1884 United States Presidential Election

1880 Presidential Election - 1888 Presidential Election

Results
Under President Vigil, the war was dying down and the economy was recovering. With no major scandals afoot, GOV won the Republican nomination without much challenge. The Democrats, however, were in a hotly contested primary between Grover Cleveland and William McKinley. McKinley narrowly won the nomination, which caused Cleveland to bolt from the party into an independent run for President. As expected, GOV would keep a stable victory in election day, however Cleveland as an independent actually gained a larger share of votes and electors than the official Democratic nominee, the first and so far only time an independent won more electors than either a Republican or Democrat in the R v D era, even going so far as to flip a couple states that voted for GOV in 1880