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The1888 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Connecticut voted for theDemocratic nominee, incumbentPresidentGrover Cleveland over theRepublican nomineeBenjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.22%; it was the onlyNew England state that he carried in the election.
This was the first timeDarien voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and would be the last time until2016 whenHillary Clinton won it by eleven points over RepublicanDonald Trump.
| 1888 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland ofNew York(incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman ofNew York | 74,920 | 48.66% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana | Levi Parsons Morton ofNew York | 74,584 | 48.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk ofNew Jersey | John Anderson Brooks ofMissouri | 4,234 | 2.75% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Labor | Alson Streeter ofIllinois | Charles E. Cunningham ofArkansas | 240 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 153,978 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
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