1988 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1988 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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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 vote678,367483,423
Percentage57.93%41.28%

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1988 United States presidential election in Oklahoma results map by precinct.svg

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

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

Contents

Oklahoma 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.

The election was very partisan, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates appearing on the ballot. [1] The Southeastern portion of the state resumed turning out in large numbers for the Democratic Party; in 1984 almost all its counties voted in majority for Reagan. This may be somewhat attributed to the influence of the ongoing drought and the farming crisis in the Great Plains, and of the politically volatile state of Texas, which was also changing its political orientation through the 1980s and 1990s from a Democratic area to a largely Republican one. Bush's dominance in the more populated metro Oklahoma City and Tulsa ensured a safe GOP victory. However, despite Bush and Quayle winning the state, Oklahoma swung more to the Democrats from 1984 to 1988 than any other state in the nation, swinging by 21.30 percentage points. Additionally, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won more than sixty percent of the vote in any Oklahoma county (these being Jefferson, Haskell, Hughes, Coal and Choctaw).

Bush easily won Oklahoma on election day, defeating Dukakis by a 16-point margin. Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 678,36757.93%8
Democratic Michael Dukakis 483,42341.28%0
Libertarian Ron Paul 6,2610.53%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 2,9850.25%0
Totals1,171,036100.0%8

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush
Republican
Michael Dukakis
Democratic
Ron Paul [2]
Libertarian
Lenora Fulani [2]
New Alliance
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 3,55857.02%2,62442.05%360.58%220.35%93414.97%6,240
Alfalfa 1,96062.58%1,11735.66%331.05%220.70%84326.92%3,132
Atoka 1,97143.13%2,56556.13%190.42%150.33%-594-13.00%4,570
Beaver 2,01371.03%77727.42%371.31%70.25%1,23643.61%2,834
Beckham 3,46350.08%3,38848.99%410.59%230.33%751.09%6,915
Blaine 2,88961.03%1,77537.49%481.01%220.46%1,11423.54%4,734
Bryan 4,61540.13%6,84959.55%210.18%160.14%-2,234-19.42%11,501
Caddo 4,68946.07%5,38752.93%670.66%340.33%-698-6.86%10,177
Canadian 17,87270.00%7,45329.19%1390.54%660.26%10,41940.81%25,530
Carter 8,43050.98%7,98848.31%720.44%450.27%4422.67%16,535
Cherokee 5,83846.99%6,48352.18%680.55%350.28%-645-5.19%12,424
Choctaw 2,21739.60%3,36260.05%150.27%50.09%-1,145-20.45%5,599
Cimarron 1,15370.01%47028.54%211.28%30.18%68341.47%1,647
Cleveland 36,31361.62%22,06737.44%4070.69%1460.25%14,24624.18%58,933
Coal 89139.25%1,36560.13%90.40%50.22%-474-20.88%2,270
Comanche 17,46460.02%11,44139.32%1040.36%900.31%6,02320.70%29,099
Cotton 1,26645.62%1,48253.41%170.61%100.36%-216-7.79%2,775
Craig 2,46345.23%2,94053.98%240.44%190.35%-477-8.75%5,446
Creek 11,30853.89%9,51245.33%990.47%630.30%1,7968.56%20,982
Custer 6,73563.98%3,69735.12%660.63%290.28%3,03828.86%10,527
Delaware 5,24851.39%4,88947.88%450.44%300.29%3593.51%10,212
Dewey 1,54360.49%96337.75%281.10%170.67%58022.74%2,551
Ellis 1,42263.37%78635.03%271.20%90.40%63628.34%2,244
Garfield 15,24864.78%8,06734.27%1560.66%670.28%7,18130.51%23,538
Garvin 5,10947.94%5,43851.03%840.79%250.23%-329-3.09%10,656
Grady 7,99453.84%6,68945.05%1160.78%490.33%1,3058.79%14,848
Grant 1,69056.71%1,24941.91%290.97%120.40%44114.80%2,980
Greer 1,22548.94%1,25650.18%130.52%90.36%-31-1.24%2,503
Harmon 61140.63%89059.18%20.13%10.07%-279-18.55%1,504
Harper 1,28167.42%59331.21%140.74%120.63%68836.21%1,900
Haskell 1,82237.73%2,96361.36%260.54%180.37%-1,141-23.63%4,829
Hughes 2,03738.24%3,25961.18%190.36%120.23%-1,222-22.94%5,327
Jackson 4,42355.28%3,54244.27%240.30%120.15%88111.01%8,001
Jefferson 1,06337.35%1,76762.09%70.25%90.32%-704-24.74%2,846
Johnston 1,51842.39%2,04257.02%140.39%70.20%-524-14.63%3,581
Kay 12,64661.50%7,75137.69%1120.54%550.27%4,89523.81%20,564
Kingfisher 4,01168.54%1,77730.37%450.77%190.32%2,23438.17%5,852
Kiowa 2,03046.58%2,29652.68%190.44%130.30%-266-6.10%4,358
Latimer 1,83043.23%2,36555.87%200.47%180.43%-535-12.64%4,233
LeFlore 6,96451.05%6,59448.34%630.46%200.15%3702.71%13,641
Lincoln 6,40959.67%4,22539.34%670.62%390.36%2,18420.33%10,740
Logan 6,94759.36%4,60339.33%1171.00%370.32%2,34420.03%11,704
Love 1,36141.66%1,88957.82%120.37%50.15%-528-16.16%3,267
McClain 4,77156.44%3,59442.52%350.95%160.44%1,17713.92%8,453
McCurtain 4,92049.64%4,92849.72%160.34%120.26%-8-0.08%9,911
McIntosh 2,66539.53%4,04159.94%550.43%400.31%-1,376-20.41%6,742
Major 2,63871.86%98226.75%680.80%200.24%1,65645.11%3,671
Marshall 1,91140.93%2,73058.47%370.37%260.26%-819-17.54%4,669
Mayes 6,11547.40%6,69151.86%230.34%130.19%-576-4.46%12,901
Murray 2,05642.89%2,69756.26%290.60%120.25%-641-13.37%4,794
Muskogee 11,14744.47%13,76054.89%980.39%630.25%-2,613-10.42%25,068
Noble 3,01563.80%1,66135.15%320.68%180.38%1,35428.65%4,726
Nowata 2,00047.24%2,20352.03%160.38%150.35%-203-4.79%4,234
Okfuskee 1,85145.17%2,20953.90%210.51%170.41%-358-8.73%4,098
Oklahoma 135,37663.59%75,81235.61%1,1620.55%5410.25%59,56427.98%212,891
Okmulgee 5,67440.52%8,26259.00%400.29%280.20%-2,588-18.48%14,004
Osage 7,16247.57%7,77851.66%750.50%400.27%-616-4.09%15,055
Ottawa 5,02642.85%6,65856.77%270.23%180.15%-1,632-13.92%11,729
Pawnee 3,32453.94%2,78145.13%420.68%150.24%5438.81%6,162
Payne 16,02759.57%10,56839.28%2330.87%770.29%5,45920.29%26,905
Pittsburg 7,59446.47%8,62352.77%780.48%470.29%-1,029-6.30%16,342
Pontotoc 6,60949.92%6,48448.98%950.72%510.39%1250.94%13,239
Pottawatomie 12,09957.15%8,87341.92%1330.63%640.30%3,22615.23%21,169
Pushmataha 1,84142.80%2,43056.50%160.37%140.33%-589-13.70%4,301
Roger Mills 1,13256.26%86643.04%110.55%30.15%26613.22%2,012
Rogers 12,94059.22%8,77140.14%1030.47%370.17%4,16919.08%21,851
Seminole 4,07844.95%4,91154.13%530.58%310.34%-833-9.18%9,073
Sequoyah 5,71053.22%4,95146.15%520.48%160.15%7597.07%10,729
Stephens 9,84455.32%7,83344.02%710.40%470.26%2,01111.30%17,795
Texas 4,97173.62%1,71725.43%400.59%240.36%3,25448.19%6,752
Tillman 1,75444.65%2,14854.68%150.38%110.28%-394-10.03%3,928
Tulsa 127,51264.48%69,04434.91%8620.44%3450.17%58,46829.57%197,763
Wagoner 10,21957.68%7,37841.64%860.49%350.20%2,84116.04%17,718
Washington 14,61367.30%6,97132.11%900.41%390.18%7,64235.19%21,713
Washita 2,40250.62%2,29048.26%380.80%150.32%1122.36%4,745
Woods 2,83560.95%1,73537.30%511.10%300.65%1,10023.65%4,651
Woodward 4,99666.68%2,40832.14%560.75%330.44%2,58834.54%7,493
Totals678,36757.93%483,42341.28%6,2610.53%2,9850.25%194,94416.65%1,171,036

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Slates of Electors

Democrat: Lou Rogers Watkins, M. David Riggs, Loretta Y. Jackson, Fred L. Boettcher, C. Pat Frank, Randy L. Beutler, Neil McElderry Jr, Demetrius Bereolos

Republican: Ron Collett, Lavelle Dennis, Mary Lou Mathis, Joyce Perring, Art Rubin, Susan Kay Schroeder, Rosemary Tarr, Dorothy Zumwalt

Libertarian: F. G. Litzaw, Brian W. Holk, G. Dennis Garland, Paul O. Woodward, Mary E. Laurent, Debby L. Wair, Whitney L. Boutin Jr, Michael A. Wair

New Alliance: Sandra Williams, Susanne Michelle Adams, Carol J. Mizell, Toni A. Zucconi, Tania Ann Zucconi, Rhonda K. Tsotigh, Jeffrey L. Fuller, Carl Jonathan Wood [3]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 1990 U.S. Census Voting Tabulation Districts (VTDs), with revisions, were used in place of true precincts for 74 of 77 counties. Not all VTDs were able to be matched to precinct data—these are offset in a separate color. Only votes for Bush and Dukakis were available, accounting for 99.21% of votes cast for president.

References

  1. "1988 Presidential General Election Results — Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "OK US Presidential Election, November 08, 1988". Our Campaigns.
  3. "Elections of 1988 — General Election, November 8, 1988" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board.