1988 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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The 1988 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the election. State voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Indiana voters chose George H. W. Bush over Michael Dukakis by a 20-point margin. Indiana was the home state of Bush's running mate Dan Quayle. No Democratic candidate has won the state since 1964, with the exception of Barack Obama, who narrowly carried it in 2008.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)[1]
George H. W. Bush	J. Danforth Quayle	Republican	12	1,297,763	59.84%
		Democratic	0	860,643	39.69%
	Mamie Moore	New Alliance	0	10,215	0.47%

Results by county

County	George H.W. Bush Republican		Michael Dukakis Democratic		Leonora Fulani New Alliance		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		8,137		67.83%		3,811		31.77%		49		0.41%		4,326		36.06%		11,997
	Allen		74,638		64.94%		39,238		34.14%		1,059		0.92%		35,400		30.80%		114,935
	Bartholomew		17,364		66.05%		8,804		33.49%		123		0.47%		8,560		32.56%		26,291
	Benton		2,698		66.31%		1,349		33.15%		22		0.54%		1,349		33.16%		4,069
	Blackford		3,336		59.49%		2,253		40.17%		19		0.34%		1,083		19.32%		5,608
	Boone		11,608		73.44%		4,168		26.37%		30		0.19%		7,440		47.07%		15,806
	Brown		3,348		60.86%		2,115		38.45%		38		0.69%		1,233		22.41%		5,501
	Carroll		4,981		62.54%		2,952		37.07%		31		0.39%		2,029		25.47%		7,964
	Cass		10,970		65.10%		5,784		34.32%		97		0.58%		5,186		30.78%		16,851
	Clark		16,544		53.04%		14,528		46.58%		120		0.38%		2,016		6.46%		31,192
	Clay		5,852		60.77%		3,724		38.67%		53		0.55%		2,128		22.10%		9,629
	Clinton		8,570		65.82%		4,412		33.88%		39		0.30%		4,158		31.94%		13,021
	Crawford		2,532		55.09%		2,036		44.30%		28		0.61%		496		10.79%		4,596
	Daviess		6,768		65.75%		3,483		33.84%		43		0.42%		3,285		31.91%		10,294
	Dearborn		8,195		61.57%		5,066		38.06%		48		0.36%		3,129		23.51%		13,309
	Decatur		6,245		67.35%		2,979		32.13%		48		0.52%		3,266		35.22%		9,272
	DeKalb		9,018		65.75%		4,657		33.95%		41		0.30%		4,361		31.80%		13,716
	Delaware		27,348		56.84%		20,548		42.71%		216		0.45%		6,800		14.13%		48,112
	Dubois		9,995		62.28%		5,954		37.10%		99		0.62%		4,041		25.18%		16,048
	Elkhart		33,793		70.11%		14,236		29.54%		171		0.35%		19,557		40.57%		48,200
	Fayette		5,949		58.85%		4,118		40.74%		41		0.41%		1,831		18.11%		10,108
	Floyd		14,291		56.28%		11,024		43.41%		78		0.31%		3,267		12.87%		25,393
	Fountain		5,113		60.57%		3,279		38.85%		49		0.58%		1,834		21.72%		8,441
	Franklin		4,777		65.70%		2,472		34.00%		22		0.30%		2,305		31.70%		7,271
	Fulton		5,234		65.01%		2,788		34.63%		29		0.36%		2,446		30.38%		8,051
	Gibson		7,610		51.83%		7,031		47.88%		43		0.29%		579		3.95%		14,684
	Grant		18,441		62.79%		10,799		36.77%		131		0.45%		7,642		26.02%		29,371
	Greene		7,689		55.94%		5,979		43.50%		78		0.57%		1,710		12.44%		13,746
	Hamilton		36,654		80.36%		8,853		19.41%		108		0.24%		27,801		60.95%		45,615
	Hancock		13,374		71.21%		5,355		28.51%		51		0.27%		8,019		42.70%		18,780
	Harrison		6,702		57.47%		4,933		42.30%		26		0.22%		1,769		15.17%		11,661
	Hendricks		22,090		74.12%		7,643		25.65%		70		0.23%		14,447		48.47%		29,803
	Henry		11,280		59.01%		7,779		40.69%		57		0.30%		3,501		18.32%		19,116
	Howard		19,971		63.16%		11,518		36.43%		131		0.41%		8,453		26.73%		31,620
	Huntington		11,675		74.87%		3,873		24.84%		46		0.29%		7,802		50.03%		15,594
	Jackson		9,470		62.77%		5,550		36.78%		68		0.45%		3,920		25.99%		15,088
	Jasper		6,009		64.67%		3,237		34.84%		46		0.50%		2,772		29.83%		9,292
	Jay		5,363		62.22%		3,212		37.26%		45		0.52%		2,151		24.96%		8,620
	Jefferson		6,949		56.64%		5,221		42.56%		98		0.80%		1,728		14.08%		12,268
	Jennings		5,636		60.29%		3,667		39.23%		45		0.48%		1,969		21.06%		9,348
	Johnson		24,654		72.99%		9,001		26.65%		123		0.36%		15,653		46.34%		33,778
	Knox		9,813		58.13%		7,006		41.50%		62		0.37%		2,807		16.63%		16,881
	Kosciusko		17,761		76.68%		5,321		22.97%		81		0.35%		12,440		53.71%		23,163
	LaGrange		4,495		68.67%		2,029		31.00%		22		0.34%		2,466		37.67%		6,546
	Lake		79,929		43.03%		105,026		56.55%		780		0.42%		-25,097		-13.52%		185,735
	LaPorte		20,537		53.64%		17,585		45.93%		163		0.43%		2,952		7.71%		38,285
	Lawrence		10,742		64.71%		5,787		34.86%		70		0.42%		4,955		29.85%		16,599
	Madison		32,596		56.95%		24,443		42.70%		202		0.35%		8,153		14.25%		57,241
	Marion		184,519		58.56%		128,627		40.82%		1,949		0.62%		55,892		17.74%		315,095
	Marshall		10,490		65.41%		5,488		34.22%		60		0.37%		5,002		31.19%		16,038
	Martin		3,066		58.75%		2,132		40.85%		21		0.40%		934		17.90%		5,219
	Miami		8,533		64.47%		4,613		34.85%		90		0.68%		3,920		29.62%		13,236
	Monroe		20,756		56.04%		15,855		42.81%		427		1.15%		4,901		13.23%		37,038
	Montgomery		10,793		74.58%		3,623		25.03%		56		0.39%		7,170		49.55%		14,472
	Morgan		14,284		72.38%		5,375		27.23%		77		0.39%		8,909		45.15%		19,736
	Newton		3,274		65.02%		1,744		34.64%		17		0.34%		1,530		30.38%		5,035
	Noble		7,889		65.26%		4,143		34.27%		57		0.47%		3,746		30.99%		12,089
	Ohio		1,412		55.79%		1,113		43.97%		6		0.24%		299		11.82%		2,531
	Orange		5,245		65.44%		2,739		34.17%		31		0.39%		2,506		31.27%		8,015
	Owen		3,837		60.30%		2,484		39.04%		42		0.66%		1,353		21.26%		6,363
	Parke		4,458		63.21%		2,563		36.34%		32		0.45%		1,895		26.87%		7,053
	Perry		4,720		49.27%		4,804		50.15%		56		0.58%		-84		-0.88%		9,580
	Pike		3,294		51.70%		3,037		47.67%		40		0.63%		257		4.03%		6,371
	Porter		29,790		60.37%		19,390		39.29%		165		0.33%		10,400		21.08%		49,345
	Posey		5,987		57.07%		4,468		42.59%		35		0.33%		1,519		14.48%		10,490
	Pulaski		3,677		62.14%		2,213		37.40%		27		0.46%		1,464		24.74%		5,917
	Putnam		7,119		64.59%		3,850		34.93%		52		0.47%		3,269		29.66%		11,021
	Randolph		6,856		62.85%		3,990		36.58%		62		0.57%		2,866		26.27%		10,908
	Ripley		6,414		63.81%		3,605		35.87%		32		0.32%		2,809		27.94%		10,051
	Rush		5,112		67.41%		2,451		32.32%		20		0.26%		2,661		35.09%		7,583
	Scott		3,455		50.41%		3,378		49.29%		21		0.31%		77		1.12%		6,854
	Shelby		10,176		65.14%		5,382		34.45%		63		0.40%		4,794		30.69%		15,621
	Spencer		4,964		54.82%		4,061		44.85%		30		0.33%		903		9.97%		9,055
	St. Joseph		49,481		50.56%		48,056		49.10%		327		0.33%		1,425		1.46%		97,864
	Starke		4,458		51.80%		4,104		47.69%		44		0.51%		354		4.11%		8,606
	Steuben		6,855		68.55%		3,114		31.14%		31		0.31%		3,741		37.41%		10,000
	Sullivan		4,246		49.39%		4,320		50.25%		31		0.36%		-74		-0.86%		8,597
	Switzerland		1,572		51.39%		1,479		48.35%		8		0.26%		93		3.04%		3,059
	Tippecanoe		27,897		62.88%		16,256		36.64%		211		0.48%		11,641		26.24%		44,364
	Tipton		5,148		67.15%		2,485		32.42%		33		0.43%		2,663		34.73%		7,666
	Union		1,814		65.49%		946		34.15%		10		0.36%		868		31.34%		2,770
	Vanderburgh		38,928		55.02%		31,270		44.20%		555		0.78%		7,658		10.82%		70,753
	Vermillion		3,674		47.27%		4,044		52.03%		54		0.69%		-370		-4.76%		7,772
	Vigo		21,929		53.11%		19,192		46.48%		172		0.42%		2,737		6.63%		41,293
	Wabash		9,153		68.39%		4,168		31.14%		63		0.47%		4,985		37.25%		13,384
	Warren		2,243		59.04%		1,542		40.59%		14		0.37%		701		18.45%		3,799
	Warrick		10,504		56.58%		7,999		43.09%		61		0.33%		2,505		13.49%		18,564
	Washington		4,998		59.39%		3,370		40.04%		48		0.57%		1,628		19.35%		8,416
	Wayne		16,388		61.37%		10,209		38.23%		105		0.39%		6,179		23.14%		26,702
	Wells		7,712		68.93%		3,437		30.72%		39		0.35%		4,275		38.21%		11,188
	White		6,220		65.38%		3,256		34.23%		37		0.39%		2,964		31.15%		9,513
	Whitley		7,679		67.44%		3,642		31.99%		65		0.57%		4,037		35.45%		11,386
Totals	1,297,763	59.84%	860,643	39.69%	10,215	0.47%	437,120	20.15%	2,168,621

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Perry
• Sullivan
• Vermillion

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1988 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2013-11-11.
2. Our Campaigns; IN US President 1988