1988 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1988 United States presidential election in Colorado
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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 vote80
Popular vote728,177621,453
Percentage53.06%45.28%

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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 Colorado took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Colorado voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, by a margin of 7.78%. Bush took 53.06% of the vote to Dukakis' 45.28%. While the Republicans held onto Colorado's eight electoral votes, Bush's 53–45 win over Dukakis represented a vastly diminished margin compared to 1984, when Ronald Reagan had won the state in a 63–35 landslide over Walter Mondale. Unlike in the several preceding elections, Colorado voted roughly in line with the nation overall, which Bush won by 7.72%. Dukakis made substantial inroads by improving on Mondale's vote share in the city of Denver by over 10% (getting the highest vote share of any nominee in the city since Lyndon Johnson in 1964), becoming the first Democrat since 1964 (and only the second since 1936) to carry Boulder County, and comfortably reclaiming Pitkin County, which had supported McGovern in 1972 but had gone on to vote Republican in the next three elections.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Summit County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. [1] Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Boulder or Saguache Counties since William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Colorado [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 728,17753.06%8
Democratic Michael Dukakis 621,45345.28%0
CO Libertarian Ron Paul 15,4821.13%0
CO Prohibition Earl Dodge 4,6040.34%0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 2,5390.19%0
No party David Duke (Write-in)1390.01%0
Totals1,372,394100.00%8

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush [3]
Republican
Michael Dukakis [3]
Democratic
Various candidates [3]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 43,16345.87%49,46452.57%1,4671.56%-6,301-6.70%94,094
Alamosa 2,56753.70%2,14644.90%671.40%4218.80%4,780
Arapahoe 95,92660.24%61,11338.38%2,2061.38%34,81321.86%159,245
Archuleta 1,44063.66%79535.15%271.19%64528.51%2,262
Baca 1,67065.34%85133.29%351.37%81932.05%2,556
Bent 1,03247.62%1,08850.21%472.17%-56-2.59%2,167
Boulder 48,17444.93%57,26553.41%1,7841.66%-9,091-8.48%107,223
Chaffee 3,08053.90%2,54844.59%861.51%5329.31%5,714
Cheyenne 76064.08%39933.64%272.28%36130.44%1,186
Clear Creek 1,82050.11%1,69846.75%1143.14%1223.36%3,632
Conejos 1,44541.92%1,97657.33%260.75%-531-15.41%3,447
Costilla 45428.72%1,12070.84%70.44%-666-42.12%1,581
Crowley 86257.47%63042.00%80.53%23215.47%1,500
Custer 75369.46%31028.60%211.94%44340.86%1,084
Delta 5,44959.59%3,52138.51%1741.90%1,92821.08%9,144
Denver 77,75337.13%127,17360.72%4,5042.15%-49,420-23.59%209,430
Dolores 48866.67%23031.42%141.91%25835.25%732
Douglas 17,03569.96%6,93128.46%3841.58%10,10441.50%24,350
Eagle 4,36655.91%3,31442.44%1291.65%1,05213.47%7,809
El Paso 96,96570.03%39,99528.88%1,5061.09%56,97041.15%138,466
Elbert 2,80563.06%1,56635.21%771.73%1,23927.85%4,448
Fremont 7,62358.24%5,27840.33%1871.43%2,34517.91%13,088
Garfield 6,35857.21%4,62041.57%1361.22%1,73815.64%11,114
Gilpin 72845.79%80450.57%583.64%-76-4.78%1,590
Grand 2,30660.08%1,45137.81%812.11%85522.27%3,838
Gunnison 2,52055.72%1,89741.94%1062.34%62313.78%4,523
Hinsdale 29572.48%11127.27%10.25%18445.21%407
Huerfano 1,07936.32%1,87663.14%160.54%-797-26.82%2,971
Jackson 58465.54%29433.00%131.46%29032.54%891
Jefferson 110,82056.39%81,82441.64%3,8671.97%28,99614.75%196,511
Kiowa 64561.25%39837.80%100.95%24723.45%1,053
Kit Carson 2,26264.41%1,19634.05%541.54%1,06630.36%3,512
La Plata 7,71457.73%5,44340.73%2051.54%2,27117.00%13,362
Lake 96938.10%1,51659.61%582.29%-547-21.51%2,543
Larimer 45,96755.34%35,70342.98%1,3961.68%10,26412.36%83,066
Las Animas 2,16234.15%4,07564.37%941.48%-1,913-30.22%6,331
Lincoln 1,35660.29%87438.86%190.85%48221.43%2,249
Logan 4,48556.24%3,38242.41%1081.35%1,10313.83%7,975
Mesa 22,15059.62%14,37238.68%6331.70%7,77820.94%37,155
Mineral 21755.08%17444.16%30.76%4310.92%394
Moffat 2,75761.01%1,63436.16%1282.83%1,12324.85%4,519
Montezuma 4,20864.23%2,23334.09%1101.68%1,97530.14%6,551
Montrose 6,01260.16%3,74837.51%2332.33%2,26422.65%9,993
Morgan 4,79555.24%3,72842.95%1571.81%1,06712.29%8,680
Otero 4,26551.39%3,91047.11%1241.50%3554.28%8,299
Ouray 81463.89%43934.46%211.65%37529.43%1,274
Park 1,90956.87%1,34340.01%1053.12%56616.86%3,357
Phillips 1,31757.81%92340.52%381.67%39417.29%2,278
Pitkin 2,80144.28%3,42054.06%1051.66%-619-9.78%6,326
Prowers 2,97856.34%2,20741.75%1011.91%77114.59%5,286
Pueblo 20,11937.73%32,78861.50%4110.77%-12,669-23.77%53,318
Rio Blanco 1,82168.41%80330.17%381.42%1,01838.24%2,662
Rio Grande 2,62662.01%1,54536.48%641.51%1,08125.53%4,235
Routt 3,26451.65%2,92246.24%1332.11%3425.41%6,319
Saguache 94546.94%1,03351.32%351.74%-88-4.38%2,013
San Juan 21050.36%19246.04%153.60%184.32%417
San Miguel 79843.39%96152.26%804.35%-163-8.87%1,839
Sedgwick 92159.61%61139.55%130.84%31020.06%1,545
Summit 2,89351.44%2,59546.14%1362.42%2985.30%5,624
Teller 3,76068.36%1,65630.11%841.53%2,10438.25%5,500
Washington 1,70762.87%95835.29%501.84%74927.58%2,715
Weld 26,49755.42%20,54842.98%7621.60%5,94912.44%47,807
Yuma 2,51356.93%1,83541.57%661.50%67815.36%4,414
Total728,17753.06%621,45345.28%22,7641.66%106,7247.78%1,372,394

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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