1988 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1988 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Nebraska 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.
Nebraska weighed in for this election as 7% more Republican than the national average.
Partisan background
The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Nebraska, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates appearing on the ballot.[1] As has been typical ever since the 1950s, nearly every county in Nebraska turned out a majority for the Republican Party. However, by carrying Saline County, which had long been the most Democratic county in the state, plus Dakota County and Thurston County in the northeast with their substantial Hispanic and Native American populations, Dukakis became the first Democrat to win any of Nebraska’s counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976, and the two northeastern counties went Democratic for the first time since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[2]
Republican victory
Bush won the election in Nebraska with a solid 21 point sweep-out landslide. While Nebraska tends to vote conservative, the election results in Nebraska 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.[3]
Dukakis ran 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 States after 2007, such as the Great Recession.[4]
Results
| 1988 United States presidential election in Nebraska | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 398,447 | 60.15% | 5 | |
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 259,646 | 39.20% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ron Paul | 2,536 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 1,743 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| Totals | 662,372 | 100.0% | 5 | ||
Results by county
| County[5] | George Herbert Walker Bush Republican |
Michael Stanley Dukakis Democratic |
Ronald Ernest Paul Libertarian |
Leonora Branch Fulani New Alliance |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 8,073 | 65.59% | 4,156 | 33.77% | 49 | 0.40% | 30 | 0.24% | 3,917 | 31.82% | 12,308 |
| Antelope | 2,626 | 73.78% | 933 | 26.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,693 | 47.57% | 3,559 |
| Arthur | 210 | 78.07% | 58 | 21.56% | 1 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 152 | 56.51% | 269 |
| Banner | 361 | 75.68% | 112 | 23.48% | 2 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.42% | 249 | 52.20% | 477 |
| Blaine | 338 | 82.24% | 72 | 17.52% | 1 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 64.72% | 411 |
| Boone | 2,160 | 68.57% | 976 | 30.98% | 8 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,184 | 37.59% | 3,150 |
| Box Butte | 3,253 | 56.42% | 2,468 | 42.80% | 28 | 0.49% | 17 | 0.29% | 785 | 13.61% | 5,766 |
| Boyd | 967 | 65.92% | 480 | 32.72% | 16 | 1.09% | 4 | 0.27% | 487 | 33.20% | 1,467 |
| Brown | 1,336 | 74.93% | 435 | 24.40% | 9 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.17% | 901 | 50.53% | 1,783 |
| Buffalo | 9,981 | 67.31% | 4,702 | 31.71% | 100 | 0.67% | 45 | 0.30% | 5,279 | 35.60% | 14,828 |
| Burt | 2,050 | 58.06% | 1,458 | 41.29% | 15 | 0.42% | 8 | 0.23% | 592 | 16.77% | 3,531 |
| Butler | 2,086 | 54.62% | 1,715 | 44.91% | 11 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.18% | 371 | 9.71% | 3,819 |
| Cass | 4,664 | 55.61% | 3,677 | 43.84% | 24 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.26% | 987 | 11.77% | 8,387 |
| Cedar | 2,462 | 58.09% | 1,759 | 41.51% | 13 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.09% | 703 | 16.59% | 4,238 |
| Chase | 1,446 | 69.45% | 597 | 28.67% | 31 | 1.49% | 8 | 0.38% | 849 | 40.78% | 2,082 |
| Cherry | 2,240 | 77.35% | 642 | 22.17% | 10 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,598 | 55.18% | 2,896 |
| Cheyenne | 2,862 | 67.77% | 1,333 | 31.57% | 20 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,529 | 36.21% | 4,223 |
| Clay | 2,352 | 67.78% | 1,097 | 31.61% | 15 | 0.43% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,255 | 36.17% | 3,470 |
| Colfax | 2,329 | 59.75% | 1,542 | 39.56% | 20 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.18% | 787 | 20.19% | 3,898 |
| Cuming | 3,208 | 71.75% | 1,239 | 27.71% | 14 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.22% | 1,969 | 44.04% | 4,471 |
| Custer | 4,203 | 73.40% | 1,496 | 26.13% | 7 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.35% | 2,707 | 47.28% | 5,726 |
| Dakota | 2,744 | 48.17% | 2,942 | 51.64% | 5 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.11% | -198 | -3.48% | 5,697 |
| Dawes | 2,621 | 69.50% | 1,123 | 29.78% | 16 | 0.42% | 11 | 0.29% | 1,498 | 39.72% | 3,771 |
| Dawson | 5,529 | 71.30% | 2,184 | 28.16% | 22 | 0.28% | 20 | 0.26% | 3,345 | 43.13% | 7,755 |
| Deuel | 769 | 71.20% | 302 | 27.96% | 5 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.37% | 467 | 43.24% | 1,080 |
| Dixon | 1,802 | 60.53% | 1,166 | 39.17% | 5 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.13% | 636 | 21.36% | 2,977 |
| Dodge | 8,417 | 57.66% | 6,116 | 41.90% | 42 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.15% | 2,301 | 15.76% | 14,597 |
| Douglas | 99,916 | 56.27% | 76,541 | 43.11% | 562 | 0.32% | 546 | 0.31% | 23,375 | 13.16% | 177,565 |
| Dundy | 828 | 70.29% | 333 | 28.27% | 12 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.42% | 495 | 42.02% | 1,178 |
| Fillmore | 1,955 | 57.20% | 1,435 | 41.98% | 20 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.23% | 520 | 15.21% | 3,418 |
| Franklin | 1,294 | 62.06% | 768 | 36.83% | 15 | 0.72% | 8 | 0.38% | 526 | 25.23% | 2,085 |
| Frontier | 1,057 | 72.45% | 384 | 26.32% | 15 | 1.03% | 3 | 0.21% | 673 | 46.13% | 1,459 |
| Furnas | 1,830 | 69.19% | 791 | 29.91% | 16 | 0.60% | 8 | 0.30% | 1,039 | 39.28% | 2,645 |
| Gage | 5,115 | 55.68% | 4,008 | 43.63% | 44 | 0.48% | 19 | 0.21% | 1,107 | 12.05% | 9,186 |
| Garden | 986 | 72.39% | 366 | 26.87% | 5 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.37% | 620 | 45.52% | 1,362 |
| Garfield | 803 | 75.97% | 234 | 22.14% | 17 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.28% | 569 | 53.83% | 1,057 |
| Gosper | 694 | 67.12% | 331 | 32.01% | 5 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.39% | 363 | 35.11% | 1,034 |
| Grant | 301 | 76.79% | 89 | 22.70% | 1 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.26% | 212 | 54.08% | 392 |
| Greeley | 763 | 53.06% | 670 | 46.59% | 4 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.07% | 93 | 6.47% | 1,438 |
| Hall | 12,062 | 63.41% | 6,853 | 36.02% | 32 | 0.17% | 76 | 0.40% | 5,209 | 27.38% | 19,023 |
| Hamilton | 3,022 | 69.73% | 1,289 | 29.74% | 16 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,733 | 39.99% | 4,334 |
| Harlan | 1,403 | 65.13% | 725 | 33.66% | 16 | 0.74% | 10 | 0.46% | 678 | 31.48% | 2,154 |
| Hayes | 512 | 75.07% | 160 | 23.46% | 6 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.59% | 352 | 51.61% | 682 |
| Hitchcock | 1,132 | 69.45% | 480 | 29.45% | 13 | 0.80% | 5 | 0.31% | 652 | 40.00% | 1,630 |
| Holt | 4,081 | 74.66% | 1,327 | 24.28% | 43 | 0.79% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,754 | 50.38% | 5,466 |
| Hooker | 378 | 80.25% | 91 | 19.32% | 1 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.21% | 287 | 60.93% | 471 |
| Howard | 1,526 | 55.63% | 1,186 | 43.24% | 21 | 0.77% | 10 | 0.36% | 340 | 12.40% | 2,743 |
| Jefferson | 2,471 | 57.16% | 1,819 | 42.08% | 23 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.23% | 652 | 15.08% | 4,323 |
| Johnson | 1,182 | 50.17% | 1,164 | 49.41% | 7 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.13% | 18 | 0.76% | 2,356 |
| Kearney | 2,121 | 65.99% | 1,056 | 32.86% | 29 | 0.90% | 8 | 0.25% | 1,065 | 33.14% | 3,214 |
| Keith | 2,886 | 72.31% | 1,075 | 26.94% | 24 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,811 | 45.38% | 3,991 |
| Keya Paha | 446 | 74.96% | 145 | 24.37% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 301 | 50.59% | 595 |
| Kimball | 1,321 | 69.89% | 540 | 28.57% | 17 | 0.90% | 12 | 0.63% | 781 | 41.32% | 1,890 |
| Knox | 2,644 | 63.76% | 1,477 | 35.62% | 17 | 0.41% | 9 | 0.22% | 1,167 | 28.14% | 4,147 |
| Lancaster | 44,744 | 49.87% | 44,396 | 49.48% | 333 | 0.37% | 250 | 0.28% | 348 | 0.39% | 89,723 |
| Lincoln | 8,425 | 57.57% | 6,118 | 41.81% | 72 | 0.49% | 19 | 0.13% | 2,307 | 15.76% | 14,634 |
| Logan | 373 | 79.70% | 93 | 19.87% | 1 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.21% | 280 | 59.83% | 468 |
| Loup | 295 | 73.75% | 98 | 24.50% | 4 | 1.00% | 3 | 0.75% | 197 | 49.25% | 400 |
| Madison | 9,137 | 76.30% | 2,779 | 23.21% | 44 | 0.37% | 15 | 0.13% | 6,358 | 53.09% | 11,975 |
| McPherson | 229 | 78.42% | 60 | 20.55% | 2 | 0.68% | 1 | 0.34% | 169 | 57.88% | 292 |
| Merrick | 2,376 | 66.15% | 1,192 | 33.18% | 15 | 0.42% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,184 | 32.96% | 3,592 |
| Morrill | 1,556 | 66.75% | 754 | 32.35% | 14 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.30% | 802 | 34.41% | 2,331 |
| Nance | 1,185 | 59.55% | 794 | 39.90% | 9 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.10% | 391 | 19.65% | 1,990 |
| Nemaha | 2,295 | 60.60% | 1,457 | 38.47% | 25 | 0.66% | 10 | 0.26% | 838 | 22.13% | 3,787 |
| Nuckolls | 1,750 | 60.53% | 1,114 | 38.53% | 14 | 0.48% | 13 | 0.45% | 636 | 22.00% | 2,891 |
| Otoe | 3,724 | 58.50% | 2,616 | 41.09% | 21 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,108 | 17.40% | 6,366 |
| Pawnee | 975 | 55.46% | 767 | 43.63% | 9 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.40% | 208 | 11.83% | 1,758 |
| Perkins | 1,118 | 69.70% | 468 | 29.18% | 15 | 0.94% | 3 | 0.19% | 650 | 40.52% | 1,604 |
| Phelps | 3,316 | 75.59% | 1,047 | 23.87% | 15 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.21% | 2,269 | 51.72% | 4,387 |
| Pierce | 2,474 | 72.79% | 914 | 26.89% | 7 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,560 | 45.90% | 3,399 |
| Platte | 9,040 | 72.93% | 3,285 | 26.50% | 47 | 0.38% | 24 | 0.19% | 5,755 | 46.43% | 12,396 |
| Polk | 1,769 | 64.94% | 944 | 34.65% | 7 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.15% | 825 | 30.29% | 2,724 |
| Red Willow | 3,331 | 68.19% | 1,511 | 30.93% | 27 | 0.55% | 16 | 0.33% | 1,820 | 37.26% | 4,885 |
| Richardson | 2,703 | 58.02% | 1,926 | 41.34% | 18 | 0.39% | 12 | 0.26% | 777 | 16.68% | 4,659 |
| Rock | 757 | 79.10% | 198 | 20.69% | 1 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.10% | 559 | 58.41% | 957 |
| Saline | 2,355 | 42.75% | 3,125 | 56.73% | 10 | 0.18% | 19 | 0.34% | -770 | -13.98% | 5,509 |
| Sarpy | 20,192 | 64.54% | 10,947 | 34.99% | 83 | 0.27% | 63 | 0.20% | 9,245 | 29.55% | 31,285 |
| Saunders | 4,459 | 55.46% | 3,526 | 43.86% | 34 | 0.42% | 21 | 0.26% | 933 | 11.60% | 8,040 |
| Scotts Bluff | 8,613 | 65.39% | 4,464 | 33.89% | 33 | 0.25% | 61 | 0.46% | 4,149 | 31.50% | 13,171 |
| Seward | 3,472 | 55.89% | 2,690 | 43.30% | 29 | 0.47% | 21 | 0.34% | 782 | 12.59% | 6,212 |
| Sheridan | 2,251 | 77.67% | 612 | 21.12% | 25 | 0.86% | 10 | 0.35% | 1,639 | 56.56% | 2,898 |
| Sherman | 915 | 51.67% | 839 | 47.37% | 15 | 0.85% | 2 | 0.11% | 76 | 4.29% | 1,771 |
| Sioux | 568 | 74.05% | 194 | 25.29% | 4 | 0.52% | 1 | 0.13% | 374 | 48.76% | 767 |
| Stanton | 1,711 | 72.50% | 639 | 27.08% | 6 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,072 | 45.42% | 2,360 |
| Thayer | 1,981 | 59.56% | 1,322 | 39.75% | 14 | 0.42% | 9 | 0.27% | 659 | 19.81% | 3,326 |
| Thomas | 383 | 82.19% | 81 | 17.38% | 1 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.21% | 302 | 64.81% | 466 |
| Thurston | 1,105 | 47.22% | 1,225 | 52.35% | 5 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.21% | -120 | -5.13% | 2,340 |
| Valley | 1,604 | 64.08% | 873 | 34.88% | 21 | 0.84% | 5 | 0.20% | 731 | 29.20% | 2,503 |
| Washington | 4,587 | 63.80% | 2,567 | 35.70% | 25 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,020 | 28.09% | 7,190 |
| Wayne | 2,473 | 68.43% | 1,111 | 30.74% | 17 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.36% | 1,362 | 37.69% | 3,614 |
| Webster | 1,314 | 59.03% | 891 | 40.03% | 13 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.36% | 423 | 19.00% | 2,226 |
| Wheeler | 309 | 67.91% | 141 | 30.99% | 4 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.22% | 168 | 36.92% | 455 |
| York | 4,765 | 72.78% | 1,751 | 26.75% | 25 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.09% | 3,014 | 46.04% | 6,547 |
| Totals | 398,447 | 60.15% | 259,646 | 39.20% | 2,536 | 0.38% | 1,743 | 0.26% | 138,801 | 20.96% | 662,372 |
See also
References
- "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 252-255 ISBN 0786422173
- "Since 1980s, the Kindest of Tax Cuts for the Rich". The New York Times. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- Jerry Lanson (2008-11-06). "A historic victory. A changed nation. Now, can Obama deliver?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- "NE US President Race, November 08, 1988". Our Campaigns.
