Elections / 1988 · President

George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Michael Dukakis (D) · George H. W. Bush (R)

National popular vote

91,588,188 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

41,809,470

45.6%

Bush (R)

48,886,564

53.4%

All others

892,152

1.0%

Margin

R+7.7

The county map

3,142 county-level results on record for 1988

Democrats carried 820 counties, Republicans 2,321, third-party candidates 1. 506 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Washita County, OK (D+40.0 swing) · Rush County, KS (D+40.0 swing) · Ellis County, KS (D+37.4 swing) · Ness County, KS (D+36.7 swing) · Shackelford County, TX (D+35.9 swing) · Menard County, TX (D+34.7 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−23.3%	72,585	119,250	200,116
Alabama	R	−19.3%	549,506	815,576	1,377,970
Arkansas	R	−14.2%	349,237	466,578	827,738
Arizona	R	−21.2%	454,029	702,541	1,171,873
California	R	−3.6%	4,702,233	5,054,917	9,887,064
Colorado	R	−7.8%	621,453	728,177	1,372,394
Connecticut	R	−5.1%	676,568	750,218	1,443,348
District of Columbia	D	+68.3%	159,407	27,590	192,877
Delaware	R	−12.4%	108,647	139,639	249,891
Florida	R	−22.4%	1,656,701	2,618,885	4,302,313
Georgia	R	−20.3%	714,792	1,081,331	1,809,657
Hawaii	D	+9.5%	192,364	158,625	354,461
Iowa	D	+10.2%	670,557	545,355	1,225,614
Idaho	R	−26.1%	147,272	253,881	408,968
Illinois	R	−2.1%	2,215,940	2,310,939	4,559,120
Indiana	R	−20.2%	860,643	1,297,763	2,168,621
Kansas	R	−13.2%	422,636	554,049	993,044
Kentucky	R	−11.6%	580,368	734,281	1,322,517
Louisiana	R	−10.2%	717,460	883,702	1,628,202
Massachusetts	D	+7.9%	1,401,415	1,194,635	2,632,805
Maryland	R	−2.9%	826,304	876,167	1,714,358
Maine	R	−11.5%	243,569	307,131	555,035
Michigan	R	−7.9%	1,675,783	1,965,486	3,669,163
Minnesota	D	+7.0%	1,109,471	962,337	2,093,176
Missouri	R	−4.0%	1,001,619	1,084,953	2,093,234
Mississippi	R	−20.8%	363,921	557,890	931,527
Montana	R	−5.9%	168,936	190,412	365,674
North Carolina	R	−16.3%	890,167	1,237,258	2,134,370
North Dakota	R	−13.1%	127,739	166,559	297,261
Nebraska	R	−21.0%	259,646	398,447	662,372
New Hampshire	R	−26.2%	163,696	281,537	450,525
New Jersey	R	−13.6%	1,320,352	1,743,192	3,099,553
New Mexico	R	−5.0%	244,497	270,341	521,287
Nevada	R	−20.9%	132,738	206,040	350,067
New York	D	+4.1%	3,347,882	3,081,871	6,485,683
Ohio	R	−10.9%	1,939,629	2,416,549	4,393,699
Oklahoma	R	−16.6%	483,423	678,367	1,171,036
Oregon	D	+4.7%	616,206	560,126	1,201,694
Pennsylvania	R	−2.3%	2,194,944	2,300,087	4,536,251
Rhode Island	D	+11.7%	225,123	177,761	404,569
South Carolina	R	−23.9%	370,554	606,443	986,009
South Dakota	R	−6.3%	145,560	165,415	312,991
Tennessee	R	−16.3%	679,794	947,233	1,636,251
Texas	R	−12.6%	2,352,748	3,036,829	5,427,410
Utah	R	−34.2%	207,343	428,442	647,008
Virginia	R	−20.5%	859,799	1,309,162	2,191,609
Vermont	R	−3.5%	115,775	124,331	243,333
Washington	D	+1.6%	933,516	903,835	1,865,253
Wisconsin	D	+3.6%	1,126,794	1,047,499	2,189,335
West Virginia	D	+4.7%	341,016	310,065	653,311
Wyoming	R	−22.5%	67,113	106,867	176,551