# 1988 United States presidential election in Arizona

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The 1988 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Arizona 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.
Arizona weighed in for this election as 14 points more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Arizona, with nearly 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties. Nearly every county turned out for Bush, with the exception of Native American Apache County and heavily unionized Greenlee County voting primarily for Dukakis.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion when the counties of Coconino, Pima and Santa Cruz have voted for the Republican presidential candidate.
Bush won the election in the traditionally conservative and Republican state of Arizona with a solid 21-point margin.

## Results

1988 United States presidential election in Arizona :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 702,541 | 59.95% | 7 |
| | Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 454,029 | 38.74% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Ron Paul | 13,351 | 1.14% | 0 |
| | New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 1,662 | 0.14% | 0 |
| | Independent | Eugene McCarthy (write-in) | 159 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Populist | David Duke (write-in) | 113 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | American | Delmar Dennis (write-in) | 18 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 1,171,873 | 100.00% | 7 |

### Results by county

| County | George H.W. Bush Republican | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Ron Paul Libertarian | Ron Paul Libertarian | Lenora Fulani New Alliance | Lenora Fulani New Alliance | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Apache | 5,347 | 36.76% | 8,944 | 61.50% | 224 | 1.54% | 26 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.02% | -3,597 | -24.74% | 14,544 |
| Cochise | 15,815 | 56.38% | 11,812 | 42.11% | 362 | 1.29% | 49 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.04% | 4,003 | 14.27% | 28,050 |
| Coconino | 16,649 | 51.80% | 14,660 | 45.61% | 757 | 2.36% | 56 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.06% | 1,989 | 6.19% | 32,140 |
| Gila | 7,861 | 51.38% | 7,147 | 46.72% | 254 | 1.66% | 35 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.01% | 714 | 4.66% | 15,299 |
| Graham | 5,120 | 59.18% | 3,407 | 39.38% | 97 | 1.12% | 24 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,713 | 19.80% | 8,652 |
| Greenlee | 1,526 | 46.21% | 1,733 | 52.48% | 37 | 1.12% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -207 | -6.27% | 3,302 |
| La Paz | 2,562 | 58.55% | 1,746 | 39.90% | 62 | 1.42% | 6 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 816 | 18.65% | 4,376 |
| Maricopa | 442,337 | 64.90% | 230,952 | 33.89% | 7,199 | 1.06% | 885 | 0.13% | 145 | 0.02% | 211,385 | 31.01% | 681,518 |
| Mohave | 17,651 | 62.40% | 10,197 | 36.05% | 381 | 1.35% | 33 | 0.12% | 24 | 0.08% | 7,454 | 26.35% | 28,286 |
| Navajo | 10,393 | 52.82% | 9,023 | 45.86% | 217 | 1.10% | 42 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,370 | 6.96% | 19,677 |
| Pima | 117,899 | 50.28% | 113,824 | 48.54% | 2,393 | 1.02% | 314 | 0.13% | 43 | 0.02% | 4,075 | 1.74% | 234,473 |
| Pinal | 14,966 | 51.29% | 13,850 | 47.46% | 318 | 1.09% | 41 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.02% | 1,116 | 3.83% | 29,180 |
| Santa Cruz | 3,320 | 49.63% | 3,268 | 48.85% | 89 | 1.33% | 13 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 52 | 0.78% | 6,690 |
| Yavapai | 27,842 | 64.44% | 14,514 | 33.59% | 733 | 1.70% | 97 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.05% | 13,328 | 30.85% | 43,206 |
| Yuma | 13,253 | 58.95% | 8,952 | 39.82% | 228 | 1.01% | 35 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.05% | 4,301 | 19.13% | 22,480 |
| Totals | 702,541 | 59.95% | 454,029 | 38.74% | 13,351 | 1.14% | 1,662 | 0.14% | 290 | 0.02% | 248,512 | 21.21% | 1,171,873 |

### Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 13, 1988.
| Michael Dukakis & Lloyd Bentsen Democratic Party | George H. W. Bush & Dan Quayle Republican Party | Ron Paul & Andre Marrou Libertarian Party | Lenora Fulani & Wynonia Burke New Alliance Party |
| Sharon L. BarryGlenn DavisLeroy DysonGloria V. FurmanMilton T. HagedornWilliam E. HegartyJanet Napolitano | Joe CastilloBetty ClineDonald John EganClara B. EmmettJoan HeskettCharles M. LemonMary E. van Fredenberg | Robert R. BulechekStephen ClarkClara B. DavisKathy L. HarrerDonald MarkowskiPeter G. SchaerlJohn E. Smith II | Wynonia Brewington BurkeGregory LeVor CampbellJoyce A. HookerCarolyn T. LoweryBillie C. MillsThebe E. MonyamaneCurtis Dwight Treable II |
| Eugene McCarthy Independent | David Duke & Floyd Parker Populist Party | Delmar Dennis & Earl Jeppson American Party |
| Harold Edward BaranoffLarry D. CampbellLorain KadishBarbara Gail McSpaddenThomas MudrickJohn R. WingoStockton M. Wingo | William BlauHerman BoazRobert R. CarlsonBilly R. ChandlerEdna T. GipsonMargaret E. JonesJames T. Simmons | Joann ChurchKenneth E. ChurchBarbara L. McKissickEllen Marie NewmanMitchell A. NewmanRaymond H. SolomonWinona O. Solomon |