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In what was the third consecutive landslide election for the Republican Party, their ticket of incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush and Indiana senator Dan Quayle defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senator Lloyd Bentsen.
Results of the presidential election of 1988, won by George Bush with 426 electoral votes
In the 1988 presidential election, Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. [1] Bush won the popular vote by just under eight points, and won 426 of the 538 electoral votes.
The following official results of United States Presidential, Congressional and Senatorial elections held on November 8, 1988, have been prepared by the Federal Election Commission.
Detailed national-level Presidential Election Results for 1988.
United States presidential election of 1988, American presidential election held on November 8, 1988, in which Republican George H.W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis. The 1988 campaign featured an open contest on both the Republican and Democratic sides, as Republican Pres. Ronald Reagan was entering the last year of his second term.
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Voters chose 47 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis by a margin of 3.57 percent.
A West Virginia elector voted for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as Vice President.
Explore the American Presidency Project's comprehensive statistics on the 1988 elections, including party platforms and candidate information.