George H. W. Bush carried Kansas R+13.2.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Kansas, 1988. The state ran 5.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.7 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

993,044 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

422,636

42.6%

Bush (R)

554,049

55.8%

All others

16,359

1.6%

Margin

R+13.2

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1988 presidential election

Kansas, 1988

BushR+13.2

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	55.8%	554,049
Michael DukakisDemocratic	42.6%	422,636
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	16,359

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−17.6%	2,392	3,429	5,898
Anderson County	R	−9.6%	1,466	1,781	3,283
Atchison County	R	−1.0%	3,177	3,243	6,614
Barber County	R	−15.6%	1,118	1,539	2,706
Barton County	R	−20.8%	5,024	7,741	13,075
Bourbon County	R	−16.4%	2,623	3,660	6,332
Brown County	R	−27.8%	1,719	3,059	4,812
Butler County	R	−17.2%	7,690	10,976	19,056
Chase County	R	−23.7%	538	884	1,458
Chautauqua County	R	−30.3%	661	1,247	1,934
Cherokee County	R	−2.5%	4,069	4,281	8,402
Cheyenne County	R	−29.3%	594	1,105	1,743
Clark County	R	−35.5%	409	876	1,315
Clay County	R	−45.3%	1,112	2,997	4,157
Cloud County	R	−19.9%	2,022	3,043	5,128
Coffey County	R	−34.5%	1,246	2,581	3,870
Comanche County	R	−32.3%	375	738	1,123
Cowley County	R	−11.1%	6,186	7,778	14,286
Crawford County	D	+5.7%	7,783	6,940	14,850
Decatur County	R	−23.2%	793	1,291	2,148
Dickinson County	R	−27.8%	2,870	5,121	8,092
Doniphan County	R	−24.2%	1,312	2,162	3,514
Douglas County	R	−1.2%	15,752	16,149	32,361
Edwards County	R	−10.9%	792	993	1,843
Elk County	R	−27.4%	608	1,075	1,706
Ellis County	D	+0.9%	5,289	5,194	10,672
Ellsworth County	R	−16.4%	1,219	1,711	3,000
Finney County	R	−22.1%	3,408	5,381	8,947
Ford County	R	−19.3%	3,817	5,685	9,697
Franklin County	R	−14.0%	3,592	4,777	8,465
Geary County	R	−16.1%	2,721	3,782	6,573
Gove County	R	−18.0%	663	966	1,684
Graham County	R	−23.4%	702	1,139	1,868
Grant County	R	−28.8%	907	1,654	2,597
Gray County	R	−25.2%	696	1,180	1,917
Greeley County	R	−22.2%	317	506	853
Greenwood County	R	−21.4%	1,421	2,217	3,716
Hamilton County	R	−21.3%	517	801	1,335
Harper County	R	−21.6%	1,235	1,941	3,268
Harvey County	R	−10.9%	5,503	6,893	12,711
Haskell County	R	−37.6%	427	964	1,430
Hodgeman County	R	−24.2%	439	732	1,212
Jackson County	R	−9.8%	2,261	2,759	5,075
Jefferson County	R	−12.2%	2,810	3,605	6,492
Jewell County	R	−37.9%	684	1,546	2,274
Johnson County	R	−26.5%	55,183	95,591	152,199
Kearny County	R	−33.8%	524	1,073	1,625
Kingman County	R	−20.9%	1,420	2,205	3,754
Kiowa County	R	−44.1%	485	1,276	1,795
Labette County	R	−7.1%	4,433	5,125	9,684
Lane County	R	−25.4%	450	768	1,250
Leavenworth County	R	−5.9%	8,797	9,913	18,870
Lincoln County	R	−21.0%	796	1,229	2,060
Linn County	R	−18.0%	1,497	2,163	3,691
Logan County	R	−31.6%	503	988	1,535
Lyon County	R	−12.2%	5,314	6,820	12,334
Marion County	R	−28.4%	2,024	3,685	5,850
Marshall County	R	−10.0%	2,560	3,140	5,790
McPherson County	R	−19.8%	4,354	6,563	11,164
Meade County	R	−32.4%	664	1,322	2,028
Miami County	R	−4.1%	4,427	4,807	9,306
Mitchell County	R	−32.1%	1,145	2,257	3,462
Montgomery County	R	−24.9%	5,429	9,067	14,628
Morris County	R	−17.9%	1,165	1,682	2,894
Morton County	R	−30.3%	569	1,074	1,669
Nemaha County	R	−11.3%	2,261	2,849	5,182
Neosho County	R	−4.7%	3,402	3,739	7,222
Ness County	R	−15.8%	887	1,230	2,174
Norton County	R	−37.5%	855	1,923	2,847
Osage County	R	−10.2%	2,840	3,496	6,435
Osborne County	R	−23.5%	943	1,541	2,544
Ottawa County	R	−31.2%	953	1,836	2,834
Pawnee County	R	−10.4%	1,474	1,825	3,373
Phillips County	R	−40.9%	960	2,316	3,315
Pottawatomie County	R	−20.7%	2,544	3,897	6,549
Pratt County	R	−20.1%	1,651	2,505	4,245
Rawlins County	R	−35.6%	612	1,318	1,983
Reno County	R	−4.8%	11,545	12,753	24,954
Republic County	R	−36.9%	1,069	2,346	3,462
Rice County	R	−10.1%	2,033	2,503	4,645
Riley County	R	−13.1%	7,283	9,507	17,007
Rooks County	R	−30.8%	1,012	1,938	3,007
Rush County	R	−1.2%	1,020	1,045	2,153
Russell County	R	−24.3%	1,448	2,403	3,926
Saline County	R	−17.2%	7,998	11,371	19,618
Scott County	R	−36.8%	717	1,590	2,375
Sedgwick County	R	−13.2%	65,618	86,124	155,745
Seward County	R	−42.0%	1,655	4,089	5,797
Shawnee County	R	−2.2%	33,940	35,489	70,197
Sheridan County	R	−19.3%	600	901	1,556
Sherman County	R	−27.6%	1,082	1,929	3,065
Smith County	R	−31.7%	1,004	1,951	2,988
Stafford County	R	−15.0%	1,121	1,532	2,738
Stanton County	R	−29.7%	310	592	950
Stevens County	R	−44.6%	612	1,642	2,307
Sumner County	R	−9.7%	4,417	5,394	10,042
Thomas County	R	−24.1%	1,408	2,342	3,870
Trego County	R	−10.0%	795	979	1,831
Wabaunsee County	R	−19.2%	1,166	1,737	2,967
Wallace County	R	−42.3%	257	655	941
Washington County	R	−35.7%	1,063	2,269	3,380
Wichita County	R	−28.0%	399	721	1,148
Wilson County	R	−27.6%	1,545	2,743	4,346
Woodson County	R	−16.3%	761	1,062	1,847
Wyandotte County	D	+33.5%	38,678	19,097	58,399