1988 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1988 United States presidential election in Alabama
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  1984 November 8, 1988 1992  
  VP George Bush crop.jpg Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg
Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts
Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral vote90
Popular vote815,576549,506
Percentage59.17%39.86%

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County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

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

Contents

The vast majority of counties in Alabama voted for Bush, with the major exception being the Black Belt, which with its predominantly African-American populace voted overwhelmingly Democratic. Macon County had been the most Democratic in the nation in 1980 and 1984, and it was Dukakis’ sixth-best county in the nation with a margin of over four-to-one for the Massachusetts Governor. [1]

Campaign

Primary

Al Gore won 64% of the white vote. [2] The racial composition of the Democratic primary was 55% white and 45% black. [3] 48% of white voters participated in the Republican primary. [4]

General

John Baker, the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, criticized the Democratic campaign stating that he didn't "believe that the Dukakis campaign could have run a worse campaign than they've run". Richard Arrington Jr., the mayor of Birmingham and national co-chair of Dukakis' campaign, stated that the campaign gave up on Alabama. [5] In November The Birmingham News reported that Bush had an approval rating of 51% against a disapproval of 26% among Alabama voters while Dukakis held an approval rating of 28% against a disapproval rating of 43%. [6]

71% of white voters supported Bush while 28% supported Dukakis. [7] [8]

The Democrats maintained their control over the Alabama House of Representatives, with 93 seats to the Republican's 12 seats, and Alabama Senate, with 31 seats to the Republican's 4 seats, despite Bush's victory in the presidential race. [9] All five incumbent Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives were reelected. [10]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
George
Bush
Republican
Michael
Dukakis
Democratic
Other /
Undecided
The Birmingham News [11] August 27–31, 198850252%32%15%
The Birmingham News [11] September 27–29, 198850454%33%13%
The Birmingham News [11] November 2–5, 1988692 (LV)57%36%8%

Predictions

SourceRatingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid RSeptember 24, 1988

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Alabama
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 815,57659.17%9
Democratic Michael Dukakis 549,50639.86%0
Libertarian Ron Paul 8,4600.61%0
Independent Lenora Fulani 3,3110.24%0
Independent James Warren 6560.05%0
Write-Ins5060.04%0
Independent Edward Winn 461 [lower-alpha 1] 0.03%0
Totals1,378,476100.0%9

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush
Republican
Michael Dukakis
Democratic
Ron Paul [13]
Libertarian
Leonora Fulani [13]
Independent
Various candidates [13]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Autauga 7,82867.17%3,66731.47%1431.23%70.06%90.08%4,16135.70%11,654
Baldwin 25,93372.85%9,27126.04%3360.94%210.06%370.10%16,66246.81%35,598
Barbour 4,95855.71%3,83643.11%830.93%110.12%110.12%1,12212.60%8,899
Bibb 2,88556.06%2,24443.61%70.14%20.04%80.16%64112.45%5,146
Blount 8,75464.61%4,48533.10%2942.17%50.04%100.07%4,26931.51%13,548
Bullock 1,42131.00%3,12268.11%240.52%80.17%90.20%-1,701-37.11%4,584
Butler 3,92352.59%3,46546.45%610.82%70.09%30.04%4586.14%7,459
Calhoun 19,80658.31%12,45136.66%3601.06%1,3253.90%260.08%7,35521.65%33,968
Chambers 7,69459.39%5,10339.39%1150.89%210.16%230.18%2,59120.00%12,956
Cherokee 2,86847.01%3,17652.06%480.79%10.02%80.13%-308-5.05%6,101
Chilton 8,76169.41%3,82030.26%260.21%120.10%40.03%4,94139.15%12,623
Choctaw 3,62950.89%3,49148.96%50.07%10.01%50.07%1381.93%7,131
Clarke 5,70856.97%4,21742.09%840.84%20.02%90.09%1,49114.88%10,020
Clay 3,49666.74%1,60230.58%450.86%911.74%40.08%1,89436.16%5,238
Cleburne 3,07168.40%1,38330.80%260.58%30.07%70.16%1,68837.60%4,490
Coffee 8,89066.57%4,31932.34%1260.94%150.11%50.04%4,57134.23%13,355
Colbert 7,77542.25%10,39756.49%2081.13%110.06%130.07%-2,622-14.24%18,404
Conecuh 3,25651.22%3,02247.54%430.68%160.25%200.31%2343.68%6,357
Coosa 2,40556.15%1,86043.43%150.35%20.05%10.02%54512.72%4,283
Covington 8,13067.34%3,84531.85%550.46%300.25%130.11%4,28535.49%12,073
Crenshaw 2,61758.44%1,83641.00%150.33%50.11%50.11%78117.44%4,478
Cullman 14,35161.87%8,51736.72%1320.57%1760.76%210.09%5,83425.15%23,197
Dale 9,26671.80%3,47626.94%1311.02%190.15%130.10%5,79044.86%12,905
Dallas 7,63043.79%9,66055.44%1070.61%180.10%80.05%-2,030-11.65%17,423
DeKalb 11,47860.60%7,33338.72%1060.56%140.07%90.05%4,14521.88%18,940
Elmore 10,85269.84%4,50128.97%1601.03%130.08%130.08%6,35140.87%15,539
Escambia 6,80762.14%4,02036.70%660.60%350.32%260.24%2,78725.44%10,954
Etowah 17,82849.67%17,76249.49%1550.43%1140.32%320.09%660.18%35,891
Fayette 4,33857.40%3,18642.16%150.20%60.08%120.16%1,15215.24%7,557
Franklin 5,14650.25%4,96148.44%1211.18%80.08%50.05%1851.81%10,241
Geneva 5,70367.32%2,68531.69%450.53%270.32%120.14%3,01835.63%8,472
Greene 1,04823.94%3,29575.28%290.66%30.07%20.05%-2,247-51.34%4,377
Hale 2,41442.71%3,18756.39%350.62%100.18%60.11%-773-13.68%5,652
Henry 3,61361.82%2,20637.75%130.22%60.10%60.10%1,40724.07%5,844
Houston 19,98973.87%7,00125.87%440.16%150.06%120.04%12,98848.00%27,061
Jackson 6,09044.55%7,41854.27%1471.08%80.06%60.04%-1,328-9.72%13,669
Jefferson 148,87957.74%107,76641.80%7810.30%2820.11%730.03%41,11315.94%257,833
Lamar 3,21458.48%2,27441.38%50.09%10.02%20.04%94017.10%5,496
Lauderdale 12,94249.43%12,86249.13%3251.24%110.04%880.34%800.30%26,180
Lawrence 3,61642.96%4,64655.20%830.99%630.75%00.00%-1,030-12.24%8,417
Lee 17,18064.39%9,07834.02%3931.47%190.07%190.07%8,10230.37%26,683
Limestone 9,08661.56%5,45536.96%1861.26%230.16%140.09%3,63124.60%14,760
Lowndes 1,40529.42%3,32869.68%310.65%70.15%100.21%-1,923-40.26%4,776
Macon 1,30416.81%6,35181.88%400.52%530.68%80.10%-5,047-65.07%7,756
Madison 53,57567.06%25,80032.29%3530.44%1080.14%580.07%27,77534.77%79,894
Marengo 4,24148.61%4,40250.45%650.74%140.16%30.03%-161-1.84%8,725
Marion 5,95556.73%4,50542.92%170.16%40.04%160.15%1,45013.81%10,497
Marshall 12,14860.90%7,35736.88%2641.32%660.33%1120.56%4,79124.02%19,947
Mobile 72,20360.88%45,52438.39%7660.65%740.06%300.03%26,67922.49%118,597
Monroe 5,37960.07%3,50939.19%450.50%170.19%40.04%1,87020.88%8,954
Montgomery 41,13158.43%28,70940.79%4710.67%660.09%140.02%12,42217.64%70,391
Morgan 18,67963.54%10,59436.04%730.25%240.08%270.09%8,08527.50%29,397
Perry 2,10736.59%3,57462.07%520.90%130.23%120.21%-1,467-25.48%5,758
Pickens 3,85155.16%3,10744.50%110.16%40.06%90.13%74410.66%6,982
Pike 5,89760.04%3,81338.82%900.92%70.07%140.14%2,08421.22%9,821
Randolph 4,62564.02%2,46234.08%1281.77%10.01%80.11%2,16329.94%7,224
Russell 6,33348.40%6,58950.35%1341.02%160.12%140.11%-256-1.95%13,086
Shelby 27,05278.84%7,13820.80%720.21%260.08%260.08%19,91458.04%34,314
St. Clair 10,60470.71%4,33528.91%360.24%80.05%140.09%6,26941.80%14,997
Sumter 2,21233.36%4,39066.21%110.17%70.11%100.15%-2,178-32.85%6,630
Talladega 12,97360.32%8,29138.55%1260.59%760.35%400.19%4,68221.77%21,506
Tallapoosa 8,50263.93%4,59834.58%1761.32%90.07%130.10%3,90429.35%13,298
Tuscaloosa 27,39659.87%18,16639.70%1180.26%460.10%320.07%9,23020.17%45,758
Walker 11,01148.51%11,33849.95%1560.69%1790.79%160.07%-327-1.44%22,700
Washington 3,74152.23%3,40247.49%80.11%80.11%40.06%3394.74%7,163
Wilcox 1,73933.98%3,36965.83%30.06%20.04%50.10%-1,630-31.85%5,118
Winston 6,23567.59%2,95432.02%160.17%90.10%110.12%3,28135.57%9,225
Totals815,57659.17%549,50639.86%8,4600.61%3,3110.24%1,6230.12%266,07019.31%1,378,476

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

[14] [15]

See also

Notes

  1. These votes for Winn were not listed by county but only as a state-wide total. [13]

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  3. Black & Black 1992, p. 263.
  4. Black & Black 1992, p. 288.
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  8. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
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