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1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Field	Value
election_name	1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
country	New Hampshire
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1984 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
previous_year	1984
next_election	1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
next_year	1992
election_date	November 8, 1988
image_size	x200px
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	4
popular_vote1	281,537
percentage1	62.49%
image2	File:Dukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg
nominee2	Michael Dukakis
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Massachusetts
running_mate2	Lloyd Bentsen
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	163,696
percentage2	36.33%
map	{{switcher
title	President
before_election	Ronald Reagan
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George H. W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1988 United States presidential election

|[[File:New Hampshire Presidential Election Results 1988.svg|x280px]] |County results |[[File:New Hampshire Presidential Results 1988 by Municipality.svg|x280px]] |Municipality results}} Bush Dukakis The 1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, by a landslide margin of 26.16%. Bush took 62.49% of the vote to Dukakis's 36.33%.

Compared to the rest of liberal New England, New Hampshire historically had a strong fiscal conservative streak to its politics, and Bush's pledge not to raise taxes played well to the state's anti-tax electorate. This election would prove to be the GOP's high point in New Hampshire, as the state gave Bush his second-strongest win in the nation, behind only Utah.

In the following years, the state would drift to the left, though more on social issues than on economic issues. As the Republican Party moved to embrace the Christian right and became increasingly Southern, the GOP would suffer a rapid decline in its fortunes in New Hampshire. Despite the scale of Bush's victory in 1988, no Republican has since won even a majority of the state's votes, although his son George W. Bush would eke out a narrow 48–47 plurality in 2000.

, this is the last election in which a Republican has been able to win every county within the state as well as the last time the counties of Cheshire, Grafton, Merrimack and Strafford voted for a Republican presidential candidate. This is also the last time that New Hampshire was won by double digits by either party, (although future Democratic candidates in both Bill Clinton, and later Barack Obama came incredibly close to doing so during their landslide victories in 1996, along with 2008).

Primaries

Results

1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	George H. W. Bush	281,537	62.49%	4
Democratic	Michael Dukakis	163,696	36.33%	0
Libertarian	Ron Paul	4,502	1.00%	0
New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	790	0.18%	0
Totals	450,525	100.00%	4
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)	55%/69%

Results by county

County	George H.W. Bush
Republican	Michael Dukakis
Democratic	Ron Paul
Libertarian	Leonora Fulani
New Alliance	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	281,537	62.49%	163,696	36.33%	4,502	1.00%	790	0.18%	117,841	26.16%	450,525
	Belknap		14,454		67.92%		6,603		31.03%		203		0.95%		20		0.09%		7,851		36.89%		21,280
	Carroll		12,983		70.78%		5,153		28.09%		157		0.86%		51		0.28%		7,830		42.69%		18,344
	Cheshire		15,002		54.53%		12,339		44.85%		125		0.45%		46		0.17%		2,663		9.68%		27,512
	Coös		8,763		63.32%		4,981		35.99%		61		0.44%		35		0.25%		3,782		27.33%		13,840
	Grafton		19,033		62.00%		11,484		37.41%		143		0.47%		39		0.13%		7,549		24.59%		30,699
	Hillsborough		88,261		65.00%		45,799		33.73%		1,525		1.12%		193		0.14%		42,462		31.27%		135,778
	Merrimack		29,535		60.66%		18,637		38.28%		433		0.89%		81		0.17%		10,898		22.38%		48,686
	Rockingham		64,034		63.15%		35,775		35.28%		1,401		1.38%		195		0.19%		28,259		27.87%		101,405
	Strafford		20,636		54.74%		16,547		43.89%		401		1.06%		114		0.30%		4,089		10.85%		37,698
	Sullivan		8,836		57.82%		6,378		41.73%		53		0.35%		16		0.10%		2,458		16.09%		15,283

References

"1988 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
"1988 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
Our Campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2129 NH US President Race, November 08, 1988]

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