1988 United States presidential election in Utah

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1988 United States presidential election in Utah
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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 vote50
Popular vote428,442207,343
Percentage66.22%32.05%

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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 Utah 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 five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Utah 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.

Utah weighed in for this election as 26% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Utah, with over 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Republican or Democratic parties, though several other parties appeared on the ballot. [1] Every county in Utah voted in majority for the Republican candidate, except for Carbon County, which voted primarily for Dukakis.

Bush won the election in Utah with a 34-point landslide – his strongest victory in the nation. [2] He carried every county save heavily-unionized Carbon County. [3] This was the fourth election in a row in which Utah gave the Republican nominee his highest vote share of any state in the country. Utah had voted heavily for William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and for Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman in the two close elections of the first half of the 20th century, 1916 and 1948. However, like most of the rest of the Mountain West, Utah shifted toward the Republican Party in 1952, voting Republican in every subsequent election (as of 2020) save 1964, and voting for Johnson in 1964 by only 9.7%, amid Johnson's 22.6% national landslide.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Utah
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 428,44266.22%5
Democratic Michael Dukakis 207,34332.05%0
Libertarian Ron Paul 7,4731.16%0
American Party Delmar Dennis 2,1580.33%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 4550.07%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 4270.07%0
Independent Louis Youngkeit 3720.06%0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 2090.03%0
Socialist Willa Kenoyer 1290.02%0
Totals647,008100.0%5

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush
Republican
Michael Dukakis
Democratic
Ron Paul [4]
Libertarian
Delmar Dennis [4]
American
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,28660.89%81638.64%70.33%10.05%20.09%47022.25%2,112
Box Elder 12,58581.40%2,73617.70%950.61%310.20%140.09%9,84963.70%15,461
Cache 21,76677.84%5,87121.00%1820.65%770.28%670.24%15,89556.84%27,963
Carbon 3,01935.09%5,52164.18%200.23%190.22%240.28%-2,502-29.09%8,603
Daggett 27266.02%13232.04%51.21%20.49%10.24%14033.98%412
Davis 50,46973.80%16,86824.67%7061.03%2090.31%1320.19%33,60149.13%68,384
Duchesne 3,11870.82%1,22727.87%330.75%190.43%60.14%1,89142.95%4,403
Emery 2,32256.03%1,78843.15%120.29%150.36%70.17%53412.88%4,144
Garfield 1,47079.25%37019.95%90.49%20.11%40.22%1,10059.30%1,855
Grand 1,89558.34%1,28739.62%341.05%170.52%130.40%60818.72%3,248
Iron 6,03876.74%1,73622.06%340.43%450.57%150.19%4,30254.68%7,868
Juab 1,50559.65%97438.60%291.15%110.44%40.16%53121.05%2,523
Kane 1,78879.29%39817.65%602.66%90.40%00.00%1,39061.64%2,255
Millard 3,51574.63%1,12423.86%481.02%130.28%100.21%2,39150.77%4,710
Morgan 1,88973.59%64725.20%150.58%110.43%50.19%1,24248.39%2,567
Piute 47669.29%20629.99%40.58%10.15%00.00%27039.30%687
Rich 62172.21%23427.21%20.23%20.23%10.12%38745.00%860
Salt Lake 163,55759.07%107,45338.81%4,1271.49%9010.33%8650.31%56,10420.26%276,903
San Juan 2,37761.95%1,40736.67%190.50%140.36%200.52%97025.28%3,837
Sanpete 4,57970.26%1,82227.96%630.97%340.52%190.29%2,75742.30%6,517
Sevier 4,74776.31%1,40322.55%330.53%350.56%30.05%3,34453.76%6,221
Summit 3,88159.68%2,53639.00%630.97%110.17%120.18%1,34520.68%6,503
Tooele 5,53956.50%4,16642.49%570.58%240.24%180.18%1,37314.01%9,804
Uintah 5,34174.00%1,79924.92%240.33%330.46%210.29%3,54249.08%7,218
Utah 68,13477.23%18,53321.01%1,1031.25%3180.36%1390.16%49,60156.22%88,227
Wasatch 2,48762.22%1,45136.30%421.05%110.28%60.15%1,03625.92%3,997
Washington 13,30680.33%3,05418.44%1070.65%720.43%260.16%10,25261.89%16,565
Wayne 78468.59%35330.88%20.17%10.09%30.26%43137.71%1,143
Weber 39,67663.97%21,43134.56%5380.87%2200.35%1530.25%18,24529.41%62,018
Totals428,44266.22%207,34332.05%7,4731.16%2,1580.33%1,5920.25%221,09934.17%647,008

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  2. "1988 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. Wright, Christian (2019). Carbon County, USA: Miners for Democracy in Utah and the West. University of Utah Press. ISBN   978-1-60781-724-6. Project MUSE   book 77400.[ page needed ]
  4. 1 2 3 Our Campaigns; UT US President November 08, 1988