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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Alabama

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Alabama in 1988, 59.2% to 39.9%, a margin of 19.3 points and 266,070 votes.

Alabama voted 11.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+7.7.

The Republican hold continued from 1984, when Ronald Reagan won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 16. The largest, Jefferson, cast 257,833 votes and went to the Republican by 15.9 points. The closest was Etowah, where 66 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George H. W. Bush won Republican 815,576 59.2%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 549,506 39.9%
All other candidates 13,394 1.0%
Total1,378,476

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 107,766 41.8% 148,879 57.7% 1,188 257,833 R+15.9
Mobile 45,524 38.4% 72,203 60.9% 870 118,597 R+22.5
Madison 25,800 32.3% 53,575 67.1% 519 79,894 R+34.8
Montgomery 28,709 40.8% 41,131 58.4% 551 70,391 R+17.6
Tuscaloosa 18,166 39.7% 27,396 59.9% 196 45,758 R+20.2
Etowah 17,762 49.5% 17,828 49.7% 301 35,891 R+0.2
Baldwin 9,271 26.0% 25,933 72.8% 394 35,598 R+46.8
Shelby 7,138 20.8% 27,052 78.8% 124 34,314 R+58.0
Calhoun 12,451 36.7% 19,806 58.3% 1,711 33,968 R+21.7
Morgan 10,594 36.0% 18,679 63.5% 124 29,397 R+27.5
Houston 7,001 25.9% 19,989 73.9% 71 27,061 R+48.0
Lee 9,078 34.0% 17,180 64.4% 425 26,683 R+30.4
Lauderdale 12,862 49.1% 12,942 49.4% 376 26,180 R+0.3
Cullman 8,517 36.7% 14,351 61.9% 329 23,197 R+25.1
Walker 11,338 49.9% 11,011 48.5% 351 22,700 D+1.4
Talladega 8,291 38.6% 12,973 60.3% 242 21,506 R+21.8
Marshall 7,357 36.9% 12,148 60.9% 442 19,947 R+24.0
De Kalb 7,333 38.7% 11,478 60.6% 129 18,940 R+21.9
Colbert 10,397 56.5% 7,775 42.2% 232 18,404 D+14.2
Dallas 9,660 55.4% 7,630 43.8% 133 17,423 D+11.7
Elmore 4,501 29.0% 10,852 69.8% 186 15,539 R+40.9
St. Clair 4,335 28.9% 10,604 70.7% 58 14,997 R+41.8
Limestone 5,455 37.0% 9,086 61.6% 219 14,760 R+24.6
Jackson 7,418 54.3% 6,090 44.6% 161 13,669 D+9.7
Blount 4,485 33.1% 8,754 64.6% 309 13,548 R+31.5
Coffee 4,319 32.3% 8,890 66.6% 146 13,355 R+34.2
Tallapoosa 4,598 34.6% 8,502 63.9% 198 13,298 R+29.4
Russell 6,589 50.4% 6,333 48.4% 164 13,086 D+2.0
Chambers 5,103 39.4% 7,694 59.4% 159 12,956 R+20.0
Dale 3,476 26.9% 9,266 71.8% 163 12,905 R+44.9
Chilton 3,820 30.3% 8,761 69.4% 42 12,623 R+39.1
Covington 3,845 31.8% 8,130 67.3% 98 12,073 R+35.5
Autauga 3,667 31.5% 7,828 67.2% 159 11,654 R+35.7
Escambia 4,020 36.7% 6,807 62.1% 127 10,954 R+25.4
Marion 4,505 42.9% 5,955 56.7% 37 10,497 R+13.8
Franklin 4,961 48.4% 5,146 50.2% 134 10,241 R+1.8
Clarke 4,217 42.1% 5,708 57.0% 95 10,020 R+14.9
Pike 3,813 38.8% 5,897 60.0% 111 9,821 R+21.2
Winston 2,954 32.0% 6,235 67.6% 36 9,225 R+35.6
Monroe 3,509 39.2% 5,379 60.1% 66 8,954 R+20.9
Barbour 3,836 43.1% 4,958 55.7% 105 8,899 R+12.6
Marengo 4,402 50.5% 4,241 48.6% 82 8,725 D+1.8
Geneva 2,685 31.7% 5,703 67.3% 84 8,472 R+35.6
Lawrence 4,646 55.2% 3,616 43.0% 155 8,417 D+12.2
Macon 6,351 81.9% 1,304 16.8% 101 7,756 D+65.1
Fayette 3,186 42.2% 4,338 57.4% 33 7,557 R+15.2
Butler 3,465 46.5% 3,923 52.6% 71 7,459 R+6.1
Randolph 2,462 34.1% 4,625 64.0% 137 7,224 R+29.9
Washington 3,402 47.5% 3,741 52.2% 20 7,163 R+4.7
Choctaw 3,491 49.0% 3,629 50.9% 11 7,131 R+1.9
Pickens 3,107 44.5% 3,851 55.2% 24 6,982 R+10.7
Sumter 4,390 66.2% 2,212 33.4% 28 6,630 D+32.9
Conecuh 3,022 47.5% 3,256 51.2% 79 6,357 R+3.7
Cherokee 3,176 52.1% 2,868 47.0% 57 6,101 D+5.0
Henry 2,206 37.7% 3,613 61.8% 25 5,844 R+24.1
Perry 3,574 62.1% 2,107 36.6% 77 5,758 D+25.5
Hale 3,187 56.4% 2,414 42.7% 51 5,652 D+13.7
Lamar 2,274 41.4% 3,214 58.5% 8 5,496 R+17.1
Clay 1,602 30.6% 3,496 66.7% 140 5,238 R+36.2
Bibb 2,244 43.6% 2,885 56.1% 17 5,146 R+12.5
Wilcox 3,369 65.8% 1,739 34.0% 10 5,118 D+31.8
Lowndes 3,328 69.7% 1,405 29.4% 43 4,776 D+40.3
Bullock 3,122 68.1% 1,421 31.0% 41 4,584 D+37.1
Cleburne 1,383 30.8% 3,071 68.4% 36 4,490 R+37.6
Crenshaw 1,836 41.0% 2,617 58.4% 25 4,478 R+17.4
Greene 3,295 75.3% 1,048 23.9% 34 4,377 D+51.3
Coosa 1,860 43.4% 2,405 56.2% 18 4,283 R+12.7

Counties as they stood in 1988; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5