1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 4.70%. This would be the last occasion any Democratic presidential candidate won Grafton County until Woodrow Wilson in 1912,Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 and the last occasion a Democrat won an absolute majority of the presidential vote in Belknap County until Lyndon B. Johnson did so in his 1964 landslide.

Results

Results by county County James Abram GarfieldGéoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)Republican Winfield Scott HancockDemocratic James Baird WeaverGéoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)GreenbackNeal DowProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Belknap 2,350 47.81% 2,483 50.52% 55 1.12% 27 0.55% -133 -2.71% 4,915 Carroll 2,426 47.46% 2,639 51.62% 24 0.47% 23 0.45% -213 -4.17% 5,112 Cheshire 4,380 58.83% 2,979 40.01% 67 0.90% 19 0.26% 1,401 18.82% 7,445 Coös 1,829 42.89% 2,387 55.98% 44 1.03% 4 0.09% -558 -13.09% 4,264 Grafton 4,964 47.71% 5,300 50.94% 132 1.27% 8 0.08% -336 -3.23% 10,404 Hillsborough 8,689 55.11% 6,999 44.39% 56 0.36% 24 0.15% 1,690 10.72% 15,768 Merrimack 5,935 49.95% 5,922 49.84% 9 0.08% 17 0.14% 13 0.11% 11,883 Rockingham 6,960 53.25% 5,989 45.82% 91 0.70% 30 0.23% 971 7.43% 13,070 Strafford 4,634 53.78% 3,922 45.51% 38 0.44% 23 0.27% 712 8.26% 8,617 Sullivan 2,729 55.46% 2,175 44.20% 12 0.24% 5 0.10% 554 11.26% 4,921Totals44,89651.96%40,79547.22%5280.61%1800.21%4,1014.75%86,399

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Merrimack

See also United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

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