George H. W. Bush carried Alaska R+23.3.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Alaska, 1988. The state ran 15.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.7 nationally).

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

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Alaska result

200,116 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

72,585

36.3%

Bush (R)

119,250

59.6%

All others

8,280

4.1%

Margin

R+23.3

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1988 presidential election

Alaska, 1988

BushR+23.3

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	59.6%	119,250
Michael DukakisDemocratic	36.3%	72,585
OtherAll other candidates	4.1%	8,280

D+60

R+60

30 counties, each filled by 1988 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Alaska's presidential margins

1960–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Alaska's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1960	−1.9%
1964	+31.6%
1968	−2.1%
1972	−23.5%
1976	−22.3%
1980	−27.9%
1984	−36.8%
1988	−23.3%
1992	−9.2%
1996	−17.5%
2000	−31.0%
2004	−25.9%
2008	−21.5%
2012	−14.0%
2016	−14.8%
2020	−10.2%
2024	−13.1%

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County results — 1988

30 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aleutians East Borough	R	−34.9%	152	322	487
Aleutians West Census Area	R	−35.3%	583	1,243	1,869
Anchorage Municipality	R	−25.5%	29,427	50,509	82,577
Bethel Census Area	R	−7.5%	1,671	1,952	3,766
Bristol Bay Borough	R	−26.6%	175	309	504
Chugach Census Area	R	−23.1%	878	1,434	2,407
Copper River Census Area	R	−46.1%	283	810	1,143
Denali Borough	R	−23.1%	314	521	895
Dillingham Census Area	R	−20.2%	517	794	1,371
Fairbanks North Star Borough	R	−26.3%	10,598	18,734	30,954
Haines Borough	R	−16.9%	359	513	911
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	D	+10.2%	531	427	1,017
Juneau City and Borough	D	+0.8%	6,057	5,963	12,385
Kenai Peninsula Borough	R	−27.3%	4,714	8,633	14,343
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	R	−14.4%	2,217	2,994	5,405
Kodiak Island Borough	R	−30.6%	1,351	2,609	4,114
Kusilvak Census Area	R	−8.8%	681	818	1,561
Lake and Peninsula Borough	R	−34.2%	163	339	514
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	R	−33.9%	4,174	8,851	13,816
Nome Census Area	R	−18.1%	994	1,453	2,540
North Slope Borough	R	−11.7%	714	915	1,717
Northwest Arctic Borough	R	−16.9%	663	946	1,674
Petersburg Borough	R	−11.5%	562	713	1,317
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	R	−7.2%	942	1,096	2,153
Sitka City and Borough	R	−12.6%	1,720	2,233	4,069
Skagway Municipality	R	−13.2%	156	205	372
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	R	−41.5%	587	1,522	2,253
Wrangell City and Borough	R	−37.1%	363	811	1,209
Yakutat City and Borough	R	−31.2%	80	159	253
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	R	−18.4%	959	1,422	2,520