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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in North Dakota

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1988, 56.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 13.1 points and 38,820 votes.

North Dakota voted 5.4 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 43 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Cass, cast 49,137 votes and went to the Republican by 9.3 points. The closest was Divide, where 6 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 166,559 56.0%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 127,739 43.0%
All other candidates 2,963 1.0%
Total297,261

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 22,107 45.0% 26,699 54.3% 331 49,137 R+9.3
Burleigh 10,760 37.0% 18,000 61.9% 324 29,084 R+24.9
Grand Forks 12,494 45.4% 14,801 53.8% 236 27,531 R+8.4
Ward 9,906 42.6% 13,179 56.7% 143 23,228 R+14.1
Morton 4,708 45.1% 5,588 53.5% 151 10,447 R+8.4
Stark 3,678 36.8% 6,137 61.4% 188 10,003 R+24.6
Williams 4,004 41.0% 5,653 57.9% 111 9,768 R+16.9
Stutsman 4,214 43.6% 5,375 55.6% 80 9,669 R+12.0
Richland 3,523 42.6% 4,670 56.4% 81 8,274 R+13.9
Barnes 2,858 43.7% 3,631 55.5% 57 6,546 R+11.8
Walsh 2,646 44.4% 3,250 54.5% 70 5,966 R+10.1
Ramsey 2,665 45.6% 3,103 53.1% 73 5,841 R+7.5
McLean 2,428 45.0% 2,906 53.9% 62 5,396 R+8.9
Mercer 1,843 37.6% 3,013 61.5% 46 4,902 R+23.9
Traill 1,940 42.6% 2,562 56.2% 57 4,559 R+13.6
Bottineau 1,684 39.6% 2,530 59.5% 37 4,251 R+19.9
Pembina 1,616 38.9% 2,471 59.6% 62 4,149 R+20.6
Rolette 2,426 67.3% 1,126 31.2% 54 3,606 D+36.1
McHenry 1,665 46.5% 1,888 52.7% 30 3,583 R+6.2
Mountrail 1,977 57.2% 1,443 41.7% 38 3,458 D+15.4
Cavalier 1,333 38.6% 2,096 60.6% 28 3,457 R+22.1
Dickey 1,249 37.4% 2,064 61.9% 23 3,336 R+24.4
McKenzie 1,273 39.1% 1,949 59.9% 31 3,253 R+20.8
Wells 1,317 40.6% 1,901 58.7% 23 3,241 R+18.0
Benson 1,691 55.8% 1,316 43.4% 24 3,031 D+12.4
La Moure 1,223 42.2% 1,642 56.6% 36 2,901 R+14.4
Ransom 1,459 51.0% 1,362 47.7% 37 2,858 D+3.4
Emmons 925 35.6% 1,634 62.9% 37 2,596 R+27.3
Pierce 1,008 40.7% 1,422 57.4% 47 2,477 R+16.7
Sargent 1,306 53.6% 1,119 45.9% 11 2,436 D+7.7
McIntosh 598 25.5% 1,726 73.5% 23 2,347 R+48.1
Nelson 1,151 51.3% 1,078 48.1% 14 2,243 D+3.3
Dunn 892 41.0% 1,263 58.0% 23 2,178 R+17.0
Hettinger 698 33.1% 1,395 66.1% 18 2,111 R+33.0
Foster 837 40.4% 1,218 58.8% 15 2,070 R+18.4
Grant 654 32.0% 1,351 66.1% 38 2,043 R+34.1
Towner 970 50.2% 946 48.9% 18 1,934 D+1.2
Griggs 846 44.9% 1,020 54.1% 19 1,885 R+9.2
Bowman 737 39.5% 1,111 59.5% 19 1,867 R+20.0
Divide 875 49.5% 869 49.2% 24 1,768 D+0.3
Kidder 678 38.5% 1,039 59.0% 44 1,761 R+20.5
Renville 837 47.8% 893 51.0% 20 1,750 R+3.2
Adams 708 40.8% 1,018 58.6% 11 1,737 R+17.8
Burke 693 41.0% 971 57.5% 26 1,690 R+16.4
Logan 540 32.3% 1,111 66.5% 20 1,671 R+34.2
Eddy 748 45.1% 891 53.7% 19 1,658 R+8.6
Steele 895 56.1% 690 43.3% 10 1,595 D+12.9
Sheridan 428 32.5% 885 67.1% 5 1,318 R+34.7
Oliver 526 42.5% 696 56.3% 15 1,237 R+13.7
Golden Valley 388 32.8% 781 66.0% 14 1,183 R+33.2
Sioux 701 67.3% 325 31.2% 16 1,042 D+36.1
Billings 211 32.0% 437 66.3% 11 659 R+34.3
Slope 202 38.1% 315 59.4% 13 530 R+21.3

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)