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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Georgia

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Georgia in 1988, 59.8% to 39.5%, a margin of 20.3 points and 366,539 votes.

Georgia voted 12.5 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 135 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24. The largest, Fulton, cast 214,689 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.5 points. The closest was Clarke, where 4 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 1,081,331 59.8%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 714,792 39.5%
All other candidates 13,549 0.7%
Total1,809,672

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 120,752 56.2% 91,785 42.8% 2,152 214,689 D+13.5
Dekalb 92,521 50.2% 90,179 48.9% 1,550 184,250 D+1.3
Cobb 39,297 26.8% 106,621 72.7% 740 146,658 R+45.9
Gwinnett 20,948 23.8% 66,372 75.5% 620 87,940 R+51.7
Chatham 25,063 40.9% 35,623 58.1% 603 61,289 R+17.2
Richmond 20,489 42.5% 27,566 57.1% 203 48,258 R+14.7
Bibb 22,084 49.7% 22,179 50.0% 133 44,396 R+0.2
Clayton 14,689 34.1% 28,225 65.4% 223 43,137 R+31.4
Muscogee 18,772 44.7% 23,058 54.9% 170 42,000 R+10.2
Dougherty 12,579 41.2% 15,520 50.9% 2,418 30,517 R+9.6
Hall 7,782 30.7% 17,415 68.7% 147 25,344 R+38.0
Houston 8,664 35.2% 15,748 64.0% 185 24,597 R+28.8
Floyd 8,548 36.6% 14,697 62.8% 141 23,386 R+26.3
Clarke 11,154 49.7% 11,150 49.7% 148 22,452 level
Fayette 4,593 21.7% 16,443 77.8% 87 21,123 R+56.1
Columbia 4,617 21.9% 16,401 77.8% 76 21,094 R+55.9
Cherokee 4,378 22.9% 14,593 76.5% 117 19,088 R+53.5
Douglas 5,086 27.2% 13,493 72.2% 99 18,678 R+45.0
Glynn 6,339 36.0% 11,126 63.2% 146 17,611 R+27.2
Whitfield 4,618 26.5% 12,761 73.1% 72 17,451 R+46.7
Lowndes 6,427 37.1% 10,855 62.6% 51 17,333 R+25.5
Rockdale 4,330 25.7% 12,413 73.8% 83 16,826 R+48.0
Carroll 4,706 30.3% 10,754 69.2% 81 15,541 R+38.9
Henry 4,348 28.4% 10,882 71.1% 74 15,304 R+42.7
Walker 4,753 31.1% 10,487 68.6% 40 15,280 R+37.5
Troup 4,562 32.4% 9,484 67.3% 43 14,089 R+34.9
Coweta 4,212 30.2% 9,668 69.4% 49 13,929 R+39.2
Bartow 4,884 37.4% 8,039 61.6% 121 13,044 R+24.2
Catoosa 3,588 27.7% 9,319 72.0% 33 12,940 R+44.3
Spalding 4,318 35.6% 7,730 63.7% 90 12,138 R+28.1
Laurens 4,879 40.8% 6,929 57.9% 162 11,970 R+17.1
Forsyth 2,347 22.7% 7,947 76.8% 50 10,344 R+54.1
Thomas 3,530 34.8% 6,572 64.8% 43 10,145 R+30.0
Paulding 2,717 26.9% 7,329 72.6% 45 10,091 R+45.7
Baldwin 4,008 40.4% 5,852 59.0% 51 9,911 R+18.6
Bulloch 3,417 34.9% 6,354 64.9% 23 9,794 R+30.0
Ware 4,292 46.8% 4,819 52.6% 52 9,163 R+5.8
Walton 3,091 33.9% 5,974 65.6% 47 9,112 R+31.6
Newton 3,111 34.7% 5,809 64.8% 49 8,969 R+30.1
Colquitt 2,998 34.5% 5,653 65.0% 40 8,691 R+30.5
Polk 2,977 35.2% 5,454 64.5% 30 8,461 R+29.3
Gordon 2,369 28.1% 6,051 71.7% 25 8,445 R+43.6
Sumter 3,332 43.5% 4,289 55.9% 47 7,668 R+12.5
Upson 2,666 36.4% 4,614 63.1% 38 7,318 R+26.6
Tift 2,446 33.8% 4,760 65.8% 28 7,234 R+32.0
Barrow 2,442 33.8% 4,738 65.6% 38 7,218 R+31.8
Jackson 2,607 37.0% 4,407 62.6% 31 7,045 R+25.6
Habersham 2,114 30.1% 4,871 69.4% 29 7,014 R+39.3
Haralson 2,404 34.6% 4,529 65.2% 17 6,950 R+30.6
Coffee 2,777 40.7% 4,019 58.9% 26 6,822 R+18.2
Stephens 2,185 33.4% 4,329 66.1% 36 6,550 R+32.7
Fannin 2,123 33.0% 4,271 66.5% 33 6,427 R+33.4
Jones 2,662 42.2% 3,618 57.4% 22 6,302 R+15.2
Oconee 1,990 31.7% 4,265 67.9% 27 6,282 R+36.2
Decatur 2,348 37.6% 3,866 61.9% 27 6,241 R+24.3
Liberty 2,906 48.0% 3,100 51.2% 44 6,050 R+3.2
Meriwether 2,934 48.5% 3,101 51.3% 9 6,044 R+2.8
Emanuel 2,387 39.9% 3,530 59.0% 71 5,988 R+19.1
Chattooga 2,206 37.4% 3,665 62.2% 24 5,895 R+24.7
Burke 2,861 48.7% 2,988 50.9% 23 5,872 R+2.2
Effingham 1,905 32.5% 3,933 67.1% 21 5,859 R+34.6
Peach 2,972 51.3% 2,782 48.0% 42 5,796 D+3.3
Wayne 2,417 41.9% 3,340 57.9% 9 5,766 R+16.0
Murray 1,679 29.5% 3,996 70.1% 25 5,700 R+40.6
Toombs 1,152 20.5% 4,433 78.9% 34 5,619 R+58.4
Hart 2,476 44.6% 3,044 54.9% 27 5,547 R+10.2
Madison 1,639 30.4% 3,724 69.1% 26 5,389 R+38.7
Washington 2,615 48.6% 2,752 51.1% 16 5,383 R+2.5
Harris 1,905 35.7% 3,414 63.9% 20 5,339 R+28.3
Jefferson 2,346 45.5% 2,788 54.1% 17 5,151 R+8.6
Camden 2,090 41.4% 2,913 57.7% 47 5,050 R+16.3
McDuffie 1,704 34.3% 3,231 65.0% 33 4,968 R+30.7
Elbert 2,118 43.0% 2,796 56.8% 11 4,925 R+13.8
Grady 1,883 38.5% 2,989 61.1% 20 4,892 R+22.6
Tattnall 1,694 34.7% 3,172 65.0% 12 4,878 R+30.3
Dodge 2,164 44.4% 2,677 54.9% 31 4,872 R+10.5
Mitchell 2,260 46.5% 2,590 53.3% 10 4,860 R+6.8
Appling 1,837 37.8% 3,000 61.7% 22 4,859 R+23.9
Gilmer 1,363 28.7% 3,353 70.6% 30 4,746 R+41.9
Crisp 1,690 36.5% 2,916 62.9% 27 4,633 R+26.5
Monroe 1,970 43.2% 2,570 56.4% 18 4,558 R+13.2
Pickens 1,430 32.0% 3,021 67.5% 23 4,474 R+35.6
Franklin 1,842 41.3% 2,615 58.6% 8 4,465 R+17.3
Bryan 1,423 33.6% 2,802 66.2% 10 4,235 R+32.6
Worth 1,311 32.7% 2,668 66.6% 30 4,009 R+33.8
Lumpkin 1,286 32.2% 2,688 67.2% 26 4,000 R+35.1
Butts 1,730 44.1% 2,184 55.7% 10 3,924 R+11.6
Ben Hill 1,867 47.7% 2,005 51.2% 46 3,918 R+3.5
Lee 995 25.6% 2,875 74.0% 13 3,883 R+48.4
Macon 2,268 61.3% 1,412 38.2% 17 3,697 D+23.2
White 1,028 27.8% 2,648 71.6% 20 3,696 R+43.8
Dade 1,120 30.5% 2,539 69.2% 12 3,671 R+38.7
Union 1,258 34.3% 2,396 65.4% 10 3,664 R+31.1
Screven 1,461 39.9% 2,178 59.5% 20 3,659 R+19.6
Putnam 1,532 41.9% 2,111 57.7% 13 3,656 R+15.8
Brooks 1,500 41.1% 2,136 58.5% 13 3,649 R+17.4
Morgan 1,508 41.6% 2,108 58.1% 12 3,628 R+16.5
Rabun 1,301 36.1% 2,278 63.1% 29 3,608 R+27.1
Telfair 1,765 49.1% 1,805 50.2% 25 3,595 R+1.1
Lamar 1,416 40.2% 2,035 57.8% 68 3,519 R+17.6
Pierce 1,558 44.4% 1,947 55.5% 4 3,509 R+11.1
Berrien 1,381 40.4% 2,030 59.4% 9 3,420 R+19.0
Wilkinson 1,831 53.6% 1,546 45.3% 36 3,413 D+8.4
Wilkes 1,549 46.0% 1,810 53.7% 11 3,370 R+7.7
Jeff Davis 1,242 37.6% 2,050 62.0% 13 3,305 R+24.4
Early 1,359 41.4% 1,918 58.5% 4 3,281 R+17.0
Pike 1,176 35.9% 2,074 63.3% 24 3,274 R+27.4
Greene 1,818 55.8% 1,432 43.9% 10 3,260 D+11.8
Bleckley 1,175 37.4% 1,950 62.1% 13 3,138 R+24.7
Oglethorpe 1,154 37.0% 1,951 62.6% 11 3,116 R+25.6
Dooly 1,613 53.4% 1,386 45.9% 22 3,021 D+7.5
Brantley 1,450 48.2% 1,539 51.2% 18 3,007 R+3.0
Twiggs 1,730 57.6% 1,261 42.0% 14 3,005 D+15.6
Terrell 1,383 47.6% 1,517 52.2% 5 2,905 R+4.6
Pulaski 1,476 51.1% 1,400 48.5% 12 2,888 D+2.6
McIntosh 1,527 54.1% 1,273 45.1% 24 2,824 D+9.0
Cook 1,226 43.9% 1,555 55.7% 11 2,792 R+11.8
Evans 1,023 37.2% 1,707 62.0% 23 2,753 R+24.8
Towns 942 34.4% 1,783 65.1% 13 2,738 R+30.7
Randolph 1,369 50.8% 1,319 48.9% 7 2,695 D+1.9
Dawson 761 28.3% 1,908 71.0% 17 2,686 R+42.7
Jasper 1,188 44.4% 1,474 55.1% 14 2,676 R+10.7
Seminole 1,171 44.3% 1,469 55.5% 5 2,645 R+11.3
Crawford 1,340 51.6% 1,235 47.6% 22 2,597 D+4.0
Turner 1,122 43.2% 1,312 50.5% 163 2,597 R+7.3
Hancock 1,947 75.2% 621 24.0% 21 2,589 D+51.2
Banks 984 38.1% 1,590 61.6% 8 2,582 R+23.5
Johnson 927 37.2% 1,567 62.8% 2,494 R+25.7
Heard 874 35.9% 1,551 63.8% 7 2,432 R+27.8
Lincoln 893 38.4% 1,417 61.0% 14 2,324 R+22.5
Wilcox 1,079 46.5% 1,235 53.3% 5 2,319 R+6.7
Charlton 943 40.9% 1,327 57.6% 34 2,304 R+16.7
Taylor 1,134 49.6% 1,145 50.1% 5 2,284 R+0.5
Jenkins 953 42.4% 1,288 57.3% 7 2,248 R+14.9
Bacon 780 35.6% 1,407 64.1% 7 2,194 R+28.6
Irwin 918 42.7% 1,226 57.0% 7 2,151 R+14.3
Candler 877 40.9% 1,261 58.8% 6 2,144 R+17.9
Montgomery 903 42.3% 1,228 57.5% 5 2,136 R+15.2
Talbot 1,248 60.6% 802 38.9% 10 2,060 D+21.7
Atkinson 887 43.8% 1,126 55.6% 12 2,025 R+11.8
Warren 1,091 54.5% 897 44.8% 15 2,003 D+9.7
Stewart 1,136 57.6% 832 42.2% 5 1,973 D+15.4
Treutlen 726 42.8% 970 57.2% 1,696 R+14.4
Marion 844 51.1% 804 48.7% 4 1,652 D+2.4
Miller 515 31.7% 1,105 68.0% 5 1,625 R+36.3
Calhoun 901 58.1% 644 41.5% 6 1,551 D+16.6
Long 681 43.9% 858 55.3% 12 1,551 R+11.4
Clinch 594 40.5% 863 58.9% 8 1,465 R+18.4
Lanier 698 48.9% 725 50.8% 4 1,427 R+1.9
Wheeler 658 47.9% 709 51.6% 6 1,373 R+3.7
Baker 707 52.4% 629 46.7% 12 1,348 D+5.8
Schley 439 40.7% 635 58.9% 4 1,078 R+18.2
Clay 595 59.9% 398 40.0% 1 994 D+19.8
Chattahoochee 362 44.3% 454 55.6% 1 817 R+11.3
Glascock 210 26.6% 580 73.4% 790 R+46.8
Webster 427 54.1% 361 45.7% 2 790 D+8.4
Taliaferro 469 60.4% 306 39.4% 2 777 D+21.0
Quitman 436 59.1% 296 40.1% 6 738 D+19.0
Echols 245 36.6% 422 63.0% 3 670 R+26.4

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+2.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+5.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+7.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+5.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+16.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+11.7
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+1.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+0.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+20.4
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+14.8
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+33.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+50.4
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+8.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+25.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+33.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+39.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+42.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+83.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+13.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+55.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+44.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.4
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+23.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+45.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+21.0
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+36.3
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+42.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+32.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+30.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+44.1
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+28.5