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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Michigan

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Michigan in 1988, 53.6% to 45.7%, a margin of 7.9 points and 289,703 votes.

Michigan voted 0.2 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 67 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 16. The largest, Wayne, cast 748,156 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.1 points. The closest was Dickinson, where 29 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 1,965,486 53.6%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 1,675,783 45.7%
All other candidates 27,894 0.8%
Total3,669,163

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 450,222 60.2% 291,996 39.0% 5,938 748,156 D+21.1
Oakland 174,745 37.8% 283,359 61.3% 4,384 462,488 R+23.5
Macomb 112,856 38.8% 175,632 60.3% 2,627 291,115 R+21.6
Kent 73,467 35.5% 131,910 63.8% 1,465 206,842 R+28.3
Genesee 104,880 59.3% 70,922 40.1% 1,057 176,859 D+19.2
Washtenaw 61,799 52.4% 55,029 46.7% 1,092 117,920 D+5.7
Ingham 55,984 48.5% 58,363 50.6% 1,088 115,435 R+2.1
Kalamazoo 39,457 43.7% 50,205 55.6% 573 90,235 R+11.9
Saginaw 45,616 51.5% 42,401 47.9% 549 88,566 D+3.6
Ottawa 18,769 23.2% 61,515 76.2% 445 80,729 R+52.9
Muskegon 28,977 46.1% 33,567 53.4% 363 62,907 R+7.3
Berrien 21,948 36.5% 37,799 62.8% 436 60,183 R+26.3
Jackson 21,865 39.0% 33,885 60.4% 377 56,127 R+21.4
St. Clair 20,909 39.0% 32,336 60.3% 413 53,658 R+21.3
Calhoun 22,717 45.6% 26,771 53.8% 299 49,787 R+8.1
Bay 28,225 57.4% 20,710 42.1% 217 49,152 D+15.3
Monroe 21,847 45.2% 26,189 54.2% 288 48,324 R+9.0
Livingston 13,749 30.2% 31,331 68.8% 466 45,546 R+38.6
Eaton 15,322 38.5% 24,193 60.8% 291 39,806 R+22.3
Midland 13,452 39.8% 19,994 59.1% 371 33,817 R+19.3
Allegan 10,785 32.5% 22,163 66.8% 240 33,188 R+34.3
Lenawee 13,690 41.4% 19,115 57.8% 243 33,048 R+16.4
Shiawassee 13,056 45.4% 15,506 53.9% 186 28,748 R+8.5
Lapeer 10,736 38.8% 16,670 60.2% 291 27,697 R+21.4
Grand Traverse 10,098 36.7% 17,191 62.5% 236 27,525 R+25.8
Marquette 15,418 56.5% 11,704 42.9% 145 27,267 D+13.6
Van Buren 10,668 42.0% 14,522 57.2% 210 25,400 R+15.2
Clinton 9,225 37.1% 15,497 62.4% 115 24,837 R+25.3
Tuscola 9,060 42.6% 12,093 56.9% 101 21,254 R+14.3
Barry 7,983 38.6% 12,546 60.7% 152 20,681 R+22.1
Ionia 8,160 40.1% 12,028 59.1% 181 20,369 R+19.0
St. Joseph 7,017 34.7% 13,084 64.8% 95 20,196 R+30.0
Montcalm 7,664 40.9% 10,963 58.5% 127 18,754 R+17.6
Isabella 7,960 43.1% 10,362 56.1% 160 18,482 R+13.0
Cass 7,444 41.9% 10,229 57.6% 83 17,756 R+15.7
Sanilac 5,445 33.6% 10,653 65.7% 109 16,207 R+32.1
Delta 8,891 55.3% 7,114 44.3% 60 16,065 D+11.1
Hillsdale 4,763 30.8% 10,571 68.3% 145 15,479 R+37.5
Newaygo 5,389 35.0% 9,896 64.3% 100 15,385 R+29.3
Huron 5,714 37.6% 9,419 61.9% 81 15,214 R+24.4
Branch 5,231 36.0% 9,225 63.5% 75 14,531 R+27.5
Gratiot 5,719 40.2% 8,447 59.4% 64 14,230 R+19.2
Houghton 6,510 47.5% 7,098 51.8% 86 13,694 R+4.3
Alpena 6,341 48.6% 6,664 51.0% 49 13,054 R+2.5
Mecosta 4,736 36.5% 8,181 63.0% 64 12,981 R+26.5
Dickinson 6,129 49.7% 6,158 49.9% 56 12,343 R+0.2
Iosco 4,929 40.3% 7,234 59.2% 62 12,225 R+18.9
Chippewa 5,222 43.3% 6,786 56.2% 60 12,068 R+13.0
Mason 4,531 39.7% 6,800 59.6% 82 11,413 R+19.9
Emmet 4,170 36.6% 7,105 62.4% 111 11,386 R+25.8
Clare 4,710 45.1% 5,661 54.2% 77 10,448 R+9.1
Menominee 4,918 47.3% 5,440 52.3% 48 10,406 R+5.0
Wexford 4,287 41.2% 6,043 58.1% 76 10,406 R+16.9
Roscommon 4,394 42.6% 5,866 56.9% 43 10,303 R+14.3
Manistee 4,765 46.7% 5,368 52.6% 77 10,210 R+5.9
Charlevoix 3,875 39.7% 5,802 59.4% 85 9,762 R+19.7
Cheboygan 3,943 42.0% 5,395 57.5% 42 9,380 R+15.5
Oceana 3,356 36.8% 5,693 62.5% 65 9,114 R+25.6
Gladwin 4,164 46.3% 4,746 52.8% 76 8,986 R+6.5
Gogebic 5,151 59.3% 3,509 40.4% 31 8,691 D+18.9
Leelanau 3,331 38.6% 5,215 60.5% 73 8,619 R+21.9
Antrim 3,159 37.4% 5,231 61.9% 54 8,444 R+24.5
Ogemaw 4,012 49.2% 4,091 50.2% 47 8,150 R+1.0
Osceola 2,860 35.2% 5,218 64.3% 43 8,121 R+29.0
Otsego 2,635 36.1% 4,620 63.3% 43 7,298 R+27.2
Presque Isle 3,025 45.3% 3,614 54.1% 40 6,679 R+8.8
Iron 3,774 56.5% 2,866 42.9% 34 6,674 D+13.6
Arenac 3,211 51.0% 3,064 48.6% 25 6,300 D+2.3
Benzie 2,437 42.5% 3,240 56.5% 55 5,732 R+14.0
Kalkaska 2,092 38.0% 3,369 61.2% 43 5,504 R+23.2
Mackinac 2,093 39.9% 3,127 59.7% 22 5,242 R+19.7
Missaukee 1,621 31.0% 3,566 68.3% 37 5,224 R+37.2
Crawford 1,825 36.7% 3,097 62.3% 51 4,973 R+25.6
Alcona 1,918 39.1% 2,966 60.5% 21 4,905 R+21.4
Ontonagon 2,517 55.2% 2,023 44.3% 22 4,562 D+10.8
Montmorency 1,563 38.1% 2,514 61.3% 23 4,100 R+23.2
Alger 2,210 54.4% 1,830 45.1% 19 4,059 D+9.4
Schoolcraft 2,071 53.3% 1,802 46.4% 13 3,886 D+6.9
Lake 1,958 52.9% 1,713 46.3% 27 3,698 D+6.6
Baraga 1,753 51.5% 1,630 47.9% 21 3,404 D+3.6
Oscoda 1,170 36.9% 1,972 62.3% 25 3,167 R+25.3
Luce 864 35.7% 1,528 63.2% 25 2,417 R+27.5
Keweenaw 631 53.9% 536 45.8% 3 1,170 D+8.1

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0