1988 United States presidential election in Maryland

none 1988 United States presidential election October 2022 October 2022 1988 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Maryland 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Maryland 1992 November 8, 1988 75.64%1988 Presidential Election - Statewide Voter Turnout https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1988/turnout_1988/general_statewide.html#all Maryland State Board of Elections x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 10 876,167 51.11% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 826,304 48.20% 375px 375px County results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Dukakis #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maryland was narrowly won by Vice President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas), with 51.11% of the popular vote, over Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis (D-Massachusetts) with 48.20% of the popular vote. Bush ultimately won the national vote, defeating Governor Dukakis.1988 Presidential General Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1988 U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012 2024 11 As of 2024, this remains the last time that the Republican presidential candidate has won the state of Maryland, as well as Baltimore County and Howard County.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Maryland was one of only two states that Bush carried in 1988 which had voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980, the other being Carter's home state of Georgia.2019-11-05 1988 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1988 2022-01-20 National Archives en This also marks the only occasion since 1952 in which Maryland has given an outright majority to a non-incumbent Republican. Maryland weighed in for this election as almost 5% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. As of 2025, this is the last presidential election in which Maryland voted to the right of neighboring West Virginia and neighboring Pennsylvania. This is also the only presidential election since 1952 in which Maryland voted Republican while West Virginia voted Democratic. Results 1988 United States presidential election in Maryland1988 Presidential Election https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1988/results_1988/pregapre.html Maryland State Board of Elections May 12, 2019PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 876,167 51.11% 10 Democratic Mike Dukakis 826,304 48.20% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 6,748 0.39% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 5,115 0.29% 0 N/A Write-ins 24 <0.01% 0 Totals 1,714,358 100.0% 10 Results by county County George H.W. BushRepublican Michael DukakisDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Allegany17,46259.19%11,84440.15%1970.66%5,61819.04%29,503Anne Arundel98,54063.53%55,44035.74%1,1210.73%43,10027.79%155,101Baltimore163,88157.04%121,57042.32%1,8440.64%42,31114.72%287,295Baltimore City59,08925.43%170,81373.51%2,4651.06%-111,724-48.08%232,367Calvert10,95662.98%6,37636.65%650.37%4,58026.33%17,397Caroline4,66165.44%2,44034.26%220.30%2,22131.18%7,123Carroll31,22471.37%12,36828.27%1550.36%18,85643.10%43,747Cecil13,22462.51%7,80736.90%1240.59%5,41725.61%21,155Charles20,82863.57%11,82336.09%1130.34%9,00527.48%32,764Dorchester6,34362.55%3,70936.58%880.87%2,63425.97%10,140Frederick32,57565.32%17,06134.21%2310.47%15,51431.11%49,867Garrett6,66571.81%2,55727.55%600.64%4,10844.26%9,282Harford38,49365.73%19,80333.81%2700.46%18,69031.92%58,566Howard44,15356.22%34,00743.30%3700.48%10,14612.92%78,530Kent3,76155.87%2,92543.45%460.68%83612.42%6,732Montgomery154,19148.05%165,18751.48%1,5180.47%-10,996-3.43%320,896Prince George's86,54538.83%133,81660.04%2,5201.13%-47,271-21.21%222,881Queen Anne's7,80366.68%3,85732.96%430.36%3,94633.72%11,703Somerset4,22258.93%2,91140.63%320.44%1,31118.30%7,165St. Mary's12,76762.92%7,43436.64%890.44%5,33326.28%20,290Talbot8,17066.97%3,94832.36%810.67%4,22234.61%12,199Washington25,91263.76%14,40835.45%3180.79%11,50428.31%40,638Wicomico16,27263.18%9,41336.55%700.27%6,85926.63%25,755Worcester8,43063.57%4,78736.10%450.33%3,64327.47%13,262Totals876,16751.11%826,30448.20%11,8870.69%49,8632.91%1,714,358 County that flipped from Republican to Democratic Montgomery By congressional district Bush won 4 of 8 congressional districts, including three held by Democrats. Dukakis won the other 4, including one that elected a Republican.https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=82e6a0ec00164afb9e8c7f4a72e011ec 1988 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District Western Washington University 8 Jun 2022 District Dukakis Bush RepresentativeMaryland 1 1st 36.4% 63.2%Roy DysonMaryland 2 2nd 37.4% 62.1%Helen Delich BentleyMaryland 3 3rd 54.1% 45.2%Ben CardinMaryland 4 4th 41.9% 57.3%Tom McMillenMaryland 5 5th58.9% 40.0%Steny HoyerMaryland 6 6th 34.1% 65.4%Beverly ByronMaryland 7 7th81.3% 17.4%Kweisi MfumeMaryland 8 8th53.4% 46.1%Connie Morella See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1988 United States presidential election 1988 United States elections References Maryland 1988 Presidential