1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Minnesota was won by Democrat Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, with 52.91% of the popular vote over Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush's 45.90%, a victory margin of 7.01%. This made Minnesota roughly 14.8% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Four years earlier Minnesota had been the only state in the entire country to vote for Democrat Walter Mondale over Republican Ronald Reagan, and this Democratic strength in the state endured in 1988, as Minnesota chose Michael Dukakis by a comfortable margin despite George H.W. Bush winning a convincing victory nationwide. Minnesota has the longest streak of voting Democratic of any state, having not voted Republican since 1972.

As of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, this is the last time Minnesota voted to the right of neighboring Iowa, as well as the last time in which Clay County voted for a losing presidential candidate.

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Blue Earth
• Chippewa
• Clay
• Clearwater
• Cook
• Grant
• Dakota
• Isanti
• Kanabec
• Kandiyohi
• Kittson
• Lac qui Parle
• Lincoln
• Mahnomen
• Marshall
• Mille Lacs
• Murray
• Nobles
• Pennington
• Polk
• Pope
• Renville
• Stevens
• Traverse
• Washington
• Yellow Medicine

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota

References

1. 1988 United States presidential election
2. 2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota
3. 1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota
4. 2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota
5. United States presidential elections in Minnesota
6. 1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota
7. 2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota
8. 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota
9. 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota
10. 2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota
11. 1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota
12. 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota
13. 1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota
14. 1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota
15. 1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota
16. 1988 United States Senate election in Minnesota
17. 1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota
18. 1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota
19. 1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota
20. 1988 United States presidential election in Iowa