The 1988 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and

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, were 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 ...

. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Hawaii was won by Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis who was running against incumbent United States Vice President

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of Texas. Dukakis ran with Texas

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as Vice President, and Bush ran with Indiana

Dan Quayle. The election was very

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for Hawaii, with 99% of the electorate voting for either the

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or Republican parties. All four of the Hawaiian island counties voted in majority for Dukakis. Hawaii weighed in for this election as 17% more

than the national average. Dukakis won the election in Hawaii with a solid 10-point win. This is the last time any candidate flipped every county in any state from the previous election, as Dukakis won every county in the state after

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did so in 1984. The election results in Hawaii stand out from most in the United States during this election. The nationwide electoral results are largely reflective of a nationwide political reconsolidation of the base for the Republican Party, which took place through the 1980s. Through the passage of some very controversial economic programs, spearheaded by then President

(called, collectively, " Reaganomics"), the mid-to-late 1980s saw a period of economic growth and stability. The hallmark of Reaganomics was partly the wide-scale deregulation of corporate interests, and tax cuts for the wealthy. Dukakis ran his campaign on a socially liberal platform, and advocated for higher economic regulation and environmental protection. Bush, alternatively, ran on a campaign of continuing the social and economic policies of former President Reagan - which gained him much support with

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and people living in rural areas. Additionally, while the economic programs passed under Reagan, and furthered under Bush and

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, may have boosted the economy for a brief period, many analysts criticize them as "setting the stage" for economic troubles in the United States after 2007, such as the Great Recession.

Results

Results by county

References

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1988 Hawaii elections

Results

Results by county

See also

References