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The1988 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Arizona was won by incumbent United StatesVice PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, who was running againstMassachusetts GovernorMichael Dukakis. Bush ran withIndiana SenatorDan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran withTexas SenatorLloyd Bentsen.
Arizona weighed in for this election as 14 points moreRepublican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a verypartisan election for Arizona, with nearly 99% of the electorate voting for either theDemocratic orRepublican parties.[1] Nearly everycounty turned out for Bush, with the exception of Native AmericanApache County and heavily unionizedGreenlee County voting primarily for Dukakis.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when the counties ofCoconino,Pima andSanta Cruz have voted for the Republican presidential candidate.[2]
Bush won the election in the traditionally conservative and Republican state of Arizona with a solid 21-point margin.
| 1988 United States presidential election in Arizona[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 702,541 | 59.95% | 7 | |
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 454,029 | 38.74% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ron Paul | 13,351 | 1.14% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 1,662 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy (write-in) | 159 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Populist | David Duke (write-in) | 113 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| American | Delmar Dennis (write-in) | 18 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,171,873 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| County[3] | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Ron Paul Libertarian | Lenora Fulani New Alliance | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| Apache | 5,347 | 36.76% | 8,944 | 61.50% | 224 | 1.54% | 26 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.02% | -3,597 | -24.74% | 14,544 |
| Cochise | 15,815 | 56.38% | 11,812 | 42.11% | 362 | 1.29% | 49 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.04% | 4,003 | 14.27% | 28,050 |
| Coconino | 16,649 | 51.80% | 14,660 | 45.61% | 757 | 2.36% | 56 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.06% | 1,989 | 6.19% | 32,140 |
| Gila | 7,861 | 51.38% | 7,147 | 46.72% | 254 | 1.66% | 35 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.01% | 714 | 4.66% | 15,299 |
| Graham | 5,120 | 59.18% | 3,407 | 39.38% | 97 | 1.12% | 24 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,713 | 19.80% | 8,652 |
| Greenlee | 1,526 | 46.21% | 1,733 | 52.48% | 37 | 1.12% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -207 | -6.27% | 3,302 |
| La Paz | 2,562 | 58.55% | 1,746 | 39.90% | 62 | 1.42% | 6 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 816 | 18.65% | 4,376 |
| Maricopa | 442,337 | 64.90% | 230,952 | 33.89% | 7,199 | 1.06% | 885 | 0.13% | 145 | 0.02% | 211,385 | 31.01% | 681,518 |
| Mohave | 17,651 | 62.40% | 10,197 | 36.05% | 381 | 1.35% | 33 | 0.12% | 24 | 0.08% | 7,454 | 26.35% | 28,286 |
| Navajo | 10,393 | 52.82% | 9,023 | 45.86% | 217 | 1.10% | 42 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,370 | 6.96% | 19,677 |
| Pima | 117,899 | 50.28% | 113,824 | 48.54% | 2,393 | 1.02% | 314 | 0.13% | 43 | 0.02% | 4,075 | 1.74% | 234,473 |
| Pinal | 14,966 | 51.29% | 13,850 | 47.46% | 318 | 1.09% | 41 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.02% | 1,116 | 3.83% | 29,180 |
| Santa Cruz | 3,320 | 49.63% | 3,268 | 48.85% | 89 | 1.33% | 13 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 52 | 0.78% | 6,690 |
| Yavapai | 27,842 | 64.44% | 14,514 | 33.59% | 733 | 1.70% | 97 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.05% | 13,328 | 30.85% | 43,206 |
| Yuma | 13,253 | 58.95% | 8,952 | 39.82% | 228 | 1.01% | 35 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.05% | 4,301 | 19.13% | 22,480 |
| Totals | 702,541 | 59.95% | 454,029 | 38.74% | 13,351 | 1.14% | 1,662 | 0.14% | 290 | 0.02% | 248,512 | 21.21% | 1,171,873 |
Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 13, 1988.[4]
| Michael Dukakis &Lloyd Bentsen Democratic Party | George H. W. Bush &Dan Quayle Republican Party | Ron Paul &Andre Marrou Libertarian Party | Lenora Fulani & Wynonia Burke New Alliance Party |
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| Eugene McCarthy Independent | David Duke & Floyd Parker Populist Party | Delmar Dennis & Earl Jeppson American Party |
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