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.
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County Results
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Indiana voters chose George H. W. Bush over Michael Dukakis by a 20-point margin. It is 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 went on to win it in 2008.
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV)[1] | |
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George H. W. Bush | J. Danforth Quayle | Republican | 12 | 1,297,763 | 59.84% |
Michael Dukakis | Lloyd Bentsen | Democratic | 0 | 860,643 | 39.69% |
Lenora Fulani | Mamie Moore | New Alliance | 0 | 10,215 | 0.47% |
County | George H.W. Bush Republican |
Michael Dukakis Democratic |
Leonora Fulani New Alliance |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |