64.75% | 434 |
| Totals | 2,811 | 25.84% | 714 | 6.56% | 7,264 | 66.78% | 89 | 0.82% | -4,453 | -40.94% | 10,878 |
Notes
- Because Harrison and Weaver ran in the top two places in Nevada and in every county within the state, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage.
References
- Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nevada
- Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
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