1988 Presidential Election Statistics
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States with the Smallest Margin of Victory
StateEVTotal Vote B D %Margin Margin Bush Dukakis Other
1 WA101,865,25321 1.59% 29,681 48.46% 50.05% 1.50%
2 IL244,559,12012 2.08% 94,999 50.69% 48.60% 0.71%
3 PA254,536,25112 2.32% 105,143 50.70% 48.39% 0.91%
4 MD101,714,35812 2.91% 49,863 51.11% 48.20% 0.69%
5 VT3243,33312 3.52% 8,556 51.10% 47.58% 1.33%
6 CA479,887,06412 3.57% 352,684 51.13% 47.56% 1.31%
7 WI112,191,60821 3.62% 79,295 47.80% 51.41% 0.79%
8 MO112,093,22812 3.98% 83,334 51.83% 47.85% 0.32%
9 NY366,485,68321 4.10% 266,011 47.52% 51.62% 0.86%
10 OR71,201,69421 4.67% 56,080 46.61% 51.28% 2.11%


States with the Largest Margin of Victory
StateEVTotal Vote B D %Margin Margin Bush Dukakis Other
1 DC3192,87721 68.34% 131,817 14.30% 82.65% 3.05%
2 UT5647,00812 34.17% 221,099 66.22% 32.05% 1.73%
3 NH4450,52512 26.16% 117,841 62.49% 36.33% 1.17%
4 ID4408,96812 26.07% 106,609 62.08% 36.01% 1.91%
5 SC8986,00912 23.92% 235,889 61.50% 37.58% 0.91%
6 AK3200,11612 23.32% 46,667 59.59% 36.27% 4.14%
7 WY3176,55112 22.52% 39,754 60.53% 38.01% 1.46%
8 FL214,302,31312 22.36% 962,184 60.87% 38.51% 0.62%
9 AZ71,171,87312 21.21% 248,512 59.95% 38.74% 1.31%
10 NE5662,37212 20.96% 138,801 60.15% 39.20% 0.65%


States with Highest Percent of Vote
BushDukakisPaul
Utah66.22%District of Columbia82.65%Alaska2.74%
New Hampshire62.49%Rhode Island55.64%Montana1.38%
Idaho62.08%Iowa54.71%Idaho1.30%
South Carolina61.50%Hawaii54.27%Kansas1.26%
Florida60.87%Massachusetts53.23%Oregon1.23%
FulaniDukeMcCarthy
District of Columbia1.50%Louisiana1.14%Pennsylvania0.42%
Virginia0.65%Arkansas0.62%Minnesota0.26%
Idaho0.61%Mississippi0.45%New Jersey0.11%
Oregon0.54%Kentucky0.34%Michigan0.07%
Alaska0.51%Wisconsin0.14%Arizona0.01%


States with Lowest Percent of Vote
BushDukakisPaul
District of Columbia14.30%Utah32.05%West Virginia0.00%
Rhode Island43.93%Idaho36.01%Missouri0.00%
Iowa44.50%Alaska36.27%Indiana0.00%
Hawaii44.75%New Hampshire36.33%North Carolina0.06%
Massachusetts45.38%South Carolina37.58%Tennessee0.12%


State Ranks
Rank BushDukakis
14011
21140


County Ranks
Rank BushDukakis
12,295820
28192,294


Counties with Highest Percent of Vote
BushDukakisPaul
Jackson, KY85.16%Starr, TX84.74%Stanton, KS4.84%
Madison, ID84.87%Zavala, TX84.02%Dougherty, GA4.64%
Ochiltree, TX83.25%District of Columbia, DC82.65%Sully, SD4.08%
Blaine, NE82.24%Duval, TX81.95%Rush, KS3.95%
Thomas, NE82.19%Brooks, TX81.94%San Miguel, CO3.86%
FulaniDukeMcCarthy
Wood, TX4.96%George, MS4.21%Pike, PA1.12%
Calhoun, AL3.90%Greene, MS3.92%Lackawanna, PA1.00%
Dougherty, GA3.29%Yazoo, MS3.39%Wayne, PA0.85%
George, MS2.84%Assumption, LA3.00%Monroe, PA0.81%
Turner, GA2.81%Franklin, LA2.95%Warren, PA0.81%


Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote
BushDukakis
District of Columbia, DC14.30%Madison, ID13.82%
Starr, TX14.83%Jackson, KY14.71%
Zavala, TX15.81%Ochiltree, TX16.46%
Macon, AL16.81%Thomas, NE17.38%
Shannon, SD17.31%Blaine, NE17.52%


Counties with Highest Number of Votes
BushDukakisPaul
Los Angeles, CA1,239,716Los Angeles, CA1,372,352Los Angeles, CA15,182
Cook, IL878,582Cook, IL1,129,973Cook, IL7,776
Orange, CA586,230Wayne, MI450,222Middlesex, MA7,523
San Diego, CA523,143Philadelphia, PA449,566San Diego, CA7,201
Harris, TX464,217New York, NY385,675Maricopa, AZ7,199
FulaniDukeMcCarthy
Los Angeles, CA10,194Jefferson, LA1,783Allegheny, PA4,068
Cook, IL6,244Orleans, LA1,233Philadelphia, PA1,773
Kings, NY3,289Lafourche, LA841Hennepin, MN1,456
District of Columbia, DC2,901Pulaski, AR806Delaware, PA944
San Diego, CA2,827Rapides, LA743Bucks, PA926


Counties with Lowest Number of Votes
BushDukakis
Loving, TX54Loving, TX23
Kenedy, TX76Arthur, NE58
King, TX111McPherson, NE60
Buffalo, SD151King, TX64
Petroleum, MT204Blaine, NE72


Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote and Win
BushDukakis
Yazoo, MS48.03%Ferry, WA48.10%
Ferry, WA48.10%Hood River, OR48.96%
Rush, KS48.54%Klickitat, WA49.15%
Atchison, KS49.03%Bienville, LA49.16%
Avoyelles, LA49.10%Madison, LA49.20%


Counties with Highest Percent of Vote and Lose
BushDukakis
Mercer, MO49.89%Hamilton, IL49.81%
Vance, NC49.88%Bibb, GA49.74%
Franklin, TX49.69%Bee, TX49.74%
Haywood, NC49.68%McCook, SD49.70%
Clarke, GA49.66%Mason, IL49.69%




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