The 1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield. Hancock won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.82 percentage points.
This was the last time until 2004 that a Republican candidate would win the national popular vote without New Jersey.
Results
edit| 1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania | William Hayden English of Indiana | 122,565 | 49.84% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | James Abram Garfield of Ohio | Chester Alan Arthur of New York | 120,555 | 49.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | James Baird Weaver of Iowa | Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas | 2,617 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Neal Dow of Maine | Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio | 191 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 245,928 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Winfield Scott Hancock[2] Democratic |
James Abram Garfield[2] Republican |
James Baird Weaver[3] Greenback |
Neal Dow[3] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 1,720 | 40.46% | 2,488 | 58.53% | 43 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -768 | -18.07% | 4,251 |
| Bergen | 4,242 | 53.41% | 3,680 | 46.34% | 20 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 562 | 7.08% | 7,942 |
| Burlington | 6,543 | 47.64% | 7,010 | 51.04% | 154 | 1.12% | 27 | 0.20% | -467 | -3.40% | 13,734 |
| Camden | 5,832 | 42.25% | 7,895 | 57.20% | 57 | 0.41% | 19 | 0.14% | -2,063 | -14.95% | 13,803 |
| Cape May | 961 | 42.15% | 1,276 | 55.96% | 3 | 0.13% | 40 | 1.75% | -315 | -13.82% | 2,280 |
| Cumberland | 3,640 | 42.31% | 4,446 | 51.67% | 514 | 5.97% | 4 | 0.05% | -806 | -9.37% | 8,604 |
| Essex | 17,795 | 45.66% | 20,707 | 53.13% | 466 | 1.20% | 4 | 0.01% | -2,912 | -7.47% | 38,972 |
| Gloucester | 2,658 | 42.97% | 3,345 | 54.07% | 177 | 2.86% | 6 | 0.10% | -687 | -11.11% | 6,186 |
| Hudson | 19,586 | 56.98% | 14,632 | 42.57% | 153 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,954 | 14.41% | 34,372 |
| Hunterdon | 5,650 | 58.69% | 3,753 | 38.98% | 171 | 1.78% | 53 | 0.55% | 1,897 | 19.70% | 9,627 |
| Mercer | 6,673 | 47.78% | 7,248 | 51.90% | 39 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.04% | -575 | -4.12% | 13,965 |
| Middlesex | 6,557 | 54.45% | 5,420 | 45.01% | 64 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,137 | 9.44% | 12,042 |
| Monmouth | 7,614 | 56.94% | 5,693 | 42.58% | 47 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.13% | 1,921 | 14.37% | 13,371 |
| Morris | 5,037 | 46.18% | 5,720 | 52.44% | 145 | 1.33% | 5 | 0.05% | -683 | -6.26% | 10,907 |
| Ocean | 1,654 | 45.89% | 1,898 | 52.66% | 52 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -244 | -6.77% | 3,604 |
| Passaic | 5,776 | 43.01% | 7,576 | 56.42% | 72 | 0.54% | 4 | 0.03% | -1,800 | -13.40% | 13,428 |
| Salem | 3,012 | 48.09% | 3,155 | 50.38% | 66 | 1.05% | 30 | 0.48% | -143 | -2.28% | 6,263 |
| Somerset | 3,157 | 49.21% | 3,217 | 50.14% | 41 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.02% | -60 | -0.94% | 6,416 |
| Sussex | 3,353 | 56.91% | 2,519 | 42.75% | 20 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 834 | 14.15% | 5,892 |
| Union | 5,865 | 50.03% | 5,746 | 49.01% | 108 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.03% | 119 | 1.02% | 11,723 |
| Warren | 5,240 | 61.04% | 3,131 | 36.47% | 205 | 2.39% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,109 | 24.57% | 8,585 |
| Totals | 122,565 | 49.83% | 120,555 | 49.01% | 2,617 | 1.06% | 230 | 0.09% | 2,010 | 0.82% | 245,967 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — New Jersey".
- ^ a b "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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