George H. W. Bush carried Arkansas R+14.2.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Arkansas, 1988. The state ran 6.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.7 nationally).

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

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Arkansas result

827,738 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

349,237

42.2%

Bush (R)

466,578

56.4%

All others

11,923

1.4%

Margin

R+14.2

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1988 presidential election

Arkansas, 1988

BushR+14.2

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	56.4%	466,578
Michael DukakisDemocratic	42.2%	349,237
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	11,923

D+60

R+60

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

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	R	−12.9%	3,075	4,007	7,205
Ashley County	D	+4.1%	4,466	4,111	8,659
Baxter County	R	−28.0%	4,808	8,614	13,597
Benton County	R	−43.7%	9,399	24,295	34,110
Boone County	R	−30.2%	3,998	7,567	11,816
Bradley County	D	+1.8%	2,167	2,089	4,269
Calhoun County	R	−12.5%	1,024	1,316	2,344
Carroll County	R	−26.5%	2,632	4,553	7,253
Chicot County	D	+12.1%	2,426	1,901	4,346
Clark County	D	+15.8%	4,675	3,389	8,130
Clay County	D	+10.8%	3,442	2,766	6,240
Cleburne County	R	−18.2%	3,404	4,932	8,381
Cleveland County	R	−2.0%	1,404	1,462	2,881
Columbia County	R	−21.5%	3,706	5,810	9,802
Conway County	D	+0.8%	4,134	4,066	8,239
Craighead County	R	−13.0%	9,083	11,887	21,615
Crawford County	R	−42.9%	3,582	9,092	12,832
Crittenden County	R	−5.1%	6,702	7,441	14,384
Cross County	R	−3.2%	2,989	3,186	6,212
Dallas County	D	+1.1%	1,990	1,947	3,958
Desha County	D	+9.7%	2,859	2,334	5,435
Drew County	R	−7.4%	2,578	2,995	5,620
Faulkner County	R	−18.5%	7,302	10,678	18,279
Franklin County	R	−18.6%	2,458	3,588	6,089
Fulton County	D	+2.5%	2,018	1,918	3,957
Garland County	R	−24.9%	11,406	19,281	31,642
Grant County	R	−11.7%	2,142	2,717	4,904
Greene County	R	−0.9%	5,065	5,161	10,310
Hempstead County	R	−1.2%	3,841	3,938	7,799
Hot Spring County	D	+9.7%	5,090	4,181	9,405
Howard County	R	−16.0%	1,818	2,510	4,337
Independence County	R	−18.9%	4,523	6,637	11,208
Izard County	R	−3.1%	2,652	2,824	5,517
Jackson County	D	+15.8%	4,199	3,049	7,276
Jefferson County	D	+13.9%	16,664	12,520	29,752
Johnson County	R	−17.7%	2,818	4,046	6,941
Lafayette County	D	+1.4%	1,915	1,860	3,800
Lawrence County	R	−0.4%	3,179	3,205	6,421
Lee County	D	+21.1%	2,878	1,863	4,812
Lincoln County	D	+17.1%	2,204	1,557	3,794
Little River County	D	+7.7%	2,740	2,347	5,119
Logan County	R	−27.1%	1,254	2,203	3,504
Lonoke County	R	−20.1%	4,786	7,215	12,090
Madison County	R	−18.4%	2,106	3,067	5,223
Marion County	R	−18.5%	2,033	2,993	5,178
Miller County	R	−13.2%	5,437	7,110	12,629
Mississippi County	R	−7.3%	6,759	7,841	14,888
Monroe County	D	+4.8%	2,052	1,862	3,972
Montgomery County	R	−12.5%	1,362	1,752	3,129
Nevada County	D	+0.5%	1,732	1,714	3,459
Newton County	R	−25.1%	1,489	2,504	4,039
Ouachita County	R	−8.9%	5,229	6,297	12,043
Perry County	R	−5.0%	1,470	1,627	3,128
Phillips County	D	+17.1%	5,580	3,892	9,861
Pike County	R	−11.2%	1,681	2,105	3,797
Poinsett County	D	+3.0%	3,873	3,644	7,566
Polk County	R	−25.9%	2,390	4,099	6,595
Pope County	R	−34.0%	4,941	10,084	15,123
Prairie County	R	−7.1%	1,688	1,947	3,656
Pulaski County	R	−11.5%	55,857	70,562	128,333
Randolph County	D	+4.1%	2,781	2,560	5,418
Saline County	R	−18.7%	8,436	12,353	20,977
Scott County	R	−18.8%	1,707	2,507	4,262
Searcy County	R	−33.9%	1,340	2,743	4,143
Sebastian County	R	−42.8%	9,684	24,426	34,432
Sevier County	R	−5.0%	2,037	2,254	4,327
Sharp County	R	−10.1%	2,955	3,623	6,612
St. Francis County	D	+4.0%	4,656	4,298	8,980
Stone County	R	−11.6%	1,728	2,186	3,962
Union County	R	−26.9%	5,931	10,581	17,256
Van Buren County	R	−15.4%	2,607	3,562	6,209
Washington County	R	−30.1%	12,557	23,601	36,658
White County	R	−22.7%	6,957	11,094	18,234
Woodruff County	D	+27.3%	1,924	1,097	3,034
Yell County	R	−12.2%	2,763	3,535	6,331