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Presidential election year: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Ronald Reagan (Republican) Next Congress: 101st: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican hold: Popular vote margin: Republican +7.8%: Electoral vote: George H. W. Bush (R) 426: Michael Dukakis (D) 111: 1988 presidential election results.
The 1988 presidential election was the first since 1948 that a party won a third consecutive term, and the first time for the Republicans since 1928. This has not happened since; from 1992 onward, neither party has been able to win the presidency more than two consecutive times.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
November 8 – 1988 United States presidential election: George H. W. Bush is elected president of the United States over Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis. November 10 – The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in a Pentagon press conference. [9]
Presidential elections: Elections for the U.S. President are held every four years, coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Midterm elections: They occur two years after each presidential election. Elections are held for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives ...
1988 United States vice-presidential candidates (11 P) Pages in category "1988 United States presidential election" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Catalan parliamentary election, 1988; 1988 Danish parliamentary election; 1988 Faroese parliamentary election; 1988 Finnish presidential election; 1988 French legislative election; 1988 Gibraltar general election; 1988 Icelandic presidential election; 1988 Stockholm municipal election; 1988 Swedish general election
Printable version; In other projects ... 1988 United States presidential election (7 C, 16 P, 1 F) ... Pages in category "November 1988 events in the United States"