1988 United States presidential election in Alaska

Summary

The 1988 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Alaska voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1988 United States presidential election in Alaska

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts
Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 119,251 72,584
Percentage 59.59% 36.27%


President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Alaska was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

Bush won the election in Alaska with a resounding 23 point sweep-out landslide. Alaska has sent Republican electors to the Electoral College during every election in its history – except in 1964, where electors were sent for Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson.

The election was rather multi-partisan for Alaska, with nearly 5% of the votes going to third-party candidates.[1] Leading the third-party turnout in Alaska, and with one of their best turnouts nationwide, Texas Congressman Ron Paul with running-mate and Alaska Legislator Andre Marrou were able to pull nearly 3% of votes in the state on the Libertarian Party ticket.

Alaska weighed in for this election as 16% more Republican than the national average.

Campaign edit

Predictions edit

Source Rating As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Solid R May 31, 1988

Results edit

1988 United States presidential election in Alaska
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 119,251 59.59% 3
Democratic Michael Dukakis 72,584 36.27% 0
Libertarian Ron Paul 5,484 2.74% 0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 1,024 0.51% 0
Write-Ins 957 0.48% 0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 816 0.41% 0
Totals 200,116 100.0% 3

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "1988 CPR Electoral College Ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 24, 2024.