1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election 1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1992 November 8, 1988 66.6%https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Statistics/turnout/1986-1990/88gen.pdf 1988 General - Voter Turnout Report Kentucky State Board of Elections x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 9 734,281 55.52% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 580,368 43.88% 380px County results 380px Precinct results Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #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% Other #D4C4DC Tie #808080 No Votes President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Kentucky was won by incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle for vice president, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. In the 1980s, Kentucky was a swing state, having voted for the winner of every presidential election from 1964 on. However, Mitch McConnell's narrow win in the 1984 Senate election represented a significant shift of the state towards the Republican Party at the federal level. Bush carried Kentucky by 11.6 percentage points on election day, the state weighing in as 4 points more Republican than the national average. Bush carried a majority of Kentucky's counties, including the most highly populated counties: Jefferson County, home to Louisville; Fayette County, home to Lexington; Daviess County, home to Owensboro; and Kenton and Campbell Counties, in the Cincinnati area. Dukakis' strength was mostly isolated to rural counties in the Eastern Coalfield and the Jackson Purchase.1988 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 2013-07-21 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Uselectionatlas.orgSullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this remains the last time that Jefferson County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate, as well as the last time that Kentucky has voted more Democratic than neighboring Tennessee. Results 1988 United States presidential election in KentuckyPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 734,281 55.52% 9 Democratic Michael Dukakis 580,368 43.88% 0 Populist David Duke 4,494 0.34% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 2,118 0.16% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 1,256 0.09% 0 Totals 1,322,517 100.0% 9 Results by county County George H.W. BushOur Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 08, 1988Republican Michael DukakisDemocratic David DukePopulist Ron PaulLibertarian Leonora FulaniNew Alliance Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 4,346 71.09% 1,723 28.19% 24 0.39% 12 0.20% 8 0.13% 2,623 42.90% 6,113 Allen 3,342 67.89% 1,573 31.95% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,769 35.94% 4,923 Anderson 3,225 59.17% 2,176 39.93% 34 0.62% 8 0.15% 7 0.13% 1,049 19.24% 5,450 Ballard 1,460 40.23% 2,162 59.58% 5 0.14% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -702 -19.35% 3,629 Barren 6,653 57.82% 4,799 41.71% 24 0.21% 15 0.13% 15 0.13% 1,854 16.11% 11,506 Bath 1,614 43.34% 2,099 56.36% 8 0.21% 2 0.05% 1 0.03% -485 -13.02% 3,724 Bell 5,759 51.45% 5,182 46.30% 223 1.99% 19 0.17% 10 0.09% 577 5.15% 11,193 Boone 12,667 69.76% 5,382 29.64% 24 0.13% 70 0.39% 14 0.08% 7,285 40.12% 18,157 Bourbon 3,308 53.57% 2,793 45.23% 55 0.89% 11 0.18% 8 0.13% 515 8.34% 6,175 Boyd 9,379 49.39% 9,552 50.31% 16 0.08% 22 0.12% 19 0.10% -173 -0.92% 18,988 Boyle 4,746 56.81% 3,575 42.79% 15 0.18% 11 0.13% 7 0.08% 1,171 14.02% 8,354 Bracken 1,630 57.72% 1,176 41.64% 10 0.35% 5 0.18% 3 0.11% 454 16.08% 2,824 Breathitt 2,149 38.51% 3,387 60.70% 31 0.56% 7 0.13% 6 0.11% -1,238 -22.19% 5,580 Breckinridge 3,841 57.99% 2,765 41.75% 8 0.12% 5 0.08% 4 0.06% 1,076 16.24% 6,623 Bullitt 8,859 59.01% 6,005 40.00% 97 0.65% 35 0.23% 17 0.11% 2,854 19.01% 15,013 Butler 3,278 72.22% 1,245 27.43% 9 0.20% 3 0.07% 4 0.09% 2,033 44.79% 4,539 Caldwell 2,952 52.93% 2,564 45.97% 54 0.97% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 388 6.96% 5,577 Calloway 6,225 53.91% 5,287 45.79% 12 0.10% 14 0.12% 8 0.07% 938 8.12% 11,546 Campbell 19,387 66.61% 9,553 32.82% 52 0.18% 83 0.29% 29 0.10% 9,834 33.79% 29,104 Carlisle 1,104 43.06% 1,428 55.69% 25 0.98% 6 0.23% 1 0.04% -324 -12.63% 2,564 Carroll 1,702 46.81% 1,913 52.61% 13 0.36% 5 0.14% 3 0.08% -211 -5.80% 3,636 Carter 4,325 48.36% 4,570 51.10% 34 0.38% 8 0.09% 7 0.08% -245 -2.74% 8,944 Casey 3,857 75.38% 1,216 23.76% 30 0.59% 9 0.18% 5 0.10% 2,641 51.62% 5,117 Christian 9,250 61.63% 5,704 38.01% 28 0.19% 14 0.09% 12 0.08% 3,546 23.62% 15,008 Clark 5,329 55.38% 4,252 44.19% 20 0.21% 9 0.09% 12 0.12% 1,077 11.19% 9,622 Clay 4,156 70.63% 1,709 29.04% 11 0.19% 7 0.12% 1 0.02% 2,447 41.59% 5,884 Clinton 3,248 77.80% 899 21.53% 9 0.22% 17 0.41% 2 0.05% 2,349 56.27% 4,175 Crittenden 2,211 60.31% 1,443 39.36% 7 0.19% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 768 20.95% 3,666 Cumberland 2,231 74.49% 753 25.14% 6 0.20% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 1,478 49.35% 2,995 Daviess 17,356 53.49% 14,815 45.66% 201 0.62% 47 0.14% 26 0.08% 2,541 7.83% 32,445 Edmonson 2,555 66.75% 1,243 32.47% 27 0.71% 2 0.05% 1 0.03% 1,312 34.28% 3,828 Elliott 550 23.33% 1,797 76.24% 5 0.21% 3 0.13% 2 0.08% -1,247 -52.91% 2,357 Estill 3,077 64.18% 1,692 35.29% 11 0.23% 8 0.17% 6 0.13% 1,385 28.89% 4,794 Fayette 48,065 58.96% 32,554 39.93% 593 0.73% 192 0.24% 121 0.15% 15,511 19.03% 81,525 Fleming 2,409 53.27% 2,086 46.13% 11 0.24% 11 0.24% 5 0.11% 323 7.14% 4,522 Floyd 5,296 29.81% 12,327 69.39% 85 0.48% 29 0.16% 27 0.15% -7,031 -39.58% 17,764 Franklin 9,805 50.88% 9,271 48.11% 136 0.71% 39 0.20% 20 0.10% 534 2.77% 19,271 Fulton 1,474 48.87% 1,531 50.76% 6 0.20% 2 0.07% 3 0.10% -57 -1.89% 3,016 Gallatin 881 45.13% 1,060 54.30% 7 0.36% 4 0.20% 0 0.00% -179 -9.17% 1,952 Garrard 2,681 60.18% 1,710 38.38% 53 1.19% 8 0.18% 3 0.07% 971 21.80% 4,455 Grant 2,835 59.05% 1,896 39.49% 51 1.06% 11 0.23% 8 0.17% 939 19.56% 4,801 Graves 6,274 46.32% 7,153 52.81% 84 0.62% 23 0.17% 11 0.08% -879 -6.49% 13,545 Grayson 5,186 66.13% 2,575 32.84% 52 0.66% 16 0.20% 13 0.17% 2,611 33.29% 7,842 Green 3,139 66.07% 1,595 33.57% 9 0.19% 4 0.08% 4 0.08% 1,544 32.50% 4,751 Greenup 6,559 48.38% 6,956 51.31% 16 0.12% 19 0.14% 8 0.06% -397 -2.93% 13,558 Hancock 1,733 53.44% 1,478 45.58% 27 0.83% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% 255 7.86% 3,243 Hardin 13,240 64.27% 7,262 35.25% 38 0.18% 34 0.17% 25 0.12% 5,978 29.02% 20,599 Harlan 5,166 41.08% 7,341 58.37% 43 0.34% 15 0.12% 11 0.09% -2,175 -17.29% 12,576 Harrison 2,983 51.85% 2,748 47.77% 12 0.21% 7 0.12% 3 0.05% 235 4.08% 5,753 Hart 2,927 53.53% 2,519 46.07% 16 0.29% 4 0.07% 2 0.04% 408 7.46% 5,468 Henderson 6,911 47.27% 7,648 52.31% 27 0.18% 20 0.14% 14 0.10% -737 -5.04% 14,620 Henry 2,286 46.98% 2,544 52.28% 16 0.33% 15 0.31% 5 0.10% -258 -5.30% 4,866 Hickman 1,142 49.33% 1,158 50.02% 6 0.26% 8 0.35% 1 0.04% -16 -0.69% 2,315 Hopkins 7,979 51.46% 7,453 48.07% 29 0.19% 25 0.16% 19 0.12% 526 3.39% 15,505 Jackson 3,926 85.16% 678 14.71% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 2 0.04% 3,248 70.45% 4,610 Jefferson 139,711 52.01% 127,936 47.63% 322 0.12% 438 0.16% 232 0.09% 11,775 4.38% 268,639 Jessamine 7,057 69.76% 2,955 29.21% 82 0.81% 14 0.14% 8 0.08% 4,102 40.55% 10,116 Johnson 4,619 56.25% 3,538 43.09% 36 0.44% 5 0.06% 13 0.16% 1,081 13.16% 8,211 Kenton 30,738 67.12% 14,838 32.40% 65 0.14% 111 0.24% 41 0.09% 15,900 34.72% 45,793 Knott 1,691 24.42% 5,185 74.86% 30 0.43% 12 0.17% 8 0.12% -3,494 -50.44% 6,926 Knox 4,903 62.21% 2,919 37.03% 45 0.57% 9 0.11% 6 0.08% 1,984 25.18% 7,882 LaRue 2,590 58.56% 1,822 41.19% 6 0.14% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 768 17.37% 4,423 Laurel 9,296 71.54% 3,620 27.86% 53 0.41% 14 0.11% 11 0.08% 5,676 43.68% 12,994 Lawrence 2,294 50.89% 2,198 48.76% 9 0.20% 5 0.11% 2 0.04% 96 2.13% 4,508 Lee 1,588 61.31% 984 37.99% 9 0.35% 2 0.08% 7 0.27% 604 23.32% 2,590 Leslie 3,280 74.39% 1,105 25.06% 14 0.32% 8 0.18% 2 0.05% 2,175 49.33% 4,409 Letcher 3,601 43.16% 4,697 56.29% 22 0.26% 17 0.20% 7 0.08% -1,096 -13.13% 8,344 Lewis 3,108 66.18% 1,568 33.39% 10 0.21% 5 0.11% 5 0.11% 1,540 32.79% 4,696 Lincoln 3,530 56.64% 2,677 42.96% 15 0.24% 5 0.08% 5 0.08% 853 13.68% 6,232 Livingston 1,834 46.92% 2,052 52.49% 15 0.38% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% -218 -5.57% 3,909 Logan 4,295 55.74% 3,379 43.85% 17 0.22% 10 0.13% 4 0.05% 916 11.89% 7,705 Lyon 1,077 44.47% 1,337 55.20% 4 0.17% 3 0.12% 1 0.04% -260 -10.73% 2,422 Madison 9,958 59.39% 6,672 39.79% 82 0.49% 36 0.21% 18 0.11% 3,286 19.60% 16,766 Magoffin 2,158 42.48% 2,895 56.99% 17 0.33% 2 0.04% 8 0.16% -737 -14.51% 5,080 Marion 2,500 44.07% 3,152 55.56% 12 0.21% 3 0.05% 6 0.11% -652 -11.49% 5,673 Marshall 5,256 47.05% 5,888 52.71% 14 0.13% 5 0.04% 8 0.07% -632 -5.66% 11,171 Martin 2,587 61.65% 1,581 37.68% 15 0.36% 5 0.12% 8 0.19% 1,006 23.97% 4,196 Mason 3,158 53.57% 2,721 46.16% 8 0.14% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 437 7.41% 5,895 McCracken 12,160 49.34% 12,208 49.54% 219 0.89% 39 0.16% 17 0.07% -48 -0.20% 24,643 McCreary 3,477 66.96% 1,644 31.66% 53 1.02% 6 0.12% 13 0.25% 1,833 35.30% 5,193 McLean 1,829 44.49% 2,269 55.19% 3 0.07% 6 0.15% 4 0.10% -440 -10.70% 4,111 Meade 3,441 52.57% 3,079 47.04% 11 0.17% 9 0.14% 5 0.08% 362 5.53% 6,545 Menifee 670 37.47% 1,096 61.30% 16 0.89% 2 0.11% 4 0.22% -426 -23.83% 1,788 Mercer 3,904 57.05% 2,832 41.39% 90 1.32% 11 0.16% 6 0.09% 1,072 15.66% 6,843 Metcalfe 2,179 55.66% 1,705 43.55% 18 0.46% 9 0.23% 4 0.10% 474 12.11% 3,915 Monroe 4,214 80.02% 1,025 19.46% 15 0.28% 7 0.13% 5 0.09% 3,189 60.56% 5,266 Montgomery 3,435 52.55% 3,082 47.15% 11 0.17% 4 0.06% 5 0.08% 353 5.40% 6,537 Morgan 1,452 38.04% 2,329 61.02% 22 0.58% 6 0.16% 8 0.21% -877 -22.98% 3,817 Muhlenberg 5,369 43.57% 6,912 56.09% 26 0.21% 11 0.09% 4 0.03% -1,543 -12.52% 12,322 Nelson 5,283 51.90% 4,788 47.04% 82 0.81% 13 0.13% 13 0.13% 495 4.86% 10,179 Nicholas 1,271 49.67% 1,242 48.53% 37 1.45% 8 0.31% 1 0.04% 29 1.14% 2,559 Ohio 4,910 57.46% 3,612 42.27% 13 0.15% 7 0.08% 3 0.04% 1,298 15.19% 8,545 Oldham 8,716 68.14% 4,025 31.46% 17 0.13% 26 0.20% 8 0.06% 4,691 36.68% 12,792 Owen 1,468 44.34% 1,823 55.06% 9 0.27% 4 0.12% 7 0.21% -355 -10.72% 3,311 Owsley 1,266 78.49% 345 21.39% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 921 57.10% 1,613 Pendleton 2,487 60.79% 1,576 38.52% 9 0.22% 14 0.34% 5 0.12% 911 22.27% 4,091 Perry 5,154 47.85% 5,557 51.59% 33 0.31% 14 0.13% 14 0.13% -403 -3.74% 10,772 Pike 9,976 37.76% 16,339 61.85% 54 0.20% 32 0.12% 15 0.06% -6,363 -24.09% 26,416 Powell 2,128 49.98% 2,113 49.62% 6 0.14% 4 0.09% 7 0.16% 15 0.36% 4,258 Pulaski 13,482 73.50% 4,788 26.10% 34 0.19% 23 0.13% 15 0.08% 8,694 47.40% 18,342 Robertson 511 49.37% 515 49.76% 1 0.10% 5 0.48% 3 0.29% -4 -0.39% 1,035 Rockcastle 3,880 78.42% 1,041 21.04% 14 0.28% 10 0.20% 3 0.06% 2,839 57.38% 4,948 Rowan 3,093 50.90% 2,968 48.84% 9 0.15% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 125 2.06% 6,077 Russell 4,292 74.29% 1,455 25.19% 14 0.24% 8 0.14% 8 0.14% 2,837 49.10% 5,777 Scott 4,482 56.68% 3,380 42.74% 22 0.28% 12 0.15% 12 0.15% 1,102 13.94% 7,908 Shelby 4,998 56.34% 3,834 43.22% 18 0.20% 8 0.09% 13 0.15% 1,164 13.12% 8,871 Simpson 2,699 55.55% 2,138 44.00% 13 0.27% 7 0.14% 2 0.04% 561 11.55% 4,859 Spencer 1,368 54.61% 1,121 44.75% 11 0.44% 4 0.16% 1 0.04% 247 9.86% 2,505 Taylor 5,362 64.76% 2,879 34.77% 18 0.22% 13 0.16% 8 0.10% 2,483 29.99% 8,280 Todd 2,282 57.66% 1,632 41.23% 34 0.86% 6 0.15% 4 0.10% 650 16.43% 3,958 Trigg 2,427 54.74% 1,991 44.90% 6 0.14% 5 0.11% 5 0.11% 436 9.84% 4,434 Trimble 1,083 44.39% 1,342 55.00% 4 0.16% 5 0.20% 6 0.25% -259 -10.61% 2,440 Union 2,292 40.72% 3,316 58.92% 8 0.14% 2 0.04% 10 0.18% -1,024 -18.20% 5,628 Warren 16,703 63.07% 9,684 36.57% 39 0.15% 36 0.14% 22 0.08% 7,019 26.50% 26,484 Washington 2,445 54.89% 1,950 43.78% 50 1.12% 3 0.07% 6 0.13% 495 11.11% 4,454 Wayne 3,672 63.89% 2,057 35.79% 8 0.14% 4 0.07% 6 0.10% 1,615 28.10% 5,747 Webster 2,159 41.50% 3,019 58.04% 13 0.25% 8 0.15% 3 0.06% -860 -16.54% 5,202 Whitley 7,337 65.58% 3,794 33.91% 34 0.30% 15 0.13% 8 0.07% 3,543 31.67% 11,188 Wolfe 916 36.94% 1,516 61.13% 36 1.45% 9 0.36% 3 0.12% -600 -24.19% 2,480 Woodford 4,512 62.63% 2,653 36.83% 11 0.15% 13 0.18% 15 0.21% 1,859 25.80% 7,204Totals734,28155.52%580,36843.88%4,4940.34%2,1180.16%1,2560.09%153,91311.64%1,322,517 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 18em Bath Boyd Carlisle Carroll Carter Fulton Gallatin (previously tied) Graves Greenup Henderson Henry Hickman Marion McCracken McLean Owen Robertson Trimble thumb|left|George H. W. Bush campaigning in Owensboro, Kentucky See also Presidency of George H. W. Bush References Kentucky 1988 Category:1988 Kentucky elections