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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 presidential election results

Every President race in the 1988 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races51
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races

President

D 11 · R 40

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)19.3
AlaskaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)23.3
ArizonaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)21.2
ArkansasGeorge H.w. Bush (R)14.2
CaliforniaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)3.6
ColoradoGeorge H.w. Bush (R)7.8
ConnecticutGeorge H.w. Bush (R)5.1
DelawareGeorge H.w. Bush (R)12.4
District of ColumbiaMichael Dukakis (D)68.3
FloridaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)22.4
GeorgiaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)20.3
HawaiiMichael Dukakis (D)9.5
IdahoGeorge H.w. Bush (R)26.1
IllinoisGeorge H.w. Bush (R)2.1
IndianaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)20.2
IowaMichael Dukakis (D)10.2
KansasGeorge H.w. Bush (R)13.2
KentuckyGeorge H.w. Bush (R)11.6
LouisianaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)10.2
MaineGeorge H.w. Bush (R)11.5
MarylandGeorge H.w. Bush (R)2.9
MassachusettsMichael Dukakis (D)7.9
MichiganGeorge H.w. Bush (R)7.9
MinnesotaMichael Dukakis (D)7.0
MississippiGeorge H.w. Bush (R)20.8
MissouriGeorge H.w. Bush (R)4.0
MontanaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)5.9
NebraskaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)21.0
NevadaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)21.4
New HampshireGeorge H.w. Bush (R)26.2
New JerseyGeorge H.w. Bush (R)13.6
New MexicoGeorge H.w. Bush (R)5.0
New YorkMichael Dukakis (D)4.1
North CarolinaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)16.3
North DakotaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)13.1
OhioGeorge H.w. Bush (R)10.9
OklahomaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)16.6
OregonMichael Dukakis (D)4.7
PennsylvaniaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)2.3
Rhode IslandMichael Dukakis (D)11.7
South CarolinaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)23.9
South DakotaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)6.3
TennesseeGeorge H.w. Bush (R)16.3
TexasGeorge H.w. Bush (R)12.6
UtahGeorge H.w. Bush (R)34.2
VermontGeorge H.w. Bush (R)3.5
VirginiaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)20.5
WashingtonMichael Dukakis (D)1.6
West VirginiaMichael Dukakis (D)4.7
WisconsinMichael Dukakis (D)3.6
WyomingGeorge H.w. Bush (R)22.5

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab