United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1988

The 1988 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and Washington, D.C., the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, which selected the President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.

Nebraska was won by incumbent United States Vice President of the United States, Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts list of Governors of Massachusetts, Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with list of United States Senators from Indiana, Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with list of United States Senators from Texas, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Bush won Nebraska by a powerful 21% margin. His 60.15% vote share made it his seventh-best state in the nation, and one of only seven where he exceeded 60% of the vote. Even in this 1988–1989 North American drought, drought-influenced election, Nebraska remained largely immune to any significant softening of the Republican vote, as occurred in nearby, generally solidly Republican states at the time such as 1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota, South Dakota, 1988 United States presidential election in Montana, Montana, 1988 United States presidential election in Colorado, Colorado, and 1988 United States presidential election in Kansas, Kansas.

The election was very Partisan (politics), partisan, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic or Republican Party (United States), Republican parties, and only four candidates appearing on the ballot. As has been typical ever since the 1950s, nearly every county in Nebraska turned out a majority for the Republican Party. However, by carrying Saline County, Nebraska, Saline County, which had long been the most Democratic county in the state, plus Dakota County, Nebraska, Dakota County and Thurston County, Nebraska, Thurston County in the northeast with their substantial Hispanic and Native Americans in the United States, Native American populations.

Nebraska weighed in for this election as 7% more Republican Party (United States), Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 United States presidential election, this remains the last time that Nebraska has voted under a winner-take-all system in a presidential election; it would start allocating its electoral votes by congressional district in 1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1992.

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Dakota County, Nebraska, Dakota
* Saline County, Nebraska, Saline
* Thurston County, Nebraska, Thurston

See also

* United States presidential elections in Nebraska
* Presidency of George H. W. Bush

References

{{1988 United States elections

1988 United States presidential election by state, Nebraska
United States presidential elections in Nebraska, 1988
1988 Nebraska elections