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    Electors of President and Vice-President

    Iowa general election, 1988 · Iowa, November 8, 1988

    Release · 2026-09-26T000000Z-69d52412 · Vintage: 2026-09-26

    Coverage

    Coverage for this dimension is not counted.

    Not yet acquired: boundaries are unavailable for these units.

    Reported at Iowa, which is a roll-up rather than the finest unit this source publishes.

    Result

    This release records no declared outcome for this contest. Everything below is computed from the counts.

    Michael S Dukakis leads George H.W. Bush by 10.2 points of the 1,225,614 votes counted in this contest.

    Computed from the counts in this release, not a declaration by an election authority. Margin definition: leading candidacy − runner-up candidacy, each summed across every ballot line it appeared on, over every vote counted in the contest, including lines below the runner-up.

    1,225,614 votes counted.

    Candidacies

    Ordered by votes, descending; candidacies the source has not reported follow the counted ones. A candidacy nominated by more than one party expands to the votes cast on each of its ballot lines.

    The leading candidacies of Electors of President and Vice-President, ordered by votes
    CandidacyVotesShareObservation
    Michael S Dukakis670,55754.7%observed
    George H.W. Bush545,35544.5%observed
    Lyndon, Larouche Jr.3,5260.3%observed
    8 more candidacies · 0.5% combined · 6,176 votes (some reported nothing)
    The remaining candidacies of Electors of President and Vice-President, each named individually
    CandidacyVotesShareObservation
    Ronald "Ron" Paul2,4940.2%observed
    Scattering1,6130.1%observed
    David Duke7550.1%observed
    Lenora Fulani5400.0%observed
    Willa Kenoyer3340.0%observed
    Edward Winn2350.0%observed
    James "Mac" Warren2050.0%observed
    Othernot yet reported—not reported
    not yet reported
    Not yet reported by the source. A blank is not a zero.

    This release carries 11 candidacies for this contest, on 10 separately reported ballot lines. 3 are shown and 8 are behind the control above. No candidacy is combined into an unnamed remainder.

    Rules

    Stage
    general
    Voting system
    plurality
    Seats
    1
    Certification
    certified
    Special election
    no

    Sources

    Source: Akashic (legacy build) (certified) · Release 2026-09-26T000000Z-69d52412

    This contest is recorded as contest:legacy-spine:ia/1988-11-08/general/presidential-electors and is certified. Cite this page as https://akashic.app/contests/contest:legacy-spine:ia/1988-11-08/general/presidential-electors.

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