1988 United States presidential election in Arizona

1988 United States presidential election in Arizona
Bush 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Dukakis 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Ronald Reagan ; Republican	Elected President; George H. W. Bush ; Republican

Last updated October 21, 2024

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

Arizona weighed in for this election as 14 points more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Arizona, with nearly 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.^[1] Nearly every county turned out for Bush, with the exception of Native American Apache County and heavily unionized Greenlee County voting primarily for Dukakis.

As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update], this is the last occasion when the counties of Coconino, Pima and Santa Cruz have voted for the Republican presidential candidate.^[2]

Bush won the election in the traditionally conservative and Republican state of Arizona with a solid 21-point margin.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Arizona^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush	702,541	59.95%	7
	Democratic	Michael Dukakis	454,029	38.74%	0
	Libertarian	Ron Paul	13,351	1.14%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	1,662	0.14%	0
	Independent	Eugene McCarthy (write-in)	159	0.01%	0
	Populist	David Duke (write-in)	113	0.01%	0
	American	Delmar Dennis (write-in)	18	0.00%	0
Totals			1,171,873	100.00%	7

Results by county

County^[3]	George H.W. Bush Republican		Michael Dukakis Democratic		Ron Paul Libertarian		Lenora Fulani New Alliance		All Others Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
County^[3]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Apache	5,347	36.76%	8,944	61.50%	224	1.54%	26	0.18%	3	0.02%	-3,597	-24.74%	14,544
Cochise	15,815	56.38%	11,812	42.11%	362	1.29%	49	0.17%	12	0.04%	4,003	14.27%	28,050
Coconino	16,649	51.80%	14,660	45.61%	757	2.36%	56	0.17%	18	0.06%	1,989	6.19%	32,140
Gila	7,861	51.38%	7,147	46.72%	254	1.66%	35	0.23%	2	0.01%	714	4.66%	15,299
Graham	5,120	59.18%	3,407	39.38%	97	1.12%	24	0.28%	4	0.05%	1,713	19.80%	8,652
Greenlee	1,526	46.21%	1,733	52.48%	37	1.12%	6	0.18%	0	0.00%	-207	-6.27%	3,302
La Paz	2,562	58.55%	1,746	39.90%	62	1.42%	6	0.14%	0	0.00%	816	18.65%	4,376
Maricopa	442,337	64.90%	230,952	33.89%	7,199	1.06%	885	0.13%	145	0.02%	211,385	31.01%	681,518
Mohave	17,651	62.40%	10,197	36.05%	381	1.35%	33	0.12%	24	0.08%	7,454	26.35%	28,286
Navajo	10,393	52.82%	9,023	45.86%	217	1.10%	42	0.21%	2	0.01%	1,370	6.96%	19,677
Pima	117,899	50.28%	113,824	48.54%	2,393	1.02%	314	0.13%	43	0.02%	4,075	1.74%	234,473
Pinal	14,966	51.29%	13,850	47.46%	318	1.09%	41	0.14%	5	0.02%	1,116	3.83%	29,180
Santa Cruz	3,320	49.63%	3,268	48.85%	89	1.33%	13	0.19%	0	0.00%	52	0.78%	6,690
Yavapai	27,842	64.44%	14,514	33.59%	733	1.70%	97	0.22%	20	0.05%	13,328	30.85%	43,206
Yuma	13,253	58.95%	8,952	39.82%	228	1.01%	35	0.16%	12	0.05%	4,301	19.13%	22,480
Totals	702,541	59.95%	454,029	38.74%	13,351	1.14%	1,662	0.14%	290	0.02%	248,512	21.21%	1,171,873

Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 13, 1988.^[4]

Michael Dukakis & Lloyd Bentsen Democratic Party	George H. W. Bush & Dan Quayle Republican Party	Ron Paul & Andre Marrou Libertarian Party	Lenora Fulani & Wynonia Burke New Alliance Party
Sharon L. Barry Glenn Davis Leroy Dyson Gloria V. Furman Milton T. Hagedorn William E. Hegarty Janet Napolitano	Joe Castillo Betty Cline Donald John Egan Clara B. Emmett Joan Heskett Charles M. Lemon Mary E. van Fredenberg	Robert R. Bulechek Stephen Clark Clara B. Davis Kathy L. Harrer Donald Markowski Peter G. Schaerl John E. Smith II	Wynonia Brewington Burke Gregory LeVor Campbell Joyce A. Hooker Carolyn T. Lowery Billie C. Mills Thebe E. Monyamane Curtis Dwight Treable II

Eugene McCarthy Independent	David Duke & Floyd Parker Populist Party	Delmar Dennis & Earl Jeppson American Party
Harold Edward Baranoff Larry D. Campbell Lorain Kadish Barbara Gail McSpadden Thomas Mudrick John R. Wingo Stockton M. Wingo	William Blau Herman Boaz Robert R. Carlson Billy R. Chandler Edna T. Gipson Margaret E. Jones James T. Simmons	Joann Church Kenneth E. Church Barbara L. McKissick Ellen Marie Newman Mitchell A. Newman Raymond H. Solomon Winona O. Solomon

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References

↑ "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
1 2 "State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election - November 8, 1988". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
↑ "State of Arizona Official Canvass Primary Election - September 13, 1988". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

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[1] "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[How-2] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[results-3] 1 2 "State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election - November 8, 1988". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

[4] "State of Arizona Official Canvass Primary Election - September 13, 1988". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

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