Presidential Election of 1888

1888: Harrison (R) Cleveland (D): Southern States give Cleveland skewed result;
The System Prevailed⁽¹⁾

	Harrison	Cleveland	%	Margin
Alabama	57,177	117,314	67%	60,137
Georgia	40,499	100,493	71%	59,994
Louisiana	30,660	85,032	73%	54,372
Mississippi	30,095	85,451	74%	55,356
South Carolina	13,736	65,824	83%	52,088
Texas	88,604	232,189	72%	143,585
TOTAL	260,771	686,303	72%	425,532

Cleveland, appealing exclusively to the South on the tariff issue, becomes a sectional candidate. Running up the score (the size principle) did not help.

1. Congressional Quarterly, "Presidential Elections"