Massachusetts, 7.85% (206,762 votes) Michigan, 7.90% (289,703 votes) (tipping point state) Hawaii, 9.52% (33,739 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Jackson County, Kentucky 85.16% Madison County, Idaho 84.87% Ochiltree County, Texas 83.25% Blaine County, Nebraska 82.24% Thomas County, Nebraska 82.19% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Starr County, Texas 84.74% Zavala County, Texas 84.02% Washington, D.C. 82.65% Duval County, Texas 81.95% Brooks County, Texas 81.94% Maps Voter demographics Source: CBS News and The New York Times exit poll from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (11,645 surveyed) See also 1988 United States House of Representatives elections 1988 United States Senate elections 1988 United States gubernatorial elections History of the United States (1988–present) Al Gore 1988 presidential campaign Inauguration of George H. W. Bush Notes References Further reading Alexander, Herbert E. Financing the 1988 election (1991) online de la Garza, Rodolfo O., ed. From Rhetoric to Reality: Latino Politics in the 1988 Elections (1992) Drew, Elizabeth. Election journal: political events of 1987-1988 (1989) online Germond, Jack W., and Jules Witcover. Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? (1989), narrative by two famous reporters; online Guth, James L., and John C. Green, eds. The Bible and the Ballot Box: Religion and Politics in the 1988 Election. (1991) excerpt Johnstone, Andrew, and Andrew Priest, eds. US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton (2017) pp 293–316. online Pitney, Jr., John J. After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election (UP Kansas, 2019) excerpt Pomper, Gerald M., ed The Election of 1988 : reports and interpretations'' (1989) online External links 1988 popular vote by counties 1988 popular vote by state 1988 popular vote by states (with bar graphs) Campaign commercials from the 1988 election Booknotes interview with Jack Germond and Jules Witcover on Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988, August 27, 1989. Booknotes interview with Arthur Grace on Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race, December 10, 1989. Booknotes interview with Paul Taylor on See How They Run: Electing the President in an Age of Mediaocracy, November 4, 1990. Booknotes interview with Richard Ben Cramer on What It Takes: The Way to the White House, July 26, 1992 Election of 1988 in Counting the Votes George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle Michael Dukakis United States