1988 United States presidential election in Connecticut

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election 1988 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1992 81.4%https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0009076811&seq=706 Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1989 CT State Library November 8, 1988 x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 8 750,241 51.98% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 676,584 46.87% 250px County results 250px Municipality results 250px Congressional district 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% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, by a margin of 5.10%. Bush took 51.98% of the vote to Dukakis's 46.87%. This result nonetheless made Connecticut 2.7% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. The state had connections with Bush, who was raised there and attended Yale University from 1945 to 1948. His eldest son, the future president George W. Bush was born in 1946, and his father, Prescott Bush, served as senator for the state from 1952 to 1963. Although Dukakis won only Hartford County, he took 47–49% of the vote in five other counties, making it a close race state-wide. He came much closer to winning the state than Walter Mondale, who had lost the state by over 20 points four years earlier. Dukakis's gains reflected liberal New England's drift as a whole toward the Democratic Party, as the Republican Party became increasingly conservative and oriented toward the South. This would be the last time that a Republican presidential candidate would win Connecticut's electoral votes, as the state has gone Democratic in every election since, and also one of the last times that a Republican won a statewide federal election there. To date, this is the last election in which the counties of New Haven, New London, Middlesex, and Tolland voted for the Republican candidate, as well as the last time that the cities of Norwalk, Stamford, and Waterbury and the towns of Branford, Canaan, Canton, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, East Lyme, Farmington, Glastonbury, Groton, Guilford, Stratford, Kent, Norfolk, Old Lyme, Pomfret, Salisbury, Sharon, South Windsor, Stonington, Tolland, Vernon, Washington, Waterford, Westport, Wethersfield, and Woodbridge voted Republican. Results 1988 United States presidential election in Connecticuthttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=9&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1988 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut 2013-02-07 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 750,241 51.98% 8 Democratic Michael Dukakis 676,584 46.87% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 14,071 0.97% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 2,491 0.17% 0 No party William A. Marra (Write-in) 7 0.00% 0 Totals 1,443,394 100.00% 8 Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 58%/80% Results by county County George H.W. BushRepublican Michael DukakisDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 221,316 59.04% 149,630 39.91% 3,932 1.05% 71,686 19.13% 374,878 Hartford 173,031 45.95% 199,857 53.08% 3,648 0.97% -26,826 -7.13% 376,536 Litchfield 44,637 55.97% 34,227 42.91% 893 1.12% 10,410 13.06% 79,757 Middlesex 34,682 50.01% 33,946 48.95% 716 1.04% 736 1.06% 69,344 New Haven 174,251 50.90% 163,153 47.66% 4,957 1.44% 11,098 3.24% 342,361 New London 52,681 51.22% 48,882 47.53% 1,288 1.25% 3,799 3.69% 102,851 Tolland 28,375 50.80% 26,884 48.13% 602 1.07% 1,491 2.67% 55,861 Windham 21,268 50.88% 20,005 47.86% 526 1.26% 1,263 3.02% 41,799Totals750,24151.98%676,58446.87%16,5691.15%73,6575.11%1,443,394 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Hartford See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut Presidency of George H. W. Bush References Connecticut 1988 Category:1988 Connecticut elections