1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Massachusetts Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 106,867 67,113 Percentage 60.53% 38.01%

County Results Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% The 1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Wyoming 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. Wyoming weighed in for this election as 14.3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a fairly partisan election for Wyoming, with nearly 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates on the ballot. [1] Bush won the election in Wyoming with a solid 22-point landslide, sweeping all 23 of the state's counties. Dukakis' best county, and Bush's worst, was Sweetwater County, which Bush won by 60 votes, or less than half of 1%. Sweetwater County is one of Wyoming's "Union Pacific counties" that traditionally formed the Democratic Party's base in the state. [2] Bush broke 70% in six counties, of which four were in the state's east and one, Park County, in the Bighorn basin, traditional areas of Republican strength in the state; [3] Sublette County rounded out this group. Overall, however, Bush's 22.52% margin in the state made it 14.80% more Republican than the nation overall. The Mountain West had trended Republican beginning in the 1952 election; [4] after voting for Truman in the nationally close 1948 election, Wyoming had consistently voted to the right of the country in every subsequent election. In 1988, it did so once again, even as some other Mountain states' traditional Republicanism wavered, as in Colorado and Montana. Bush's vote share of 60.53% made Wyoming his third-best state in the region (after Utah and Idaho), and his sixth-best overall (after Utah, New Hampshire, Idaho, South Carolina, and Florida). Along with New Hampshire, Nevada, Delaware, and Maine, it was also one of five states where every county voted for Bush. Results 1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush 106,867 60.53% 3 Democratic Michael Dukakis 67,113 38.01% 0 Libertarian Ron Paul 2,026 1.15% 0 New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 545 0.31% 0 Totals 176,551 100.00% 3 Results by county County George Herbert Walker Bush Republican Michael Stanley Dukakis Democratic Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Albany 5,653 49.87% 5,486 48.40% 196 1.73% 167 1.47% 11,335 Big Horn 3,258 68.16% 1,469 30.73% 53 1.11% 1,789 37.43% 4,780 Campbell 6,702 73.55% 2,288 25.11% 122 1.34% 4,414 48.44% 9,112 Carbon 3,336 55.70% 2,555 42.66% 98 1.64% 781 13.04% 5,989 Converse 2,885 68.45% 1,301 30.87% 29 0.69% 1,584 37.58% 4,215 Crook 1,939 76.34% 553 21.77% 48 1.89% 1,386 54.57% 2,540 Fremont 7,681 59.59% 5,020 38.95% 188 1.46% 2,661 20.64% 12,889 Goshen 3,075 61.44% 1,875 37.46% 55 1.10% 1,200 23.98% 5,005 Hot Springs 1,490 64.11% 800 34.42% 34 1.46% 690 29.69% 2,324 Johnson 2,081 72.81% 707 24.74% 70 2.45% 1,374 48.07% 2,858 Laramie 15,561 56.04% 11,851 42.68% 358 1.29% 3,710 13.36% 27,770 Lincoln 3,237 66.10% 1,592 32.51% 68 1.39% 1,645 33.59% 4,897 Natrona 14,005 59.63% 9,148 38.95% 334 1.42% 4,857 20.68% 23,487 Niobrara 825 69.27% 354 29.72% 12 1.01% 471 39.55% 1,191 Park 6,884 70.95% 2,646 27.27% 172 1.77% 4,238 43.68% 9,702 Platte 2,253 59.16% 1,482 38.92% 73 1.92% 771 20.24% 3,808 Sheridan 5,980 55.48% 4,655 43.19% 143 1.33% 1,325 12.29% 10,778 Sublette 1,636 72.81% 576 25.63% 35 1.56% 1,060 47.18% 2,247 Sweetwater 6,780 49.47% 6,720 49.03% 205 1.50% 60 0.44% 13,705 Teton 3,616 61.02% 2,217 37.41% 93 1.57% 1,399 23.61% 5,926 Uinta 3,464 62.97% 1,922 34.94% 115 2.09% 1,542 28.03% 5,501 Washakie 2,538 67.36% 1,197 31.77% 33 0.88% 1,341 35.59% 3,768 Weston 1,988 72.98% 699 25.66% 37 1.36% 1,289 47.32% 2,724 Totals 106,867 60.53% 67,113 38.01% 2,571 1.46% 39,754 22.52% 176,551 See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming Presidency of George H. 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