1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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

Main article: 1988 United States presidential election
1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming
November 8, 1988
 
Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts
Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 106,867 67,113
Percentage 60.53% 38.01%
County Results

Bush

  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elections in Wyoming

Wyoming 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.

Wyoming weighed in for this election as 7 points more Republican than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Wyoming, with nearly 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates on the ballot.[1]

Republican victory

Bush won the election in Wyoming with a solid 22 point sweep-out landslide. While Wyoming tends to vote conservative during presidential elections, these election results in Wyoming are also reflective of a nationwide political reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party, which took place through the 1980s. Through the passage of some very controversial economic programs, spearheaded by then President Ronald Reagan (called, collectively, "Reaganomics"), the mid-to-late 1980s saw a period of economic growth and stability. The hallmark for Reaganomics was, in part, the wide-scale deregulation of corporate interests, and tax cuts for the wealthy.[2]

Dukakis ran his campaign on a socially liberal platform, and advocated for higher economic regulation and environmental protection. Bush, alternatively, ran on a campaign of continuing the social and economic policies of former President Reagan - which gained him much support with social conservatives and people living in rural areas. Additionally, while the economic programs passed under Reagan, and furthered under Bush and Clinton, may have boosted the economy for a brief period, they are criticized by many analysts as "setting the stage" for economic troubles in the United State after 2007, such as the Great Recession.[3]

Results
1988 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush 106,867 60.53% 3
Democratic Michael Dukakis 67,113 38.01% 0
Libertarian Ron Paul 2,026 1.15% 0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 545 0.31% 0
Totals 176,551 100.00% 3

Results by county
County George Herbert Walker Bush
Republican		 Michael Stanley Dukakis
Democratic		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 5,653 49.87% 5,486 48.40% 196 1.73% 167 1.47% 11,335
Big Horn 3,258 68.16% 1,469 30.73% 53 1.11% 1,789 37.43% 4,780
Campbell 6,702 73.55% 2,288 25.11% 122 1.34% 4,414 48.44% 9,112
Carbon 3,336 55.70% 2,555 42.66% 98 1.64% 781 13.04% 5,989
Converse 2,885 68.45% 1,301 30.87% 29 0.69% 1,584 37.58% 4,215
Crook 1,939 76.34% 553 21.77% 48 1.89% 1,386 54.57% 2,540
Fremont 7,681 59.59% 5,020 38.95% 188 1.46% 2,661 20.64% 12,889
Goshen 3,075 61.44% 1,875 37.46% 55 1.10% 1,200 23.98% 5,005
Hot Springs 1,490 64.11% 800 34.42% 34 1.46% 690 29.69% 2,324
Johnson 2,081 72.81% 707 24.74% 70 2.45% 1,374 48.07% 2,858
Laramie 15,561 56.04% 11,851 42.68% 358 1.29% 3,710 13.36% 27,770
Lincoln 3,237 66.10% 1,592 32.51% 68 1.39% 1,645 33.59% 4,897
Natrona 14,005 59.63% 9,148 38.95% 334 1.42% 4,857 20.68% 23,487
Niobrara 825 69.27% 354 29.72% 12 1.01% 471 39.55% 1,191
Park 6,884 70.95% 2,646 27.27% 172 1.77% 4,238 43.68% 9,702
Platte 2,253 59.16% 1,482 38.92% 73 1.92% 771 20.24% 3,808
Sheridan 5,980 55.48% 4,655 43.19% 143 1.33% 1,325 12.29% 10,778
Sublette 1,636 72.81% 576 25.63% 35 1.56% 1,060 47.18% 2,247
Sweetwater 6,780 49.47% 6,720 49.03% 205 1.50% 60 0.44% 13,705
Teton 3,616 61.02% 2,217 37.41% 93 1.57% 1,399 23.61% 5,926
Uinta 3,464 62.97% 1,922 34.94% 115 2.09% 1,542 28.03% 5,501
Washakie 2,538 67.36% 1,197 31.77% 33 0.88% 1,341 35.59% 3,768
Weston 1,988 72.98% 699 25.66% 37 1.36% 1,289 47.32% 2,724
Totals106,86760.53%67,11338.01%2,5711.46%39,75422.52%176,551
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See also

References
  1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  2. "Since 1980s, the Kindest of Tax Cuts for the Rich". The New York Times. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. Jerry Lanson (2008-11-06). "A historic victory. A changed nation. Now, can Obama deliver?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
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