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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Wisconsin

Michael Dukakis (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1988, 51.4% to 47.8%, a margin of 3.6 points and 79,295 votes.

Wisconsin voted 11.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+7.7.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1984 it went Republican, for Ronald Reagan.

Democrats led in 37 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 35. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 439,545 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.7 points. The closest was Iowa, where 28 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
Michael Dukakis won	Democratic	1,126,794	51.4%
George H. W. Bush	Republican	1,047,499	47.8%
All other candidates		17,315	0.8%
Total		2,191,608

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	268,287 61.0%	168,363 38.3%	2,895	439,545	D+22.7
Dane	105,414 59.9%	69,143 39.3%	1,377	175,934	D+20.6
Waukesha	57,598 38.7%	90,467 60.8%	828	148,893	R+22.1
Brown	41,788 48.6%	43,625 50.8%	540	85,953	R+2.1
Racine	39,631 51.7%	36,342 47.4%	658	76,631	D+4.3
Winnebago	28,508 44.5%	35,085 54.8%	410	64,003	R+10.3
Outagamie	27,771 45.3%	33,113 54.0%	394	61,278	R+8.7
Rock	29,576 50.8%	28,178 48.4%	434	58,188	D+2.4
Kenosha	30,089 57.7%	21,661 41.6%	379	52,129	D+16.2
Marathon	24,658 49.8%	24,482 49.4%	381	49,521	D+0.4
Sheboygan	23,429 49.7%	23,471 49.8%	277	47,177	R+0.1
La Crosse	22,204 50.4%	21,548 48.9%	314	44,066	D+1.5
Washington	15,907 39.2%	24,328 60.0%	304	40,539	R+20.8
Eau Claire	21,150 54.2%	17,664 45.3%	209	39,023	D+8.9
Fond Du Lac	15,887 41.6%	21,985 57.6%	303	38,175	R+16.0
Manitowoc	19,680 54.7%	16,020 44.5%	287	35,987	D+10.2
Ozaukee	12,661 35.4%	22,899 63.9%	252	35,812	R+28.6
Wood	16,074 48.9%	16,549 50.4%	225	32,848	R+1.4
Walworth	12,203 39.8%	18,259 59.5%	223	30,685	R+19.7
Dodge	12,663 42.3%	17,003 56.8%	261	29,927	R+14.5
Portage	16,317 57.2%	12,057 42.3%	161	28,535	D+14.9
Jefferson	11,816 44.9%	14,309 54.3%	217	26,342	R+9.5
St. Croix	11,392 52.9%	9,960 46.3%	181	21,533	D+6.7
Chippewa	11,447 53.6%	9,757 45.7%	150	21,354	D+7.9
Douglas	13,907 68.0%	6,440 31.5%	102	20,449	D+36.5
Columbia	9,132 46.3%	10,475 53.1%	123	19,730	R+6.8
Grant	9,421 48.1%	10,049 51.3%	110	19,580	R+3.2
Waupaca	7,078 37.7%	11,559 61.6%	120	18,757	R+23.9
Sauk	8,324 44.5%	10,225 54.7%	138	18,687	R+10.2
Marinette	8,030 45.2%	9,637 54.3%	97	17,764	R+9.0
Barron	8,951 50.9%	8,527 48.5%	92	17,570	D+2.4
Dunn	9,205 55.5%	7,273 43.8%	116	16,594	D+11.6
Polk	8,981 56.2%	6,866 43.0%	128	15,975	D+13.2
Oneida	7,414 47.3%	8,130 51.9%	126	15,670	R+4.6
Shawano	6,587 43.8%	8,362 55.6%	98	15,047	R+11.8
Pierce	8,659 58.6%	6,045 40.9%	85	14,789	D+17.7
Calumet	6,481 44.1%	8,107 55.1%	120	14,708	R+11.1
Oconto	6,549 47.7%	7,084 51.6%	83	13,716	R+3.9
Monroe	6,437 47.4%	7,073 52.1%	75	13,585	R+4.7
Clark	6,642 51.0%	6,296 48.3%	98	13,036	D+2.7
Door	5,425 43.7%	6,907 55.6%	90	12,422	R+11.9
Green	5,153 43.3%	6,636 55.7%	119	11,908	R+12.5
Lincoln	5,819 52.1%	5,257 47.0%	102	11,178	D+5.0
Trempealeau	6,212 55.6%	4,902 43.9%	61	11,175	D+11.7
Vernon	5,754 51.9%	5,226 47.2%	98	11,078	D+4.8
Vilas	3,781 38.9%	5,842 60.1%	99	9,722	R+21.2
Langlade	4,254 46.3%	4,884 53.2%	48	9,186	R+6.9
Kewaunee	4,786 52.1%	4,330 47.2%	63	9,179	D+5.0
Juneau	3,734 43.1%	4,869 56.2%	59	8,662	R+13.1
Waushara	3,535 41.3%	4,953 57.9%	65	8,553	R+16.6
Iowa	4,268 49.9%	4,240 49.6%	40	8,548	D+0.3
Green Lake	3,033 36.5%	5,205 62.7%	61	8,299	R+26.2
Taylor	3,785 46.7%	4,254 52.5%	61	8,100	R+5.8
Richland	3,643 47.3%	4,026 52.2%	39	7,708	R+5.0
Jackson	3,924 52.2%	3,555 47.3%	38	7,517	D+4.9
Price	3,987 53.2%	3,450 46.0%	60	7,497	D+7.2
Ashland	4,526 60.5%	2,926 39.1%	30	7,482	D+21.4
Bayfield	4,323 58.0%	3,095 41.5%	40	7,458	D+16.5
Lafayette	3,521 48.7%	3,665 50.7%	44	7,230	R+2.0
Rusk	3,888 55.5%	3,063 43.7%	53	7,004	D+11.8
Crawford	3,608 52.3%	3,238 47.0%	47	6,893	D+5.4
Adams	3,598 52.3%	3,258 47.3%	27	6,883	D+4.9
Sawyer	3,231 49.4%	3,260 49.9%	45	6,536	R+0.4
Washburn	3,393 52.2%	3,074 47.2%	39	6,506	D+4.9
Burnett	3,537 54.7%	2,884 44.6%	44	6,465	D+10.1
Buffalo	3,481 55.1%	2,783 44.1%	49	6,313	D+11.1
Marquette	2,463 44.2%	3,059 54.9%	45	5,567	R+10.7
Forest	2,142 53.4%	1,845 46.0%	22	4,009	D+7.4
Iron	2,090 56.3%	1,599 43.0%	26	3,715	D+13.2
Pepin	1,906 58.7%	1,311 40.4%	31	3,248	D+18.3
Florence	1,018 47.5%	1,106 51.6%	18	2,142	R+4.1
Menominee	1,028 72.5%	381 26.9%	8	1,417	D+45.7

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+13.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+0.4
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+3.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+4.7
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.7
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+23.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+4.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+1.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+1.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+32.3
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.2
1924	Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+54.9
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+6.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+8.4
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+17.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+35.2
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+22.9
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+1.7
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+6.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+11.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+9.2
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+12.5

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