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1988 United States presidential election in Indiana
County Results
Bush
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Dukakis
50–60%
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.
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 .
County
George H.W. Bush
Michael Dukakis
Leonora Fulani
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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
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