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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Arkansas

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Arkansas in 1988, 56.4% to 42.2%, a margin of 14.2 points and 117,341 votes.

Arkansas voted 6.5 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 52 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 23. The largest, Pulaski, cast 128,333 votes and went to the Republican by 11.5 points. The closest was Nevada, where 18 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 466,578 56.4%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 349,237 42.2%
All other candidates 11,923 1.4%
Total827,738

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 55,857 43.5% 70,562 55.0% 1,914 128,333 R+11.5
Washington 12,557 34.3% 23,601 64.4% 500 36,658 R+30.1
Sebastian 9,684 28.1% 24,426 70.9% 322 34,432 R+42.8
Benton 9,399 27.6% 24,295 71.2% 416 34,110 R+43.7
Garland 11,406 36.0% 19,281 60.9% 955 31,642 R+24.9
Jefferson 16,664 56.0% 12,520 42.1% 568 29,752 D+13.9
Craighead 9,083 42.0% 11,887 55.0% 645 21,615 R+13.0
Saline 8,436 40.2% 12,353 58.9% 188 20,977 R+18.7
Faulkner 7,302 39.9% 10,678 58.4% 299 18,279 R+18.5
White 6,957 38.2% 11,094 60.8% 183 18,234 R+22.7
Union 5,931 34.4% 10,581 61.3% 744 17,256 R+26.9
Pope 4,941 32.7% 10,084 66.7% 98 15,123 R+34.0
Mississippi 6,759 45.4% 7,841 52.7% 288 14,888 R+7.3
Crittenden 6,702 46.6% 7,441 51.7% 241 14,384 R+5.1
Baxter 4,808 35.4% 8,614 63.4% 175 13,597 R+28.0
Crawford 3,582 27.9% 9,092 70.9% 158 12,832 R+42.9
Miller 5,437 43.1% 7,110 56.3% 82 12,629 R+13.2
Lonoke 4,786 39.6% 7,215 59.7% 89 12,090 R+20.1
Ouachita 5,229 43.4% 6,297 52.3% 517 12,043 R+8.9
Boone 3,998 33.8% 7,567 64.0% 251 11,816 R+30.2
Independence 4,523 40.4% 6,637 59.2% 48 11,208 R+18.9
Greene 5,065 49.1% 5,161 50.1% 84 10,310 R+0.9
Phillips 5,580 56.6% 3,892 39.5% 389 9,861 D+17.1
Columbia 3,706 37.8% 5,810 59.3% 286 9,802 R+21.5
Hot Spring 5,090 54.1% 4,181 44.5% 134 9,405 D+9.7
St. Francis 4,656 51.8% 4,298 47.9% 26 8,980 D+4.0
Ashley 4,466 51.6% 4,111 47.5% 82 8,659 D+4.1
Cleburne 3,404 40.6% 4,932 58.8% 45 8,381 R+18.2
Conway 4,134 50.2% 4,066 49.4% 39 8,239 D+0.8
Clark 4,675 57.5% 3,389 41.7% 66 8,130 D+15.8
Hempstead 3,841 49.2% 3,938 50.5% 20 7,799 R+1.2
Poinsett 3,873 51.2% 3,644 48.2% 49 7,566 D+3.0
Jackson 4,199 57.7% 3,049 41.9% 28 7,276 D+15.8
Carroll 2,632 36.3% 4,553 62.8% 68 7,253 R+26.5
Arkansas 3,075 42.7% 4,007 55.6% 123 7,205 R+12.9
Johnson 2,818 40.6% 4,046 58.3% 77 6,941 R+17.7
Sharp 2,955 44.7% 3,623 54.8% 34 6,612 R+10.1
Polk 2,390 36.2% 4,099 62.2% 106 6,595 R+25.9
Lawrence 3,179 49.5% 3,205 49.9% 37 6,421 R+0.4
Yell 2,763 43.6% 3,535 55.8% 33 6,331 R+12.2
Clay 3,442 55.2% 2,766 44.3% 32 6,240 D+10.8
Cross 2,989 48.1% 3,186 51.3% 37 6,212 R+3.2
Van Buren 2,607 42.0% 3,562 57.4% 40 6,209 R+15.4
Franklin 2,458 40.4% 3,588 58.9% 43 6,089 R+18.6
Drew 2,578 45.9% 2,995 53.3% 47 5,620 R+7.4
Izard 2,652 48.1% 2,824 51.2% 41 5,517 R+3.1
Desha 2,859 52.6% 2,334 42.9% 242 5,435 D+9.7
Randolph 2,781 51.3% 2,560 47.2% 77 5,418 D+4.1
Madison 2,106 40.3% 3,067 58.7% 50 5,223 R+18.4
Marion 2,033 39.3% 2,993 57.8% 152 5,178 R+18.5
Little River 2,740 53.5% 2,347 45.8% 32 5,119 D+7.7
Grant 2,142 43.7% 2,717 55.4% 45 4,904 R+11.7
Lee 2,878 59.8% 1,863 38.7% 71 4,812 D+21.1
Chicot 2,426 55.8% 1,901 43.7% 19 4,346 D+12.1
Howard 1,818 41.9% 2,510 57.9% 9 4,337 R+16.0
Sevier 2,037 47.1% 2,254 52.1% 36 4,327 R+5.0
Bradley 2,167 50.8% 2,089 48.9% 13 4,269 D+1.8
Scott 1,707 40.1% 2,507 58.8% 48 4,262 R+18.8
Searcy 1,340 32.3% 2,743 66.2% 60 4,143 R+33.9
Newton 1,489 36.9% 2,504 62.0% 46 4,039 R+25.1
Monroe 2,052 51.7% 1,862 46.9% 58 3,972 D+4.8
Stone 1,728 43.6% 2,186 55.2% 48 3,962 R+11.6
Dallas 1,990 50.3% 1,947 49.2% 21 3,958 D+1.1
Fulton 2,018 51.0% 1,918 48.5% 21 3,957 D+2.5
Lafayette 1,915 50.4% 1,860 48.9% 25 3,800 D+1.4
Pike 1,681 44.3% 2,105 55.4% 11 3,797 R+11.2
Lincoln 2,204 58.1% 1,557 41.0% 33 3,794 D+17.1
Prairie 1,688 46.2% 1,947 53.3% 21 3,656 R+7.1
Logan 1,254 35.8% 2,203 62.9% 47 3,504 R+27.1
Nevada 1,732 50.1% 1,714 49.6% 13 3,459 D+0.5
Montgomery 1,362 43.5% 1,752 56.0% 15 3,129 R+12.5
Perry 1,470 47.0% 1,627 52.0% 31 3,128 R+5.0
Woodruff 1,924 63.4% 1,097 36.2% 13 3,034 D+27.3
Cleveland 1,404 48.7% 1,462 50.7% 15 2,881 R+2.0
Calhoun 1,024 43.7% 1,316 56.1% 4 2,344 R+12.5

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+27.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.9
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+23.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+19.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+9.8
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+5.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+14.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+30.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.1
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+6.6
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+12.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+40.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+58.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+20.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+31.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+19.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+37.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+34.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+20.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+15.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+28.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+48.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+27.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+16.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.1
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+17.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.4