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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Idaho

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Idaho in 1988, 62.1% to 36.0%, a margin of 26.1 points and 106,609 votes.

Idaho voted 18.4 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 39 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Ada, cast 87,334 votes and went to the Republican by 28.0 points. The closest was Lewis, where 21 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 253,881 62.1%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 147,272 36.0%
All other candidates 7,815 1.9%
Total408,968

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 30,525 35.0% 54,951 62.9% 1,858 87,334 R+28.0
Canyon 10,207 31.5% 21,426 66.1% 763 32,396 R+34.6
Bonneville 7,032 23.3% 22,613 75.0% 502 30,147 R+51.7
Bannock 13,074 45.7% 14,986 52.4% 541 28,601 R+6.7
Kootenai 11,621 42.8% 15,093 55.6% 416 27,130 R+12.8
Twin Falls 7,078 34.1% 13,243 63.9% 413 20,734 R+29.7
Nez Perce 7,754 51.6% 7,027 46.8% 239 15,020 D+4.8
Bingham 4,346 29.6% 10,131 68.9% 228 14,705 R+39.3
Latah 6,544 49.8% 6,367 48.5% 225 13,136 D+1.3
Bonner 5,555 48.5% 5,721 49.9% 179 11,455 R+1.4
Madison 1,009 13.8% 6,197 84.9% 96 7,302 R+71.0
Cassia 1,833 25.2% 5,345 73.3% 110 7,288 R+48.2
Minidoka 2,290 32.6% 4,623 65.7% 120 7,033 R+33.2
Jefferson 1,198 18.0% 5,295 79.6% 156 6,649 R+61.6
Jerome 1,985 33.3% 3,830 64.3% 140 5,955 R+31.0
Elmore 2,078 35.1% 3,756 63.5% 85 5,919 R+28.3
Idaho 2,198 37.4% 3,541 60.3% 132 5,871 R+22.9
Payette 1,900 32.7% 3,786 65.2% 123 5,809 R+32.5
Blaine 2,498 43.4% 3,130 54.4% 127 5,755 R+11.0
Shoshone 3,379 60.5% 2,134 38.2% 73 5,586 D+22.3
Gem 2,064 40.1% 2,926 56.9% 152 5,142 R+16.8
Gooding 1,872 38.4% 2,908 59.6% 96 4,876 R+21.2
Fremont 1,178 25.3% 3,401 73.1% 73 4,652 R+47.8
Franklin 806 20.8% 2,992 77.3% 73 3,871 R+56.5
Washington 1,359 35.4% 2,380 62.0% 101 3,840 R+26.6
Clearwater 1,861 51.5% 1,659 45.9% 97 3,617 D+5.6
Lemhi 1,157 32.2% 2,378 66.2% 55 3,590 R+34.0
Benewah 1,518 46.9% 1,650 51.0% 70 3,238 R+4.1
Boundary 1,336 41.7% 1,800 56.2% 66 3,202 R+14.5
Valley 1,251 39.2% 1,897 59.4% 47 3,195 R+20.2
Caribou 867 27.6% 2,239 71.2% 38 3,144 R+43.6
Power 1,095 36.7% 1,838 61.7% 48 2,981 R+24.9
Bear Lake 867 29.1% 2,084 69.9% 29 2,980 R+40.8
Owyhee 848 32.2% 1,707 64.8% 79 2,634 R+32.6
Custer 616 32.5% 1,253 66.1% 27 1,896 R+33.6
Oneida 508 28.1% 1,269 70.1% 33 1,810 R+42.0
Adams 643 35.7% 1,107 61.5% 49 1,799 R+25.8
Boise 620 36.3% 1,044 61.1% 46 1,710 R+24.8
Lewis 807 50.1% 786 48.8% 19 1,612 D+1.3
Teton 531 34.8% 982 64.3% 14 1,527 R+29.5
Lincoln 574 37.6% 918 60.2% 33 1,525 R+22.6
Butte 521 36.1% 899 62.3% 24 1,444 R+26.2
Camas 136 31.1% 288 65.9% 13 437 R+34.8
Clark 133 31.6% 281 66.7% 7 421 R+35.2

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)