The 1988 United States presidential election in Maryland 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 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maryland was won by Vice President

George H.W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; p ...

( R- Texas), with 51.11% of the popular vote, over Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis ( D- Massachusetts) with 48.20% of the popular vote. Bush ultimately won the national vote, defeating Governor Dukakis. this remains the last time that the Republican presidential candidate has won the state of Maryland, as well as Baltimore County and Howard County.Sullivan, Robert David
‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’
''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 Maryland was one of only two states that Bush carried in 1988 which had voted for Jimmy Carter in

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

, the other being Carter's home state of Georgia. This also marks the only occasion since

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

in which Maryland has given an outright majority to a non-incumbent Republican. Maryland weighed in for this election as almost 5% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Montgomery

By congressional district

Bush won 4 of 8 congressional districts, including three held by Democrats. Dukakis won the other 4, including one that elected a Republican.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:United States presidential election in Maryland, 1988 Maryland

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...