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| Election Name: | 1988 United States presidential election in Utah |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Year: | 1922 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1984 United States presidential election in Utah |
| Previous Year: | 1984 |
| Next Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Utah |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 428,442 |
| Percentage1: | 66.22% |
| Nominee2: | Michael Dukakis |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Lloyd Bentsen |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 207,343 |
| Percentage2: | 32.05% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Utah took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Utah 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.
Utah weighed in for this election as 26% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Utah, with over 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Republican or Democratic parties, though several other parties appeared on the ballot.[1] Every county in Utah voted in majority for the Republican candidate, except for Carbon County, which voted primarily for Dukakis.
Bush won the election in Utah with a 34-point landslide – his strongest victory in the nation.[2] He carried every county save heavily-unionized Carbon County.[3] This was the fourth election in a row in which Utah gave the Republican nominee his highest vote share of any state in the country. Utah had voted heavily for William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and for Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman in the two close elections of the first half of the 20th century, 1916 and 1948. However, like most of the rest of the Mountain West, Utah shifted toward the Republican Party in 1952, voting Republican in every subsequent election (as of 2020) save 1964, and voting for Johnson in 1964 by only 9.7%, amid Johnson's 22.6% national landslide.
| 1988 United States presidential election in Utah | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 428,442 | 66.22% | 5 | ||
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 207,343 | 32.05% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Ron Paul | 7,473 | 1.16% | 0 | ||
| American Party | Delmar Dennis | 2,158 | 0.33% | 0 | ||
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 455 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 427 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Louis Youngkeit | 372 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers Party | James Warren | 209 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Socialist | Willa Kenoyer | 129 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 647,008 | 100.0% | 5 | |||
| County | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Ron Paul[4] Libertarian | Delmar Dennis American | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beaver | 1,286 | 60.89% | 816 | 38.64% | 7 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.09% | 470 | 22.25% | 2,112 | ||||||||||||||
| Box Elder | 12,585 | 81.40% | 2,736 | 17.70% | 95 | 0.61% | 31 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.09% | 9,849 | 63.70% | 15,461 | ||||||||||||||
| Cache | 21,766 | 77.84% | 5,871 | 21.00% | 182 | 0.65% | 77 | 0.28% | 67 | 0.24% | 15,895 | 56.84% | 27,963 | ||||||||||||||
| Carbon | 3,019 | 35.09% | 5,521 | 64.18% | 20 | 0.23% | 19 | 0.22% | 24 | 0.28% | -2,502 | -29.09% | 8,603 | ||||||||||||||
| Daggett | 272 | 66.02% | 132 | 32.04% | 5 | 1.21% | 2 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.24% | 140 | 33.98% | 412 | ||||||||||||||
| Davis | 50,469 | 73.80% | 16,868 | 24.67% | 706 | 1.03% | 209 | 0.31% | 132 | 0.19% | 33,601 | 49.13% | 68,384 | ||||||||||||||
| Duchesne | 3,118 | 70.82% | 1,227 | 27.87% | 33 | 0.75% | 19 | 0.43% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,891 | 42.95% | 4,403 | ||||||||||||||
| Emery | 2,322 | 56.03% | 1,788 | 43.15% | 12 | 0.29% | 15 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.17% | 534 | 12.88% | 4,144 | ||||||||||||||
| Garfield | 1,470 | 79.25% | 370 | 19.95% | 9 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.22% | 1,100 | 59.30% | 1,855 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand | 1,895 | 58.34% | 1,287 | 39.62% | 34 | 1.05% | 17 | 0.52% | 13 | 0.40% | 608 | 18.72% | 3,248 | ||||||||||||||
| Iron | 6,038 | 76.74% | 1,736 | 22.06% | 34 | 0.43% | 45 | 0.57% | 15 | 0.19% | 4,302 | 54.68% | 7,868 | ||||||||||||||
| Juab | 1,505 | 59.65% | 974 | 38.60% | 29 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.16% | 531 | 21.05% | 2,523 | ||||||||||||||
| Kane | 1,788 | 79.29% | 398 | 17.65% | 60 | 2.66% | 9 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,390 | 61.64% | 2,255 | ||||||||||||||
| Millard | 3,515 | 74.63% | 1,124 | 23.86% | 48 | 1.02% | 13 | 0.28% | 10 | 0.21% | 2,391 | 50.77% | 4,710 | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan | 1,889 | 73.59% | 647 | 25.20% | 15 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,242 | 48.39% | 2,567 | ||||||||||||||
| Piute | 476 | 69.29% | 206 | 29.99% | 4 | 0.58% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 | 39.30% | 687 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich | 621 | 72.21% | 234 | 27.21% | 2 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.12% | 387 | 45.00% | 860 | ||||||||||||||
| Salt Lake | 163,557 | 59.07% | 107,453 | 38.81% | 4,127 | 1.49% | 901 | 0.33% | 865 | 0.31% | 56,104 | 20.26% | 276,903 | ||||||||||||||
| San Juan | 2,377 | 61.95% | 1,407 | 36.67% | 19 | 0.50% | 14 | 0.36% | 20 | 0.52% | 970 | 25.28% | 3,837 | ||||||||||||||
| Sanpete | 4,579 | 70.26% | 1,822 | 27.96% | 63 | 0.97% | 34 | 0.52% | 19 | 0.29% | 2,757 | 42.30% | 6,517 | ||||||||||||||
| Sevier | 4,747 | 76.31% | 1,403 | 22.55% | 33 | 0.53% | 35 | 0.56% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,344 | 53.76% | 6,221 | ||||||||||||||
| Summit | 3,881 | 59.68% | 2,536 | 39.00% | 63 | 0.97% | 11 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.18% | 1,345 | 20.68% | 6,503 | ||||||||||||||
| Tooele | 5,539 | 56.50% | 4,166 | 42.49% | 57 | 0.58% | 24 | 0.24% | 18 | 0.18% | 1,373 | 14.01% | 9,804 | ||||||||||||||
| Uintah | 5,341 | 74.00% | 1,799 | 24.92% | 24 | 0.33% | 33 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.29% | 3,542 | 49.08% | 7,218 | ||||||||||||||
| Utah | 68,134 | 77.23% | 18,533 | 21.01% | 1,103 | 1.25% | 318 | 0.36% | 139 | 0.16% | 49,601 | 56.22% | 88,227 | ||||||||||||||
| Wasatch | 2,487 | 62.22% | 1,451 | 36.30% | 42 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,036 | 25.92% | 3,997 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 13,306 | 80.33% | 3,054 | 18.44% | 107 | 0.65% | 72 | 0.43% | 26 | 0.16% | 10,252 | 61.89% | 16,565 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne | 784 | 68.59% | 353 | 30.88% | 2 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.26% | 431 | 37.71% | 1,143 | ||||||||||||||
| Weber | 39,676 | 63.97% | 21,431 | 34.56% | 538 | 0.87% | 220 | 0.35% | 153 | 0.25% | 18,245 | 29.41% | 62,018 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 428,442 | 66.22% | 207,343 | 32.05% | 7,473 | 1.16% | 2,158 | 0.33% | 1,592 | 0.25% | 221,099 | 34.17% | 647,008 | ||||||||||||||