Michael Dukakis carried Minnesota D+7.0.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Minnesota, 1988. The state ran 14.8 points more Democratic 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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Minnesota result

2,093,176 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

1,109,471

53.0%

Bush (R)

962,337

46.0%

All others

21,368

1.0%

Margin

D+7.0

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1988 presidential election

Minnesota, 1988

DukakisD+7.0

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

Michael Dukakis ✓Democratic	53.0%	1,109,471
George H. W. BushRepublican	46.0%	962,337
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	21,368

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+12.3%	3,863	3,011	6,942
Anoka County	D	+10.5%	57,953	46,853	105,809
Becker County	R	−7.5%	5,787	6,738	12,651
Beltrami County	D	+6.4%	7,566	6,652	14,380
Benton County	R	−1.7%	5,861	6,060	12,040
Big Stone County	D	+15.8%	2,026	1,469	3,526
Blue Earth County	D	+1.7%	12,375	11,959	24,552
Brown County	R	−14.7%	5,109	6,898	12,173
Carlton County	D	+30.7%	8,790	4,626	13,560
Carver County	R	−19.4%	8,439	12,560	21,228
Cass County	R	−6.9%	5,127	5,895	11,119
Chippewa County	D	+0.7%	3,238	3,190	6,514
Chisago County	D	+12.1%	7,875	6,163	14,170
Clay County	D	+3.7%	11,186	10,380	21,705
Clearwater County	D	+0.2%	1,769	1,763	3,567
Cook County	D	+0.1%	1,080	1,078	2,184
Cottonwood County	R	−4.5%	3,095	3,390	6,545
Crow Wing County	R	−6.4%	9,674	11,017	20,911
Dakota County	D	+0.3%	61,942	61,606	124,580
Dodge County	R	−13.5%	2,925	3,848	6,846
Douglas County	R	−15.1%	5,803	7,898	13,852
Faribault County	R	−11.0%	3,879	4,846	8,800
Fillmore County	R	−9.7%	4,114	5,004	9,200
Freeborn County	D	+9.9%	8,836	7,226	16,218
Goodhue County	R	−0.1%	9,438	9,455	19,102
Grant County	D	+7.0%	1,950	1,693	3,677
Hennepin County	D	+9.8%	292,909	240,209	538,562
Houston County	R	−9.5%	3,936	4,777	8,825
Hubbard County	R	−13.7%	3,306	4,365	7,736
Isanti County	D	+7.2%	6,075	5,246	11,452
Itasca County	D	+11.3%	10,517	8,358	19,053
Jackson County	D	+10.8%	3,275	2,629	5,959
Kanabec County	D	+7.1%	2,970	2,571	5,598
Kandiyohi County	D	+1.8%	8,962	8,634	17,862
Kittson County	D	+8.8%	1,650	1,381	3,057
Koochiching County	D	+15.1%	3,867	2,842	6,780
Lac qui Parle County	D	+13.8%	2,805	2,116	4,983
Lake County	D	+35.5%	3,887	1,838	5,775
Lake of the Woods County	R	−10.3%	798	984	1,814
Le Sueur County	R	−0.0%	5,410	5,415	10,925
Lincoln County	D	+12.0%	1,891	1,479	3,425
Lyon County	R	−2.7%	5,657	5,969	11,736
Mahnomen County	D	+9.6%	1,277	1,051	2,358
Marshall County	D	+4.3%	3,001	2,752	5,811
Martin County	R	−7.5%	4,922	5,724	10,731
McLeod County	R	−16.1%	5,736	7,967	13,862
Meeker County	R	−4.7%	4,544	4,999	9,707
Mille Lacs County	D	+5.6%	4,327	3,862	8,301
Morrison County	R	−1.0%	6,469	6,598	13,227
Mower County	D	+25.9%	11,893	6,969	19,025
Murray County	D	+10.1%	2,840	2,316	5,212
Nicollet County	R	−0.7%	6,786	6,878	13,779
Nobles County	D	+6.4%	4,953	4,348	9,394
Norman County	D	+9.1%	2,149	1,789	3,956
Olmsted County	R	−17.4%	19,423	27,683	47,504
Otter Tail County	R	−14.8%	10,373	14,015	24,604
Pennington County	D	+3.0%	3,105	2,920	6,071
Pine County	D	+17.7%	5,540	3,857	9,513
Pipestone County	R	−7.3%	2,382	2,760	5,189
Polk County	D	+3.3%	7,523	7,032	14,662
Pope County	D	+7.7%	3,074	2,627	5,776
Ramsey County	D	+23.4%	143,767	88,736	234,896
Red Lake County	D	+14.3%	1,229	918	2,175
Redwood County	R	−22.7%	3,178	5,076	8,358
Renville County	D	+1.1%	4,454	4,356	8,927
Rice County	D	+9.9%	11,570	9,460	21,267
Rock County	R	−5.8%	2,435	2,737	5,215
Roseau County	R	−14.1%	2,630	3,500	6,192
Scott County	R	−6.7%	11,405	13,050	24,685
Sherburne County	R	−2.4%	7,959	8,360	16,502
Sibley County	R	−7.2%	3,154	3,655	6,939
St. Louis County	D	+37.3%	70,344	31,799	103,237
Stearns County	R	−7.2%	23,798	27,529	52,093
Steele County	R	−18.3%	5,496	7,981	13,610
Stevens County	D	+0.8%	2,721	2,679	5,458
Swift County	D	+24.5%	3,579	2,156	5,798
Todd County	R	−5.7%	5,023	5,633	10,750
Traverse County	D	+13.7%	1,399	1,061	2,476
Wabasha County	R	−2.6%	4,442	4,681	9,215
Wadena County	R	−19.8%	2,484	3,733	6,299
Waseca County	R	−9.1%	3,721	4,471	8,287
Washington County	D	+6.2%	34,952	30,850	66,415
Watonwan County	R	−5.1%	2,544	2,821	5,415
Wilkin County	R	−13.0%	1,486	1,933	3,447
Winona County	R	−3.2%	10,310	11,012	21,624
Wright County	R	−2.7%	14,177	14,987	29,543
Yellow Medicine County	D	+5.7%	3,282	2,925	6,278