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Preble County, presidential election of 1880

Preble County

53.02%James A. Garfield (R), the most votes6,003Votes counted for president

Every election in Preble County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1880

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What this is

Preble County counted 6,003 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1880. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James A. GarfieldRepublican3,18353.02%
Winfield Scott HancockDemocratic2,71145.16%
OtherOther1091.82%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to James A. Garfield (Republican) with 51.73%, a 4.7-point margin over Winfield Scott Hancock. The country elected James A. Garfield.
Against the state
Preble County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+7.9 against Ohio's R+4.7: 3.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 38th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1876
From 1876 to 1880 the county's lean moved 0.2 points toward the Democrats, from R+8.1 to R+7.9.
Matched
Preble County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

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Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1880 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1880 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1880-11-02 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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