George H. W. Bush carried Texas R+12.6.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Texas, 1988. The state ran 4.9 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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Texas result

5,427,410 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

2,352,748

43.3%

Bush (R)

3,036,829

56.0%

All others

37,833

0.7%

Margin

R+12.6

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1988 presidential election

Texas, 1988

BushR+12.6

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	56.0%	3,036,829
Michael DukakisDemocratic	43.3%	2,352,748
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	37,833

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−12.3%	6,128	7,858	14,045
Andrews County	R	−46.1%	1,122	3,052	4,191
Angelina County	R	−7.9%	10,849	12,738	23,852
Aransas County	R	−25.1%	2,305	3,858	6,196
Archer County	R	−10.5%	1,627	2,010	3,646
Armstrong County	R	−39.0%	314	720	1,040
Atascosa County	R	−1.3%	4,657	4,777	9,504
Austin County	R	−27.0%	2,593	4,524	7,160
Bailey County	R	−24.9%	876	1,459	2,343
Bandera County	R	−45.9%	1,251	3,435	4,761
Bastrop County	D	+14.3%	8,004	5,991	14,092
Baylor County	D	+11.5%	1,153	914	2,070
Bee County	R	−0.0%	4,616	4,620	9,281
Bell County	R	−24.5%	17,751	29,382	47,551
Bexar County	R	−5.2%	174,036	193,192	369,749
Blanco County	R	−24.6%	1,012	1,680	2,719
Borden County	R	−25.1%	169	283	454
Bosque County	R	−12.8%	2,670	3,458	6,147
Bowie County	R	−11.2%	12,331	15,454	27,941
Brazoria County	R	−17.9%	23,436	34,028	59,081
Brazos County	R	−32.4%	14,885	29,369	44,690
Brewster County	R	−4.2%	1,569	1,708	3,313
Briscoe County	D	+10.5%	574	464	1,048
Brooks County	D	+64.5%	2,859	608	3,489
Brown County	R	−17.6%	4,763	6,810	11,606
Burleson County	D	+15.8%	3,085	2,242	5,339
Burnet County	R	−8.2%	4,343	5,120	9,508
Caldwell County	D	+13.3%	4,649	3,553	8,262
Calhoun County	D	+2.0%	3,314	3,183	6,524
Callahan County	R	−17.7%	2,017	2,887	4,921
Cameron County	D	+12.1%	30,972	24,263	55,552
Camp County	D	+5.3%	2,121	1,908	4,042
Carson County	R	−33.9%	1,034	2,100	3,148
Cass County	D	+5.6%	5,941	5,305	11,262
Castro County	R	−5.5%	1,436	1,604	3,049
Chambers County	R	−9.7%	3,035	3,694	6,781
Cherokee County	R	−14.6%	5,604	7,520	13,165
Childress County	R	−6.2%	1,060	1,201	2,267
Clay County	D	+5.6%	2,288	2,043	4,340
Cochran County	R	−6.2%	681	771	1,462
Coke County	R	−12.3%	674	863	1,542
Coleman County	R	−8.4%	1,978	2,340	4,321
Collin County	R	−49.2%	22,934	67,776	91,230
Collingsworth County	R	−3.7%	809	872	1,683
Colorado County	R	−13.3%	2,847	3,723	6,600
Comal County	R	−41.4%	5,716	13,994	19,980
Comanche County	D	+10.5%	2,622	2,120	4,761
Concho County	D	+2.1%	643	617	1,263
Cooke County	R	−26.0%	4,217	7,196	11,452
Coryell County	R	−29.5%	4,026	7,461	11,627
Cottle County	D	+28.7%	690	379	1,083
Crane County	R	−34.3%	596	1,219	1,818
Crockett County	R	−2.8%	881	932	1,819
Crosby County	D	+12.3%	1,435	1,121	2,562
Culberson County	D	+14.3%	557	417	982
Dallam County	R	−30.1%	645	1,205	1,862
Dallas County	R	−17.5%	243,198	347,094	594,538
Dawson County	R	−18.8%	2,155	3,154	5,317
Deaf Smith County	R	−31.7%	1,930	3,744	5,726
Delta County	D	+18.8%	1,244	849	2,101
Denton County	R	−37.1%	26,204	57,444	84,210
DeWitt County	R	−16.8%	2,579	3,628	6,255
Dickens County	D	+22.9%	696	435	1,141
Dimmit County	D	+50.3%	2,735	900	3,651
Donley County	R	−22.3%	661	1,043	1,713
Duval County	D	+64.2%	4,177	907	5,097
Eastland County	R	−10.0%	3,215	3,929	7,166
Ector County	R	−36.1%	10,825	23,155	34,152
Edwards County	R	−20.2%	368	556	930
El Paso County	D	+5.9%	62,622	55,573	118,781
Ellis County	R	−18.9%	11,169	16,422	27,749
Erath County	R	−13.7%	4,113	5,427	9,570
Falls County	D	+10.2%	2,877	2,344	5,237
Fannin County	D	+12.4%	5,163	4,024	9,214
Fayette County	R	−14.6%	3,390	4,551	7,971
Fisher County	D	+35.5%	1,516	721	2,240
Floyd County	R	−11.2%	1,391	1,741	3,138
Foard County	D	+25.2%	513	306	820
Fort Bend County	R	−25.8%	23,351	39,818	63,784
Franklin County	D	+0.5%	1,453	1,439	2,896
Freestone County	R	−4.0%	2,916	3,159	6,092
Frio County	D	+33.3%	3,016	1,505	4,538
Gaines County	R	−26.5%	1,310	2,265	3,606
Galveston County	D	+5.0%	38,633	34,913	74,042
Garza County	R	−8.9%	989	1,183	2,190
Gillespie County	R	−55.7%	1,588	5,662	7,313
Glasscock County	R	−45.6%	143	384	528
Goliad County	R	−2.5%	1,358	1,427	2,792
Gonzales County	R	−1.5%	2,897	2,983	5,916
Gray County	R	−49.1%	2,460	7,259	9,781
Grayson County	R	−13.5%	14,347	18,825	33,287
Gregg County	R	−35.5%	12,486	26,465	39,387
Grimes County	R	−1.5%	2,735	2,820	5,582
Guadalupe County	R	−29.9%	7,111	13,265	20,609
Hale County	R	−28.4%	3,502	6,284	9,811
Hall County	D	+18.1%	1,029	714	1,743
Hamilton County	R	−11.8%	1,355	1,718	3,086
Hansford County	R	−62.9%	443	1,967	2,421
Hardeman County	D	+14.4%	1,143	855	2,001
Hardin County	D	+8.9%	8,245	6,897	15,173
Harris County	R	−14.9%	342,919	464,217	814,160
Harrison County	R	−14.0%	8,974	11,957	21,285
Hartley County	R	−41.4%	505	1,229	1,747
Haskell County	D	+17.9%	1,715	1,193	2,915
Hays County	R	−2.3%	11,187	11,716	23,264
Hemphill County	R	−37.7%	527	1,170	1,705
Henderson County	R	−5.7%	9,819	11,005	20,918
Hidalgo County	D	+29.9%	54,330	29,246	83,870
Hill County	R	−4.5%	4,381	4,796	9,198
Hockley County	R	−20.9%	2,850	4,368	7,250
Hood County	R	−26.8%	4,255	7,400	11,716
Hopkins County	R	−1.5%	4,984	5,133	10,142
Houston County	R	−0.5%	3,846	3,882	7,764
Howard County	R	−15.0%	4,445	6,024	10,517
Hudspeth County	D	+0.1%	406	405	816
Hunt County	R	−16.5%	8,820	12,331	21,238
Hutchinson County	R	−43.5%	2,950	7,526	10,526
Irion County	R	−24.6%	326	539	867
Jack County	R	−0.7%	1,521	1,542	3,074
Jackson County	R	−15.9%	2,141	2,954	5,115
Jasper County	D	+14.0%	6,613	4,985	11,629
Jeff Davis County	R	−22.9%	325	524	870
Jefferson County	D	+21.7%	55,649	35,754	91,693
Jim Hogg County	D	+52.3%	1,630	510	2,143
Jim Wells County	D	+32.3%	8,495	4,335	12,886
Johnson County	R	−16.6%	12,507	17,509	30,171
Jones County	R	−1.7%	2,898	3,000	5,916
Karnes County	D	+3.0%	2,529	2,383	4,933
Kaufman County	R	−7.0%	7,358	8,466	15,916
Kendall County	R	−53.6%	1,446	4,875	6,398
Kenedy County	D	+21.9%	119	76	196
Kent County	D	+18.4%	398	274	674
Kerr County	R	−51.0%	3,587	11,207	14,937
Kimble County	R	−31.5%	551	1,061	1,617
King County	R	−26.9%	64	111	175
Kinney County	R	−7.0%	669	771	1,450
Kleberg County	D	+9.3%	5,367	4,443	9,946
Knox County	D	+13.9%	1,013	765	1,782
La Salle County	D	+40.7%	1,651	693	2,352
Lamar County	R	−3.0%	7,553	8,021	15,598
Lamb County	R	−15.7%	2,230	3,064	5,316
Lampasas County	R	−21.1%	1,954	3,000	4,966
Lavaca County	R	−10.6%	3,531	4,377	7,962
Lee County	D	+0.3%	2,527	2,513	5,067
Leon County	R	−9.0%	2,316	2,778	5,115
Liberty County	R	−1.1%	8,343	8,524	16,973
Limestone County	D	+3.2%	3,476	3,257	6,763
Lipscomb County	R	−49.0%	377	1,111	1,499
Live Oak County	R	−18.1%	1,573	2,277	3,880
Llano County	R	−14.9%	2,629	3,550	6,202
Loving County	R	−40.3%	23	54	77
Lubbock County	R	−39.0%	22,202	50,760	73,292
Lynn County	R	−8.2%	1,086	1,279	2,367
Madison County	R	−1.6%	1,835	1,896	3,747
Marion County	D	+9.6%	2,255	1,857	4,129
Martin County	R	−23.3%	632	1,017	1,651
Mason County	R	−18.4%	671	975	1,655
Matagorda County	R	−8.8%	5,675	6,787	12,566
Maverick County	D	+46.7%	4,395	1,592	6,003
McCulloch County	D	+1.4%	1,665	1,618	3,293
McLennan County	R	−16.7%	27,545	38,606	66,423
McMullen County	R	−52.3%	94	302	398
Medina County	R	−14.9%	4,227	5,722	10,029
Menard County	D	+5.3%	614	552	1,171
Midland County	R	−56.3%	8,487	30,618	39,326
Milam County	D	+16.1%	4,865	3,512	8,396
Mills County	R	−10.6%	842	1,043	1,888
Mitchell County	D	+5.2%	1,773	1,596	3,376
Montague County	D	+3.0%	3,689	3,475	7,186
Montgomery County	R	−37.1%	18,394	40,360	59,146
Moore County	R	−41.1%	1,537	3,710	5,281
Morris County	D	+25.2%	3,522	2,104	5,630
Motley County	R	−24.1%	262	429	692
Nacogdoches County	R	−25.8%	6,886	11,767	18,883
Navarro County	D	+2.3%	6,749	6,445	13,232
Newton County	D	+37.3%	3,640	1,659	5,309
Nolan County	D	+2.1%	2,853	2,734	5,609
Nueces County	D	+3.0%	49,209	46,337	95,932
Ochiltree County	R	−66.8%	579	2,928	3,517
Oldham County	R	−38.6%	303	691	1,004
Orange County	D	+19.6%	17,834	11,959	29,908
Palo Pinto County	R	−8.3%	3,930	4,649	8,634
Panola County	R	−5.9%	4,123	4,642	8,780
Parker County	R	−24.5%	8,517	14,090	22,723
Parmer County	R	−45.7%	764	2,061	2,839
Pecos County	R	−11.7%	1,960	2,483	4,460
Polk County	D	+0.9%	5,943	5,831	11,929
Potter County	R	−26.2%	9,563	16,400	26,131
Presidio County	D	+33.3%	1,176	586	1,771
Rains County	D	+6.1%	1,448	1,281	2,736
Randall County	R	−53.2%	8,492	27,986	36,666
Reagan County	R	−38.2%	418	935	1,355
Real County	R	−24.2%	483	795	1,291
Red River County	D	+12.2%	3,165	2,475	5,652
Reeves County	D	+23.9%	2,812	1,724	4,554
Refugio County	R	−1.4%	1,831	1,883	3,724
Roberts County	R	−52.7%	135	441	581
Robertson County	D	+24.8%	3,630	2,184	5,832
Rockwall County	R	−45.8%	2,659	7,214	9,939
Runnels County	R	−16.8%	1,720	2,417	4,147
Rusk County	R	−27.8%	5,140	9,117	14,313
Sabine County	D	+3.2%	2,053	1,925	3,987
San Augustine County	D	+4.2%	2,118	1,946	4,084
San Jacinto County	D	+4.9%	2,972	2,691	5,688
San Patricio County	D	+3.9%	9,920	9,159	19,458
San Saba County	D	+2.9%	1,165	1,099	2,277
Schleicher County	R	−13.7%	494	653	1,157
Scurry County	R	−27.7%	2,119	3,749	5,894
Shackelford County	R	−11.8%	681	865	1,554
Shelby County	D	+3.2%	4,261	3,999	8,273
Sherman County	R	−53.7%	340	1,145	1,499
Smith County	R	−29.7%	18,719	34,658	53,592
Somervell County	R	−14.0%	983	1,304	2,296
Starr County	D	+69.9%	6,958	1,218	8,211
Stephens County	R	−21.2%	1,519	2,342	3,874
Sterling County	R	−42.1%	188	464	656
Stonewall County	D	+26.4%	724	421	1,147
Sutton County	R	−27.1%	571	996	1,570
Swisher County	D	+19.6%	1,893	1,271	3,179
Tarrant County	R	−23.1%	151,310	242,660	396,237
Taylor County	R	−36.9%	13,073	28,563	42,024
Terrell County	D	+13.6%	390	296	689
Terry County	R	−15.3%	1,941	2,645	4,600
Throckmorton County	D	+7.9%	534	455	998
Titus County	D	+1.3%	4,357	4,247	8,620
Tom Green County	R	−27.0%	12,283	21,463	34,012
Travis County	D	+9.3%	127,783	105,915	236,084
Trinity County	D	+4.1%	2,657	2,448	5,137
Tyler County	D	+15.5%	4,198	3,070	7,292
Upshur County	R	−6.6%	5,242	5,991	11,265
Upton County	R	−37.1%	544	1,189	1,740
Uvalde County	R	−7.3%	3,684	4,266	8,001
Val Verde County	R	−0.6%	5,044	5,109	10,211
Van Zandt County	R	−9.0%	6,153	7,371	13,559
Victoria County	R	−25.3%	8,923	15,056	24,253
Walker County	R	−18.4%	5,826	8,473	14,391
Waller County	D	+4.6%	3,957	3,607	7,624
Ward County	R	−18.5%	1,858	2,709	4,590
Washington County	R	−34.1%	2,960	6,041	9,037
Webb County	D	+36.5%	16,227	7,528	23,832
Wharton County	R	−8.0%	5,935	6,978	12,991
Wheeler County	R	−22.9%	1,067	1,703	2,777
Wichita County	R	−12.9%	17,956	23,324	41,590
Wilbarger County	R	−8.5%	2,248	2,669	4,929
Willacy County	D	+28.6%	3,165	1,750	4,940
Williamson County	R	−16.4%	19,589	27,322	47,230
Wilson County	R	−5.7%	3,953	4,436	8,425
Winkler County	R	−27.2%	947	1,656	2,611
Wise County	R	−6.8%	5,288	6,064	11,395
Wood County	R	−14.6%	4,553	6,216	11,366
Yoakum County	R	−41.3%	727	1,762	2,507
Young County	R	−16.0%	3,007	4,156	7,193
Zapata County	D	+38.7%	2,171	958	3,135
Zavala County	D	+68.2%	3,338	628	3,973