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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Kansas

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Kansas in 1988, 55.8% to 42.6%, a margin of 13.2 points and 131,413 votes.

Kansas voted 5.5 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 102 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 155,745 votes and went to the Republican by 13.2 points. The closest was Rush, where 25 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 554,049 55.8%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 422,636 42.6%
All other candidates 16,359 1.6%
Total993,044

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 65,618 42.1% 86,124 55.3% 4,003 155,745 R+13.2
Johnson 55,183 36.3% 95,591 62.8% 1,425 152,199 R+26.5
Shawnee 33,940 48.3% 35,489 50.6% 768 70,197 R+2.2
Wyandotte 38,678 66.2% 19,097 32.7% 624 58,399 D+33.5
Douglas 15,752 48.7% 16,149 49.9% 460 32,361 R+1.2
Reno 11,545 46.3% 12,753 51.1% 656 24,954 R+4.8
Saline 7,998 40.8% 11,371 58.0% 249 19,618 R+17.2
Butler 7,690 40.4% 10,976 57.6% 390 19,056 R+17.2
Leavenworth 8,797 46.6% 9,913 52.5% 160 18,870 R+5.9
Riley 7,283 42.8% 9,507 55.9% 217 17,007 R+13.1
Crawford 7,783 52.4% 6,940 46.7% 127 14,850 D+5.7
Montgomery 5,429 37.1% 9,067 62.0% 132 14,628 R+24.9
Cowley 6,186 43.3% 7,778 54.4% 322 14,286 R+11.1
Barton 5,024 38.4% 7,741 59.2% 310 13,075 R+20.8
Harvey 5,503 43.3% 6,893 54.2% 315 12,711 R+10.9
Lyon 5,314 43.1% 6,820 55.3% 200 12,334 R+12.2
McPherson 4,354 39.0% 6,563 58.8% 247 11,164 R+19.8
Ellis 5,289 49.6% 5,194 48.7% 189 10,672 D+0.9
Sumner 4,417 44.0% 5,394 53.7% 231 10,042 R+9.7
Ford 3,817 39.4% 5,685 58.6% 195 9,697 R+19.3
Labette 4,433 45.8% 5,125 52.9% 126 9,684 R+7.1
Miami 4,427 47.6% 4,807 51.7% 72 9,306 R+4.1
Finney 3,408 38.1% 5,381 60.1% 158 8,947 R+22.1
Franklin 3,592 42.4% 4,777 56.4% 96 8,465 R+14.0
Cherokee 4,069 48.4% 4,281 51.0% 52 8,402 R+2.5
Dickinson 2,870 35.5% 5,121 63.3% 101 8,092 R+27.8
Neosho 3,402 47.1% 3,739 51.8% 81 7,222 R+4.7
Atchison 3,177 48.0% 3,243 49.0% 194 6,614 R+1.0
Geary 2,721 41.4% 3,782 57.5% 70 6,573 R+16.1
Pottawatomie 2,544 38.8% 3,897 59.5% 108 6,549 R+20.7
Jefferson 2,810 43.3% 3,605 55.5% 77 6,492 R+12.2
Osage 2,840 44.1% 3,496 54.3% 99 6,435 R+10.2
Bourbon 2,623 41.4% 3,660 57.8% 49 6,332 R+16.4
Allen 2,392 40.6% 3,429 58.1% 77 5,898 R+17.6
Marion 2,024 34.6% 3,685 63.0% 141 5,850 R+28.4
Seward 1,655 28.5% 4,089 70.5% 53 5,797 R+42.0
Marshall 2,560 44.2% 3,140 54.2% 90 5,790 R+10.0
Nemaha 2,261 43.6% 2,849 55.0% 72 5,182 R+11.3
Cloud 2,022 39.4% 3,043 59.3% 63 5,128 R+19.9
Jackson 2,261 44.6% 2,759 54.4% 55 5,075 R+9.8
Brown 1,719 35.7% 3,059 63.6% 34 4,812 R+27.8
Rice 2,033 43.8% 2,503 53.9% 109 4,645 R+10.1
Wilson 1,545 35.5% 2,743 63.1% 58 4,346 R+27.6
Pratt 1,651 38.9% 2,505 59.0% 89 4,245 R+20.1
Clay 1,112 26.8% 2,997 72.1% 48 4,157 R+45.3
Russell 1,448 36.9% 2,403 61.2% 75 3,926 R+24.3
Coffey 1,246 32.2% 2,581 66.7% 43 3,870 R+34.5
Thomas 1,408 36.4% 2,342 60.5% 120 3,870 R+24.1
Kingman 1,420 37.8% 2,205 58.7% 129 3,754 R+20.9
Greenwood 1,421 38.2% 2,217 59.7% 78 3,716 R+21.4
Linn 1,497 40.6% 2,163 58.6% 31 3,691 R+18.0
Doniphan 1,312 37.3% 2,162 61.5% 40 3,514 R+24.2
Mitchell 1,145 33.1% 2,257 65.2% 60 3,462 R+32.1
Republic 1,069 30.9% 2,346 67.8% 47 3,462 R+36.9
Washington 1,063 31.4% 2,269 67.1% 48 3,380 R+35.7
Pawnee 1,474 43.7% 1,825 54.1% 74 3,373 R+10.4
Phillips 960 29.0% 2,316 69.9% 39 3,315 R+40.9
Anderson 1,466 44.7% 1,781 54.2% 36 3,283 R+9.6
Harper 1,235 37.8% 1,941 59.4% 92 3,268 R+21.6
Sherman 1,082 35.3% 1,929 62.9% 54 3,065 R+27.6
Rooks 1,012 33.7% 1,938 64.4% 57 3,007 R+30.8
Ellsworth 1,219 40.6% 1,711 57.0% 70 3,000 R+16.4
Smith 1,004 33.6% 1,951 65.3% 33 2,988 R+31.7
Wabaunsee 1,166 39.3% 1,737 58.5% 64 2,967 R+19.2
Morris 1,165 40.3% 1,682 58.1% 47 2,894 R+17.9
Norton 855 30.0% 1,923 67.5% 69 2,847 R+37.5
Ottawa 953 33.6% 1,836 64.8% 45 2,834 R+31.2
Stafford 1,121 40.9% 1,532 56.0% 85 2,738 R+15.0
Barber 1,118 41.3% 1,539 56.9% 49 2,706 R+15.6
Grant 907 34.9% 1,654 63.7% 36 2,597 R+28.8
Osborne 943 37.1% 1,541 60.6% 60 2,544 R+23.5
Scott 717 30.2% 1,590 66.9% 68 2,375 R+36.8
Stevens 612 26.5% 1,642 71.2% 53 2,307 R+44.6
Jewell 684 30.1% 1,546 68.0% 44 2,274 R+37.9
Ness 887 40.8% 1,230 56.6% 57 2,174 R+15.8
Rush 1,020 47.4% 1,045 48.5% 88 2,153 R+1.2
Decatur 793 36.9% 1,291 60.1% 64 2,148 R+23.2
Lincoln 796 38.6% 1,229 59.7% 35 2,060 R+21.0
Meade 664 32.7% 1,322 65.2% 42 2,028 R+32.4
Rawlins 612 30.9% 1,318 66.5% 53 1,983 R+35.6
Chautauqua 661 34.2% 1,247 64.5% 26 1,934 R+30.3
Gray 696 36.3% 1,180 61.6% 41 1,917 R+25.2
Graham 702 37.6% 1,139 61.0% 27 1,868 R+23.4
Woodson 761 41.2% 1,062 57.5% 24 1,847 R+16.3
Edwards 792 43.0% 993 53.9% 58 1,843 R+10.9
Trego 795 43.4% 979 53.5% 57 1,831 R+10.0
Kiowa 485 27.0% 1,276 71.1% 34 1,795 R+44.1
Cheyenne 594 34.1% 1,105 63.4% 44 1,743 R+29.3
Elk 608 35.6% 1,075 63.0% 23 1,706 R+27.4
Gove 663 39.4% 966 57.4% 55 1,684 R+18.0
Morton 569 34.1% 1,074 64.3% 26 1,669 R+30.3
Kearny 524 32.2% 1,073 66.0% 28 1,625 R+33.8
Sheridan 600 38.6% 901 57.9% 55 1,556 R+19.3
Logan 503 32.8% 988 64.4% 44 1,535 R+31.6
Chase 538 36.9% 884 60.6% 36 1,458 R+23.7
Haskell 427 29.9% 964 67.4% 39 1,430 R+37.6
Hamilton 517 38.7% 801 60.0% 17 1,335 R+21.3
Clark 409 31.1% 876 66.6% 30 1,315 R+35.5
Lane 450 36.0% 768 61.4% 32 1,250 R+25.4
Hodgeman 439 36.2% 732 60.4% 41 1,212 R+24.2
Wichita 399 34.8% 721 62.8% 28 1,148 R+28.0
Comanche 375 33.4% 738 65.7% 10 1,123 R+32.3
Stanton 310 32.6% 592 62.3% 48 950 R+29.7
Wallace 257 27.3% 655 69.6% 29 941 R+42.3
Greeley 317 37.2% 506 59.3% 30 853 R+22.2

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7