Electors of President and Vice-President
West Virginia general election, 1988 · West Virginia, 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 West Virginia, 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 4.7 points of the 653,311 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.
653,311 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.
| Candidacy | Votes | Share | Observation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael S Dukakis | 341,016 | 52.2% | observed |
| George H.W. Bush | 310,065 | 47.5% | observed |
| Lenora Fulani | 2,230 | 0.3% | observed |
1 more candidacy (some reported nothing)
| Candidacy | Votes | Share | Observation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | not yet reported | — | not reported |
- not yet reported
- Not yet reported by the source. A blank is not a zero.
This release carries 4 candidacies for this contest, on 3 separately reported ballot lines. 3 are shown and 1 is 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
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