George H. W. Bush carried Mississippi R+20.8.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Mississippi, 1988. The state ran 13.1 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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Mississippi result

931,527 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

363,921

39.1%

Bush (R)

557,890

59.9%

All others

9,716

1.0%

Margin

R+20.8

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1988 presidential election

Mississippi, 1988

BushR+20.8

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	59.9%	557,890
Michael DukakisDemocratic	39.1%	363,921
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	9,716

D+60

R+60

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

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−2.4%	7,732	8,116	15,994
Alcorn County	R	−10.8%	5,335	6,641	12,102
Amite County	R	−8.1%	2,834	3,333	6,186
Attala County	R	−20.2%	2,997	4,524	7,556
Benton County	D	+4.6%	1,718	1,565	3,309
Bolivar County	D	+10.7%	7,606	6,105	14,085
Calhoun County	R	−23.5%	2,086	3,375	5,483
Carroll County	R	−25.4%	1,560	2,628	4,204
Chickasaw County	R	−11.1%	2,713	3,390	6,125
Choctaw County	R	−26.4%	1,335	2,297	3,647
Claiborne County	D	+42.5%	3,083	1,233	4,349
Clarke County	R	−27.4%	2,576	4,522	7,098
Clay County	D	+2.7%	3,849	3,645	7,553
Coahoma County	D	+10.6%	6,139	4,939	11,278
Copiah County	R	−9.9%	4,175	5,100	9,334
Covington County	R	−21.3%	2,591	4,005	6,633
DeSoto County	R	−45.6%	5,449	14,681	20,250
Forrest County	R	−34.2%	6,953	14,249	21,318
Franklin County	R	−20.5%	1,563	2,376	3,962
George County	R	−27.1%	2,435	4,545	7,782
Greene County	R	−24.1%	1,637	2,837	4,970
Grenada County	R	−18.4%	3,683	5,352	9,056
Hancock County	R	−34.3%	3,760	7,763	11,687
Harrison County	R	−38.6%	14,439	32,892	47,754
Hinds County	R	−12.3%	41,058	52,749	95,006
Holmes County	D	+32.2%	5,350	2,737	8,126
Humphreys County	D	+13.3%	2,644	2,018	4,695
Issaquena County	D	+8.9%	511	424	973
Itawamba County	R	−18.1%	3,143	4,535	7,693
Jackson County	R	−48.3%	10,328	29,830	40,364
Jasper County	R	−2.8%	3,184	3,368	6,572
Jefferson County	D	+58.5%	2,693	702	3,401
Jefferson Davis County	D	+3.5%	2,948	2,745	5,728
Jones County	R	−38.6%	7,383	16,764	24,272
Kemper County	R	−1.4%	2,069	2,128	4,235
Lafayette County	R	−19.0%	3,967	5,841	9,852
Lamar County	R	−56.3%	2,535	9,145	11,746
Lauderdale County	R	−39.0%	7,967	18,302	26,529
Lawrence County	R	−18.7%	2,517	3,682	6,223
Leake County	R	−19.8%	2,787	4,168	6,963
Lee County	R	−34.6%	6,604	13,767	20,728
Leflore County	R	−4.6%	5,830	6,409	12,579
Lincoln County	R	−31.4%	4,534	8,710	13,297
Lowndes County	R	−30.4%	5,993	11,258	17,331
Madison County	R	−15.9%	8,242	11,399	19,825
Marion County	R	−24.5%	4,240	7,019	11,344
Marshall County	D	+19.7%	6,982	4,668	11,751
Monroe County	R	−15.9%	4,669	6,447	11,173
Montgomery County	R	−13.9%	1,893	2,504	4,409
Neshoba County	R	−36.6%	2,942	6,363	9,347
Newton County	R	−41.6%	2,332	5,658	8,003
Noxubee County	D	+18.4%	2,722	1,870	4,631
Oktibbeha County	R	−16.5%	5,100	7,126	12,289
Panola County	R	−1.5%	5,222	5,382	10,665
Pearl River County	R	−43.8%	3,939	10,220	14,333
Perry County	R	−38.1%	1,326	2,983	4,347
Pike County	R	−7.8%	6,531	7,637	14,239
Pontotoc County	R	−28.0%	2,772	4,939	7,740
Prentiss County	R	−11.6%	3,429	4,348	7,892
Quitman County	D	+15.3%	2,497	1,832	4,351
Rankin County	R	−57.2%	6,201	22,937	29,254
Scott County	R	−30.4%	2,939	5,522	8,488
Sharkey County	D	+11.2%	1,609	1,277	2,970
Simpson County	R	−34.0%	3,016	6,151	9,223
Smith County	R	−46.3%	1,660	4,573	6,285
Stone County	R	−34.6%	1,452	3,007	4,499
Sunflower County	D	+5.8%	4,898	4,362	9,289
Tallahatchie County	D	+4.5%	2,881	2,633	5,547
Tate County	R	−22.6%	2,872	4,553	7,449
Tippah County	R	−21.5%	2,958	4,593	7,603
Tishomingo County	R	−3.8%	3,378	3,646	7,052
Tunica County	D	+25.3%	1,510	896	2,430
Union County	R	−28.7%	3,044	5,511	8,591
Walthall County	R	−13.6%	2,354	3,103	5,502
Warren County	R	−25.1%	7,437	12,507	20,170
Washington County	R	−0.0%	10,222	10,229	20,687
Wayne County	R	−21.7%	2,889	4,496	7,414
Webster County	R	−32.6%	1,550	3,061	4,632
Wilkinson County	D	+27.2%	2,678	1,528	4,223
Winston County	R	−15.9%	3,851	5,317	9,229
Yalobusha County	R	−5.1%	2,402	2,660	5,093
Yazoo County	R	−4.8%	4,989	5,538	11,530