The 1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the

1988 United States presidential election The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. The Republican nominee, incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Michael ...

. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for

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and

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was won by

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, with 52.91% of the popular vote over

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Vice President

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's 45.90%, a victory margin of 7.01%. This made Minnesota roughly 14.8% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Four years earlier Minnesota had been the only state in the entire country to vote for Democrat

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over Republican

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, and this Democratic strength in the state endured in 1988, as Minnesota chose Michael Dukakis by a comfortable margin despite George H.W. Bush winning a convincing victory nationwide. Minnesota has the longest streak of voting Democratic of any state, having not voted Republican since

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. As of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, this is the last time Minnesota voted to the right of neighboring

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, as well as the last time in which

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voted for a losing presidential candidate.

Results

Results by county

References

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1988 Minnesota elections

Results

Results by county

See also

References