See main article: 1880 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1880 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Flag Year: | 1880 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1876 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Previous Year: | 1876 |
| Next Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Next Year: | 1884 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1880 |
| Turnout: | 29.46% of the total population 16.88 pp[1] |
| Image1: | WinfieldScottHancock2 (cropped 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Winfield S. Hancock |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
| Running Mate1: | William H. English |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,613 |
| Percentage1: | 52.40% |
| Nominee2: | James A. Garfield |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Chester A. Arthur |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,732 |
| Percentage2: | 47.60% |
| Map Size: | x275px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James Garfield |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1880 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
Nevada was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (D–Pennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 52.40% of the popular vote, against Representative James A. Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 47.60% of the vote.[2] This was the first time Nevada voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, with Hancock's victory being generally attributed to the fact that Garfield was viewed as weaker than Hancock on the hot-bed issue of controlling immigration from China – which both major parties promised to do and which the Nevada electorate was overwhelmingly in favor of.[3]
This is the first occasion where a Republican won without the state. This was the first election in which a Democratic candidate carried Douglas County, Storey County, Washoe County, and White Pine County; they would not back a Democrat again until 1896.
| Democratic Party | Winfield Scott Hancock | W. E. F. Deal | 9,613 | ||
| Democratic Party | Winfield Scott Hancock | John H. Dennis | 9,611 | ||
| Democratic Party | Winfield Scott Hancock | J. C. McTarnahan | 9,609 | ||
| Republican Party | James A. Garfield | O. H. Gray | 8,732 | ||
| Republican Party | James A. Garfield | E. A. Morton | 8,732 | ||
| Republican Party | James A. Garfield | R. H. Taylor | 8,725 | ||
| Votes cast | 18,345 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic | James Abram Garfield Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | County | % | % | % | |||||||||||
| Churchill | 99 | 54.70% | 82 | 45.30% | 17 | 9.39% | 181 | ||||||||
| Douglas | 275 | 52.68% | 247 | 47.32% | 28 | 5.36% | 522 | ||||||||
| Elko | 885 | 53.09% | 782 | 46.91% | 103 | 6.18% | 1,667 | ||||||||
| Esmeralda | 670 | 52.47% | 607 | 47.53% | 63 | 4.93% | 1,277 | ||||||||
| Eureka | 891 | 46.48% | 1,026 | 53.52% | -135 | -7.04% | 1,917 | ||||||||
| Humboldt | 598 | 61.65% | 372 | 38.35% | 226 | 23.30% | 970 | ||||||||
| Lander | 576 | 52.80% | 515 | 47.20% | 61 | 5.59% | 1,091 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 419 | 61.98% | 257 | 38.02% | 162 | 23.96% | 676 | ||||||||
| Lyon | 295 | 45.38% | 355 | 54.62% | -60 | -9.23% | 650 | ||||||||
| Nye | 418 | 55.22% | 339 | 44.78% | 79 | 10.44% | 757 | ||||||||
| Ormsby | 452 | 42.01% | 624 | 57.99% | -172 | -15.99% | 1,076 | ||||||||
| Storey | 2,766 | 53.82% | 2,373 | 46.18% | 393 | 7.65% | 5,139 | ||||||||
| Washoe | 828 | 52.31% | 755 | 47.69% | 73 | 4.61% | 1,583 | ||||||||
| White Pine | 441 | 52.56% | 398 | 47.44% | 43 | 5.13% | 839 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9,613 | 52.40% | 8,732 | 47.60% | 881 | 4.80% | 18,345 | ||||||||