1988 United States presidential election in Alabama

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election 1988 United States presidential election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Alabama 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Alabama 1992 56.20%Comprehensive Voter Turnout 1986-2020 https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/election-data/2021-05/Comprehensive%20Voter%20Turnout%201986-2020.pdf Alabama Secretary of State November 8, 1988 x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 9 815,576 59.17% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 549,506 39.86% 1988 United States presidential election in Alabama results map by county.svg 300px County results Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Dukakis #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states, and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Alabama 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. The vast majority of counties in Alabama voted for Bush, with the major exception being the Black Belt, which with its predominantly African-American populace voted overwhelmingly Democratic. Macon County had been the most Democratic in the nation in 1980 and 1984, and it was Dukakis’ sixth-best county in the nation with a margin of over four-to-one for the Massachusetts Governor.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1988&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1988 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Campaign Primary Al Gore won 64% of the white vote.Black Black 1992 266 The racial composition of the Democratic primary was 55% white and 45% black,Black Black 1992 263 and 48% of white voters participated in the Republican primary.Black Black 1992 288 General John Baker, the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, criticized the Democratic campaign stating that he didn't "believe that the Dukakis campaign could have run a worse campaign than they've run". Richard Arrington Jr., the mayor of Birmingham and national co-chair of Dukakis' campaign, stated that the campaign gave up on Alabama.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 40-41 In November The Birmingham News reported that Bush had an approval rating of 51% against a disapproval of 26% among Alabama voters while Dukakis held an approval rating of 28% against a disapproval rating of 43%.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 44 Among white voters, 71% supported Bush while 28% supported Dukakis.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 The Democrats maintained their control over the Alabama House of Representatives, with 93 seats to the Republican's 12 seats, and Alabama Senate, with 31 seats to the Republican's 4 seats, despite Bush's victory in the presidential race.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 xii All five incumbent Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives were reelected.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 45 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GeorgeBushRepublican MichaelDukakisDemocratic Other /UndecidedThe Birmingham NewsMoreland Steed Baker 1991 41August 27–31, 198850252%32%15%The Birmingham NewsMoreland Steed Baker 1991 41September 27–29, 198850454%33%13%The Birmingham NewsMoreland Steed Baker 1991 41November 2–5, 1988692 (LV)57%36%8% Results 1988 United States presidential election in AlabamaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 815,576 59.17% 9 Democratic Michael Dukakis 549,506 39.86% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 8,460 0.61% 0 Independent Lenora Fulani 3,311 0.24% 0 Independent James Warren 656 0.05% 0 Write-Ins 506 0.04% 0 Independent Edward Winn 461These votes for Winn were not listed by county but only as a state-wide total.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1905 Our Campaigns AL US President Race, November 08, 1988 0.03% 0 Totals 1,378,476 100.0% 9 Results by county County George H.W. BushRepublican Michael DukakisDemocratic Ron PaulLibertarian Leonora FulaniIndependent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Autauga 7,828 67.17% 3,667 31.47% 143 1.23% 7 0.06% 9 0.08% 4,161 35.70% 11,654 Baldwin 25,933 72.85% 9,271 26.04% 336 0.94% 21 0.06% 37 0.10% 16,662 46.81% 35,598 Barbour 4,958 55.71% 3,836 43.11% 83 0.93% 11 0.12% 11 0.12% 1,122 12.60% 8,899 Bibb 2,885 56.06% 2,244 43.61% 7 0.14% 2 0.04% 8 0.16% 641 12.45% 5,146 Blount 8,754 64.61% 4,485 33.10% 294 2.17% 5 0.04% 10 0.07% 4,269 31.51% 13,548 Bullock 1,421 31.00% 3,122 68.11% 24 0.52% 8 0.17% 9 0.20% -1,701 -37.11% 4,584 Butler 3,923 52.59% 3,465 46.45% 61 0.82% 7 0.09% 3 0.04% 458 6.14% 7,459 Calhoun 19,806 58.31% 12,451 36.66% 360 1.06% 1,325 3.90% 26 0.08% 7,355 21.65% 33,968 Chambers 7,694 59.39% 5,103 39.39% 115 0.89% 21 0.16% 23 0.18% 2,591 20.00% 12,956 Cherokee 2,868 47.01% 3,176 52.06% 48 0.79% 1 0.02% 8 0.13% -308 -5.05% 6,101 Chilton 8,761 69.41% 3,820 30.26% 26 0.21% 12 0.10% 4 0.03% 4,941 39.15% 12,623 Choctaw 3,629 50.89% 3,491 48.96% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 5 0.07% 138 1.93% 7,131 Clarke 5,708 56.97% 4,217 42.09% 84 0.84% 2 0.02% 9 0.09% 1,491 14.88% 10,020 Clay 3,496 66.74% 1,602 30.58% 45 0.86% 91 1.74% 4 0.08% 1,894 36.16% 5,238 Cleburne 3,071 68.40% 1,383 30.80% 26 0.58% 3 0.07% 7 0.16% 1,688 37.60% 4,490 Coffee 8,890 66.57% 4,319 32.34% 126 0.94% 15 0.11% 5 0.04% 4,571 34.23% 13,355 Colbert 7,775 42.25% 10,397 56.49% 208 1.13% 11 0.06% 13 0.07% -2,622 -14.24% 18,404 Conecuh 3,256 51.22% 3,022 47.54% 43 0.68% 16 0.25% 20 0.31% 234 3.68% 6,357 Coosa 2,405 56.15% 1,860 43.43% 15 0.35% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 545 12.72% 4,283 Covington 8,130 67.34% 3,845 31.85% 55 0.46% 30 0.25% 13 0.11% 4,285 35.49% 12,073 Crenshaw 2,617 58.44% 1,836 41.00% 15 0.33% 5 0.11% 5 0.11% 781 17.44% 4,478 Cullman 14,351 61.87% 8,517 36.72% 132 0.57% 176 0.76% 21 0.09% 5,834 25.15% 23,197 Dale 9,266 71.80% 3,476 26.94% 131 1.02% 19 0.15% 13 0.10% 5,790 44.86% 12,905 Dallas 7,630 43.79% 9,660 55.44% 107 0.61% 18 0.10% 8 0.05% -2,030 -11.65% 17,423 DeKalb 11,478 60.60% 7,333 38.72% 106 0.56% 14 0.07% 9 0.05% 4,145 21.88% 18,940 Elmore 10,852 69.84% 4,501 28.97% 160 1.03% 13 0.08% 13 0.08% 6,351 40.87% 15,539 Escambia 6,807 62.14% 4,020 36.70% 66 0.60% 35 0.32% 26 0.24% 2,787 25.44% 10,954 Etowah 17,828 49.67% 17,762 49.49% 155 0.43% 114 0.32% 32 0.09% 66 0.18% 35,891 Fayette 4,338 57.40% 3,186 42.16% 15 0.20% 6 0.08% 12 0.16% 1,152 15.24% 7,557 Franklin 5,146 50.25% 4,961 48.44% 121 1.18% 8 0.08% 5 0.05% 185 1.81% 10,241 Geneva 5,703 67.32% 2,685 31.69% 45 0.53% 27 0.32% 12 0.14% 3,018 35.63% 8,472 Greene 1,048 23.94% 3,295 75.28% 29 0.66% 3 0.07% 2 0.05% -2,247 -51.34% 4,377 Hale 2,414 42.71% 3,187 56.39% 35 0.62% 10 0.18% 6 0.11% -773 -13.68% 5,652 Henry 3,613 61.82% 2,206 37.75% 13 0.22% 6 0.10% 6 0.10% 1,407 24.07% 5,844 Houston 19,989 73.87% 7,001 25.87% 44 0.16% 15 0.06% 12 0.04% 12,988 48.00% 27,061 Jackson 6,090 44.55% 7,418 54.27% 147 1.08% 8 0.06% 6 0.04% -1,328 -9.72% 13,669 Jefferson 148,879 57.74% 107,766 41.80% 781 0.30% 282 0.11% 73 0.03% 41,113 15.94% 257,833 Lamar 3,214 58.48% 2,274 41.38% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 940 17.10% 5,496 Lauderdale 12,942 49.43% 12,862 49.13% 325 1.24% 11 0.04% 88 0.34% 80 0.30% 26,180 Lawrence 3,616 42.96% 4,646 55.20% 83 0.99% 63 0.75% 0 0.00% -1,030 -12.24% 8,417 Lee 17,180 64.39% 9,078 34.02% 393 1.47% 19 0.07% 19 0.07% 8,102 30.37% 26,683 Limestone 9,086 61.56% 5,455 36.96% 186 1.26% 23 0.16% 14 0.09% 3,631 24.60% 14,760 Lowndes 1,405 29.42% 3,328 69.68% 31 0.65% 7 0.15% 10 0.21% -1,923 -40.26% 4,776 Macon 1,304 16.81% 6,351 81.88% 40 0.52% 53 0.68% 8 0.10% -5,047 -65.07% 7,756 Madison 53,575 67.06% 25,800 32.29% 353 0.44% 108 0.14% 58 0.07% 27,775 34.77% 79,894 Marengo 4,241 48.61% 4,402 50.45% 65 0.74% 14 0.16% 3 0.03% -161 -1.84% 8,725 Marion 5,955 56.73% 4,505 42.92% 17 0.16% 4 0.04% 16 0.15% 1,450 13.81% 10,497 Marshall 12,148 60.90% 7,357 36.88% 264 1.32% 66 0.33% 112 0.56% 4,791 24.02% 19,947 Mobile 72,203 60.88% 45,524 38.39% 766 0.65% 74 0.06% 30 0.03% 26,679 22.49% 118,597 Monroe 5,379 60.07% 3,509 39.19% 45 0.50% 17 0.19% 4 0.04% 1,870 20.88% 8,954 Montgomery 41,131 58.43% 28,709 40.79% 471 0.67% 66 0.09% 14 0.02% 12,422 17.64% 70,391 Morgan 18,679 63.54% 10,594 36.04% 73 0.25% 24 0.08% 27 0.09% 8,085 27.50% 29,397 Perry 2,107 36.59% 3,574 62.07% 52 0.90% 13 0.23% 12 0.21% -1,467 -25.48% 5,758 Pickens 3,851 55.16% 3,107 44.50% 11 0.16% 4 0.06% 9 0.13% 744 10.66% 6,982 Pike 5,897 60.04% 3,813 38.82% 90 0.92% 7 0.07% 14 0.14% 2,084 21.22% 9,821 Randolph 4,625 64.02% 2,462 34.08% 128 1.77% 1 0.01% 8 0.11% 2,163 29.94% 7,224 Russell 6,333 48.40% 6,589 50.35% 134 1.02% 16 0.12% 14 0.11% -256 -1.95% 13,086 Shelby 27,052 78.84% 7,138 20.80% 72 0.21% 26 0.08% 26 0.08% 19,914 58.04% 34,314 St. Clair 10,604 70.71% 4,335 28.91% 36 0.24% 8 0.05% 14 0.09% 6,269 41.80% 14,997 Sumter 2,212 33.36% 4,390 66.21% 11 0.17% 7 0.11% 10 0.15% -2,178 -32.85% 6,630 Talladega 12,973 60.32% 8,291 38.55% 126 0.59% 76 0.35% 40 0.19% 4,682 21.77% 21,506 Tallapoosa 8,502 63.93% 4,598 34.58% 176 1.32% 9 0.07% 13 0.10% 3,904 29.35% 13,298 Tuscaloosa 27,396 59.87% 18,166 39.70% 118 0.26% 46 0.10% 32 0.07% 9,230 20.17% 45,758 Walker 11,011 48.51% 11,338 49.95% 156 0.69% 179 0.79% 16 0.07% -327 -1.44% 22,700 Washington 3,741 52.23% 3,402 47.49% 8 0.11% 8 0.11% 4 0.06% 339 4.74% 7,163 Wilcox 1,739 33.98% 3,369 65.83% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% 5 0.10% -1,630 -31.85% 5,118 Winston 6,235 67.59% 2,954 32.02% 16 0.17% 9 0.10% 11 0.12% 3,281 35.57% 9,225Totals815,57659.17%549,50639.86%8,4600.61%3,3110.24%1,6230.12%266,07019.31%1,378,476 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Cherokee Marengo Walker 1984 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1984&fips=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip's election atlas1988 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=1&off=0&elect=0&f=0 Dave Leip's election atlas See also Presidency of George H. W. Bush United States presidential elections in Alabama Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 Alabama 1988 Category:1988 Alabama elections