Michael Dukakis carried Washington D+1.6.

Michael Dukakis (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Washington, 1988. The state ran 9.3 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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Washington result

1,865,253 votes counted

Dukakis (D)

933,516

50.0%

Bush (R)

903,835

48.5%

All others

27,902

1.5%

Margin

D+1.6

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1988 presidential election

Washington, 1988

DukakisD+1.6

How it voted

Share of the 1988 vote

Michael Dukakis ✓Democratic	50.0%	933,516
George H. W. BushRepublican	48.5%	903,835
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	27,902

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1988 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1988

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−23.3%	1,612	2,612	4,288
Asotin County	D	+8.6%	3,422	2,874	6,384
Benton County	R	−31.5%	14,817	28,688	44,016
Chelan County	R	−17.0%	8,183	11,601	20,065
Clallam County	R	−0.3%	11,123	11,200	22,794
Clark County	D	+3.5%	40,021	37,285	78,306
Columbia County	R	−22.7%	730	1,172	1,944
Cowlitz County	D	+14.3%	16,090	12,009	28,465
Douglas County	R	−17.5%	3,760	5,378	9,247
Ferry County	O	+0.0%	972	972	2,021
Franklin County	R	−15.0%	4,772	6,488	11,452
Garfield County	R	−9.2%	593	714	1,319
Grant County	R	−17.5%	7,564	10,859	18,799
Grays Harbor County	D	+22.4%	14,097	8,860	23,391
Island County	R	−18.9%	8,510	12,552	21,353
Jefferson County	D	+11.3%	5,270	4,184	9,636
King County	D	+9.1%	349,663	290,574	648,957
Kitsap County	R	−1.4%	33,748	34,743	69,649
Kittitas County	D	+2.6%	5,318	5,048	10,496
Klickitat County	D	+1.2%	2,991	2,920	6,086
Lewis County	R	−23.9%	8,629	14,184	23,238
Lincoln County	R	−17.3%	1,884	2,689	4,645
Mason County	D	+2.6%	7,826	7,426	15,545
Okanogan County	R	−1.9%	5,630	5,856	11,740
Pacific County	D	+23.7%	5,017	3,073	8,200
Pend Oreille County	D	+3.2%	1,925	1,802	3,794
Pierce County	D	+1.3%	96,688	94,167	194,473
San Juan County	D	+6.0%	3,008	2,660	5,814
Skagit County	R	−4.3%	15,159	16,550	32,401
Skamania County	D	+12.4%	1,748	1,356	3,162
Snohomish County	R	−2.1%	80,694	84,158	167,165
Spokane County	R	−0.2%	68,520	68,787	139,150
Stevens County	R	−12.6%	5,068	6,576	11,962
Thurston County	D	+2.8%	33,860	31,980	66,930
Wahkiakum County	D	+20.4%	961	629	1,626
Walla Walla County	R	−12.8%	7,448	9,683	17,403
Whatcom County	D	+3.5%	25,571	23,820	50,094
Whitman County	R	−1.8%	7,403	7,680	15,333
Yakima County	R	−12.6%	23,221	30,026	53,910