page_title: 1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
section_title: Results by municipality
hierarchical_section_title: 1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts / Results / Results by municipality
caption_attribution_description: English: Massachusetts presidential election results by municipality, November 1988
context_page_description: The 1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
  Massachusetts voted for Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, the state's own governor, over Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush. The Commonwealth was both candidates' birth state and 1988 was the most recent cycle in which both major party candidates have shared a birth state.
  Dukakis, then the sitting Governor of Massachusetts, won his home state with 53.23% of the vote to Bush's 45.38%, a 7.85% margin of victory. This made it one of 10 states to vote for Dukakis, while Bush won a convincing electoral victory nationwide.
  Massachusetts was a solid 16% more Democratic than the national average in the 1988 election.
  Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960.
caption: Results by town. Blue indicates towns carried by Michael Dukakis, red indicates towns carried by George H.W. Bush
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