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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Wyoming

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Wyoming in 1988, 60.5% to 38.0%, a margin of 22.5 points and 39,754 votes.

Wyoming voted 14.8 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 23 of the 23 counties as they stood then. The largest, Laramie, cast 27,770 votes and went to the Republican by 13.4 points. The closest was Sweetwater, where 60 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 106,867 60.5%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 67,113 38.0%
All other candidates 2,571 1.5%
Total176,551

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Laramie 11,851 42.7% 15,561 56.0% 358 27,770 R+13.4
Natrona 9,148 38.9% 14,005 59.6% 334 23,487 R+20.7
Sweetwater 6,720 49.0% 6,780 49.5% 205 13,705 R+0.4
Fremont 5,020 38.9% 7,681 59.6% 188 12,889 R+20.6
Albany 5,486 48.4% 5,653 49.9% 196 11,335 R+1.5
Sheridan 4,655 43.2% 5,980 55.5% 143 10,778 R+12.3
Park 2,646 27.3% 6,884 71.0% 172 9,702 R+43.7
Campbell 2,288 25.1% 6,702 73.6% 122 9,112 R+48.4
Carbon 2,555 42.7% 3,336 55.7% 98 5,989 R+13.0
Teton 2,217 37.4% 3,616 61.0% 93 5,926 R+23.6
Uinta 1,922 34.9% 3,464 63.0% 115 5,501 R+28.0
Goshen 1,875 37.5% 3,075 61.4% 55 5,005 R+24.0
Lincoln 1,592 32.5% 3,237 66.1% 68 4,897 R+33.6
Big Horn 1,469 30.7% 3,258 68.2% 53 4,780 R+37.4
Converse 1,301 30.9% 2,885 68.4% 29 4,215 R+37.6
Platte 1,482 38.9% 2,253 59.2% 73 3,808 R+20.2
Washakie 1,197 31.8% 2,538 67.4% 33 3,768 R+35.6
Johnson 707 24.7% 2,081 72.8% 70 2,858 R+48.1
Weston 699 25.7% 1,988 73.0% 37 2,724 R+47.3
Crook 553 21.8% 1,939 76.3% 48 2,540 R+54.6
Hot Springs 800 34.4% 1,490 64.1% 34 2,324 R+29.7
Sublette 576 25.6% 1,636 72.8% 35 2,247 R+47.2
Niobrara 354 29.7% 825 69.3% 12 1,191 R+39.5

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.

Wyoming in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+45.8
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+43.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+46.3
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+40.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+32.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+39.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.1
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+13.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+42.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+34.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+19.5
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+13.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+20.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+25.6
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.3
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+2.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+28.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+36.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+12.8
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+37.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+17.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+50.5