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1988 Presidential Election Interactive Map
270 electoral votes to win

Dukakis (D)
Bush (R)
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Bush | Dukakis | Undecided | 3P |
1988 Actual Election Results
Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ | George Bush | Republican | 426 | 47,946,000 | |
Michael S. Dukakis | Democratic | 111 | 41,016,000 |
1988 Election Facts
- Dukakis won West Virginia; however one elector cast a vote for Dem. Vice-President candidate Lloyd Bentsen (with Dukakis as Vice-President)
- Issues of the Day: Stock market crash, Iran-Contra, Progress in US-USSR relations (INF Treaty)