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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Louisiana

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Louisiana in 1988, 54.3% to 45.1%, a margin of 9.2 points and 149,421 votes.

Louisiana voted 1.5 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 37 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 26. The largest, Orleans, cast 183,800 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.5 points. The closest was Red River, where 54 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George H. W. Bush won	Republican	883,702	54.3%
Michael Dukakis	Democratic	734,281	45.1%
All other candidates		10,219	0.6%
Total		1,628,202

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Orleans	119,037 64.8%	64,763 35.2%	183,800	D+29.5
Jefferson	55,428 33.3%	110,942 66.7%	166,370	R+33.4
East Baton Rouge	60,793 41.2%	86,791 58.8%	147,584	R+17.6
Caddo	39,904 42.3%	54,498 57.7%	94,402	R+15.5
Calcasieu	34,451 53.7%	29,649 46.3%	64,100	D+7.5
Lafayette	25,010 40.6%	36,648 59.4%	61,658	R+18.9
St. Tammany	16,489 30.1%	38,334 69.9%	54,823	R+39.8
Ouachita	16,434 32.7%	33,858 67.3%	50,292	R+34.6
Rapides	18,914 38.7%	29,977 61.3%	48,891	R+22.6
St. Landry	19,667 55.5%	15,790 44.5%	35,457	D+10.9
Terrebonne	13,467 41.8%	18,745 58.2%	32,212	R+16.4
Lafourche	16,027 49.8%	16,152 50.2%	32,179	R+0.4
St. Bernard	12,127 38.2%	19,609 61.8%	31,736	R+23.6
Tangipahoa	14,019 45.7%	16,669 54.3%	30,688	R+8.6
Bossier	9,278 30.8%	20,807 69.2%	30,085	R+38.3
Iberia	12,893 45.5%	15,438 54.5%	28,331	R+9.0
Livingston	9,964 38.7%	15,779 61.3%	25,743	R+22.6
Ascension	12,514 53.8%	10,726 46.2%	23,240	D+7.7
Acadia	11,791 51.0%	11,319 49.0%	23,110	D+2.0
St. Mary	10,778 48.3%	11,540 51.7%	22,318	R+3.4
Vermilion	12,742 58.0%	9,224 42.0%	21,966	D+16.0
St. Martin	10,588 58.4%	7,541 41.6%	18,129	D+16.8
Washington	8,720 48.2%	9,374 51.8%	18,094	R+3.6
St. Charles	8,310 46.2%	9,685 53.8%	17,995	R+7.6
Webster	7,601 42.7%	10,204 57.3%	17,805	R+14.6
St. John The Baptist	8,755 54.0%	7,464 46.0%	16,219	D+8.0
Avoyelles	7,941 50.9%	7,659 49.1%	15,600	D+1.8
Evangeline	7,963 51.7%	7,437 48.3%	15,400	D+3.4
Iberville	8,981 60.5%	5,855 39.5%	14,836	D+21.1
Lincoln	5,804 39.6%	8,853 60.4%	14,657	R+20.8
Natchitoches	6,509 47.4%	7,224 52.6%	13,733	R+5.2
Jefferson Davis	6,940 54.3%	5,851 45.7%	12,791	D+8.5
Vernon	5,308 41.6%	7,453 58.4%	12,761	R+16.8
Morehouse	4,805 39.6%	7,335 60.4%	12,140	R+20.8
Beauregard	4,818 42.7%	6,466 57.3%	11,284	R+14.6
Pointe Coupee	6,597 60.4%	4,333 39.6%	10,930	D+20.7
St. James	6,920 64.6%	3,799 35.4%	10,719	D+29.1
Desoto	5,494 52.2%	5,022 47.8%	10,516	D+4.5
Plaquemines	4,209 40.9%	6,084 59.1%	10,293	R+18.2
Assumption	5,978 59.8%	4,017 40.2%	9,995	D+19.6
Union	3,469 37.0%	5,900 63.0%	9,369	R+25.9
Allen	5,315 59.1%	3,674 40.9%	8,989	D+18.3
Franklin	3,356 37.8%	5,520 62.2%	8,876	R+24.4
West Baton Rouge	4,829 54.9%	3,972 45.1%	8,801	D+9.7
Concordia	3,724 42.5%	5,037 57.5%	8,761	R+15.0
Sabine	3,774 44.2%	4,767 55.8%	8,541	R+11.6
Richland	3,089 37.1%	5,226 62.9%	8,315	R+25.7
Bienville	3,857 51.2%	3,680 48.8%	7,537	D+2.3
East Feliciana	3,822 52.0%	3,527 48.0%	7,349	D+4.0
Jackson	2,998 41.4%	4,251 58.6%	7,249	R+17.3
Grant	2,843 39.2%	4,402 60.8%	7,245	R+21.5
Winn	2,892 41.0%	4,165 59.0%	7,057	R+18.0
Claiborne	3,251 46.4%	3,756 53.6%	7,007	R+7.2
La Salle	1,800 28.3%	4,559 71.7%	6,359	R+43.4
St. Helena	3,147 61.1%	2,006 38.9%	5,153	D+22.1
Catahoula	2,088 42.2%	2,862 57.8%	4,950	R+15.6
Madison	2,577 52.5%	2,334 47.5%	4,911	D+4.9
West Carroll	1,720 35.9%	3,077 64.1%	4,797	R+28.3
Red River	2,320 50.6%	2,266 49.4%	4,586	D+1.2
Caldwell	1,562 34.3%	2,997 65.7%	4,559	R+31.5
West Feliciana	2,235 54.7%	1,854 45.3%	4,089	D+9.3
Cameron	2,295 56.4%	1,775 43.6%	4,070	D+12.8
East Carroll	1,924 55.6%	1,536 44.4%	3,460	D+11.2
Tensas	1,645 50.0%	1,645 50.0%	3,290	level

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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