1988 United States presidential election
Results by state
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1988 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results by state
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George H.W. Bush Republican	Michael Dukakis Democratic	Ron Paul Libertarian	Lenora Fulani New Alliance	Margin	State Total

State	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	#

Alabama	9	815,576	59.17	9	549,506	39.86	–	8,460	0.61	–	3,311	0.24	–	266,070	19.30	1,378,476	AL

Alaska	3	119,251	59.59	3	72,584	36.27	–	5,484	2.74	–	1,024	0.51	–	46,667	23.32	200,116	AK

Arizona	7	702,541	59.95	7	454,029	38.74	–	13,351	1.14	–	1,662	0.14	–	248,512	21.21	1,171,873	AZ

Arkansas	6	466,578	56.37	6	349,237	42.19	–	3,297	0.40	–	2,161	0.26	–	117,341	14.18	827,738	AR

California	47	5,054,917	51.13	47	4,702,233	47.56	–	70,105	0.71	–	31,180	0.32	–	352,684	3.57	9,887,064	CA

Colorado	8	728,177	53.06	8	621,453	45.28	–	15,482	1.13	–	2,539	0.19	–	106,724	7.78	1,372,394	CO

Connecticut	8	750,241	51.98	8	676,584	46.87	–	14,071	0.97	–	2,491	0.17	–	73,657	5.10	1,443,394	CT

Delaware	3	139,639	55.88	3	108,647	43.48	–	1,162	0.47	–	443	0.18	–	30,992	12.40	249,891	DE

D.C.	3	27,590	14.30	–	159,407	82.65	3	554	0.29	–	2,901	1.50	–	−131,817	−68.34	192,877	DC

Florida	21	2,618,885	60.87	21	1,656,701	38.51	–	19,796	0.46	–	6,655	0.15	–	962,184	22.36	4,302,313	FL

Georgia	12	1,081,331	59.75	12	714,792	39.50	–	8,435	0.47	–	5,099	0.28	–	366,539	20.25	1,809,672	GA

Hawaii	4	158,625	44.75	–	192,364	54.27	4	1,999	0.56	–	1,003	0.28	–	−33,739	−9.52	354,461	HI

Idaho	4	253,881	62.08	4	147,272	36.01	–	5,313	1.30	–	2,502	0.61	–	106,609	26.07	408,968	ID

Illinois	24	2,310,939	50.69	24	2,215,940	48.60	–	14,944	0.33	–	10,276	0.23	–	94,999	2.08	4,559,120	IL

Indiana	12	1,297,763	59.84	12	860,643	39.69	–	–	–	–	10,215	0.47	–	437,120	20.16	2,168,621	IN

Iowa	8	545,355	44.50	–	670,557	54.71	8	2,494	0.20	–	540	0.04	–	−125,202	−10.22	1,225,614	IA

Kansas	7	554,049	55.79	7	422,636	42.56	–	12,553	1.26	–	3,806	0.38	–	131,413	13.23	993,044	KS

Kentucky	9	734,281	55.52	9	580,368	43.88	–	2,118	0.16	–	1,256	0.09	–	153,913	11.64	1,322,517	KY

Louisiana	10	883,702	54.27	10	734,281	44.06	–	4,115	0.25	–	2,355	0.14	–	166,242	10.21	1,628,202	LA

Maine	4	307,131	55.34	4	243,569	43.88	–	2,700	0.49	–	1,405	0.25	–	63,562	11.45	555,035	ME

Maryland	10	876,167	51.11	10	826,304	48.20	–	6,748	0.39	–	5,115	0.30	–	49,863	2.91	1,714,358	MD

Massachusetts	13	1,194,644	45.38	–	1,401,406	53.23	13	24,251	0.92	–	9,561	0.36	–	−206,762	−7.85	2,632,805	MA

Michigan	20	1,965,486	53.57	20	1,675,783	45.67	–	18,336	0.50	–	2,513	0.07	–	289,703	7.90	3,669,163	MI

Minnesota	10	962,337	45.90	–	1,109,471	52.91	10	5,109	0.24	–	1,734	0.08	–	−147,134	−7.02	2,096,790	MN

Mississippi	7	557,890	59.89	7	363,921	39.07	–	3,329	0.36	–	2,155	0.23	–	193,969	20.82	931,527	MS

Missouri	11	1,084,953	51.83	11	1,001,619	47.85	–	–	–	–	6,656	0.32	–	83,334	3.98	2,093,228	MO

Montana	4	190,412	52.07	4	168,936	46.20	–	5,047	1.38	–	1,279	0.35	–	21,476	5.87	365,674	MT

Nebraska	5	398,447	60.15	5	259,646	39.20	–	2,536	0.38	–	1,743	0.26	–	138,801	20.96	662,372	NE

Nevada	4	206,040	58.86	4	132,738	37.92	–	3,520	1.01	–	835	0.24	–	73,302	20.94	350,067	NV

New Hampshire	4	281,537	62.49	4	163,696	36.33	–	4,502	1.00	–	790	0.18	–	117,841	26.16	450,525	NH

New Jersey	16	1,743,192	56.24	16	1,320,352	42.60	–	8,421	0.27	–	5,139	0.17	–	422,840	13.64	3,099,553	NJ

New Mexico	5	270,341	51.86	5	244,497	46.90	–	3,268	0.63	–	2,237	0.43	–	25,844	4.96	521,287	NM

New York	36	3,081,871	47.52	–	3,347,882	51.62	36	12,109	0.19	–	15,845	0.24	–	−266,011	−4.10	6,485,683	NY

North Carolina	13	1,237,258	57.97	13	890,167	41.71	–	1,263	0.06	–	5,682	0.27	–	347,091	16.26	2,134,370	NC

North Dakota	3	166,559	56.03	3	127,739	42.97	–	1,315	0.44	–	396	0.13	–	38,820	13.06	297,261	ND

Ohio	23	2,416,549	55.00	23	1,939,629	44.15	–	11,989	0.27	–	12,017	0.27	–	476,920	10.85	4,393,699	OH

Oklahoma	8	678,367	57.93	8	483,423	41.28	–	6,261	0.53	–	2,985	0.25	–	194,944	16.65	1,171,036	OK

Oregon	7	560,126	46.61	–	616,206	51.28	7	14,811	1.23	–	6,487	0.54	–	−56,080	−4.67	1,201,694	OR

Pennsylvania	25	2,300,087	50.70	25	2,194,944	48.39	–	12,051	0.27	–	4,379	0.10	–	105,143	2.32	4,536,251	PA

Rhode Island	4	177,761	43.93	–	225,123	55.64	4	825	0.20	–	280	0.07	–	−47,362	−11.71	404,620	RI

South Carolina	8	606,443	61.50	8	370,554	37.58	–	4,935	0.50	–	4,077	0.41	–	235,889	23.92	986,009	SC

South Dakota	3	165,415	52.85	3	145,560	46.51	–	1,060	0.34	–	730	0.23	–	19,855	6.34	312,991	SD

Tennessee	11	947,233	57.89	11	679,794	41.55	–	2,041	0.12	–	1,334	0.08	–	267,439	16.34	1,636,250	TN

Texas	29	3,036,829	55.95	29	2,352,748	43.35	–	30,355	0.56	–	7,208	0.13	–	684,081	12.60	5,427,410	TX

Utah	5	428,442	66.22	5	207,343	32.05	–	7,473	1.16	–	455	0.07	–	221,099	34.17	647,008	UT

Vermont	3	124,331	51.10	3	115,775	47.58	–	1,003	0.41	–	205	0.08	–	8,556	3.52	243,333	VT

Virginia	12	1,309,162	59.74	12	859,799	39.23	–	8,336	0.38	–	14,312	0.65	–	449,363	20.50	2,191,609	VA

Washington	10	903,835	48.46	–	933,516	50.05	10	17,240	0.92	–	3,520	0.19	–	−29,681	−1.59	1,865,253	WA

West Virginia	6	310,065	47.46	–	341,016	52.20	5	–	–	–	2,230	0.34	–	−30,951	−4.74	653,311	WV

Wisconsin	11	1,047,499	47.80	–	1,126,794	51.41	11	5,157	0.24	–	1,953	0.09	–	−79,295	−3.62	2,191,608	WI

Wyoming	3	106,867	60.53	3	67,113	38.01	–	2,026	1.15	–	545	0.31	–	39,754	22.52	176,551	WY

TOTALS:	538	48,886,597	53.37	426	41,809,476	45.65	111	431,750	0.47	–	217,221	0.24	–	7,077,121	7.73	91,594,686	US

Sentence(s)

As a Republican, George H.W. Bush won California by 3.57%.

final_sentence: As a Republican, George H.W. Bush won California by 3.57%.