1988 United States presidential election in Michigan information
Election in Michigan
Main article: 1988 United States presidential election
1988 United States presidential election in Michigan
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November 8, 1988
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All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout
55.3% [1]
Nominee
George H. W. Bush
Michael Dukakis
Party
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Democratic
Home state
Texas
Massachusetts
Running mate
Dan Quayle
Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral vote
20
0
Popular vote
1,965,486
1,675,783
Percentage
53.57%
45.67%
County Results
Bush
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Dukakis
50–60%
60–70%
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Ronald Reagan
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George H. W. Bush
Republican
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The 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Michigan 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.
Michigan weighed in for this election as 0.1% more Republican than the national average. This election marks the last time a Republican carried Michigan with a majority of the vote, and the last time it was carried by a Republican at all until Donald Trump's plurality win in 2016.
Typical for elections in the 1980s, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan turned out mainly Democratic, and the Lower Peninsula turned out mainly Republican, with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populated Wayne County, which voted mainly Democratic. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Ingham County, Kalamazoo County, and Muskegon County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2] As of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, this is also the last time Michigan voted to the right of neighboring Wisconsin, as well as the last time the Lower Peninsula voted for the Republican presidential candidate.
The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Michigan, with more than 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.[3] Bush won the election in Michigan with a solid 7.90% point margin. The election of 1988 was, however, the final election where Michigan was won by the Republican Party until 2016, having consistently voted Democratic since 1992.
As of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, this is also the last time Michigan was the most Republican-leaning of the three Rust Belt swing states (also consisting of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania).
^"SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
^Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^"1988 Presidential General Election Results – Michigan". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
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