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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Oklahoma

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1988, 57.9% to 41.3%, a margin of 16.6 points and 194,944 votes.

Oklahoma voted 8.9 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 44 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 212,891 votes and went to the Republican by 28.0 points. The closest was McCurtain, where 8 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	678,367	57.9%
Michael Dukakis	Democratic	483,423	41.3%
All other candidates		9,246	0.8%
Total		1,171,036

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	75,812 35.6%	135,376 63.6%	1,703	212,891	R+28.0
Tulsa	69,044 34.9%	127,512 64.5%	1,207	197,763	R+29.6
Cleveland	22,067 37.4%	36,313 61.6%	553	58,933	R+24.2
Comanche	11,441 39.3%	17,464 60.0%	194	29,099	R+20.7
Payne	10,568 39.3%	16,027 59.6%	310	26,905	R+20.3
Canadian	7,453 29.2%	17,872 70.0%	205	25,530	R+40.8
Muskogee	13,760 54.9%	11,147 44.5%	161	25,068	D+10.4
Garfield	8,067 34.3%	15,248 64.8%	223	23,538	R+30.5
Rogers	8,771 40.1%	12,940 59.2%	140	21,851	R+19.1
Washington	6,971 32.1%	14,613 67.3%	129	21,713	R+35.2
Pottawatomie	8,873 41.9%	12,099 57.2%	197	21,169	R+15.2
Creek	9,512 45.3%	11,308 53.9%	162	20,982	R+8.6
Kay	7,751 37.7%	12,646 61.5%	167	20,564	R+23.8
Stephens	7,833 44.0%	9,844 55.3%	118	17,795	R+11.3
Wagoner	7,378 41.6%	10,219 57.7%	121	17,718	R+16.0
Carter	7,988 48.3%	8,430 51.0%	117	16,535	R+2.7
Pittsburg	8,623 52.8%	7,594 46.5%	125	16,342	D+6.3
Osage	7,778 51.7%	7,162 47.6%	115	15,055	D+4.1
Grady	6,689 45.0%	7,994 53.8%	165	14,848	R+8.8
Okmulgee	8,262 59.0%	5,674 40.5%	68	14,004	D+18.5
Le Flore	6,594 48.3%	6,964 51.1%	83	13,641	R+2.7
Pontotoc	6,484 49.0%	6,609 49.9%	146	13,239	R+0.9
Mayes	6,691 51.9%	6,115 47.4%	95	12,901	D+4.5
Cherokee	6,483 52.2%	5,838 47.0%	103	12,424	D+5.2
Ottawa	6,658 56.8%	5,026 42.9%	45	11,729	D+13.9
Logan	4,603 39.3%	6,947 59.4%	154	11,704	R+20.0
Bryan	6,849 59.6%	4,615 40.1%	37	11,501	D+19.4
Lincoln	4,225 39.3%	6,409 59.7%	106	10,740	R+20.3
Sequoyah	4,951 46.1%	5,710 53.2%	68	10,729	R+7.1
Garvin	5,438 51.0%	5,109 47.9%	109	10,656	D+3.1
Custer	3,697 35.1%	6,735 64.0%	95	10,527	R+28.9
Delaware	4,889 47.9%	5,248 51.4%	75	10,212	R+3.5
Caddo	5,387 52.9%	4,689 46.1%	101	10,177	D+6.9
McCurtain	4,928 49.7%	4,920 49.6%	63	9,911	D+0.1
Seminole	4,911 54.1%	4,078 44.9%	84	9,073	D+9.2
McClain	3,594 42.5%	4,771 56.4%	88	8,453	R+13.9
Jackson	3,542 44.3%	4,423 55.3%	36	8,001	R+11.0
Woodward	2,408 32.1%	4,996 66.7%	89	7,493	R+34.5
Beckham	3,388 49.0%	3,463 50.1%	64	6,915	R+1.1
Texas	1,717 25.4%	4,971 73.6%	64	6,752	R+48.2
McIntosh	4,041 59.9%	2,665 39.5%	36	6,742	D+20.4
Adair	2,624 42.1%	3,558 57.0%	58	6,240	R+15.0
Pawnee	2,781 45.1%	3,324 53.9%	57	6,162	R+8.8
Kingfisher	1,777 30.4%	4,011 68.5%	64	5,852	R+38.2
Choctaw	3,362 60.0%	2,217 39.6%	20	5,599	D+20.5
Craig	2,940 54.0%	2,463 45.2%	43	5,446	D+8.8
Hughes	3,259 61.2%	2,037 38.2%	31	5,327	D+22.9
Haskell	2,963 61.4%	1,822 37.7%	44	4,829	D+23.6
Murray	2,697 56.3%	2,056 42.9%	41	4,794	D+13.4
Washita	2,290 48.3%	2,402 50.6%	53	4,745	R+2.4
Blaine	1,775 37.5%	2,889 61.0%	70	4,734	R+23.5
Noble	1,661 35.1%	3,015 63.8%	50	4,726	R+28.7
Marshall	2,730 58.5%	1,911 40.9%	28	4,669	D+17.5
Woods	1,735 37.3%	2,835 61.0%	81	4,651	R+23.7
Atoka	2,565 56.1%	1,971 43.1%	34	4,570	D+13.0
Kiowa	2,296 52.7%	2,030 46.6%	32	4,358	D+6.1
Pushmataha	2,430 56.5%	1,841 42.8%	30	4,301	D+13.7
Nowata	2,203 52.0%	2,000 47.2%	31	4,234	D+4.8
Latimer	2,365 55.9%	1,830 43.2%	38	4,233	D+12.6
Okfuskee	2,209 53.9%	1,851 45.2%	38	4,098	D+8.7
Tillman	2,148 54.7%	1,754 44.7%	26	3,928	D+10.0
Major	982 26.8%	2,638 71.9%	51	3,671	R+45.1
Johnston	2,042 57.0%	1,518 42.4%	21	3,581	D+14.6
Love	1,889 57.8%	1,361 41.7%	17	3,267	D+16.2
Alfalfa	1,117 35.7%	1,960 62.6%	55	3,132	R+26.9
Grant	1,249 41.9%	1,690 56.7%	41	2,980	R+14.8
Jefferson	1,767 62.1%	1,063 37.4%	16	2,846	D+24.7
Beaver	777 27.4%	2,013 71.0%	44	2,834	R+43.6
Cotton	1,482 53.4%	1,266 45.6%	27	2,775	D+7.8
Dewey	963 37.7%	1,543 60.5%	45	2,551	R+22.7
Greer	1,256 50.2%	1,225 48.9%	22	2,503	D+1.2
Coal	1,365 60.1%	891 39.3%	14	2,270	D+20.9
Ellis	786 35.0%	1,422 63.4%	36	2,244	R+28.3
Roger Mills	866 43.0%	1,132 56.3%	14	2,012	R+13.2
Harper	593 31.2%	1,281 67.4%	26	1,900	R+36.2
Cimarron	470 28.5%	1,153 70.0%	24	1,647	R+41.5
Harmon	890 59.2%	611 40.6%	3	1,504	D+18.6

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

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