1988 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1988 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1984 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1984
Next Election:	1992 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	1992
Election Date:	November 8, 1988
Image1:	File:VP George Bush crop.jpg
Nominee1:	George H. W. Bush
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote1:	7
Popular Vote1:	554,049
Percentage1:	55.79%
Nominee2:	Michael Dukakis
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Massachusetts
Running Mate2:	Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	422,636
Percentage2:	42.56%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Ronald Reagan
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	George H. W. Bush
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1988 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Kansas was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

Kansas weighed in for this election as 2 points more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Kansas, with over 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four political parties appearing on the ballot.^[1] Voters from every county in Kansas turned out for the Republican Party, except for three, the largest example being Kansas City's Wyandotte County, which voted primarily Democratic., this is the last time Douglas County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[2]

Bush won the election in Kansas with a 13-point win, although compared to most previous Republican performances in Kansas this was an underwhelming triumph due to the influence of an ongoing drought and farm crisis. Dukakis’s performance is the best of any Democratic presidential candidate in the state since 1976, and was the last time until 2008 that a Democrat received more than 40% of the vote in Kansas.

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush	554,049	55.79%	7
	Democratic	Michael Dukakis	422,636	42.56%	0
	Independent	Ron Paul	12,553	1.26%	0
	Independent	Lenora Fulani	3,806	0.38%	0
Totals			993,044	100.0%	7

Results by county

County^[3]	George H.W. Bush Republican		Michael Dukakis Democratic		Ron Paul Independent		Leonora Fulani Independent		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,429		58.14%		2,392		40.56%		49		0.83%		28		0.47%		1,037		17.58%		5,898
	Anderson		1,781		54.25%		1,466		44.65%		21		0.64%		15		0.46%		315		9.60%		3,283
	Atchison		3,243		49.03%		3,177		48.03%		167		2.52%		27		0.41%		66		1.00%		6,614
	Barber		1,539		56.87%		1,118		41.32%		39		1.44%		10		0.37%		421		15.55%		2,706
	Barton		7,741		59.20%		5,024		38.42%		251		1.92%		59		0.45%		2,717		20.78%		13,075
	Bourbon		3,660		57.80%		2,623		41.42%		31		0.49%		18		0.28%		1,037		16.38%		6,332
	Brown		3,059		63.57%		1,719		35.72%		20		0.42%		14		0.29%		1,340		27.85%		4,812
	Butler		10,976		57.60%		7,690		40.35%		374		1.96%		16		0.08%		3,286		17.25%		19,056
	Chase		884		60.63%		538		36.90%		32		2.19%		4		0.27%		346		23.73%		1,458
	Chautauqua		1,247		64.48%		661		34.18%		19		0.98%		7		0.36%		586		30.30%		1,934
	Cherokee		4,281		50.95%		4,069		48.43%		37		0.44%		15		0.18%		212		2.52%		8,402
	Cheyenne		1,105		63.40%		594		34.08%		30		1.72%		14		0.80%		511		29.32%		1,743
	Clark		876		66.62%		409		31.10%		23		1.75%		7		0.53%		467		35.52%		1,315
	Clay		2,997		72.10%		1,112		26.75%		33		0.79%		15		0.36%		1,885		45.35%		4,157
	Cloud		3,043		59.34%		2,022		39.43%		35		0.68%		28		0.55%		1,021		19.91%		5,128
	Coffey		2,581		66.69%		1,246		32.20%		33		0.85%		10		0.26%		1,335		34.49%		3,870
	Comanche		738		65.72%		375		33.39%		6		0.53%		4		0.36%		363		32.33%		1,123
	Cowley		7,778		54.44%		6,186		43.30%		283		1.98%		39		0.27%		1,592		11.14%		14,286
	Crawford		6,940		46.73%		7,783		52.41%		85		0.57%		42		0.28%		-843		-5.68%		14,850
	Decatur		1,291		60.10%		793		36.92%		46		2.14%		18		0.84%		498		23.18%		2,148
	Dickinson		5,121		63.28%		2,870		35.47%		85		1.05%		16		0.20%		2,251		27.81%		8,092
	Doniphan		2,162		61.53%		1,312		37.34%		32		0.91%		8		0.23%		850		24.19%		3,514
	Douglas		16,149		49.90%		15,752		48.68%		314		0.97%		146		0.45%		397		1.22%		32,361
	Edwards		993		53.88%		792		42.97%		41		2.22%		17		0.92%		201		10.91%		1,843
	Elk		1,075		63.01%		608		35.64%		17		1.00%		6		0.35%		467		27.37%		1,706
	Ellis		5,194		48.67%		5,289		49.56%		163		1.53%		26		0.24%		-95		-0.89%		10,672
	Ellsworth		1,711		57.03%		1,219		40.63%		47		1.57%		23		0.77%		492		16.40%		3,000
	Finney		5,381		60.14%		3,408		38.09%		127		1.42%		31		0.35%		1,973		22.05%		8,947
	Ford		5,685		58.63%		3,817		39.36%		152		1.57%		43		0.44%		1,868		19.27%		9,697
	Franklin		4,777		56.43%		3,592		42.43%		75		0.89%		21		0.25%		1,185		14.00%		8,465
	Geary		3,782		57.54%		2,721		41.40%		40		0.61%		30		0.46%		1,061		16.14%		6,573
	Gove		966		57.36%		663		39.37%		48		2.85%		7		0.42%		303		17.99%		1,684
	Graham		1,139		60.97%		702		37.58%		21		1.12%		6		0.32%		437		23.39%		1,868
	Grant		1,654		63.69%		907		34.92%		27		1.04%		9		0.35%		747		28.77%		2,597
	Gray		1,180		61.55%		696		36.31%		33		1.72%		8		0.42%		484		25.24%		1,917
	Greeley		506		59.32%		317		37.16%		27		3.17%		3		0.35%		189		22.16%		853
	Greenwood		2,217		59.66%		1,421		38.24%		64		1.72%		14		0.38%		796		21.42%		3,716
	Hamilton		801		60.00%		517		38.73%		14		1.05%		3		0.22%		284		21.27%		1,335
	Harper		1,941		59.39%		1,235		37.79%		72		2.20%		20		0.61%		706		21.60%		3,268
	Harvey		6,893		54.23%		5,503		43.29%		262		2.06%		53		0.42%		1,390		10.94%		12,711
	Haskell		964		67.41%		427		29.86%		35		2.45%		4		0.28%		537		37.55%		1,430
	Hodgeman		732		60.40%		439		36.22%		32		2.64%		9		0.74%		293		24.18%		1,212
	Jackson		2,759		54.36%		2,261		44.55%		40		0.79%		15		0.30%		498		9.81%		5,075
	Jefferson		3,605		55.53%		2,810		43.28%		46		0.71%		31		0.48%		795		12.25%		6,492
	Jewell		1,546		67.99%		684		30.08%		30		1.32%		14		0.62%		862		37.91%		2,274
	Johnson		95,591		62.81%		55,183		36.26%		1,001		0.66%		424		0.28%		40,408		26.55%		152,199
	Kearny		1,073		66.03%		524		32.25%		23		1.42%		5		0.31%		549		33.78%		1,625
	Kingman		2,205		58.74%		1,420		37.83%		103		2.74%		26		0.69%		785		20.91%		3,754
	Kiowa		1,276		71.09%		485		27.02%		29		1.62%		5		0.28%		791		44.07%		1,795
	Labette		5,125		52.92%		4,433		45.78%		88		0.91%		38		0.39%		692		7.14%		9,684
	Lane		768		61.44%		450		36.00%		24		1.92%		8		0.64%		318		25.44%		1,250
	Leavenworth		9,913		52.53%		8,797		46.62%		109		0.58%		51		0.27%		1,116		5.91%		18,870
	Lincoln		1,229		59.66%		796		38.64%		32		1.55%		3		0.15%		433		21.02%		2,060
	Linn		2,163		58.60%		1,497		40.56%		24		0.65%		7		0.19%		666		18.04%		3,691
	Logan		988		64.36%		503		32.77%		35		2.28%		9		0.59%		485		31.59%		1,535
	Lyon		6,820		55.29%		5,314		43.08%		148		1.20%		52		0.42%		1,506		12.21%		12,334
	McPherson		6,563		58.79%		4,354		39.00%		112		1.91%		29		0.50%		2,209		19.79%		11,164
	Marion		3,685		62.99%		2,024		34.60%		64		1.11%		26		0.45%		1,661		28.39%		5,850
	Marshall		3,140		54.23%		2,560		44.21%		207		1.85%		40		0.36%		580		10.02%		5,790
	Meade		1,322		65.19%		664		32.74%		34		1.68%		8		0.39%		658		32.45%		2,028
	Miami		4,807		51.65%		4,427		47.57%		55		0.59%		17		0.18%		380		4.08%		9,306
	Mitchell		2,257		65.19%		1,145		33.07%		36		1.04%		24		0.69%		1,112		32.12%		3,462
	Montgomery		9,067		61.98%		5,429		37.11%		90		0.62%		42		0.29%		3,638		24.87%		14,628
	Morris		1,682		58.12%		1,165		40.26%		34		1.17%		13		0.45%		517		17.86%		2,894
	Morton		1,074		64.35%		569		34.09%		23		1.38%		3		0.18%		505		30.26%		1,669
	Nemaha		2,849		54.98%		2,261		43.63%		57		1.10%		15		0.29%		588		11.35%		5,182
	Neosho		3,739		51.77%		3,402		47.11%		64		0.89%		17		0.24%		337		4.66%		7,222
	Ness		1,230		56.58%		887		40.80%		52		2.39%		5		0.23%		343		15.78%		2,174
	Norton		1,923		67.54%		855		30.03%		60		2.11%		9		0.32%		1,068		37.51%		2,847
	Osage		3,496		54.33%		2,840		44.13%		73		1.13%		26		0.40%		656		10.20%		6,435
	Osborne		1,541		60.57%		943		37.07%		47		1.85%		13		0.51%		598		23.50%		2,544
	Ottawa		1,836		64.78%		953		33.63%		35		1.24%		10		0.35%		883		31.15%		2,834
	Pawnee		1,825		54.11%		1,474		43.70%		67		1.99%		7		0.21%		351		10.41%		3,373
	Phillips		2,316		69.86%		960		28.96%		34		1.03%		5		0.15%		1,356		40.90%		3,315
	Pottawatomie		3,897		59.51%		2,544		38.85%		93		1.42%		15		0.23%		1,353		20.66%		6,549
	Pratt		2,505		59.01%		1,651		38.89%		70		1.65%		19		0.45%		854		20.12%		4,245
	Rawlins		1,318		66.46%		612		30.86%		42		2.12%		11		0.55%		706		35.60%		1,983
	Reno		12,753		51.11%		11,545		46.27%		560		2.24%		96		0.38%		1,208		4.84%		24,954
	Republic		2,346		67.76%		1,069		30.88%		28		0.81%		19		0.55%		1,277		36.88%		3,462
	Rice		2,503		53.89%		2,033		43.77%		94		2.02%		15		0.32%		470		10.12%		4,645
	Riley		9,507		55.90%		7,283		42.82%		159		0.93%		58		0.34%		2,224		13.08%		17,007
	Rooks		1,938		64.45%		1,012		33.65%		48		1.60%		9		0.30%		926		30.80%		3,007
	Rush		1,045		48.54%		1,020		47.38%		85		3.95%		3		0.14%		25		1.16%		2,153
	Russell		2,403		61.21%		1,448		36.88%		45		1.15%		30		0.76%		955		24.33%		3,926
	Saline		11,371		57.96%		7,998		40.77%		180		0.92%		69		0.35%		3,373		17.19%		19,618
	Scott		1,590		66.95%		717		30.19%		58		2.44%		10		0.42%		873		36.76%		2,375
	Sedgwick		86,124		55.30%		65,618		42.13%		3,104		1.99%		899		0.58%		20,506		13.17%		155,745
	Seward		4,089		70.54%		1,655		28.55%		43		0.74%		10		0.17%		2,434		41.99%		5,797
	Shawnee		35,489		50.56%		33,940		48.35%		527		0.75%		241		0.34%		1,549		2.21%		70,197
	Sheridan		901		57.90%		600		38.56%		45		2.89%		10		0.64%		301		19.34%		1,556
	Sherman		1,929		62.94%		1,082		35.30%		43		1.40%		11		0.36%		847		27.64%		3,065
	Smith		1,951		65.29%		1,004		33.60%		28		0.94%		5		0.17%		947		31.69%		2,988
	Stafford		1,532		55.95%		1,121		40.94%		75		2.74%		10		0.37%		411		15.01%		2,738
	Stanton		592		62.32%		310		32.63%		46		4.84%		2		0.21%		282		29.69%		950
	Stevens		1,642		71.17%		612		26.53%		46		1.99%		7		0.30%		1,030		44.64%		2,307
	Sumner		5,394		53.71%		4,417		43.99%		198		1.97%		33		0.33%		977		9.72%		10,042
	Thomas		2,342		60.52%		1,408		36.38%		93		2.40%		27		0.70%		934		24.14%		3,870
	Trego		979		53.47%		795		43.42%		51		2.79%		6		0.33%		184		10.05%		1,831
	Wabaunsee		1,737		58.54%		1,166		39.30%		54		1.82%		10		0.34%		571		19.24%		2,967
	Wallace		655		69.61%		257		27.31%		24		2.55%		5		0.53%		398		42.30%		941
	Washington		2,269		67.13%		1,063		31.45%		31		0.92%		17		0.50%		1,206		35.68%		3,380
	Wichita		721		62.80%		399		34.76%		21		1.83%		7		0.61%		322		28.04%		1,148
	Wilson		2,743		63.12%		1,545		35.55%		49		1.13%		9		0.21%		1,198		27.57%		4,346
	Woodson		1,062		57.50%		761		41.20%		18		0.97%		6		0.32%		301		16.30%		1,847
	Wyandotte		19,097		32.70%		38,678		66.23%		377		0.65%		247		0.42%		-19,581		-33.53%		58,399
Totals	554,049	55.79%	422,636	42.56%	12,553	1.26%	3,806	0.38%	131,413	13.23%	993,044

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Crawford
• Ellis

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas
• Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1988 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2013-07-21.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Web site: KS US President Race — November 08, 1988. Our Campaigns.