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Election of 1988

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1988

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2
3
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7
8

George H. W. Bush
Michael S. Dukakis
Lloyde Bentson
Ronald E. Paul
Lenora Fulani
Other
David E. Duke^V5
Willa Kenoyer

Republican^V1
Democratic^V2 Democratic
Libertarian
New Alliance
(nominal parties)
Populist Party
Socialist Party U.S.A.

426
111
    1^V3
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0

48,886,097
41,809,074
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431,750
217,221
249,642
?
?

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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J. Danforth Quayle
Lloyd Bentsen
Michael S. Dukakis
Andre V. Marrou
(varied state to state)^V4 ---
?
Ron Ehrenreich

Republican
Democratic Democratic
Libertarian
New Alliance
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Socialist Party USA

426
111
    0
    0
    0
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    0
    0

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^V1	Bush at one point in the campaign was 17points behind which turned during the GOP Convention and grew stronger from there.
^V2	Dukakis opposed the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools as well as a member of the ACLU.
^V3	One 1988 West Virginia unfaithful elector voted cast for Lloyd Bentsen for president and Dukakis for vice president as a protest against the Electoral College.
^V4	Among the 6 New Alliance vice presidential candidates were Joyce Dattner, Harold More, and "Burke."
^V5	David Duke, a former leader of the Louisiana Ku Klux Klan, campaigned on White Nationalist policies and opposed immigration from Latin America.
PP*	The PoetPatriot in 1988 looked at both platforms of the Dem. & GOP and asked himself, "Why am I a Democrat?" In three months time he went from being an apathetic and uninformed democrat to being a Republican activist, attending the 1988 Washington State Republican Convention

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Election of 1988

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