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.
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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. As of the 2024 presidential election[update], 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "KS US President Race — November 08, 1988". Our Campaigns.