George H. W. Bush carried Colorado R+7.8.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Colorado, 1988. The state ran 0.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.7 nationally).

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

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Colorado result

1,372,394 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

621,453

45.3%

Bush (R)

728,177

53.1%

All others

22,764

1.7%

Margin

R+7.8

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1988 presidential election

Colorado, 1988

BushR+7.8

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	53.1%	728,177
Michael DukakisDemocratic	45.3%	621,453
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	22,764

D+60

R+60

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

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Colorado's presidential margins

1880–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Colorado's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1880	−5.2%
1884	−12.6%
1888	−14.4%
1892	−41.1%
1896	+70.6%
1900	+13.6%
1904	−14.2%
1908	+1.1%
1912	+20.9%
1916	+26.0%
1920	−23.4%
1924	−35.0%
1928	−30.8%
1932	+13.4%
1936	+23.3%
1940	−2.6%
1944	−6.8%
1948	+5.4%
1952	−21.3%
1956	−19.7%
1960	−9.7%
1964	+23.1%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−28.0%
1976	−11.5%
1980	−24.0%
1984	−28.3%
1988	−7.8%
1992	+4.3%
1996	−1.4%
2000	−8.4%
2004	−4.7%
2008	+9.0%
2012	+5.4%
2016	+4.9%
2020	+13.5%
2024	+11.0%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+6.7%	49,464	43,163	94,094
Alamosa County	R	−8.8%	2,146	2,567	4,780
Arapahoe County	R	−21.9%	61,113	95,926	159,245
Archuleta County	R	−28.5%	795	1,440	2,262
Baca County	R	−32.0%	851	1,670	2,556
Bent County	D	+2.6%	1,088	1,032	2,167
Boulder County	D	+8.5%	57,265	48,174	107,223
Chaffee County	R	−9.3%	2,548	3,080	5,714
Cheyenne County	R	−30.4%	399	760	1,186
Clear Creek County	R	−3.4%	1,698	1,820	3,632
Conejos County	D	+15.4%	1,976	1,445	3,447
Costilla County	D	+42.1%	1,120	454	1,581
Crowley County	R	−15.5%	630	862	1,500
Custer County	R	−40.9%	310	753	1,084
Delta County	R	−21.1%	3,521	5,449	9,144
Denver County	D	+23.6%	127,173	77,753	209,430
Dolores County	R	−35.2%	230	488	732
Douglas County	R	−41.5%	6,931	17,035	24,350
Eagle County	R	−13.5%	3,314	4,366	7,809
El Paso County	R	−41.1%	39,995	96,965	138,466
Elbert County	R	−27.9%	1,566	2,805	4,448
Fremont County	R	−17.9%	5,278	7,623	13,088
Garfield County	R	−15.6%	4,620	6,358	11,114
Gilpin County	D	+4.8%	804	728	1,590
Grand County	R	−22.3%	1,451	2,306	3,838
Gunnison County	R	−13.8%	1,897	2,520	4,523
Hinsdale County	R	−45.2%	111	295	407
Huerfano County	D	+26.8%	1,876	1,079	2,971
Jackson County	R	−32.5%	294	584	891
Jefferson County	R	−14.8%	81,824	110,820	196,511
Kiowa County	R	−23.5%	398	645	1,053
Kit Carson County	R	−30.4%	1,196	2,262	3,512
La Plata County	R	−17.0%	5,443	7,714	13,362
Lake County	D	+21.5%	1,516	969	2,543
Larimer County	R	−12.4%	35,703	45,967	83,066
Las Animas County	D	+30.2%	4,075	2,162	6,331
Lincoln County	R	−21.4%	874	1,356	2,249
Logan County	R	−13.8%	3,382	4,485	7,975
Mesa County	R	−20.9%	14,372	22,150	37,155
Mineral County	R	−10.9%	174	217	394
Moffat County	R	−24.9%	1,634	2,757	4,519
Montezuma County	R	−30.1%	2,233	4,208	6,551
Montrose County	R	−22.7%	3,748	6,012	9,993
Morgan County	R	−12.3%	3,728	4,795	8,680
Otero County	R	−4.3%	3,910	4,265	8,299
Ouray County	R	−29.4%	439	814	1,274
Park County	R	−16.9%	1,343	1,909	3,357
Phillips County	R	−17.3%	923	1,317	2,278
Pitkin County	D	+9.8%	3,420	2,801	6,326
Prowers County	R	−14.6%	2,207	2,978	5,286
Pueblo County	D	+23.8%	32,788	20,119	53,318
Rio Blanco County	R	−38.2%	803	1,821	2,662
Rio Grande County	R	−25.5%	1,545	2,626	4,235
Routt County	R	−5.4%	2,922	3,264	6,319
Saguache County	D	+4.4%	1,033	945	2,013
San Juan County	R	−4.3%	192	210	417
San Miguel County	D	+8.9%	961	798	1,839
Sedgwick County	R	−20.1%	611	921	1,545
Summit County	R	−5.3%	2,595	2,893	5,624
Teller County	R	−38.3%	1,656	3,760	5,500
Washington County	R	−27.6%	958	1,707	2,715
Weld County	R	−12.4%	20,548	26,497	47,807
Yuma County	R	−15.4%	1,835	2,513	4,414