1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1992 November 8, 1988 x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 25 2,300,087 50.70% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 2,194,944 48.39% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Bush #e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80%#AA0000 80–90% Dukakis #b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70%#1666CB 70–80%#0645B4 80–90%#002B84 90–100% Tie #D4C4DC 40–50% No Vote/Data #808080 President Ronald Reagan Republican George H. W. Bush Republican 77.2%Voter Registration Statistics http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/voter_registration_statistics/12725 Pennsylvania Department of State 30 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141105045940/http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/voter_registration_statistics/12725 5 November 2014 dead 1988 United States presidential election The 1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1988, and was part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. Bush won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 2.31%, which made it about 5.5% more Democratic than the nation. This was the last election where Pennsylvania would be carried by a Republican presidential candidate until 2016 and the last in which a Republican would win a majority of the statewide vote until 2024. As of 2024, Bush's 2.31% margin has not been exceeded by any Republican thus far. This is also the last time Pennsylvania, along with Michigan, would vote differently to fellow Rust Belt swing state Wisconsin, as all three had Democratic winning streaks from 1992 to 2012, with all three states flipping simultaneously in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Primaries Republican primary Candidate Votes PercentGeorge H. W. Bush687,32378.95%Bob Dole103,76311.92%Pat Robertson79,4639.13%Totals870,549Turnout: 38.18% Democratic primary Candidate Votes PercentMichael Dukakis1,002,48066.49%Jesse Jackson411,26027.28%Al Gore44,5422.95%Others49,4083.28%Totals1,507,690Turnout: 52.93% Results 1988 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaDavid Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=42&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1988 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania 2018-03-23PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 2,300,087 50.70% 25 Democratic Michael Dukakis 2,194,944 48.39% 0 Consumer Eugene McCarthy 19,158 0.42% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 12,051 0.27% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 4,379 0.10% 0 America First David Duke 3,444 0.08% 0 Workers' League Edward Winn 2,188 0.05% 0 Totals 4,536,251 100.00% 25 Results by county County George H. W. BushRepublican Michael DukakisDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Adams 15,650 64.92% 8,299 34.43% 156 0.65% 7,351 30.49% 24,105 Allegheny 231,137 39.43% 348,814 59.51% 6,200 1.06% -117,677 -20.08% 586,151 Armstrong 11,509 44.81% 13,892 54.09% 282 1.10% -2,383 -9.28% 25,683 Beaver 25,764 33.69% 50,327 65.81% 378 0.49% -24,563 -32.12% 76,469 Bedford 11,123 65.55% 5,754 33.91% 92 0.54% 5,369 31.64% 16,969 Berks 70,153 62.39% 41,040 36.50% 1,251 1.11% 29,113 25.89% 112,444 Blair 25,623 61.50% 15,588 37.42% 451 1.08% 10,035 24.08% 41,662 Bradford 13,568 66.72% 6,635 32.63% 134 0.66% 6,933 34.09% 20,337 Bucks 127,563 59.99% 82,472 38.78% 2,605 1.23% 45,091 21.21% 212,640 Butler 27,777 54.82% 22,341 44.09% 549 1.08% 5,436 10.73% 50,667 Cambria 25,626 39.70% 38,517 59.67% 409 0.63% -12,891 -19.97% 64,552 Cameron 1,731 65.20% 901 33.94% 23 0.87% 830 31.26% 2,655 Carbon 10,232 52.35% 9,104 46.57% 211 1.08% 1,128 5.78% 19,547 Centre 23,875 56.14% 18,357 43.17% 295 0.69% 5,518 12.97% 42,527 Chester 93,522 67.00% 44,853 32.13% 1,210 0.87% 48,669 34.87% 139,585 Clarion 8,026 58.37% 5,616 40.84% 109 0.79% 2,410 17.53% 13,751 Clearfield 14,296 53.52% 12,235 45.80% 182 0.68% 2,061 7.72% 26,713 Clinton 5,735 49.38% 5,759 49.59% 119 1.02% -24 -0.21% 11,613 Columbia 12,114 60.51% 7,767 38.79% 140 0.70% 4,347 21.72% 20,021 Crawford 17,249 56.32% 13,021 42.51% 358 1.17% 4,228 13.81% 30,628 Cumberland 47,292 65.29% 24,613 33.98% 528 0.73% 22,679 31.31% 72,433 Dauphin 48,917 57.77% 35,079 41.43% 681 0.80% 13,838 16.34% 84,677 Delaware 147,656 59.95% 96,144 39.03% 2,505 1.02% 51,512 20.92% 246,305 Elk 6,737 52.86% 5,879 46.13% 128 1.00% 858 6.73% 12,744 Erie 48,306 46.76% 53,913 52.19% 1,081 1.05% -5,607 -5.43% 103,300 Fayette 16,915 33.60% 33,098 65.74% 336 0.67% -16,183 -32.14% 50,349 Forest 1,159 56.13% 895 43.34% 11 0.53% 264 12.79% 2,065 Franklin 27,086 68.32% 12,368 31.20% 190 0.48% 14,718 37.12% 39,644 Fulton 3,086 66.42% 1,532 32.97% 28 0.60% 1,554 33.45% 4,646 Greene 4,879 34.62% 9,126 64.75% 90 0.64% -4,247 -30.13% 14,095 Huntingdon 8,800 64.56% 4,752 34.86% 79 0.58% 4,048 29.70% 13,631 Indiana 14,983 47.21% 16,514 52.03% 242 0.76% -1,531 -4.82% 31,739 Jefferson 9,743 60.48% 6,235 38.71% 131 0.81% 3,508 21.77% 16,109 Juniata 4,881 62.87% 2,834 36.50% 49 0.63% 2,047 26.37% 7,764 Lackawanna 42,083 47.42% 45,591 51.38% 1,067 1.20% -3,508 -3.96% 88,741 Lancaster 96,979 70.77% 38,982 28.45% 1,068 0.78% 57,997 42.32% 137,029 Lawrence 15,829 41.76% 21,884 57.74% 191 0.50% -6,055 -15.98% 37,904 Lebanon 24,415 66.69% 11,912 32.54% 281 0.77% 12,503 34.15% 36,608 Lehigh 56,363 56.30% 42,801 42.76% 943 0.94% 13,562 13.54% 100,107 Luzerne 59,059 50.01% 58,553 49.58% 480 0.41% 506 0.43% 118,092 Lycoming 24,792 64.00% 13,528 34.92% 415 1.07% 11,264 29.08% 38,735 McKean 9,323 63.22% 5,300 35.94% 124 0.84% 4,023 27.28% 14,747 Mercer 21,301 46.43% 24,278 52.92% 301 0.66% -2,977 -6.49% 45,880 Mifflin 8,170 62.49% 4,790 36.63% 115 0.88% 3,380 25.86% 13,075 Monroe 17,185 62.79% 9,859 36.02% 327 1.19% 7,326 26.77% 27,371 Montgomery 170,294 60.20% 109,834 38.83% 2,742 0.97% 60,460 21.37% 282,870 Montour 3,617 63.50% 2,031 35.66% 48 0.84% 1,586 27.84% 5,696 Northampton 42,748 51.52% 39,264 47.32% 966 1.16% 3,484 4.20% 82,978 Northumberland 20,207 58.07% 14,255 40.96% 338 0.97% 5,952 17.11% 34,800 Perry 8,545 68.18% 3,910 31.20% 78 0.62% 4,635 36.98% 12,533 Philadelphia 219,053 32.45% 449,566 66.60% 6,358 0.94% -230,513 -34.15% 674,977 Pike 6,659 67.15% 3,097 31.23% 161 1.62% 3,562 35.92% 9,917 Potter 4,432 67.23% 2,119 32.15% 41 0.62% 2,313 35.08% 6,592 Schuylkill 32,666 56.47% 24,797 42.87% 379 0.66% 7,869 13.60% 57,842 Snyder 9,054 76.87% 2,658 22.57% 67 0.57% 6,396 54.30% 11,779 Somerset 16,809 54.63% 13,815 44.90% 144 0.47% 2,994 9.73% 30,768 Sullivan 1,808 61.88% 1,091 37.34% 23 0.79% 717 24.54% 2,922 Susquehanna 9,077 64.58% 4,871 34.65% 108 0.77% 4,206 29.93% 14,056 Tioga 9,471 66.00% 4,807 33.50% 72 0.50% 4,664 32.50% 14,350 Union 7,912 71.05% 3,163 28.40% 61 0.55% 4,749 42.65% 11,136 Venango 11,468 56.60% 8,624 42.56% 171 0.84% 2,844 14.04% 20,263 Warren 8,991 56.21% 6,790 42.45% 214 1.34% 2,201 13.76% 15,995 Washington 28,651 37.43% 47,527 62.08% 375 0.49% -18,876 -24.65% 76,553 Wayne 9,926 71.61% 3,775 27.23% 161 1.16% 6,151 44.38% 13,862 Westmoreland 61,472 44.13% 76,710 55.07% 1,108 0.80% -15,238 -10.94% 139,290 Wyoming 6,607 69.94% 2,797 29.61% 43 0.46% 3,810 40.33% 9,447 York 72,408 65.16% 37,691 33.92% 1,017 0.92% 34,717 31.24% 111,116Totals2,300,08750.70%2,194,94448.39%41,2200.91%105,1432.31%4,536,251 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Clinton Erie Indiana Lackawanna Analysis 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Lehigh County or the Greater Philadelphia suburban counties of Montgomery and Delaware have voted Republican at the presidential level. Northampton and Luzerne counties would not vote Republican again until 2016, while Bucks County would not do so again until 2024.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This is the last time that Erie County voted for the statewide loser, and the only time it has done so since 1948. Bush became the only Republican to date to win the White House without carrying Indiana County, and the only one to do so without carrying Clinton County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888. This was also the first election since 1932 where Pennsylvania did not vote the same as neighboring New York, another phenomenon that would not occur again until 2016 and 2024. See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania References Pennsylvania 1988 Category:1988 Pennsylvania elections