Michael Dukakis carried New York D+4.1.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in New York, 1988. The state ran 11.8 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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New York result

6,485,683 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

3,347,882

51.6%

Bush (R)

3,081,871

47.5%

All others

55,930

0.9%

Margin

D+4.1

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1988 presidential election

New York, 1988

DukakisD+4.1

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

Michael Dukakis ✓Democratic	51.6%	3,347,882
George H. W. BushRepublican	47.5%	3,081,871
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	55,930

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+18.3%	86,564	59,534	147,461
Allegany County	R	−35.5%	5,614	11,880	17,626
Bronx County	D	+47.7%	218,245	76,043	298,081
Broome County	D	+0.5%	48,130	47,610	96,365
Cattaraugus County	R	−22.3%	12,447	19,691	32,428
Cayuga County	R	−5.9%	15,044	16,934	32,285
Chautauqua County	R	−10.1%	25,814	31,642	57,867
Chemung County	R	−13.4%	15,966	20,951	37,139
Chenango County	R	−18.6%	8,021	11,727	19,902
Clinton County	R	−10.6%	12,670	15,702	28,563
Columbia County	R	−13.1%	11,585	15,111	26,924
Cortland County	R	−17.4%	7,673	10,934	18,769
Delaware County	R	−20.7%	7,463	11,391	19,010
Dutchess County	R	−22.8%	38,968	62,165	101,959
Erie County	D	+11.6%	238,779	188,796	430,792
Essex County	R	−21.8%	6,623	10,350	17,113
Franklin County	R	−7.0%	7,928	9,135	17,192
Fulton County	R	−13.1%	9,012	11,757	20,931
Genesee County	R	−17.4%	9,945	14,182	24,332
Greene County	R	−23.9%	7,265	11,874	19,319
Hamilton County	R	−40.5%	976	2,320	3,317
Herkimer County	R	−8.6%	12,694	15,104	28,022
Jefferson County	R	−15.4%	14,137	19,304	33,622
Kings County	D	+33.7%	363,916	178,961	549,019
Lewis County	R	−15.1%	4,252	5,787	10,138
Livingston County	R	−19.0%	9,506	14,004	23,697
Madison County	R	−16.5%	10,665	14,902	25,754
Monroe County	R	−0.5%	153,650	155,271	311,466
Montgomery County	D	+1.1%	11,371	11,128	22,685
Nassau County	R	−14.7%	250,130	337,430	592,418
New York County	D	+53.3%	385,675	115,927	506,551
Niagara County	D	+1.5%	43,801	42,537	86,868
Oneida County	R	−7.1%	47,665	55,039	103,461
Onondaga County	R	−4.7%	94,751	104,080	200,485
Ontario County	R	−11.3%	17,341	21,780	39,435
Orange County	R	−25.7%	38,465	65,446	104,810
Orleans County	R	−20.7%	5,913	9,028	15,055
Oswego County	R	−15.7%	18,430	25,362	44,211
Otsego County	R	−8.0%	11,069	13,021	24,335
Putnam County	R	−32.7%	12,158	24,086	36,500
Queens County	D	+19.8%	325,147	217,049	546,729
Rensselaer County	R	−3.4%	33,066	35,412	69,197
Richmond County	R	−23.5%	47,812	77,427	125,975
Rockland County	R	−14.4%	47,634	63,825	112,301
Saratoga County	R	−15.6%	31,684	43,498	75,788
Schenectady County	D	+4.4%	36,483	33,364	70,386
Schoharie County	R	−12.9%	5,389	7,008	12,536
Schuyler County	R	−19.2%	2,900	4,291	7,242
Seneca County	R	−7.4%	6,215	7,221	13,571
St. Lawrence County	R	−3.5%	18,921	20,290	39,481
Steuben County	R	−32.6%	12,824	25,359	38,466
Suffolk County	R	−21.8%	199,215	311,242	514,350
Sullivan County	R	−14.8%	11,635	15,713	27,568
Tioga County	R	−21.8%	8,102	12,670	20,946
Tompkins County	D	+17.8%	21,455	14,932	36,699
Ulster County	R	−14.4%	30,744	41,173	72,557
Warren County	R	−29.6%	8,580	15,860	24,622
Washington County	R	−26.2%	8,201	14,103	22,515
Wayne County	R	−22.6%	12,959	20,613	33,902
Westchester County	R	−7.6%	169,860	197,956	371,008
Wyoming County	R	−28.4%	5,228	9,451	14,863
Yates County	R	−21.8%	3,507	5,488	9,074