Election 1988 Results
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1988 presidential election in West Virginia
Michael Dukakis (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in West Virginia in 1988, 52.2% to 47.5%, a margin of 4.7 points and 30,951 votes.
West Virginia voted 12.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+7.7. West Virginia's 6 electoral votes were split: 5 Democratic and 1 other.
West Virginia changed party: in 1984 it went Republican, for Ronald Reagan.
Democrats led in 31 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 24. The largest, Kanawha, cast 79,542 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.8 points. The closest was Taylor, where 36 votes separated the two parties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dukakis won | Democratic | 341,016 | 52.2% |
| George H. W. Bush | Republican | 310,065 | 47.5% |
| All other candidates | 2,230 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 653,311 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 41,144 51.7% | 38,140 47.9% | 258 | 79,542 | D+3.8 |
| Cabell | 15,368 47.1% | 17,197 52.7% | 97 | 32,662 | R+5.6 |
| Wood | 12,959 39.8% | 19,450 59.7% | 154 | 32,563 | R+19.9 |
| Harrison | 17,005 55.9% | 13,364 43.9% | 49 | 30,418 | D+12.0 |
| Monongalia | 14,178 53.8% | 12,091 45.9% | 69 | 26,338 | D+7.9 |
| Raleigh | 14,302 57.7% | 10,395 41.9% | 85 | 24,782 | D+15.8 |
| Marion | 14,441 60.8% | 9,229 38.9% | 72 | 23,742 | D+22.0 |
| Ohio | 10,121 49.2% | 10,341 50.3% | 116 | 20,578 | R+1.1 |
| Mercer | 10,152 49.7% | 10,221 50.0% | 57 | 20,430 | R+0.3 |
| Berkeley | 6,313 36.8% | 10,761 62.8% | 61 | 17,135 | R+26.0 |
| Fayette | 11,009 67.9% | 5,143 31.7% | 53 | 16,205 | D+36.2 |
| Wayne | 8,621 54.6% | 7,123 45.2% | 31 | 15,775 | D+9.5 |
| Logan | 11,317 72.5% | 4,244 27.2% | 47 | 15,608 | D+45.3 |
| Putnam | 6,640 44.7% | 8,163 55.0% | 38 | 14,841 | R+10.3 |
| Marshall | 7,903 53.5% | 6,793 46.0% | 83 | 14,779 | D+7.5 |
| Hancock | 8,338 58.4% | 5,882 41.2% | 60 | 14,280 | D+17.2 |
| Greenbrier | 6,091 52.9% | 5,395 46.8% | 35 | 11,521 | D+6.0 |
| Mason | 5,468 50.5% | 5,332 49.3% | 25 | 10,825 | D+1.3 |
| Mingo | 7,429 71.8% | 2,896 28.0% | 25 | 10,350 | D+43.8 |
| Brooke | 6,258 60.7% | 4,006 38.9% | 42 | 10,306 | D+21.9 |
| Jackson | 4,573 44.4% | 5,696 55.3% | 22 | 10,291 | R+10.9 |
| Preston | 4,357 42.7% | 5,804 56.9% | 35 | 10,196 | R+14.2 |
| Mineral | 4,059 40.1% | 6,015 59.5% | 37 | 10,111 | R+19.3 |
| Randolph | 5,233 52.2% | 4,746 47.4% | 38 | 10,017 | D+4.9 |
| Jefferson | 4,334 44.6% | 5,349 55.0% | 43 | 9,726 | R+10.4 |
| McDowell | 7,204 74.2% | 2,463 25.4% | 47 | 9,714 | D+48.8 |
| Wyoming | 6,138 63.4% | 3,516 36.3% | 30 | 9,684 | D+27.1 |
| Boone | 6,539 70.0% | 2,786 29.8% | 20 | 9,345 | D+40.2 |
| Nicholas | 5,173 57.9% | 3,731 41.8% | 32 | 8,936 | D+16.1 |
| Lincoln | 5,049 59.2% | 3,457 40.5% | 23 | 8,529 | D+18.7 |
| Upshur | 3,065 38.8% | 4,813 61.0% | 16 | 7,894 | R+22.1 |
| Wetzel | 3,928 53.4% | 3,381 46.0% | 41 | 7,350 | D+7.4 |
| Lewis | 3,272 47.4% | 3,602 52.1% | 34 | 6,908 | R+4.8 |
| Barbour | 3,221 51.4% | 3,023 48.3% | 17 | 6,261 | D+3.2 |
| Taylor | 2,852 50.1% | 2,816 49.5% | 26 | 5,694 | D+0.6 |
| Braxton | 3,377 62.3% | 2,024 37.3% | 22 | 5,423 | D+24.9 |
| Hampshire | 2,085 38.9% | 3,253 60.7% | 25 | 5,363 | R+21.8 |
| Roane | 2,447 45.9% | 2,861 53.7% | 24 | 5,332 | R+7.8 |
| Summers | 3,072 57.8% | 2,231 42.0% | 11 | 5,314 | D+15.8 |
| Monroe | 2,427 47.0% | 2,719 52.6% | 22 | 5,168 | R+5.7 |
| Morgan | 1,545 33.9% | 3,002 65.8% | 17 | 4,564 | R+31.9 |
| Ritchie | 1,446 33.3% | 2,874 66.3% | 18 | 4,338 | R+32.9 |
| Hardy | 1,689 39.4% | 2,581 60.2% | 18 | 4,288 | R+20.8 |
| Grant | 893 21.6% | 3,215 77.8% | 22 | 4,130 | R+56.2 |
| Tyler | 1,501 38.7% | 2,365 61.0% | 8 | 3,874 | R+22.3 |
| Pocahontas | 1,958 50.8% | 1,876 48.7% | 18 | 3,852 | D+2.1 |
| Clay | 2,263 59.4% | 1,536 40.3% | 12 | 3,811 | D+19.1 |
| Tucker | 1,869 52.3% | 1,699 47.5% | 9 | 3,577 | D+4.8 |
| Pendleton | 1,595 45.5% | 1,901 54.3% | 7 | 3,503 | R+8.7 |
| Webster | 2,185 67.9% | 1,016 31.6% | 16 | 3,217 | D+36.3 |
| Pleasants | 1,421 44.6% | 1,761 55.3% | 5 | 3,187 | R+10.7 |
| Gilmer | 1,661 54.2% | 1,387 45.3% | 16 | 3,064 | D+8.9 |
| Calhoun | 1,644 53.8% | 1,395 45.6% | 18 | 3,057 | D+8.1 |
| Doddridge | 955 33.5% | 1,880 66.0% | 12 | 2,847 | R+32.5 |
| Wirt | 929 45.0% | 1,125 54.5% | 12 | 2,066 | R+9.5 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |