Tennessee 1988 Presidential Election

Michael Dukakis vs. George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush won the Tennessee 1988 presidential election with 947,233 votes (57.9%), a margin of R+16.3. Tennessee's 11 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

41.5%

57.9%

679,794

Michael Dukakis (41.5%)

947,233

George H. W. Bush (57.9%)

Total Votes: 1,636,251|Margin: R+16.3

County Results

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County Results (95 counties)

County	Margin	1988 Pres	1992 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Grundy County	D+25.6	D+25.6	D+45.4	3,857	R+4.3%
Jackson County	D+25.3	D+25.3	D+58.7	3,144	R+4.8%
Houston County	D+24.7	D+24.7	D+46.2	2,367	R+7.1%
Stewart County	D+20.5	D+20.5	D+40.1	3,296	R+4.9%
Humphreys County	D+17.4	D+17.4	D+36.4	5,188	R+6.5%
Perry County	D+17.1	D+17.1	D+40.5	2,076	D+0.8%
Overton County	D+14.5	D+14.5	D+42.6	4,397	D+0.1%
Benton County	D+13.2	D+13.2	D+37.1	5,009	R+2.4%
Trousdale County	D+10.3	D+10.3	D+48.1	2,173	R+8.3%
Smith County	D+8.2	D+8.2	D+50.8	4,686	R+7.0%
Hickman County	D+8.1	D+8.1	D+33.8	4,918	R+2.6%
DeKalb County	D+7.7	D+7.7	D+39.7	4,581	D+1.6%
Lake County	D+7.4	D+7.4	D+33.3	1,750	R+7.6%
Giles County	D+5.3	D+5.3	D+28.4	7,478	D+6.2%
Haywood County	D+4.2	D+4.2	D+15.6	5,640	R+3.4%
Cannon County	D+3.6	D+3.6	D+31.5	3,348	R+1.3%
Henry County	D+3.5	D+3.5	D+25.9	9,975	D+3.3%
Lewis County	D+3.4	D+3.4	D+30.7	2,761	D+8.8%
Robertson County	D+1.5	D+1.5	D+20.5	11,672	R+1.3%
Warren County	D+1.3	D+1.3	D+28.2	9,218	D+1.2%
Van Buren County	D+1.0	D+1.0	D+37.2	1,580	R+5.0%
Franklin County	D+0.6	D+0.6	D+23.0	10,886	R+0.7%
Lauderdale County	R+0.2	R+0.2	D+19.2	6,639	D+0.7%
Hardeman County	R+0.3	R+0.3	D+19.8	7,138	R+1.4%
White County	R+1.6	R+1.6	D+28.0	5,249	R+3.9%
Dickson County	R+2.0	R+2.0	D+24.2	10,536	R+1.7%
Shelby County	R+2.5	R+2.5	D+10.4	308,988	R+1.4%
Marion County	R+2.7	R+2.7	D+23.1	8,618	D+2.0%
Marshall County	R+3.1	R+3.1	D+24.4	5,791	D+4.4%
Moore County	R+3.6	R+3.6	D+22.8	1,530	R+0.3%
Fayette County	R+4.1	R+4.1	D+5.8	6,921	R+2.7%
Clay County	R+4.3	R+4.3	D+26.3	2,493	R+2.2%
Davidson County	R+4.9	R+4.9	D+14.6	188,946	R+0.4%
Polk County	R+5.1	R+5.1	D+21.7	4,391	D+8.5%
Gibson County	R+5.4	R+5.4	D+13.1	16,038	D+0.9%
Lincoln County	R+7.7	R+7.7	D+12.1	8,017	R+9.2%
Bedford County	R+9.1	R+9.1	D+18.8	8,939	R+6.9%
Decatur County	R+9.7	R+9.7	D+20.7	4,191	R+1.6%
Campbell County	R+10.7	R+10.7	D+14.4	9,416	R+1.2%
Obion County	R+11.5	R+11.5	D+13.1	10,858	D+2.8%
Crockett County	R+11.9	R+11.9	D+8.9	3,970	D+0.3%
Lawrence County	R+12.3	R+12.3	D+8.7	11,183	R+7.3%
McNairy County	R+13.6	R+13.6	D+6.2	8,191	R+2.6%
Morgan County	R+14.0	R+14.0	D+14.3	4,546	D+1.4%
Maury County	R+14.3	R+14.3	D+12.5	14,788	R+1.5%
Weakley County	R+14.6	R+14.6	D+7.5	9,989	D+0.7%
Cheatham County	R+14.7	R+14.7	D+13.5	7,250	D+0.7%
Carroll County	R+15.1	R+15.1	D+7.6	9,830	R+1.5%
Claiborne County	R+15.4	R+15.4	D+4.7	7,082	D+6.3%
Coffee County	R+15.8	R+15.8	D+14.6	13,615	R+0.9%
Montgomery County	R+15.8	R+15.8	D+4.8	21,856	R+1.7%
Sequatchie County	R+16.1	R+16.1	D+10.5	2,869	D+1.8%
Meigs County	R+17.9	R+17.9	D+9.1	2,568	D+3.8%
Putnam County	R+18.1	R+18.1	D+13.3	16,285	R+8.7%
Bledsoe County	R+18.6	R+18.6	D+2.7	3,147	D+0.7%
Union County	R+19.1	R+19.1	D+3.8	3,564	D+4.9%
Hardin County	R+20.4	R+20.4	D+0.5	7,089	R+0.0%
Madison County	R+21.2	R+21.2	R+4.0	28,039	R+1.8%
Anderson County	R+22.1	R+22.1	D+5.7	24,788	D+1.2%
Tipton County	R+22.5	R+22.5	R+8.1	9,918	R+1.7%
Chester County	R+22.5	R+22.5	R+9.2	4,555	R+2.4%
Monroe County	R+22.7	R+22.7	R+5.2	10,393	R+0.4%
Scott County	R+22.7	R+22.7	R+4.4	4,193	D+3.5%
Wilson County	R+22.7	R+22.7	D+6.0	21,793	R+2.1%
Hamilton County	R+24.7	R+24.7	R+5.8	109,709	D+0.5%
Roane County	R+24.8	R+24.8	D+5.2	17,497	D+3.4%
Rutherford County	R+24.9	R+24.9	D+4.7	32,801	D+0.2%
Sumner County	R+24.9	R+24.9	D+4.7	31,389	R+2.0%
Fentress County	R+25.0	R+25.0	D+5.9	4,992	R+0.1%
Knox County	R+27.1	R+27.1	R+4.8	115,521	D+0.6%
Hancock County	R+27.2	R+27.2	R+11.2	2,082	D+13.7%
Dyer County	R+27.5	R+27.5	D+1.4	10,243	R+2.9%
Pickett County	R+27.6	R+27.6	D+2.1	1,756	D+0.0%
Hawkins County	R+28.3	R+28.3	R+7.0	14,646	D+5.9%
McMinn County	R+29.8	R+29.8	R+4.8	13,078	D+0.4%
Sullivan County	R+30.6	R+30.6	R+13.8	50,977	D+5.8%
Cumberland County	R+31.0	R+31.0	R+4.6	11,594	D+1.3%
Grainger County	R+31.4	R+31.4	R+9.5	4,174	D+2.8%
Macon County	R+31.4	R+31.4	D+11.6	4,531	R+0.4%
Washington County	R+31.9	R+31.9	R+14.5	29,887	D+7.4%
Rhea County	R+32.8	R+32.8	R+5.5	7,776	D+0.9%
Unicoi County	R+34.1	R+34.1	R+15.0	5,486	D+8.6%
Loudon County	R+34.1	R+34.1	R+7.6	10,679	D+3.2%
Hamblen County	R+34.4	R+34.4	R+10.0	15,565	D+4.1%
Blount County	R+35.0	R+35.0	R+10.0	29,776	D+3.0%
Jefferson County	R+36.4	R+36.4	R+11.7	10,069	D+4.9%
Wayne County	R+38.2	R+38.2	R+20.6	4,951	R+1.3%
Henderson County	R+39.9	R+39.9	R+13.5	7,819	R+2.4%
Greene County	R+40.1	R+40.1	R+9.8	17,132	D+6.7%
Cocke County	R+43.7	R+43.7	R+18.0	7,579	D+8.3%
Bradley County	R+44.1	R+44.1	R+22.4	22,031	D+1.4%
Carter County	R+44.1	R+44.1	R+21.9	16,778	D+3.3%
Williamson County	R+45.0	R+45.0	R+22.3	28,823	R+0.9%
Johnson County	R+47.0	R+47.0	R+25.0	5,079	D+11.6%
Sevier County	R+53.0	R+53.0	R+23.5	15,631	D+4.0%

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