1988 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1988 United States presidential election in Kansas Kansas presidential no 1984 United States presidential election in Kansas 1984 1992 United States presidential election in Kansas 1992 November 8, 1988 x200px File:VP George Bush crop.jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 7 554,049 55.79% File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg Michael Dukakis Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lloyd Bentsen 0 422,636 42.56% 310px County results 310px Precinct results 310px 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% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Kansas 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. Kansas weighed in for this election as 2 points more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Kansas, with over 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four political parties appearing on the ballot.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1988 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-07-21 Voters from every county in Kansas turned out for the Republican Party, except for three, the largest example being Kansas City's Wyandotte County, which voted primarily Democratic. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time Douglas County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Bush won the election in Kansas with a 13-point win, although compared to most previous Republican performances in Kansas this was an underwhelming triumph due to the influence of an ongoing drought and farm crisis. Dukakis’s performance is the best of any Democratic presidential candidate in the state since 1976, and was the last time until 2008 that a Democrat received more than 40% of the vote in Kansas. Results 1988 United States presidential election in KansasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 554,049 55.79% 7 Democratic Michael Dukakis 422,636 42.56% 0 Independent Ron Paul 12,553 1.26% 0 Independent Lenora Fulani 3,806 0.38% 0 Totals 993,044 100.0% 7 Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2116 Our Campaigns KS US President Race — November 08, 1988 George H.W. BushRepublican Michael DukakisDemocratic Ron PaulIndependent Leonora FulaniIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Allen 3,429 58.14% 2,392 40.56% 49 0.83% 28 0.47% 1,037 17.58% 5,898 Anderson 1,781 54.25% 1,466 44.65% 21 0.64% 15 0.46% 315 9.60% 3,283 Atchison 3,243 49.03% 3,177 48.03% 167 2.52% 27 0.41% 66 1.00% 6,614 Barber 1,539 56.87% 1,118 41.32% 39 1.44% 10 0.37% 421 15.55% 2,706 Barton 7,741 59.20% 5,024 38.42% 251 1.92% 59 0.45% 2,717 20.78% 13,075 Bourbon 3,660 57.80% 2,623 41.42% 31 0.49% 18 0.28% 1,037 16.38% 6,332 Brown 3,059 63.57% 1,719 35.72% 20 0.42% 14 0.29% 1,340 27.85% 4,812 Butler 10,976 57.60% 7,690 40.35% 374 1.96% 16 0.08% 3,286 17.25% 19,056 Chase 884 60.63% 538 36.90% 32 2.19% 4 0.27% 346 23.73% 1,458 Chautauqua 1,247 64.48% 661 34.18% 19 0.98% 7 0.36% 586 30.30% 1,934 Cherokee 4,281 50.95% 4,069 48.43% 37 0.44% 15 0.18% 212 2.52% 8,402 Cheyenne 1,105 63.40% 594 34.08% 30 1.72% 14 0.80% 511 29.32% 1,743 Clark 876 66.62% 409 31.10% 23 1.75% 7 0.53% 467 35.52% 1,315 Clay 2,997 72.10% 1,112 26.75% 33 0.79% 15 0.36% 1,885 45.35% 4,157 Cloud 3,043 59.34% 2,022 39.43% 35 0.68% 28 0.55% 1,021 19.91% 5,128 Coffey 2,581 66.69% 1,246 32.20% 33 0.85% 10 0.26% 1,335 34.49% 3,870 Comanche 738 65.72% 375 33.39% 6 0.53% 4 0.36% 363 32.33% 1,123 Cowley 7,778 54.44% 6,186 43.30% 283 1.98% 39 0.27% 1,592 11.14% 14,286 Crawford 6,940 46.73% 7,783 52.41% 85 0.57% 42 0.28% -843 -5.68% 14,850 Decatur 1,291 60.10% 793 36.92% 46 2.14% 18 0.84% 498 23.18% 2,148 Dickinson 5,121 63.28% 2,870 35.47% 85 1.05% 16 0.20% 2,251 27.81% 8,092 Doniphan 2,162 61.53% 1,312 37.34% 32 0.91% 8 0.23% 850 24.19% 3,514 Douglas 16,149 49.90% 15,752 48.68% 314 0.97% 146 0.45% 397 1.22% 32,361 Edwards 993 53.88% 792 42.97% 41 2.22% 17 0.92% 201 10.91% 1,843 Elk 1,075 63.01% 608 35.64% 17 1.00% 6 0.35% 467 27.37% 1,706 Ellis 5,194 48.67% 5,289 49.56% 163 1.53% 26 0.24% -95 -0.89% 10,672 Ellsworth 1,711 57.03% 1,219 40.63% 47 1.57% 23 0.77% 492 16.40% 3,000 Finney 5,381 60.14% 3,408 38.09% 127 1.42% 31 0.35% 1,973 22.05% 8,947 Ford 5,685 58.63% 3,817 39.36% 152 1.57% 43 0.44% 1,868 19.27% 9,697 Franklin 4,777 56.43% 3,592 42.43% 75 0.89% 21 0.25% 1,185 14.00% 8,465 Geary 3,782 57.54% 2,721 41.40% 40 0.61% 30 0.46% 1,061 16.14% 6,573 Gove 966 57.36% 663 39.37% 48 2.85% 7 0.42% 303 17.99% 1,684 Graham 1,139 60.97% 702 37.58% 21 1.12% 6 0.32% 437 23.39% 1,868 Grant 1,654 63.69% 907 34.92% 27 1.04% 9 0.35% 747 28.77% 2,597 Gray 1,180 61.55% 696 36.31% 33 1.72% 8 0.42% 484 25.24% 1,917 Greeley 506 59.32% 317 37.16% 27 3.17% 3 0.35% 189 22.16% 853 Greenwood 2,217 59.66% 1,421 38.24% 64 1.72% 14 0.38% 796 21.42% 3,716 Hamilton 801 60.00% 517 38.73% 14 1.05% 3 0.22% 284 21.27% 1,335 Harper 1,941 59.39% 1,235 37.79% 72 2.20% 20 0.61% 706 21.60% 3,268 Harvey 6,893 54.23% 5,503 43.29% 262 2.06% 53 0.42% 1,390 10.94% 12,711 Haskell 964 67.41% 427 29.86% 35 2.45% 4 0.28% 537 37.55% 1,430 Hodgeman 732 60.40% 439 36.22% 32 2.64% 9 0.74% 293 24.18% 1,212 Jackson 2,759 54.36% 2,261 44.55% 40 0.79% 15 0.30% 498 9.81% 5,075 Jefferson 3,605 55.53% 2,810 43.28% 46 0.71% 31 0.48% 795 12.25% 6,492 Jewell 1,546 67.99% 684 30.08% 30 1.32% 14 0.62% 862 37.91% 2,274 Johnson 95,591 62.81% 55,183 36.26% 1,001 0.66% 424 0.28% 40,408 26.55% 152,199 Kearny 1,073 66.03% 524 32.25% 23 1.42% 5 0.31% 549 33.78% 1,625 Kingman 2,205 58.74% 1,420 37.83% 103 2.74% 26 0.69% 785 20.91% 3,754 Kiowa 1,276 71.09% 485 27.02% 29 1.62% 5 0.28% 791 44.07% 1,795 Labette 5,125 52.92% 4,433 45.78% 88 0.91% 38 0.39% 692 7.14% 9,684 Lane 768 61.44% 450 36.00% 24 1.92% 8 0.64% 318 25.44% 1,250 Leavenworth 9,913 52.53% 8,797 46.62% 109 0.58% 51 0.27% 1,116 5.91% 18,870 Lincoln 1,229 59.66% 796 38.64% 32 1.55% 3 0.15% 433 21.02% 2,060 Linn 2,163 58.60% 1,497 40.56% 24 0.65% 7 0.19% 666 18.04% 3,691 Logan 988 64.36% 503 32.77% 35 2.28% 9 0.59% 485 31.59% 1,535 Lyon 6,820 55.29% 5,314 43.08% 148 1.20% 52 0.42% 1,506 12.21% 12,334 McPherson 6,563 58.79% 4,354 39.00% 112 1.91% 29 0.50% 2,209 19.79% 11,164 Marion 3,685 62.99% 2,024 34.60% 64 1.11% 26 0.45% 1,661 28.39% 5,850 Marshall 3,140 54.23% 2,560 44.21% 207 1.85% 40 0.36% 580 10.02% 5,790 Meade 1,322 65.19% 664 32.74% 34 1.68% 8 0.39% 658 32.45% 2,028 Miami 4,807 51.65% 4,427 47.57% 55 0.59% 17 0.18% 380 4.08% 9,306 Mitchell 2,257 65.19% 1,145 33.07% 36 1.04% 24 0.69% 1,112 32.12% 3,462 Montgomery 9,067 61.98% 5,429 37.11% 90 0.62% 42 0.29% 3,638 24.87% 14,628 Morris 1,682 58.12% 1,165 40.26% 34 1.17% 13 0.45% 517 17.86% 2,894 Morton 1,074 64.35% 569 34.09% 23 1.38% 3 0.18% 505 30.26% 1,669 Nemaha 2,849 54.98% 2,261 43.63% 57 1.10% 15 0.29% 588 11.35% 5,182 Neosho 3,739 51.77% 3,402 47.11% 64 0.89% 17 0.24% 337 4.66% 7,222 Ness 1,230 56.58% 887 40.80% 52 2.39% 5 0.23% 343 15.78% 2,174 Norton 1,923 67.54% 855 30.03% 60 2.11% 9 0.32% 1,068 37.51% 2,847 Osage 3,496 54.33% 2,840 44.13% 73 1.13% 26 0.40% 656 10.20% 6,435 Osborne 1,541 60.57% 943 37.07% 47 1.85% 13 0.51% 598 23.50% 2,544 Ottawa 1,836 64.78% 953 33.63% 35 1.24% 10 0.35% 883 31.15% 2,834 Pawnee 1,825 54.11% 1,474 43.70% 67 1.99% 7 0.21% 351 10.41% 3,373 Phillips 2,316 69.86% 960 28.96% 34 1.03% 5 0.15% 1,356 40.90% 3,315 Pottawatomie 3,897 59.51% 2,544 38.85% 93 1.42% 15 0.23% 1,353 20.66% 6,549 Pratt 2,505 59.01% 1,651 38.89% 70 1.65% 19 0.45% 854 20.12% 4,245 Rawlins 1,318 66.46% 612 30.86% 42 2.12% 11 0.55% 706 35.60% 1,983 Reno 12,753 51.11% 11,545 46.27% 560 2.24% 96 0.38% 1,208 4.84% 24,954 Republic 2,346 67.76% 1,069 30.88% 28 0.81% 19 0.55% 1,277 36.88% 3,462 Rice 2,503 53.89% 2,033 43.77% 94 2.02% 15 0.32% 470 10.12% 4,645 Riley 9,507 55.90% 7,283 42.82% 159 0.93% 58 0.34% 2,224 13.08% 17,007 Rooks 1,938 64.45% 1,012 33.65% 48 1.60% 9 0.30% 926 30.80% 3,007 Rush 1,045 48.54% 1,020 47.38% 85 3.95% 3 0.14% 25 1.16% 2,153 Russell 2,403 61.21% 1,448 36.88% 45 1.15% 30 0.76% 955 24.33% 3,926 Saline 11,371 57.96% 7,998 40.77% 180 0.92% 69 0.35% 3,373 17.19% 19,618 Scott 1,590 66.95% 717 30.19% 58 2.44% 10 0.42% 873 36.76% 2,375 Sedgwick 86,124 55.30% 65,618 42.13% 3,104 1.99% 899 0.58% 20,506 13.17% 155,745 Seward 4,089 70.54% 1,655 28.55% 43 0.74% 10 0.17% 2,434 41.99% 5,797 Shawnee 35,489 50.56% 33,940 48.35% 527 0.75% 241 0.34% 1,549 2.21% 70,197 Sheridan 901 57.90% 600 38.56% 45 2.89% 10 0.64% 301 19.34% 1,556 Sherman 1,929 62.94% 1,082 35.30% 43 1.40% 11 0.36% 847 27.64% 3,065 Smith 1,951 65.29% 1,004 33.60% 28 0.94% 5 0.17% 947 31.69% 2,988 Stafford 1,532 55.95% 1,121 40.94% 75 2.74% 10 0.37% 411 15.01% 2,738 Stanton 592 62.32% 310 32.63% 46 4.84% 2 0.21% 282 29.69% 950 Stevens 1,642 71.17% 612 26.53% 46 1.99% 7 0.30% 1,030 44.64% 2,307 Sumner 5,394 53.71% 4,417 43.99% 198 1.97% 33 0.33% 977 9.72% 10,042 Thomas 2,342 60.52% 1,408 36.38% 93 2.40% 27 0.70% 934 24.14% 3,870 Trego 979 53.47% 795 43.42% 51 2.79% 6 0.33% 184 10.05% 1,831 Wabaunsee 1,737 58.54% 1,166 39.30% 54 1.82% 10 0.34% 571 19.24% 2,967 Wallace 655 69.61% 257 27.31% 24 2.55% 5 0.53% 398 42.30% 941 Washington 2,269 67.13% 1,063 31.45% 31 0.92% 17 0.50% 1,206 35.68% 3,380 Wichita 721 62.80% 399 34.76% 21 1.83% 7 0.61% 322 28.04% 1,148 Wilson 2,743 63.12% 1,545 35.55% 49 1.13% 9 0.21% 1,198 27.57% 4,346 Woodson 1,062 57.50% 761 41.20% 18 0.97% 6 0.32% 301 16.30% 1,847 Wyandotte 19,097 32.70% 38,678 66.23% 377 0.65% 247 0.42% -19,581 -33.53% 58,399Totals554,04955.79%422,63642.56%12,5531.26%3,8060.38%131,41313.23%993,044 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Crawford (largest city: Pittsburg) Ellis (largest city: Hays) See also United States presidential elections in Kansas Presidency of George H. 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