1880 United States presidential election in Maine
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 County Results Garfield 50–60% 60–70% | Hancock 50–60% |
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The1880 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maine voted for theRepublican nominee,James A. Garfield, over theDemocratic nominee,Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 6.14%. Hancock's relatively strong showing was due to his firm stance against immigration, toward which Garfield was relatively favorable,[1] but which was a major issue for Maine voters who feared immigration would depress their wages.[2] He proved the only Democrat to carry any of Maine's counties between1868 and1896 inclusive, and was the last to carryAroostook County untilLyndon B. Johnson in1964, and the last to carryLincoln County andWaldo County untilWoodrow Wilson in1912.[3]
| County | James Abram Garfield[5]
Republican | Winfield Scott Hancock[5]
Democratic | James Baird Weaver[6]
Greenback | Various candidates[6]
Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| Androscoggin | 4,974 | 52.76% | 4,215 | 44.71% | 207 | 2.20% | 32 | 0.34% | 759 | 8.05% | 9,428 |
| Aroostook | 2,560 | 47.81% | 2,738 | 51.14% | 37 | 0.69% | 19 | 0.35% | -178 | -3.32% | 5,354 |
| Cumberland | 10,167 | 50.75% | 9,339 | 46.62% | 487 | 2.43% | 41 | 0.20% | 828 | 4.13% | 20,034 |
| Franklin | 2,390 | 51.49% | 2,178 | 46.92% | 72 | 1.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 212 | 4.57% | 4,642 |
| Hancock | 4,314 | 52.81% | 3,698 | 45.27% | 137 | 1.68% | 20 | 0.24% | 616 | 7.54% | 8,169 |
| Kennebec | 7,771 | 59.00% | 5,001 | 37.97% | 385 | 2.92% | 15 | 0.11% | 2,770 | 21.03% | 13,172 |
| Knox | 2,880 | 41.28% | 3,659 | 52.45% | 415 | 5.95% | 22 | 0.32% | -779 | -11.17% | 6,976 |
| Lincoln | 2,669 | 47.18% | 2,890 | 51.09% | 98 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -221 | -3.91% | 5,657 |
| Oxford | 4,354 | 50.75% | 3,969 | 46.26% | 251 | 2.93% | 6 | 0.07% | 385 | 4.49% | 8,580 |
| Penobscot | 8,186 | 52.21% | 6,307 | 40.23% | 1,157 | 7.38% | 29 | 0.18% | 1,879 | 11.98% | 15,679 |
| Piscataquis | 1,943 | 56.83% | 1,330 | 38.90% | 145 | 4.24% | 1 | 0.03% | 613 | 17.93% | 3,419 |
| Sagadahoc | 2,932 | 61.84% | 1,761 | 37.14% | 31 | 0.65% | 17 | 0.36% | 1,171 | 24.70% | 4,741 |
| Somerset | 4,090 | 50.74% | 3,526 | 43.74% | 440 | 5.46% | 5 | 0.06% | 564 | 7.00% | 8,061 |
| Waldo | 2,748 | 40.25% | 3,848 | 56.36% | 220 | 3.22% | 11 | 0.16% | -1,100 | -16.11% | 6,827 |
| Washington | 4,361 | 53.97% | 3,622 | 44.82% | 98 | 1.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 739 | 9.14% | 8,081 |
| York | 7,700 | 51.23% | 7,090 | 47.18% | 228 | 1.52% | 11 | 0.07% | 610 | 4.06% | 15,029 |
| Totals | 74,039 | 51.47% | 65,171 | 45.31% | 4,408 | 3.06% | 231 | 0.16% | 8,868 | 6.16% | 143,849 |
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