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George Herbert Walker
BUSH
James Danforth Quayle |
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Party:
REPUBLICAN
Home State:
 PR: TX; VP: IN
Electoral Votes: 426
Pop. Vote: 48,886,097 (53.4%)
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Michael Stanley
DUKAKIS
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. |
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Party:
DEMOCRATIC
Home State:
PR: MA; VP: TX
Electoral Votes: 111
Pop. Vote: 41,809,074 (45.6%)
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Lloyd M.
BENTSON, Jr.
Michael Stanley Dukakis |
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Party:
DEMOCRATIC
Home State:
PR: TX; VP: MA
Electoral Votes: 1
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Other Candidates
Libertarian, New Alliance, Populist, Consumer, etc. |
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Party:
SEVERAL
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 898,965 (1.0%)
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Total electoral votes - 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win - 270
Total popular vote - ---
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In 1988, 538 electoral votes were available; 270 votes were needed to secure the win.
Percentages are rounded and based on votes to all candidates. |
| STATE |
BUSH |
DUKAKIS |
EVs |
| ALABAMA |
815,576 (59%) |
549,506 (40%) |
9 |
| ALASKA |
119,251 (60%) |
72,584 (36%) |
3 |
| ARIZONA |
702,541 (60%) |
454,029 (39%) |
7 |
| ARKANSAS |
466,578 (56%) |
349,237 (42%) |
6 |
| CALIFORNIA |
5,054,917 (51%) |
4,702,233 (48%) |
47 |
| COLORADO |
728,177 (53%) |
621,453 (45%) |
8 |
| CONNECTICUT |
750,241 (52%) |
676,584 (47%) |
8 |
| DELEWARE |
139,639 (56%) |
108,647 (43%) |
3 |
| DIST. OF COLUMBIA |
27,590 (14%) |
159,407 (83%) |
3 |
| FLORIDA |
2,617,775 (61%) |
1,656,701 (39%) |
21 |
| GEORGIA |
1,081,331 (60%) |
714,792 (40%) |
12 |
| HAWAII |
158,625 (45%) |
192,364 (54%) |
4 |
| IDAHO |
253,881 (62%) |
147,272 (36%) |
4 |
| ILLINOIS |
2,310,939 (51%) |
2,215,940 (49%) |
24 |
| INDIANA |
1,297,763 (60%) |
860,643 (40%) |
12 |
| IOWA |
545,355 (45%) |
670,557 (55%) |
8 |
| KANSAS |
554,049 (56%) |
422,636 (43%) |
7 |
| KENTUCKY |
734,281 (56%) |
580,368 (44%) |
9 |
| LOUISIANA |
883,702 (54%) |
717,460 (44%) |
10 |
| MAINE |
307,131 (55%) |
243,569 (44%) |
4 |
| MARYLAND |
876,167 (51%) |
826,304 (48%) |
10 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
1,194,635 (45%) |
1,401,415 (53%) |
13 |
| MICHIGAN |
1,965,486 (54%) |
1,675,783 (46%) |
20 |
| MINNESOTA |
962,337 (46%) |
1,109,471 (53%) |
10 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
557,890 (60%) |
363,921 (39%) |
7 |
| MISSOURI |
1,084,953 (52%) |
1,001,639 (48%) |
11 |
| MONTANA |
190,412 (52%) |
168,936 (46%) |
4 |
| NEBRASKA |
397,956 (60%) |
259,235 (39%) |
5 |
| NEVADA |
206,040 (59%) |
132,738 (38%) |
4 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
281,537 (62%) |
163,696 (36%) |
4 |
| NEW JERSEY |
1,743,192 (56%) |
1,320,352 (43%) |
16 |
| NEW MEXICO |
270,341 (52%) |
244,497 (47%) |
5 |
| NEW YORK |
3,081,871 (48%) |
3,347,882 (52%) |
36 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
1,237,258 (58%) |
890,167 (42%) |
13 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
166,559 (56%) |
127,739 (43%) |
3 |
| OHIO |
2,416,549 (55%) |
1,939,629 (44%) |
23 |
| OKLAHOMA |
678,367 (58%) |
483,423 (41%) |
8 |
| OREGON |
560,126 (47%) |
616,206 (51%) |
7 |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
2,300,087 (51%) |
2,194,944 (48%) |
25 |
| RHODE ISLAND |
177,767 (44%) |
225,123 (56%) |
4 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
606,443 (62%) |
370,554 (38%) |
8 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
165,415 (53%) |
145,560 (47%) |
3 |
| TENNESSEE |
947,233 (58%) |
679,794 (42%) |
11 |
| TEXAS |
3,036,829 (56%) |
2,352,748 (43%) |
29 |
| UTAH |
428,442 (66%) |
207,343 (32%) |
5 |
| VERMONT |
124,331 (51%) |
115,775 (48%) |
3 |
| VIRGINIA |
1,309,162 (60%) |
859,799 (39%) |
12 |
| WASHINGTON |
903,835 (48%) |
933,516 (50%) |
10 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
310,065 (47%) |
341,016 (52%) |
5 |
1 |
| WISCONSIN |
1,047,499 (48%) |
1,126,794 (51%) |
11 |
| WYOMING |
106,867 (61%) |
67,113 (38%) |
3 |
| TOTALS |
48,886,097 |
41,809,074 |
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ELECTORAL
VOTES |
426 |
112 |
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In 1988, 538 electoral votes were available; 270 votes were needed to secure the win.
Percentages are rounded and based on votes to all candidates. |
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Ronald E. Paul (TX) /
Andre Marrou (AK) |
Libertarian |
432,179 |
Lenora B. Fulani (NY) /
Joyce Dattner (NY) |
New Alliance |
217,219 |
David E. Duke (LA) /
Trenton Stokes (AR) |
Populist |
47,047 |
Eugene Joseph McCarthy (MN) /
Susan Gardner (IL) |
Consumer |
30,905 |
Warren Griffin (AL) /
James S. Burnett (FL) |
American Independent |
27,818 |
Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (VA) /
Billy Davis (MS) |
National Economic |
25,562 |
William A. Marra (CT) /
Joan Andrews (OH) |
Right To Life |
20,504 |
Ed Winn (AZ) /
Helen Betty Halyard |
Workers League |
18,693 |
James Mac Warren (NY) /
Kathleen Mickells (WV) |
Socialist Workers |
15,604 |
Herbert Lewin (VT) /
F. Booth Dollarhyde (NC) |
Peace & Freedom |
10,370 |
Earl Farwell Dodge (CO) /
Warren C. Martin (ND) |
Prohibition/National Statesman |
8,002 |
Larry Holmes (NY) /
Gloria Estela La Riva (CA) |
Workers World |
7,846 |
| Willa Kenoyer |
Socialist |
3,882 |
| Delmar Dennis |
American |
3,475 |
| Jack Herer |
GrassRoots |
1,949 |
| Louie G. Youngkeit |
Independent |
372 |
| John G. Martin |
Third World Assembly |
236 |
| None of the above |
N/A |
6,934 |
| Other write-ins |
Misc. |
20,368 |
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