Michael Dukakis carried Oregon D+4.7.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Oregon, 1988. The state ran 12.4 points more Democratic than the nation (R+7.7 nationally).

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

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Oregon result

1,201,694 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

616,206

51.3%

Bush (R)

560,126

46.6%

All others

25,362

2.1%

Margin

D+4.7

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1988 presidential election

Oregon, 1988

DukakisD+4.7

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

Michael Dukakis ✓Democratic	51.3%	616,206
George H. W. BushRepublican	46.6%	560,126
OtherAll other candidates	2.1%	25,362

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−11.7%	2,896	3,696	6,826
Benton County	D	+9.3%	16,930	14,004	31,610
Clackamas County	R	−1.3%	59,799	61,381	123,351
Clatsop County	D	+14.8%	8,074	5,956	14,316
Columbia County	D	+16.2%	8,983	6,424	15,806
Coos County	D	+15.5%	13,996	10,153	24,836
Crook County	R	−5.6%	2,719	3,049	5,882
Curry County	R	−8.3%	4,015	4,761	9,012
Deschutes County	R	−6.9%	14,264	16,425	31,366
Douglas County	R	−7.5%	17,255	20,120	38,415
Gilliam County	R	−5.9%	417	470	897
Grant County	R	−21.5%	1,437	2,264	3,844
Harney County	R	−13.6%	1,379	1,833	3,330
Hood River County	D	+0.3%	3,275	3,257	6,689
Jackson County	R	−7.2%	28,028	32,516	61,912
Jefferson County	R	−3.3%	2,346	2,509	4,995
Josephine County	R	−19.2%	10,646	15,876	27,272
Klamath County	R	−22.5%	8,429	13,484	22,470
Lake County	R	−26.7%	1,237	2,161	3,463
Lane County	D	+18.6%	69,883	47,563	119,702
Lincoln County	D	+12.8%	9,598	7,364	17,443
Linn County	R	−3.6%	17,007	18,312	36,122
Malheur County	R	−35.2%	2,965	6,285	9,443
Marion County	R	−4.6%	41,193	45,292	88,492
Morrow County	R	−5.2%	1,375	1,529	2,970
Multnomah County	D	+25.1%	161,361	95,561	261,843
Polk County	R	−4.5%	9,626	10,553	20,621
Sherman County	R	−11.8%	435	555	1,016
Tillamook County	D	+12.2%	5,529	4,297	10,070
Umatilla County	R	−10.2%	8,327	10,254	18,981
Union County	R	−3.8%	4,682	5,061	10,090
Wallowa County	R	−16.2%	1,425	1,993	3,503
Wasco County	D	+6.9%	5,141	4,462	9,834
Washington County	R	−5.6%	59,837	67,018	129,211
Wheeler County	R	−13.8%	274	367	673
Yamhill County	R	−7.5%	11,423	13,321	25,388