page_title: 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi
hierarchical_section_title: 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi
context_page_description: The 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
  Mississippi 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.
  Mississippi weighed in for this election as thirteen percentage points more Republican than the national average.
context_section_description: The 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
  Mississippi 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.
  Mississippi weighed in for this election as thirteen percentage points more Republican than the national average.
caption: County Results
  
  
   
  
  
  
  Bush
  
    40–50%
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
   
  
  
  Dukakis
  
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%