See main article: 1988 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Country: | South Dakota |
| Flag Year: | 1963 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 1984 |
| Next Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| 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: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 165,415 |
| Percentage1: | 52.85% |
| Nominee2: | Michael Dukakis |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Lloyd Bentsen |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 145,560 |
| Percentage2: | 46.51% |
| 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 South Dakota took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
South Dakota 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.
South Dakota weighed in for this election as 1.5% more Democratic than the national average.[1] This is the last of only four elections since statehood when South Dakota has voted more Democratic than the national average, an anomaly probably caused by the persistent crisis in the United States' farming sector during the decade.
Bush won the election in South Dakota with a 6-point margin.
The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for South Dakota, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Republican or the Democratic parties, and only five candidates appearing on the ballot.[2] While most counties turned out in this election for Bush, the highly populated centers of Brown County and Sioux Falls's Minnehaha County, voted in majority for Dukakis.
| 1988 United States presidential election in South Dakota | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 165,415 | 52.85% | 3 | ||
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 145,560 | 46.51% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ron Paul | 1,060 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Lenora Fulani | 730 | 0.23% | 0 | ||
| Independent | James Warren | 226 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 312,991 | 100.0% | 3 | |||
| County[3] | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Ron Paul Independent | Lenora Fulani Independent | James Warren Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Aurora | 856 | 46.17% | 987 | 53.24% | 5 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.05% | -131 | -7.07% | 1,854 | ||||||||||||||
| Beadle | 4,611 | 50.23% | 4,523 | 49.27% | 29 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.02% | 88 | 0.96% | 9,180 | ||||||||||||||
| Bennett | 663 | 52.54% | 579 | 45.88% | 18 | 1.43% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 84 | 6.66% | 1,262 | ||||||||||||||
| Bon Homme | 1,826 | 53.44% | 1,574 | 46.06% | 6 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.06% | 252 | 7.38% | 3,417 | ||||||||||||||
| Brookings | 5,394 | 52.34% | 4,860 | 47.16% | 20 | 0.19% | 29 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.02% | 534 | 5.18% | 10,305 | ||||||||||||||
| Brown | 8,537 | 49.34% | 8,673 | 50.13% | 42 | 0.24% | 39 | 0.23% | 11 | 0.06% | -136 | -0.79% | 17,302 | ||||||||||||||
| Brule | 971 | 49.19% | 991 | 50.20% | 9 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | -20 | -1.01% | 1,974 | ||||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 151 | 30.82% | 334 | 68.16% | 2 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.41% | -183 | -37.34% | 490 | ||||||||||||||
| Butte | 2,291 | 63.96% | 1,256 | 35.06% | 19 | 0.53% | 15 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,035 | 28.90% | 3,582 | ||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 909 | 72.60% | 334 | 26.68% | 8 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 575 | 45.92% | 1,252 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Mix | 1,966 | 46.99% | 2,205 | 52.70% | 5 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.10% | -239 | -5.71% | 4,184 | ||||||||||||||
| Clark | 1,247 | 51.44% | 1,164 | 48.02% | 3 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.04% | 83 | 3.42% | 2,424 | ||||||||||||||
| Clay | 2,307 | 44.37% | 2,859 | 54.98% | 18 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.17% | -552 | -10.61% | 5,200 | ||||||||||||||
| Codington | 5,050 | 51.99% | 4,570 | 47.05% | 34 | 0.35% | 46 | 0.47% | 14 | 0.14% | 480 | 4.94% | 9,714 | ||||||||||||||
| Corson | 710 | 49.03% | 722 | 49.86% | 11 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.07% | -12 | -0.83% | 1,448 | ||||||||||||||
| Custer | 1,806 | 59.49% | 1,180 | 38.87% | 34 | 1.12% | 9 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.23% | 626 | 20.62% | 3,036 | ||||||||||||||
| Davison | 4,024 | 51.68% | 3,705 | 47.59% | 20 | 0.26% | 30 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.09% | 319 | 4.09% | 7,786 | ||||||||||||||
| Day | 1,616 | 42.82% | 2,137 | 56.62% | 19 | 0.50% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -521 | -13.80% | 3,774 | ||||||||||||||
| Deuel | 1,251 | 49.49% | 1,246 | 49.29% | 17 | 0.67% | 12 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.20% | 2,528 | ||||||||||||||
| Dewey | 765 | 42.76% | 1,007 | 56.29% | 14 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.11% | -242 | -13.53% | 1,789 | ||||||||||||||
| Douglas | 1,438 | 67.23% | 695 | 32.49% | 3 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 34.74% | 2,139 | ||||||||||||||
| Edmunds | 1,327 | 51.06% | 1,259 | 48.44% | 7 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.08% | 68 | 2.62% | 2,599 | ||||||||||||||
| Fall River | 2,002 | 58.59% | 1,380 | 40.39% | 25 | 0.73% | 7 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.09% | 622 | 18.20% | 3,417 | ||||||||||||||
| Faulk | 842 | 53.94% | 714 | 45.74% | 2 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 8.20% | 1,561 | ||||||||||||||
| Grant | 2,148 | 51.49% | 1,988 | 47.65% | 19 | 0.46% | 15 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.05% | 160 | 3.84% | 4,172 | ||||||||||||||
| Gregory | 1,566 | 57.53% | 1,138 | 41.81% | 7 | 0.26% | 9 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.07% | 428 | 15.72% | 2,722 | ||||||||||||||
| Haakon | 958 | 70.91% | 379 | 28.05% | 9 | 0.67% | 5 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 579 | 42.86% | 1,351 | ||||||||||||||
| Hamlin | 1,380 | 52.06% | 1,258 | 47.45% | 9 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 4.61% | 2,651 | ||||||||||||||
| Hand | 1,461 | 56.67% | 1,101 | 42.71% | 8 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 13.96% | 2,578 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanson | 786 | 50.00% | 776 | 49.36% | 8 | 0.51% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.64% | 1,572 | ||||||||||||||
| Harding | 633 | 70.33% | 259 | 28.78% | 5 | 0.56% | 3 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 374 | 41.55% | 900 | ||||||||||||||
| Hughes | 4,545 | 61.07% | 2,853 | 38.34% | 24 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,692 | 22.73% | 7,442 | ||||||||||||||
| Hutchinson | 2,700 | 62.56% | 1,594 | 36.93% | 9 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,106 | 25.63% | 4,316 | ||||||||||||||
| Hyde | 546 | 53.58% | 436 | 42.79% | 29 | 2.85% | 5 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.29% | 110 | 10.79% | 1,019 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackson | 671 | 58.81% | 450 | 39.44% | 14 | 1.23% | 2 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.35% | 221 | 19.37% | 1,141 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerauld | 777 | 50.65% | 751 | 48.96% | 2 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 1.69% | 1,534 | ||||||||||||||
| Jones | 521 | 66.28% | 261 | 33.21% | 3 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 260 | 33.07% | 786 | ||||||||||||||
| Kingsbury | 1,592 | 51.57% | 1,472 | 47.68% | 11 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.16% | 120 | 3.89% | 3,087 | ||||||||||||||
| Lake | 2,439 | 47.62% | 2,663 | 51.99% | 8 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.06% | -224 | -4.37% | 5,122 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 5,570 | 59.39% | 3,705 | 39.50% | 66 | 0.70% | 32 | 0.34% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,865 | 19.89% | 9,379 | ||||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 3,537 | 52.35% | 3,190 | 47.21% | 15 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.09% | 347 | 5.14% | 6,757 | ||||||||||||||
| Lyman | 843 | 56.96% | 631 | 42.64% | 3 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 14.32% | 1,480 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,142 | 45.23% | 1,372 | 54.34% | 7 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -230 | -9.11% | 2,525 | ||||||||||||||
| McCook | 1,501 | 50.00% | 1,492 | 49.70% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.30% | 3,002 | ||||||||||||||
| McPherson | 1,358 | 70.14% | 571 | 29.49% | 4 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 787 | 40.65% | 1,936 | ||||||||||||||
| Meade | 5,189 | 61.24% | 3,212 | 37.91% | 43 | 0.51% | 27 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,977 | 23.33% | 8,473 | ||||||||||||||
| Mellette | 460 | 53.99% | 385 | 45.19% | 6 | 0.70% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 75 | 8.80% | 852 | ||||||||||||||
| Miner | 795 | 45.30% | 955 | 54.42% | 4 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -160 | -9.12% | 1,755 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnehaha | 26,765 | 47.71% | 29,135 | 51.94% | 82 | 0.15% | 84 | 0.15% | 29 | 0.05% | -2,370 | -4.23% | 56,095 | ||||||||||||||
| Moody | 1,161 | 40.19% | 1,715 | 59.36% | 4 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.07% | -554 | -19.17% | 2,889 | ||||||||||||||
| Pennington | 19,510 | 61.44% | 12,068 | 38.00% | 90 | 0.28% | 71 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.06% | 7,442 | 23.44% | 31,757 | ||||||||||||||
| Perkins | 1,326 | 60.36% | 851 | 38.73% | 17 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 21.63% | 2,197 | ||||||||||||||
| Potter | 1,175 | 62.07% | 701 | 37.03% | 10 | 0.53% | 5 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.11% | 474 | 25.04% | 1,893 | ||||||||||||||
| Roberts | 2,012 | 46.67% | 2,267 | 52.59% | 20 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.14% | -255 | -5.92% | 4,311 | ||||||||||||||
| Sanborn | 815 | 51.10% | 770 | 48.28% | 4 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 2.82% | 1,595 | ||||||||||||||
| Shannon | 256 | 17.31% | 1,206 | 81.54% | 7 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.41% | -950 | -64.23% | 1,479 | ||||||||||||||
| Spink | 1,969 | 48.47% | 2,071 | 50.98% | 9 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.12% | -102 | -2.51% | 4,062 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley | 698 | 57.26% | 511 | 41.92% | 8 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 187 | 15.34% | 1,219 | ||||||||||||||
| Sully | 571 | 56.76% | 393 | 39.07% | 41 | 4.08% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 17.69% | 1,006 | ||||||||||||||
| Todd | 535 | 31.92% | 1,117 | 66.65% | 5 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.60% | -582 | -34.73% | 1,676 | ||||||||||||||
| Tripp | 2,113 | 62.96% | 1,219 | 36.32% | 13 | 0.39% | 6 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.15% | 894 | 26.64% | 3,356 | ||||||||||||||
| Turner | 2,436 | 57.47% | 1,780 | 41.99% | 11 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.09% | 656 | 15.48% | 4,239 | ||||||||||||||
| Union | 1,907 | 41.91% | 2,612 | 57.41% | 11 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.13% | -705 | -15.50% | 4,550 | ||||||||||||||
| Walworth | 1,940 | 63.40% | 1,094 | 35.75% | 15 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.07% | 846 | 27.65% | 3,060 | ||||||||||||||
| Yankton | 4,186 | 52.05% | 3,777 | 46.96% | 26 | 0.32% | 41 | 0.51% | 13 | 0.16% | 409 | 5.09% | 8,043 | ||||||||||||||
| Ziebach | 362 | 45.53% | 427 | 53.71% | 3 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.13% | -65 | -8.18% | 795 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 165,415 | 52.85% | 145,560 | 46.51% | 1,060 | 0.34% | 730 | 0.23% | 226 | 0.07% | 19,855 | 6.34% | 312,991 | ||||||||||||||