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1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
County Results
Municipality Results
Bush
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Dukakis
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Tie
40-50%
No Vote/Data
The 1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1988, and was part of the 1988 United States presidential election . Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush , over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis . Bush won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 2.31%, which made it about 5.5% more Democratic than the nation. This was the last election where Pennsylvania would be carried by a Republican presidential candidate until 2016 and the last to date in which a Republican would win a majority of the statewide vote. Northampton and Luzerne counties, both statewide bellwethers, would also not vote Republican again until 2016.[ 1] This was also the first election since 1932 where Pennsylvania did not vote the same as neighboring New York , another phenomenon that would not occur again until 2016.
Primaries
Republican primary
Candidate
Votes
Percent
George H. W. Bush
687,323
78.95%
Bob Dole
103,763
11.92%
Pat Robertson
79,463
9.13%
Totals
870,549
Turnout: 38.18%
Democratic primary
Candidate
Votes
Percent
Michael Dukakis
1,002,480
66.49%
Jesse Jackson
411,260
27.28%
Al Gore
44,542
2.95%
Others
49,408
3.28%
Totals
1,507,690
Turnout: 52.93%
Results
1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
George H. W. Bush
2,300,087
50.70%
25
Democratic
Michael Dukakis
2,194,944
48.39%
0
Consumer
Eugene McCarthy
19,158
0.42%
0
Libertarian
Ron Paul
12,051
0.27%
0
New Alliance
Lenora Fulani
4,379
0.10%
0
America First
David Duke
3,444
0.08%
0
Workers' League
Edward Winn
2,188
0.05%
0
Totals
4,536,251
100.00%
25
Results by county
County
George H.W. Bush Republican
Michael Dukakis Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
15,650
64.92%
8,299
34.43%
156
0.65%
7,351
30.49%
24,105
Allegheny
231,137
39.43%
348,814
59.51%
6,200
1.06%
-117,677
-20.08%
586,151
Armstrong
11,509
44.81%
13,892
54.09%
282
1.10%
-2,383
-9.28%
25,683
Beaver
25,764
33.69%
50,327
65.81%
378
0.49%
-24,563
-32.12%
76,469
Bedford
11,123
65.55%
5,754
33.91%
92
0.54%
5,369
31.64%
16,969
Berks
70,153
62.39%
41,040
36.50%
1,251
1.11%
29,113
25.89%
112,444
Blair
25,623
61.50%
15,588
37.42%
451
1.08%
10,035
24.08%
41,662
Bradford
13,568
66.72%
6,635
32.63%
134
0.66%
6,933
34.09%
20,337
Bucks
127,563
59.99%
82,472
38.78%
2,605
1.23%
45,091
21.21%
212,640
Butler
27,777
54.82%
22,341
44.09%
549
1.08%
5,436
10.73%
50,667
Cambria
25,626
39.70%
38,517
59.67%
409
0.63%
-12,891
-19.97%
64,552
Cameron
1,731
65.20%
901
33.94%
23
0.87%
830
31.26%
2,655
Carbon
10,232
52.35%
9,104
46.57%
211
1.08%
1,128
5.78%
19,547
Centre
23,875
56.14%
18,357
43.17%
295
0.69%
5,518
12.97%
42,527
Chester
93,522
67.00%
44,853
32.13%
1,210
0.87%
48,669
34.87%
139,585
Clarion
8,026
58.37%
5,616
40.84%
109
0.79%
2,410
17.53%
13,751
Clearfield
14,296
53.52%
12,235
45.80%
182
0.68%
2,061
7.72%
26,713
Clinton
5,735
49.38%
5,759
49.59%
119
1.02%
-24
-0.21%
11,613
Columbia
12,114
60.51%
7,767
38.79%
140
0.70%
4,347
21.72%
20,021
Crawford
17,249
56.32%
13,021
42.51%
358
1.17%
4,228
13.81%
30,628
Cumberland
47,292
65.29%
24,613
33.98%
528
0.73%
22,679
31.31%
72,433
Dauphin
48,917
57.77%
35,079
41.43%
681
0.80%
13,838
16.34%
84,677
Delaware
147,656
59.95%
96,144
39.03%
2,505
1.02%
51,512
20.92%
246,305
Elk
6,737
52.86%
5,879
46.13%
128
1.00%
858
6.73%
12,744
Erie
48,306
46.76%
53,913
52.19%
1,081
1.05%
-5,607
-5.43%
103,300
Fayette
16,915
33.60%
33,098
65.74%
336
0.67%
-16,183
-32.14%
50,349
Forest
1,159
56.13%
895
43.34%
11
0.53%
264
12.79%
2,065
Franklin
27,086
68.32%
12,368
31.20%
190
0.48%
14,718
37.12%
39,644
Fulton
3,086
66.42%
1,532
32.97%
28
0.60%
1,554
33.45%
4,646
Greene
4,879
34.62%
9,126
64.75%
90
0.64%
-4,247
-30.13%
14,095
Huntingdon
8,800
64.56%
4,752
34.86%
79
0.58%
4,048
29.70%
13,631
Indiana
14,983
47.21%
16,514
52.03%
242
0.76%
-1,531
-4.82%
31,739
Jefferson
9,743
60.48%
6,235
38.71%
131
0.81%
3,508
21.77%
16,109
Juniata
4,881
62.87%
2,834
36.50%
49
0.63%
2,047
26.37%
7,764
Lackawanna
42,083
47.42%
45,591
51.38%
1,067
1.20%
-3,508
-3.96%
88,741
Lancaster
96,979
70.77%
38,982
28.45%
1,068
0.78%
57,997
42.32%
137,029
Lawrence
15,829
41.76%
21,884
57.74%
191
0.50%
-6,055
-15.98%
37,904
Lebanon
24,415
66.69%
11,912
32.54%
281
0.77%
12,503
34.15%
36,608
Lehigh
56,363
56.30%
42,801
42.76%
943
0.94%
13,562
13.54%
100,107
Luzerne
59,059
50.01%
58,553
49.58%
480
0.41%
506
0.43%
118,092
Lycoming
24,792
64.00%
13,528
34.92%
415
1.07%
11,264
29.08%
38,735
McKean
9,323
63.22%
5,300
35.94%
124
0.84%
4,023
27.28%
14,747
Mercer
21,301
46.43%
24,278
52.92%
301
0.66%
-2,977
-6.49%
45,880
Mifflin
8,170
62.49%
4,790
36.63%
115
0.88%
3,380
25.86%
13,075
Monroe
17,185
62.79%
9,859
36.02%
327
1.19%
7,326
26.77%
27,371
Montgomery
170,294
60.20%
109,834
38.83%
2,742
0.97%
60,460
21.37%
282,870
Montour
3,617
63.50%
2,031
35.66%
48
0.84%
1,586
27.84%
5,696
Northampton
42,748
51.52%
39,264
47.32%
966
1.16%
3,484
4.20%
82,978
Northumberland
20,207
58.07%
14,255
40.96%
338
0.97%
5,952
17.11%
34,800
Perry
8,545
68.18%
3,910
31.20%
78
0.62%
4,635
36.98%
12,533
Philadelphia
219,053
32.45%
449,566
66.60%
6,358
0.94%
-230,513
-34.15%
674,977
Pike
6,659
67.15%
3,097
31.23%
161
1.62%
3,562
35.92%
9,917
Potter
4,432
67.23%
2,119
32.15%
41
0.62%
2,313
35.08%
6,592
Schuylkill
32,666
56.47%
24,797
42.87%
379
0.66%
7,869
13.60%
57,842
Snyder
9,054
76.87%
2,658
22.57%
67
0.57%
6,396
54.30%
11,779
Somerset
16,809
54.63%
13,815
44.90%
144
0.47%
2,994
9.73%
30,768
Sullivan
1,808
61.88%
1,091
37.34%
23
0.79%
717
24.54%
2,922
Susquehanna
9,077
64.58%
4,871
34.65%
108
0.77%
4,206
29.93%
14,056
Tioga
9,471
66.00%
4,807
33.50%
72
0.50%
4,664
32.50%
14,350
Union
7,912
71.05%
3,163
28.40%
61
0.55%
4,749
42.65%
11,136
Venango
11,468
56.60%
8,624
42.56%
171
0.84%
2,844
14.04%
20,263
Warren
8,991
56.21%
6,790
42.45%
214
1.34%
2,201
13.76%
15,995
Washington
28,651
37.43%
47,527
62.08%
375
0.49%
-18,876
-24.65%
76,553
Wayne
9,926
71.61%
3,775
27.23%
161
1.16%
6,151
44.38%
13,862
Westmoreland
61,472
44.13%
76,710
55.07%
1,108
0.80%
-15,238
-10.94%
139,290
Wyoming
6,607
69.94%
2,797
29.61%
43
0.46%
3,810
40.33%
9,447
York
72,408
65.16%
37,691
33.92%
1,017
0.92%
34,717
31.24%
111,116
Totals
2,300,087
50.70%
2,194,944
48.39%
41,220
0.91%
105,143
2.31%
4,536,251
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Analysis
As of the 2020 presidential election[update] , this is the last election in which Lehigh County or the Greater Philadelphia suburban counties of Bucks , Montgomery , and Delaware have voted Republican at the presidential level.[ 1] Bush became the only Republican to date to win the White House without carrying Indiana County , and the only one to do so without carrying Clinton County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 .
See also
References