1988 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1988 U.S. Presidential Election?
George H. W. Bush won the 1988 U.S. Presidential Election. George H. W. Bush received 48,886,597 popular votes (53.4%) and 426 electoral votes. The main challenger was Michael Dukakis (45.6%).
See the full head-to-head between Bush and Dukakis
Bush +7.8 pts · won by 7,077,121 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.