The 1988 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and Washington, D.C., D.C. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
Maine voted for the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee, Vice President of the United States, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee, Governor of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, by a margin of 11.45%. Bush took 55.34% of the vote to Dukakis’ 43.88%, and swept every county in the state.
Bush's comfortable win was expected, due to the state's Republican lean at the time, and the Bush family ties to the state (Bush owned a Walker's Point Estate, house in Kennebunkport, Maine). , this is the last time that a Republican presidential nominee would carry the state of Maine as a whole, as well as the counties of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland, Hancock County, Maine, Hancock, Knox County, Maine, Knox, Sagadahoc County, Maine, Sagadahoc and York County, Maine, York.
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''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 Like the rest of Liberalism in the United States, liberal and Irreligion, secular New England, Maine would subsequently begin to drift towards the Democratic Party as the GOP became increasingly dominated by Conservatism in the United States, conservatives, Southern United States, Southerners, and Evangelicalism in the United States, Evangelical Christians, and is now considered a safe Red states and blue states, blue state.
However, Maine's 2nd congressional district would give its electoral vote to Republican Donald Trump in 2016 United States presidential election in Maine, 2016 and 2020 United States presidential election in Maine, 2020. Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, and Somerset counties would not vote Republican again until 2016.
Despite winning every county in the state this election, Bush would not win a single one during his re-election bid in 1992 United States presidential election in Maine, 1992, and would in fact come in third place in the state behind Democrat Bill Clinton and independent candidate Ross Perot.
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Maine
* Presidency of George H. W. Bush
References
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1988 United States presidential election by state, Maine
United States presidential elections in Maine, 1988
1988 Maine elections