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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Ohio

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Ohio in 1988, 55.0% to 44.1%, a margin of 10.9 points and 476,920 votes.

Ohio voted 3.1 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 75 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 601,117 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.5 points. The closest was Vinton, where 267 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 2,416,549 55.0%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 1,939,629 44.1%
All other candidates 37,521 0.9%
Total4,393,699

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 353,401 58.8% 242,439 40.3% 5,277 601,117 D+18.5
Franklin 147,585 39.1% 226,265 60.0% 3,507 377,357 R+20.9
Hamilton 140,354 37.9% 227,004 61.3% 3,026 370,384 R+23.4
Montgomery 95,737 41.8% 131,596 57.5% 1,610 228,943 R+15.7
Summit 112,612 52.2% 101,155 46.9% 1,822 215,589 D+5.3
Lucas 99,755 53.9% 83,788 45.3% 1,552 185,095 D+8.6
Stark 69,639 44.0% 87,087 55.1% 1,370 158,096 R+11.0
Mahoning 75,524 62.9% 43,722 36.4% 880 120,126 D+26.5
Butler 33,770 30.6% 75,725 68.7% 713 110,208 R+38.1
Lorain 55,600 52.0% 50,410 47.1% 916 106,926 D+4.9
Trumbull 58,674 59.7% 38,815 39.5% 761 98,250 D+20.2
Lake 39,667 42.4% 52,963 56.6% 894 93,524 R+14.2
Clark 23,247 41.1% 32,729 57.9% 527 56,503 R+16.8
Clermont 15,352 28.9% 37,417 70.5% 316 53,085 R+41.6
Greene 18,025 34.1% 34,432 65.1% 399 52,856 R+31.0
Portage 25,607 48.8% 26,334 50.2% 539 52,480 R+1.4
Licking 16,793 32.4% 34,540 66.7% 434 51,767 R+34.3
Richland 19,617 39.2% 30,047 60.0% 383 50,047 R+20.8
Medina 19,505 39.1% 29,962 60.1% 407 49,874 R+21.0
Allen 13,727 30.5% 31,021 69.0% 227 44,975 R+38.5
Wood 18,579 41.3% 26,013 57.9% 341 44,933 R+16.5
Columbiana 21,581 50.0% 21,175 49.1% 384 43,140 D+0.9
Warren 11,145 26.0% 31,419 73.4% 254 42,818 R+47.3
Fairfield 12,504 29.7% 29,208 69.5% 339 42,051 R+39.7
Ashtabula 20,536 53.3% 17,654 45.8% 366 38,556 D+7.5
Jefferson 22,095 60.5% 14,141 38.7% 273 36,509 D+21.8
Miami 11,138 30.6% 24,915 68.4% 381 36,434 R+37.8
Wayne 13,571 37.5% 22,320 61.6% 317 36,208 R+24.2
Geauga 11,874 34.3% 22,339 64.5% 395 34,608 R+30.2
Erie 15,097 46.9% 16,670 51.8% 431 32,198 R+4.9
Belmont 19,515 61.0% 12,214 38.2% 244 31,973 D+22.8
Muskingum 11,691 36.9% 19,736 62.3% 247 31,674 R+25.4
Tuscarawas 14,185 44.9% 17,145 54.3% 259 31,589 R+9.4
Scioto 14,442 47.0% 16,029 52.1% 289 30,760 R+5.2
Delaware 7,590 26.6% 20,693 72.6% 215 28,498 R+46.0
Hancock 7,435 26.9% 19,896 72.0% 312 27,643 R+45.1
Washington 9,967 40.0% 14,767 59.3% 182 24,916 R+19.3
Lawrence 11,628 46.9% 12,937 52.2% 203 24,768 R+5.3
Marion 9,596 38.8% 14,864 60.1% 258 24,718 R+21.3
Sandusky 9,709 40.1% 14,203 58.6% 320 24,232 R+18.5
Ross 9,271 38.4% 14,563 60.4% 279 24,113 R+21.9
Seneca 9,504 40.6% 13,704 58.5% 222 23,430 R+17.9
Darke 6,851 31.2% 14,914 67.9% 189 21,954 R+36.7
Huron 7,794 37.8% 12,633 61.2% 215 20,642 R+23.4
Athens 10,795 53.2% 9,314 45.9% 172 20,281 D+7.3
Knox 6,882 35.8% 12,180 63.4% 138 19,200 R+27.6
Ashland 6,072 32.1% 12,726 67.2% 141 18,939 R+35.1
Crawford 6,018 32.2% 12,472 66.7% 210 18,700 R+34.5
Auglaize 4,756 25.7% 13,562 73.4% 161 18,479 R+47.7
Ottawa 8,038 45.9% 9,352 53.4% 127 17,517 R+7.5
Shelby 5,065 29.1% 12,198 70.0% 162 17,425 R+40.9
Mercer 4,978 30.6% 11,162 68.5% 146 16,286 R+38.0
Pickaway 4,905 31.1% 10,796 68.4% 93 15,794 R+37.3
Logan 4,484 28.6% 11,099 70.7% 114 15,697 R+42.1
Williams 4,666 29.9% 10,782 69.2% 137 15,585 R+39.2
Fulton 5,076 32.9% 10,230 66.3% 122 15,428 R+33.4
Preble 4,937 32.1% 10,297 66.9% 147 15,381 R+34.8
Putnam 4,004 26.2% 11,183 73.1% 114 15,301 R+46.9
Defiance 5,448 36.0% 9,566 63.1% 139 15,153 R+27.2
Guernsey 5,926 40.7% 8,507 58.4% 130 14,563 R+17.7
Coshocton 6,020 41.5% 8,282 57.1% 204 14,506 R+15.6
Champaign 4,272 32.0% 8,995 67.3% 101 13,368 R+35.3
Van Wert 3,848 28.9% 9,410 70.6% 78 13,336 R+41.7
Highland 4,278 32.5% 8,776 66.6% 124 13,178 R+34.1
Clinton 3,746 29.5% 8,856 69.7% 97 12,699 R+40.2
Brown 5,047 39.7% 7,539 59.4% 112 12,698 R+19.6
Henry 3,764 30.2% 8,618 69.1% 86 12,468 R+38.9
Gallia 4,834 39.1% 7,399 59.9% 116 12,349 R+20.8
Union 3,130 25.9% 8,846 73.3% 95 12,071 R+47.4
Madison 3,421 28.9% 8,303 70.3% 93 11,817 R+41.3
Perry 5,011 42.7% 6,602 56.3% 118 11,731 R+13.6
Hardin 4,145 35.7% 7,291 62.8% 170 11,606 R+27.1
Jackson 4,505 40.0% 6,671 59.2% 91 11,267 R+19.2
Carroll 4,667 42.5% 6,179 56.2% 148 10,994 R+13.8
Pike 5,191 47.5% 5,611 51.4% 117 10,919 R+3.8
Morrow 3,515 32.7% 7,130 66.3% 115 10,760 R+33.6
Adams 3,740 38.4% 5,916 60.7% 88 9,744 R+22.3
Meigs 3,699 39.9% 5,486 59.1% 91 9,276 R+19.3
Hocking 3,706 40.1% 5,426 58.7% 111 9,243 R+18.6
Wyandot 2,936 31.8% 6,178 66.9% 125 9,239 R+35.1
Fayette 2,623 29.6% 6,186 69.7% 64 8,873 R+40.2
Paulding 3,114 36.3% 5,381 62.8% 76 8,571 R+26.4
Holmes 2,179 29.8% 5,064 69.2% 73 7,316 R+39.4
Harrison 3,881 53.5% 3,298 45.5% 73 7,252 D+8.0
Monroe 4,269 62.1% 2,557 37.2% 48 6,874 D+24.9
Morgan 2,085 35.6% 3,713 63.4% 61 5,859 R+27.8
Noble 2,079 39.2% 3,155 59.4% 74 5,308 R+20.3
Vinton 2,385 46.9% 2,652 52.2% 44 5,081 R+5.3

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0