1988 United States presidential election in North Dakota

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election 1988 United States presidential election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in North Dakota 1984 1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota 1992 November 8, 1988 x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 3 166,559 56.03% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 127,739 42.97% 300px County results 300px Precinct results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Dukakis #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. North Dakota was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as vice president, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Bush won the election in North Dakota with a solid 13-point landslide. The election was very partisan, with nearly 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=38&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1988 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-07-21 All major counties in North Dakota gave pluralities for Bush, including the relatively highly populated center of Cass County, which contains the city of Fargo. As has been typical ever since the 1960s, however, Dukakis gained large majorities in the two predominantly Native American counties of Rolette in the north and Sioux in the south, and he also carried by smaller margins a number of other counties in the northern and eastern portions of the state. This is one of only two elections (the other being 2020) since 1952 where national bellwether Sargent County in the state's southeast supported a losing candidate,Political Graveyard; Sargent County, North Dakota with the anomaly most likely due to the farm crisis. North Dakota weighed in for this election as five percent more Republican than the national average, a much smaller margin than usual due to the persistent farm crisis of the 1980s. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election this remains the least Republican the state has been relative to the nation since Nixon's landslide win in 1972,Counting the Votes; North Dakota when a "favorite son" effect with George McGovern from neighboring South Dakota was a likely influence. Primaries North Dakota held the last primary of the election season on June 14, by which time the party nominations had effectively already been secured. Libertarian candidate Ron Paul entered due to it being an open primary,Ron Paul Primary Showing http://www.ballot-access.org/1988/BAN.1988.06-15-88.pdf Ballot Access News 3 12 1988-06-15 2 receiving 985 votes. For the Republicans, Bush received 37,062 votes to 2,372 for perennial candidate Mary Jane Rachner of Minnesotahttps://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2009/01/st-pauls-colorful-and-longtime-political-candidate-maryjane-reagan-dies-87/ St. Paul's colorful — and longtime — political candidate Maryjane Reagan dies at 87 6 January 2009 while Dukakis garnered 2,890 votes compared to 515 for Jesse Jackson.North Dakota Primary Election - Official Abstract of Votes cast at the Primary Election June 14, 1988 https://vip.sos.nd.gov/pdfs/Abstracts%20by%20Year/1980%20throguh%201989%20Statewide%20Election%20Results/1988/Primary%20Election%2006-14-1988.pdf North Dakota Secretary of State Results 1988 United States presidential election in North DakotaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 166,559 56.03% 3 Democratic-NPL Michael Dukakis 127,739 42.97% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 1,315 0.44% 0 National Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 905 0.30% 0 New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 396 0.13% 0 Socialist Workers Party James Warren 347 0.12% 0 Totals 297,261 100.0% 3 Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2134 Our Campaigns ND US President Race, November 08, 1988George H. W. BushRepublicanMichael DukakisDemocratic-NPLRon PaulLibertarianLyndon LaRoucheNational Economic RecoveryLenora FulaniNew AllianceJames WarrenSocialist WorkersMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams1,01858.61%70840.76%10.06%40.23%40.23%20.12%31017.85%1,737Barnes3,63155.47%2,85843.66%240.37%170.26%80.12%80.12%77311.81%6,546Benson1,31643.42%1,69155.79%50.16%130.43%60.20%00.00%-375-12.37%3,031Billings43766.31%21132.02%111.67%00.00%00.00%00.00%22634.29%659Bottineau2,53059.52%1,68439.61%170.40%170.40%30.07%00.00%84619.91%4,251Bowman1,11159.51%73739.48%80.43%70.37%30.16%10.05%37420.03%1,867Burke97157.46%69341.01%110.65%110.65%20.12%20.12%27816.45%1,690Burleigh18,00061.89%10,76037.00%1320.45%1010.35%530.18%380.13%7,24024.89%29,084Cass26,69954.34%22,10744.99%1810.37%750.15%360.07%390.08%4,5929.35%49,137Cavalier2,09660.63%1,33338.56%80.23%90.26%60.17%50.14%76322.07%3,457Dickey2,06461.87%1,24937.44%140.42%60.18%10.03%20.06%81524.43%3,336Divide86949.15%87549.49%50.28%150.85%40.23%00.00%-6-0.34%1,768Dunn1,26357.99%89240.96%50.23%100.46%50.23%30.14%37117.03%2,178Eddy89153.74%74845.11%80.48%30.18%30.18%50.30%1438.63%1,658Emmons1,63462.94%92535.63%100.39%160.62%80.31%30.12%70927.31%2,596Foster1,21858.84%83740.43%50.24%70.34%10.05%20.10%38118.41%2,070Golden Valley78166.02%38832.80%60.51%80.68%00.00%00.00%39333.22%1,183Grand Forks14,80153.76%12,49445.38%1330.48%450.16%260.09%320.12%2,3078.38%27,531Grant1,35166.13%65432.01%160.78%150.73%10.05%60.29%69734.12%2,043Griggs1,02054.11%84644.88%130.69%30.16%20.11%10.05%1749.23%1,885Hettinger1,39566.08%69833.06%50.24%80.38%40.19%10.05%69733.02%2,111Kidder1,03959.00%67838.50%231.31%130.74%40.23%40.23%36120.50%1,761LaMoure1,64256.60%1,22342.16%100.34%100.34%80.28%80.28%41914.44%2,901Logan1,11166.49%54032.32%110.66%40.24%10.06%40.24%57134.17%1,671McHenry1,88852.69%1,66546.47%140.39%90.25%20.06%50.14%2236.22%3,583McIntosh1,72673.54%59825.48%90.38%110.47%10.04%20.09%1,12848.06%2,347McKenzie1,94959.91%1,27339.13%140.43%120.37%10.03%40.12%67620.78%3,253McLean2,90653.85%2,42845.00%300.56%210.39%50.09%60.11%4788.85%5,396Mercer3,01361.46%1,84337.60%220.45%170.35%40.08%30.06%1,17023.86%4,902Morton5,58853.49%4,70845.07%680.65%500.48%170.16%160.15%8808.42%10,447Mountrail1,44341.73%1,97757.17%170.49%120.35%50.14%40.12%-534-15.44%3,458Nelson1,07848.06%1,15151.32%50.22%30.13%20.09%40.18%-73-3.26%2,243Oliver69656.27%52642.52%40.32%80.65%20.16%10.08%17013.75%1,237Pembina2,47159.56%1,61638.95%400.96%130.31%60.14%30.07%85520.61%4,149Pierce1,42257.41%1,00840.69%220.89%160.65%30.12%60.24%41416.72%2,477Ramsey3,10353.12%2,66545.63%220.38%310.53%120.21%80.14%4387.49%5,841Ransom1,36247.66%1,45951.05%130.45%90.31%100.35%50.17%-97-3.39%2,858Renville89351.03%83747.83%50.29%80.46%10.06%60.34%563.20%1,750Richland4,67056.44%3,52342.58%310.37%260.31%100.12%140.17%1,14713.86%8,274Rolette1,12631.23%2,42667.28%220.61%180.50%70.19%70.19%-1,300-36.05%3,606Sargent1,11945.94%1,30653.61%40.16%50.21%10.04%10.04%-187-7.67%2,436Sheridan88567.15%42832.47%10.08%30.23%10.08%00.00%45734.68%1,318Sioux32531.19%70167.27%70.67%50.48%30.29%10.10%-376-36.08%1,042Slope31559.43%20238.11%71.32%30.57%20.38%10.19%11321.32%530Stark6,13761.35%3,67836.77%590.59%650.65%470.47%170.17%2,45924.58%10,003Steele69043.26%89556.11%50.31%30.19%10.06%10.06%-205-12.85%1,595Stutsman5,37555.59%4,21443.58%290.30%160.17%190.20%160.17%1,16112.01%9,669Towner94648.91%97050.16%70.36%20.10%50.26%40.21%-24-1.25%1,934Traill2,56256.20%1,94042.55%260.57%180.39%50.11%80.18%62213.65%4,559Walsh3,25054.48%2,64644.35%420.70%140.23%90.15%50.08%60410.13%5,966Ward13,17956.74%9,90642.65%710.31%460.20%110.05%150.06%3,27314.09%23,228Wells1,90158.65%1,31740.64%80.25%90.28%20.06%40.12%58418.01%3,241Williams5,65357.87%4,00440.99%490.50%350.36%140.14%130.13%1,64916.88%9,768Totals166,55956.03%127,73942.97%1,3150.44%9050.30%3960.13%3470.12%38,82013.06%297,261 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Benson Divide Mountrail Nelson Ransom Sargent Steele Towner See also United States presidential elections in North Dakota Presidency of George H. W. Bush References North Dakota 1988 Category:1988 North Dakota elections