1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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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 vote30
Popular vote165,415145,560
Percentage52.85%46.51%

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

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South Dakota 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.

South Dakota weighed in for this election as 1.5% more Democratic than the national average. [1] This is the last of only four elections since statehood when South Dakota has voted more Democratic than the national average, [a] an anomaly probably caused by the persistent crisis in the United States' farming sector during the decade.

Bush won the election in South Dakota with a 6-point margin.

The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for South Dakota, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Republican or the Democratic parties, and only five candidates appearing on the ballot. [2] While most counties turned out in this election for Bush, the highly populated centers of Brown County and Sioux Falls's Minnehaha County, voted in majority for Dukakis.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 165,41552.85%3
Democratic Michael Dukakis 145,56046.51%0
Libertarian Ron Paul 1,0600.34%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 7300.23%0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 2260.07%0
Totals312,991100.0%3

Results by county

County [3] George H.W. Bush
Republican
Michael Dukakis
Democratic
Ron Paul
Independent
Lenora Fulani
Independent
James Warren
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Aurora 85646.17%98753.24%50.27%50.27%10.05%-131-7.07%1,854
Beadle 4,61150.23%4,52349.27%290.32%150.16%20.02%880.96%9,180
Bennett 66352.54%57945.88%181.43%10.08%10.08%846.66%1,262
Bon Homme 1,82653.44%1,57446.06%60.18%90.26%20.06%2527.38%3,417
Brookings 5,39452.34%4,86047.16%200.19%290.28%20.02%5345.18%10,305
Brown 8,53749.34%8,67350.13%420.24%390.23%110.06%-136-0.79%17,302
Brule 97149.19%99150.20%90.46%20.10%10.05%-20-1.01%1,974
Buffalo 15130.82%33468.16%20.41%10.20%20.41%-183-37.34%490
Butte 2,29163.96%1,25635.06%190.53%150.42%10.03%1,03528.90%3,582
Campbell 90972.60%33426.68%80.64%10.08%00.00%57545.92%1,252
Charles Mix 1,96646.99%2,20552.70%50.12%40.10%40.10%-239-5.71%4,184
Clark 1,24751.44%1,16448.02%30.12%90.37%10.04%833.42%2,424
Clay 2,30744.37%2,85954.98%180.35%70.13%90.17%-552-10.61%5,200
Codington 5,05051.99%4,57047.05%340.35%460.47%140.14%4804.94%9,714
Corson 71049.03%72249.86%110.76%40.28%10.07%-12-0.83%1,448
Custer 1,80659.49%1,18038.87%341.12%90.30%70.23%62620.62%3,036
Davison 4,02451.68%3,70547.59%200.26%300.39%70.09%3194.09%7,786
Day 1,61642.82%2,13756.62%190.50%20.05%00.00%-521-13.80%3,774
Deuel 1,25149.49%1,24649.29%170.67%120.47%20.08%50.20%2,528
Dewey 76542.76%1,00756.29%140.78%10.06%20.11%-242-13.53%1,789
Douglas 1,43867.23%69532.49%30.14%30.14%00.00%74334.74%2,139
Edmunds 1,32751.06%1,25948.44%70.27%40.15%20.08%682.62%2,599
Fall River 2,00258.59%1,38040.39%250.73%70.20%30.09%62218.20%3,417
Faulk 84253.94%71445.74%20.13%30.19%00.00%1288.20%1,561
Grant 2,14851.49%1,98847.65%190.46%150.36%20.05%1603.84%4,172
Gregory 1,56657.53%1,13841.81%70.26%90.33%20.07%42815.72%2,722
Haakon 95870.91%37928.05%90.67%50.37%00.00%57942.86%1,351
Hamlin 1,38052.06%1,25847.45%90.34%40.15%00.00%1224.61%2,651
Hand 1,46156.67%1,10142.71%80.31%80.31%00.00%36013.96%2,578
Hanson 78650.00%77649.36%80.51%20.13%00.00%100.64%1,572
Harding 63370.33%25928.78%50.56%30.33%00.00%37441.55%900
Hughes 4,54561.07%2,85338.34%240.32%150.20%50.07%1,69222.73%7,442
Hutchinson 2,70062.56%1,59436.93%90.21%130.30%00.00%1,10625.63%4,316
Hyde 54653.58%43642.79%292.85%50.49%30.29%11010.79%1,019
Jackson 67158.81%45039.44%141.23%20.18%40.35%22119.37%1,141
Jerauld 77750.65%75148.96%20.13%40.26%00.00%261.69%1,534
Jones 52166.28%26133.21%30.38%10.13%00.00%26033.07%786
Kingsbury 1,59251.57%1,47247.68%110.36%70.23%50.16%1203.89%3,087
Lake 2,43947.62%2,66351.99%80.16%90.18%30.06%-224-4.37%5,122
Lawrence 5,57059.39%3,70539.50%660.70%320.34%60.06%1,86519.89%9,379
Lincoln 3,53752.35%3,19047.21%150.22%90.13%60.09%3475.14%6,757
Lyman 84356.96%63142.64%30.20%30.20%00.00%21214.32%1,480
Marshall 1,14245.23%1,37254.34%70.28%40.16%00.00%-230-9.11%2,525
McCook 1,50150.00%1,49249.70%10.03%60.20%20.07%90.30%3,002
McPherson 1,35870.14%57129.49%40.21%20.10%10.05%78740.65%1,936
Meade 5,18961.24%3,21237.91%430.51%270.32%20.02%1,97723.33%8,473
Mellette 46053.99%38545.19%60.70%10.12%00.00%758.80%852
Miner 79545.30%95554.42%40.23%10.06%00.00%-160-9.12%1,755
Minnehaha 26,76547.71%29,13551.94%820.15%840.15%290.05%-2,370-4.23%56,095
Moody 1,16140.19%1,71559.36%40.14%70.24%20.07%-554-19.17%2,889
Pennington 19,51061.44%12,06838.00%900.28%710.22%180.06%7,44223.44%31,757
Perkins 1,32660.36%85138.73%170.77%30.14%00.00%47521.63%2,197
Potter 1,17562.07%70137.03%100.53%50.26%20.11%47425.04%1,893
Roberts 2,01246.67%2,26752.59%200.46%60.14%60.14%-255-5.92%4,311
Sanborn 81551.10%77048.28%40.25%60.38%00.00%452.82%1,595
Shannon 25617.31%1,20681.54%70.47%40.27%60.41%-950-64.23%1,479
Spink 1,96948.47%2,07150.98%90.22%80.20%50.12%-102-2.51%4,062
Stanley 69857.26%51141.92%80.66%20.16%00.00%18715.34%1,219
Sully 57156.76%39339.07%414.08%10.10%00.00%17817.69%1,006
Todd 53531.92%1,11766.65%50.30%90.54%100.60%-582-34.73%1,676
Tripp 2,11362.96%1,21936.32%130.39%60.18%50.15%89426.64%3,356
Turner 2,43657.47%1,78041.99%110.26%80.19%40.09%65615.48%4,239
Union 1,90741.91%2,61257.41%110.24%140.31%60.13%-705-15.50%4,550
Walworth 1,94063.40%1,09435.75%150.49%90.29%20.07%84627.65%3,060
Yankton 4,18652.05%3,77746.96%260.32%410.51%130.16%4095.09%8,043
Ziebach 36245.53%42753.71%30.38%20.25%10.13%-65-8.18%795
Totals165,41552.85%145,56046.51%1,0600.34%7300.23%2260.07%19,8556.34%312,991

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. The others are 1896 during Bryan's "Cross of Gold" campaign, 1932 during the Dust Bowl, and 1972 when favorite son George McGovern was the Democratic nominee.

References

  1. Counting the Votes; South Dakota
  2. "1988 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  3. Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 08, 1988