George H. W. Bush carried Indiana R+20.2.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Indiana, 1988. The state ran 12.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.7 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1988 ballot here.

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

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Indiana result

2,168,621 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

860,643

39.7%

Bush (R)

1,297,763

59.8%

All others

10,215

0.5%

Margin

R+20.2

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1988 presidential election

Indiana, 1988

BushR+20.2

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	59.8%	1,297,763
Michael DukakisDemocratic	39.7%	860,643
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	10,215

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−36.1%	3,811	8,137	11,997
Allen County	R	−30.8%	39,238	74,638	114,935
Bartholomew County	R	−32.6%	8,804	17,364	26,291
Benton County	R	−33.2%	1,349	2,698	4,069
Blackford County	R	−19.3%	2,253	3,336	5,608
Boone County	R	−47.1%	4,168	11,608	15,806
Brown County	R	−22.4%	2,115	3,348	5,501
Carroll County	R	−25.5%	2,952	4,981	7,964
Cass County	R	−30.8%	5,784	10,970	16,851
Clark County	R	−6.5%	14,528	16,544	31,192
Clay County	R	−22.1%	3,724	5,852	9,629
Clinton County	R	−31.9%	4,412	8,570	13,021
Crawford County	R	−10.8%	2,036	2,532	4,596
Daviess County	R	−31.9%	3,483	6,768	10,294
Dearborn County	R	−23.5%	5,066	8,195	13,309
Decatur County	R	−35.2%	2,979	6,245	9,272
DeKalb County	R	−31.8%	4,657	9,018	13,716
Delaware County	R	−14.1%	20,548	27,348	48,112
Dubois County	R	−25.2%	5,954	9,995	16,048
Elkhart County	R	−40.6%	14,236	33,793	48,200
Fayette County	R	−18.1%	4,118	5,949	10,108
Floyd County	R	−12.9%	11,024	14,291	25,393
Fountain County	R	−21.7%	3,279	5,113	8,441
Franklin County	R	−31.7%	2,472	4,777	7,271
Fulton County	R	−30.4%	2,788	5,234	8,051
Gibson County	R	−3.9%	7,031	7,610	14,684
Grant County	R	−26.0%	10,799	18,441	29,371
Greene County	R	−12.4%	5,979	7,689	13,746
Hamilton County	R	−60.9%	8,853	36,654	45,615
Hancock County	R	−42.7%	5,355	13,374	18,780
Harrison County	R	−15.2%	4,933	6,702	11,661
Hendricks County	R	−48.5%	7,643	22,090	29,803
Henry County	R	−18.3%	7,779	11,280	19,116
Howard County	R	−26.7%	11,518	19,971	31,620
Huntington County	R	−50.0%	3,873	11,675	15,594
Jackson County	R	−26.0%	5,550	9,470	15,088
Jasper County	R	−29.8%	3,237	6,009	9,292
Jay County	R	−25.0%	3,212	5,363	8,620
Jefferson County	R	−14.1%	5,221	6,949	12,268
Jennings County	R	−21.1%	3,667	5,636	9,348
Johnson County	R	−46.3%	9,001	24,654	33,778
Knox County	R	−16.6%	7,006	9,813	16,881
Kosciusko County	R	−53.7%	5,321	17,761	23,163
LaGrange County	R	−37.7%	2,029	4,495	6,546
Lake County	D	+13.5%	105,026	79,929	185,735
LaPorte County	R	−7.7%	17,585	20,537	38,285
Lawrence County	R	−29.9%	5,787	10,742	16,599
Madison County	R	−14.2%	24,443	32,596	57,241
Marion County	R	−17.7%	128,627	184,519	315,095
Marshall County	R	−31.2%	5,488	10,490	16,038
Martin County	R	−17.9%	2,132	3,066	5,219
Miami County	R	−29.6%	4,613	8,533	13,236
Monroe County	R	−13.2%	15,855	20,756	37,038
Montgomery County	R	−49.5%	3,623	10,793	14,472
Morgan County	R	−45.1%	5,375	14,284	19,736
Newton County	R	−30.4%	1,744	3,274	5,035
Noble County	R	−31.0%	4,143	7,889	12,089
Ohio County	R	−11.8%	1,113	1,412	2,531
Orange County	R	−31.3%	2,739	5,245	8,015
Owen County	R	−21.3%	2,484	3,837	6,363
Parke County	R	−26.9%	2,563	4,458	7,053
Perry County	D	+0.9%	4,804	4,720	9,580
Pike County	R	−4.0%	3,037	3,294	6,371
Porter County	R	−21.1%	19,390	29,790	49,345
Posey County	R	−14.5%	4,468	5,987	10,490
Pulaski County	R	−24.7%	2,213	3,677	5,917
Putnam County	R	−29.7%	3,850	7,119	11,021
Randolph County	R	−26.3%	3,990	6,856	10,908
Ripley County	R	−27.9%	3,605	6,414	10,051
Rush County	R	−35.1%	2,451	5,112	7,583
Scott County	R	−1.1%	3,378	3,455	6,854
Shelby County	R	−30.7%	5,382	10,176	15,621
Spencer County	R	−10.0%	4,061	4,964	9,055
St. Joseph County	R	−1.5%	48,056	49,481	97,864
Starke County	R	−4.1%	4,104	4,458	8,606
Steuben County	R	−37.4%	3,114	6,855	10,000
Sullivan County	D	+0.9%	4,320	4,246	8,597
Switzerland County	R	−3.0%	1,479	1,572	3,059
Tippecanoe County	R	−26.2%	16,256	27,897	44,364
Tipton County	R	−34.7%	2,485	5,148	7,666
Union County	R	−31.3%	946	1,814	2,770
Vanderburgh County	R	−10.9%	31,270	38,928	70,453
Vermillion County	D	+4.8%	4,044	3,674	7,772
Vigo County	R	−6.6%	19,192	21,929	41,293
Wabash County	R	−37.2%	4,168	9,153	13,384
Warren County	R	−18.5%	1,542	2,243	3,799
Warrick County	R	−13.5%	7,999	10,504	18,564
Washington County	R	−19.3%	3,370	4,998	8,416
Wayne County	R	−23.1%	10,209	16,388	26,702
Wells County	R	−38.2%	3,437	7,712	11,188
White County	R	−31.2%	3,256	6,220	9,513
Whitley County	R	−35.5%	3,642	7,679	11,386