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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Mississippi

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Mississippi in 1988, 59.9% to 39.1%, a margin of 20.8 points and 193,969 votes.

Mississippi voted 13.1 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 64 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Hinds, cast 95,006 votes and went to the Republican by 12.3 points. The closest was Washington, where 7 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	557,890	59.9%
Michael Dukakis	Democratic	363,921	39.1%
All other candidates		9,716	1.0%
Total		931,527

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hinds	41,058 43.2%	52,749 55.5%	1,199	95,006	R+12.3
Harrison	14,439 30.2%	32,892 68.9%	423	47,754	R+38.6
Jackson	10,328 25.6%	29,830 73.9%	206	40,364	R+48.3
Rankin	6,201 21.2%	22,937 78.4%	116	29,254	R+57.2
Lauderdale	7,967 30.0%	18,302 69.0%	260	26,529	R+39.0
Jones	7,383 30.4%	16,764 69.1%	125	24,272	R+38.6
Forrest	6,953 32.6%	14,249 66.8%	116	21,318	R+34.2
Lee	6,604 31.9%	13,767 66.4%	357	20,728	R+34.6
Washington	10,222 49.4%	10,229 49.4%	236	20,687	level
De Soto	5,449 26.9%	14,681 72.5%	120	20,250	R+45.6
Warren	7,437 36.9%	12,507 62.0%	226	20,170	R+25.1
Madison	8,242 41.6%	11,399 57.5%	184	19,825	R+15.9
Lowndes	5,993 34.6%	11,258 65.0%	80	17,331	R+30.4
Adams	7,732 48.3%	8,116 50.7%	146	15,994	R+2.4
Pearl River	3,939 27.5%	10,220 71.3%	174	14,333	R+43.8
Pike	6,531 45.9%	7,637 53.6%	71	14,239	R+7.8
Bolivar	7,606 54.0%	6,105 43.3%	374	14,085	D+10.7
Lincoln	4,534 34.1%	8,710 65.5%	53	13,297	R+31.4
Leflore	5,830 46.3%	6,409 50.9%	340	12,579	R+4.6
Oktibbeha	5,100 41.5%	7,126 58.0%	63	12,289	R+16.5
Alcorn	5,335 44.1%	6,641 54.9%	126	12,102	R+10.8
Marshall	6,982 59.4%	4,668 39.7%	101	11,751	D+19.7
Lamar	2,535 21.6%	9,145 77.9%	66	11,746	R+56.3
Hancock	3,760 32.2%	7,763 66.4%	164	11,687	R+34.3
Yazoo	4,989 43.3%	5,538 48.0%	1,003	11,530	R+4.8
Marion	4,240 37.4%	7,019 61.9%	85	11,344	R+24.5
Coahoma	6,139 54.4%	4,939 43.8%	200	11,278	D+10.6
Monroe	4,669 41.8%	6,447 57.7%	57	11,173	R+15.9
Panola	5,222 49.0%	5,382 50.5%	61	10,665	R+1.5
Lafayette	3,967 40.3%	5,841 59.3%	44	9,852	R+19.0
Neshoba	2,942 31.5%	6,363 68.1%	42	9,347	R+36.6
Copiah	4,175 44.7%	5,100 54.6%	59	9,334	R+9.9
Sunflower	4,898 52.7%	4,362 47.0%	29	9,289	D+5.8
Winston	3,851 41.7%	5,317 57.6%	61	9,229	R+15.9
Simpson	3,016 32.7%	6,151 66.7%	56	9,223	R+34.0
Grenada	3,683 40.7%	5,352 59.1%	21	9,056	R+18.4
Union	3,044 35.4%	5,511 64.1%	36	8,591	R+28.7
Scott	2,939 34.6%	5,522 65.1%	27	8,488	R+30.4
Holmes	5,350 65.8%	2,737 33.7%	39	8,126	D+32.2
Newton	2,332 29.1%	5,658 70.7%	13	8,003	R+41.6
Prentiss	3,429 43.4%	4,348 55.1%	115	7,892	R+11.6
George	2,435 31.3%	4,545 58.4%	802	7,782	R+27.1
Pontotoc	2,772 35.8%	4,939 63.8%	29	7,740	R+28.0
Itawamba	3,143 40.9%	4,535 58.9%	15	7,693	R+18.1
Tippah	2,958 38.9%	4,593 60.4%	52	7,603	R+21.5
Attala	2,997 39.7%	4,524 59.9%	35	7,556	R+20.2
Clay	3,849 51.0%	3,645 48.3%	59	7,553	D+2.7
Tate	2,872 38.6%	4,553 61.1%	24	7,449	R+22.6
Wayne	2,889 39.0%	4,496 60.6%	29	7,414	R+21.7
Clarke	2,576 36.3%	4,522 63.7%		7,098	R+27.4
Tishomingo	3,378 47.9%	3,646 51.7%	28	7,052	R+3.8
Leake	2,787 40.0%	4,168 59.9%	8	6,963	R+19.8
Covington	2,591 39.1%	4,005 60.4%	37	6,633	R+21.3
Jasper	3,184 48.4%	3,368 51.2%	20	6,572	R+2.8
Smith	1,660 26.4%	4,573 72.8%	52	6,285	R+46.3
Lawrence	2,517 40.4%	3,682 59.2%	24	6,223	R+18.7
Amite	2,834 45.8%	3,333 53.9%	19	6,186	R+8.1
Chickasaw	2,713 44.3%	3,390 55.3%	22	6,125	R+11.1
Jefferson Davis	2,948 51.5%	2,745 47.9%	35	5,728	D+3.5
Tallahatchie	2,881 51.9%	2,633 47.5%	33	5,547	D+4.5
Walthall	2,354 42.8%	3,103 56.4%	45	5,502	R+13.6
Calhoun	2,086 38.0%	3,375 61.6%	22	5,483	R+23.5
Yalobusha	2,402 47.2%	2,660 52.2%	31	5,093	R+5.1
Greene	1,637 32.9%	2,837 57.1%	496	4,970	R+24.1
Humphreys	2,644 56.3%	2,018 43.0%	33	4,695	D+13.3
Webster	1,550 33.5%	3,061 66.1%	21	4,632	R+32.6
Noxubee	2,722 58.8%	1,870 40.4%	39	4,631	D+18.4
Stone	1,452 32.3%	3,007 66.8%	40	4,499	R+34.6
Montgomery	1,893 42.9%	2,504 56.8%	12	4,409	R+13.9
Quitman	2,497 57.4%	1,832 42.1%	22	4,351	D+15.3
Claiborne	3,083 70.9%	1,233 28.4%	33	4,349	D+42.5
Perry	1,326 30.5%	2,983 68.6%	38	4,347	R+38.1
Kemper	2,069 48.9%	2,128 50.2%	38	4,235	R+1.4
Wilkinson	2,678 63.4%	1,528 36.2%	17	4,223	D+27.2
Carroll	1,560 37.1%	2,628 62.5%	16	4,204	R+25.4
Franklin	1,563 39.4%	2,376 60.0%	23	3,962	R+20.5
Choctaw	1,335 36.6%	2,297 63.0%	15	3,647	R+26.4
Jefferson	2,693 79.2%	702 20.6%	6	3,401	D+58.5
Benton	1,718 51.9%	1,565 47.3%	26	3,309	D+4.6
Sharkey	1,609 54.2%	1,277 43.0%	84	2,970	D+11.2
Tunica	1,510 62.1%	896 36.9%	24	2,430	D+25.3
Issaquena	511 52.5%	424 43.6%	38	973	D+8.9

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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