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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Minnesota

Michael Dukakis (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Minnesota in 1988, 52.9% to 45.9%, a margin of 7.0 points and 147,134 votes.

Minnesota voted 14.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+7.7.

The Democratic hold continued from 1984, when Walter Mondale won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 41. The largest, Hennepin, cast 538,562 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.8 points. The closest was Cook, where 2 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
Michael Dukakis won Democratic 1,109,471 52.9%
George H. W. Bush Republican 962,337 45.9%
All other candidates 24,982 1.2%
Total2,096,790

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 292,909 54.4% 240,209 44.6% 5,444 538,562 D+9.8
Ramsey 143,767 61.2% 88,736 37.8% 2,393 234,896 D+23.4
Dakota 61,942 49.7% 61,606 49.5% 1,032 124,580 D+0.3
Anoka 57,953 54.8% 46,853 44.3% 1,003 105,809 D+10.5
St. Louis 70,344 68.1% 31,799 30.8% 1,094 103,237 D+37.3
Washington 34,952 52.6% 30,850 46.5% 613 66,415 D+6.2
Stearns 23,798 45.7% 27,529 52.8% 766 52,093 R+7.2
Olmsted 19,423 40.9% 27,683 58.3% 398 47,504 R+17.4
Wright 14,177 48.0% 14,987 50.7% 379 29,543 R+2.7
Scott 11,405 46.2% 13,050 52.9% 230 24,685 R+6.7
Otter Tail 10,373 42.2% 14,015 57.0% 216 24,604 R+14.8
Blue Earth 12,375 50.4% 11,959 48.7% 218 24,552 D+1.7
Clay 11,186 51.5% 10,380 47.8% 139 21,705 D+3.7
Winona 10,310 47.7% 11,012 50.9% 302 21,624 R+3.2
Rice 11,570 54.4% 9,460 44.5% 237 21,267 D+9.9
Carver 8,439 39.8% 12,560 59.2% 229 21,228 R+19.4
Crow Wing 9,674 46.3% 11,017 52.7% 220 20,911 R+6.4
Goodhue 9,438 49.4% 9,455 49.5% 209 19,102 R+0.1
Itasca 10,517 55.2% 8,358 43.9% 178 19,053 D+11.3
Mower 11,893 62.5% 6,969 36.6% 163 19,025 D+25.9
Kandiyohi 8,962 50.2% 8,634 48.3% 266 17,862 D+1.8
Sherburne 7,959 48.2% 8,360 50.7% 183 16,502 R+2.4
Freeborn 8,836 54.5% 7,226 44.6% 156 16,218 D+9.9
Polk 7,523 51.3% 7,032 48.0% 107 14,662 D+3.3
Beltrami 7,566 52.6% 6,652 46.3% 162 14,380 D+6.4
Chisago 7,875 55.6% 6,163 43.5% 132 14,170 D+12.1
McLeod 5,736 41.4% 7,967 57.5% 159 13,862 R+16.1
Douglas 5,803 41.9% 7,898 57.0% 151 13,852 R+15.1
Nicollet 6,786 49.2% 6,878 49.9% 115 13,779 R+0.7
Steele 5,496 40.4% 7,981 58.6% 133 13,610 R+18.3
Carlton 8,790 64.8% 4,626 34.1% 144 13,560 D+30.7
Morrison 6,469 48.9% 6,598 49.9% 160 13,227 R+1.0
Becker 5,787 45.7% 6,738 53.3% 126 12,651 R+7.5
Brown 5,109 42.0% 6,898 56.7% 166 12,173 R+14.7
Benton 5,861 48.7% 6,060 50.3% 119 12,040 R+1.7
Lyon 5,657 48.2% 5,969 50.9% 110 11,736 R+2.7
Isanti 6,075 53.0% 5,246 45.8% 131 11,452 D+7.2
Cass 5,127 46.1% 5,895 53.0% 97 11,119 R+6.9
Le Sueur 5,410 49.5% 5,415 49.6% 100 10,925 level
Todd 5,023 46.7% 5,633 52.4% 94 10,750 R+5.7
Martin 4,922 45.9% 5,724 53.3% 85 10,731 R+7.5
Meeker 4,544 46.8% 4,999 51.5% 164 9,707 R+4.7
Pine 5,540 58.2% 3,857 40.5% 116 9,513 D+17.7
Nobles 4,953 52.7% 4,348 46.3% 93 9,394 D+6.4
Wabasha 4,442 48.2% 4,681 50.8% 92 9,215 R+2.6
Fillmore 4,114 44.7% 5,004 54.4% 82 9,200 R+9.7
Renville 4,454 49.9% 4,356 48.8% 117 8,927 D+1.1
Houston 3,936 44.6% 4,777 54.1% 112 8,825 R+9.5
Faribault 3,879 44.1% 4,846 55.1% 75 8,800 R+11.0
Redwood 3,178 38.0% 5,076 60.7% 104 8,358 R+22.7
Mille Lacs 4,327 52.1% 3,862 46.5% 112 8,301 D+5.6
Waseca 3,721 44.9% 4,471 54.0% 95 8,287 R+9.1
Hubbard 3,306 42.7% 4,365 56.4% 65 7,736 R+13.7
Aitkin 3,863 55.6% 3,011 43.4% 68 6,942 D+12.3
Sibley 3,154 45.5% 3,655 52.7% 130 6,939 R+7.2
Dodge 2,925 42.7% 3,848 56.2% 73 6,846 R+13.5
Koochiching 3,867 57.0% 2,842 41.9% 71 6,780 D+15.1
Cottonwood 3,095 47.3% 3,390 51.8% 60 6,545 R+4.5
Chippewa 3,238 49.7% 3,190 49.0% 86 6,514 D+0.7
Wadena 2,484 39.4% 3,733 59.3% 82 6,299 R+19.8
Yellow Medicine 3,282 52.3% 2,925 46.6% 71 6,278 D+5.7
Roseau 2,630 42.5% 3,500 56.5% 62 6,192 R+14.1
Pennington 3,105 51.1% 2,920 48.1% 46 6,071 D+3.0
Jackson 3,275 55.0% 2,629 44.1% 55 5,959 D+10.8
Marshall 3,001 51.6% 2,752 47.4% 58 5,811 D+4.3
Swift 3,579 61.7% 2,156 37.2% 63 5,798 D+24.5
Pope 3,074 53.2% 2,627 45.5% 75 5,776 D+7.7
Lake 3,887 67.3% 1,838 31.8% 50 5,775 D+35.5
Kanabec 2,970 53.1% 2,571 45.9% 57 5,598 D+7.1
Stevens 2,721 49.9% 2,679 49.1% 58 5,458 D+0.8
Watonwan 2,544 47.0% 2,821 52.1% 50 5,415 R+5.1
Rock 2,435 46.7% 2,737 52.5% 43 5,215 R+5.8
Murray 2,840 54.5% 2,316 44.4% 56 5,212 D+10.1
Pipestone 2,382 45.9% 2,760 53.2% 47 5,189 R+7.3
Lac Qui Parle 2,805 56.3% 2,116 42.5% 62 4,983 D+13.8
Norman 2,149 54.3% 1,789 45.2% 18 3,956 D+9.1
Grant 1,950 53.0% 1,693 46.0% 34 3,677 D+7.0
Clearwater 1,769 49.6% 1,763 49.4% 35 3,567 D+0.2
Big Stone 2,026 57.5% 1,469 41.7% 31 3,526 D+15.8
Wilkin 1,486 43.1% 1,933 56.1% 28 3,447 R+13.0
Lincoln 1,891 55.2% 1,479 43.2% 55 3,425 D+12.0
Kittson 1,650 54.0% 1,381 45.2% 26 3,057 D+8.8
Traverse 1,399 56.5% 1,061 42.9% 16 2,476 D+13.7
Mahnomen 1,277 54.2% 1,051 44.6% 30 2,358 D+9.6
Cook 1,080 49.5% 1,078 49.4% 26 2,184 D+0.1
Red Lake 1,229 56.5% 918 42.2% 28 2,175 D+14.3
Lake Of The Woods 798 44.0% 984 54.2% 32 1,814 R+10.3

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+4.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+7.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+1.5
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+7.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+10.2
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.5
2000 Al Gore (D) D+2.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+11.6
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+7.0
1984 Walter Mondale (D) D+0.2
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+12.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+5.5
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+12.5
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+27.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+1.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+7.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+17.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+30.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+44.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+51.2
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+0.1
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+55.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.5
1896 William McKinley (R) R+15.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+8.2
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+14.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+21.9
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+26.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+19.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+22.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+21.8