George H. W. Bush carried Pennsylvania R+2.3.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Pennsylvania, 1988. The state ran 5.4 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)

akashic

Pennsylvania result

4,536,251 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

2,194,944

48.4%

Bush (R)

2,300,087

50.7%

All others

41,220

0.9%

Margin

R+2.3

akashic

1988 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1988

BushR+2.3

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	50.7%	2,300,087
Michael DukakisDemocratic	48.4%	2,194,944
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	41,220

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

akashic

County results — 1988

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−30.5%	8,299	15,650	24,105
Allegheny County	D	+20.1%	348,814	231,137	586,151
Armstrong County	D	+9.3%	13,892	11,509	25,683
Beaver County	D	+32.1%	50,327	25,764	76,469
Bedford County	R	−31.6%	5,754	11,123	16,969
Berks County	R	−25.9%	41,040	70,153	112,444
Blair County	R	−24.1%	15,588	25,623	41,662
Bradford County	R	−34.1%	6,635	13,568	20,337
Bucks County	R	−21.2%	82,472	127,563	212,640
Butler County	R	−10.7%	22,341	27,777	50,667
Cambria County	D	+20.0%	38,517	25,626	64,552
Cameron County	R	−31.3%	901	1,731	2,655
Carbon County	R	−5.8%	9,104	10,232	19,547
Centre County	R	−13.0%	18,357	23,875	42,527
Chester County	R	−34.9%	44,853	93,522	139,585
Clarion County	R	−17.5%	5,616	8,026	13,751
Clearfield County	R	−7.7%	12,235	14,296	26,713
Clinton County	D	+0.2%	5,759	5,735	11,613
Columbia County	R	−21.7%	7,767	12,114	20,021
Crawford County	R	−13.8%	13,021	17,249	30,628
Cumberland County	R	−31.3%	24,613	47,292	72,433
Dauphin County	R	−16.3%	35,079	48,917	84,677
Delaware County	R	−20.9%	96,144	147,656	246,305
Elk County	R	−6.7%	5,879	6,737	12,744
Erie County	D	+5.4%	53,913	48,306	103,300
Fayette County	D	+32.1%	33,098	16,915	50,349
Forest County	R	−12.8%	895	1,159	2,065
Franklin County	R	−37.1%	12,368	27,086	39,644
Fulton County	R	−33.4%	1,532	3,086	4,646
Greene County	D	+30.1%	9,126	4,879	14,095
Huntingdon County	R	−29.7%	4,752	8,800	13,631
Indiana County	D	+4.8%	16,514	14,983	31,739
Jefferson County	R	−21.8%	6,235	9,743	16,109
Juniata County	R	−26.4%	2,834	4,881	7,764
Lackawanna County	D	+4.0%	45,591	42,083	88,741
Lancaster County	R	−42.3%	38,982	96,979	137,029
Lawrence County	D	+16.0%	21,884	15,829	37,904
Lebanon County	R	−34.2%	11,912	24,415	36,608
Lehigh County	R	−13.5%	42,801	56,363	100,107
Luzerne County	R	−0.4%	58,553	59,059	118,092
Lycoming County	R	−29.1%	13,528	24,792	38,735
McKean County	R	−27.3%	5,300	9,323	14,747
Mercer County	D	+6.5%	24,278	21,301	45,880
Mifflin County	R	−25.9%	4,790	8,170	13,075
Monroe County	R	−26.8%	9,859	17,185	27,371
Montgomery County	R	−21.4%	109,834	170,294	282,870
Montour County	R	−27.8%	2,031	3,617	5,696
Northampton County	R	−4.2%	39,264	42,748	82,978
Northumberland County	R	−17.1%	14,255	20,207	34,800
Perry County	R	−37.0%	3,910	8,545	12,533
Philadelphia County	D	+34.2%	449,566	219,053	674,977
Pike County	R	−35.9%	3,097	6,659	9,917
Potter County	R	−35.1%	2,119	4,432	6,592
Schuylkill County	R	−13.6%	24,797	32,666	57,842
Snyder County	R	−54.3%	2,658	9,054	11,779
Somerset County	R	−9.7%	13,815	16,809	30,768
Sullivan County	R	−24.5%	1,091	1,808	2,922
Susquehanna County	R	−29.9%	4,871	9,077	14,056
Tioga County	R	−32.5%	4,807	9,471	14,350
Union County	R	−42.6%	3,163	7,912	11,136
Venango County	R	−14.0%	8,624	11,468	20,263
Warren County	R	−13.8%	6,790	8,991	15,995
Washington County	D	+24.7%	47,527	28,651	76,553
Wayne County	R	−44.4%	3,775	9,926	13,862
Westmoreland County	D	+10.9%	76,710	61,472	139,290
Wyoming County	R	−40.3%	2,797	6,607	9,447
York County	R	−31.2%	37,691	72,408	111,116