1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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November 8, 1988

1992 →


Nominee	George H. W. Bush	Michael Dukakis
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Texas	Massachusetts
Running mate	Dan Quayle	Lloyd Bentsen
Electoral vote	10	0
Popular vote	883,702	717,460
Percentage	54.27%	44.06%

Parish Results

Bush

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

Dukakis

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

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Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

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The 1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana strongly voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. The margin was 10%, which was nonetheless the best showing for Dukakis in a former Confederate state. This result made Louisiana 2.4% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which Tensas Parish voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[1]

Results

1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush	883,702	54.27%	10
	Democratic	Michael Dukakis	717,460	44.06%	0
	Independent Populist	David Duke	18,612	1.14%	0
	Libertarian	Ron Paul	4,115	0.25%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	2,355	0.14%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	1,958	0.12%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			1,628,202	100.00%	10
Voter turnout					—

Results by parish

Parish	George Herbert Walker Bush Republican		Michael Stanley Dukakis Democratic		David Ernest Duke Independent Populist		Various cadidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[3]
Parish	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[3]
Acadia	11,279	49.21%	11,359	49.56%	183	0.80%	98	0.43%	-80	-0.35%	22,919
Allen	3,674	40.87%	5,204	57.89%	64	0.71%	47	0.52%	-1,530	-17.02%	8,989
Ascension	10,726	46.15%	12,147	52.27%	219	0.94%	148	0.64%	-1,421	-6.11%	23,240
Assumption	4,017	40.19%	5,610	56.13%	300	3.00%	68	0.68%	-1,593	-15.94%	9,995
Avoyelles	7,659	49.08%	7,353	47.12%	466	2.99%	128	0.82%	306	1.96%	15,606
Beauregard	6,466	57.30%	4,704	41.68%	59	0.52%	56	0.50%	1,762	15.61%	11,285
Bienville	3,680	48.83%	3,705	49.16%	90	1.19%	62	0.82%	-25	-0.33%	7,537
Bossier	20,807	69.16%	9,035	30.03%	135	0.45%	108	0.36%	11,772	39.13%	30,085
Caddo	54,498	57.73%	39,204	41.53%	363	0.38%	337	0.36%	15,294	16.20%	94,402
Calcasieu	29,649	46.25%	33,932	52.94%	302	0.47%	217	0.34%	-4,283	-6.68%	64,100
Caldwell	2,997	65.74%	1,423	31.21%	118	2.59%	21	0.46%	1,574	34.53%	4,559
Cameron	1,775	43.61%	2,257	55.45%	18	0.44%	20	0.49%	-482	-11.84%	4,070
Catahoula	2,862	57.82%	1,916	38.71%	137	2.77%	35	0.71%	946	19.11%	4,950
Claiborne	3,756	53.60%	3,158	45.07%	60	0.86%	33	0.47%	598	8.53%	7,007
Concordia	5,037	57.49%	3,461	39.50%	201	2.29%	62	0.71%	1,576	17.99%	8,761
De Soto	5,022	47.76%	5,366	51.03%	82	0.78%	46	0.44%	-344	-3.27%	10,516
East Baton Rouge	86,791	58.81%	59,270	40.16%	628	0.43%	895	0.61%	27,521	18.65%	147,584
East Carroll	1,536	44.39%	1,809	52.28%	88	2.54%	27	0.78%	-273	-7.89%	3,460
East Feliciana	3,537	48.06%	3,659	49.72%	99	1.35%	64	0.87%	-122	-1.66%	7,359
Evangeline	7,437	48.29%	7,693	49.95%	186	1.21%	84	0.55%	-256	-1.66%	15,400
Franklin	5,520	62.20%	3,043	34.29%	262	2.95%	50	0.56%	2,477	27.91%	8,875
Grant	4,402	60.76%	2,628	36.27%	172	2.37%	43	0.59%	1,774	24.49%	7,245
Iberia	15,438	54.49%	12,166	42.94%	598	2.11%	129	0.46%	3,272	11.55%	28,331
Iberville	5,855	39.46%	8,678	58.49%	200	1.35%	103	0.69%	-2,823	-19.03%	14,836
Jackson	4,251	58.64%	2,842	39.21%	102	1.41%	54	0.74%	1,409	19.44%	7,249
Jefferson	110,942	66.68%	53,035	31.88%	1,783	1.07%	612	0.37%	57,907	34.81%	166,372
Jefferson Davis	5,851	45.74%	6,799	53.15%	80	0.63%	61	0.48%	-948	-7.41%	12,791
Lafayette	36,648	59.44%	24,133	39.14%	515	0.84%	362	0.59%	12,515	20.30%	61,658
Lafourche	16,152	50.19%	15,013	46.65%	841	2.61%	173	0.54%	1,139	3.54%	32,179
LaSalle	4,559	71.69%	1,622	25.51%	149	2.34%	29	0.46%	2,937	46.19%	6,359
Lincoln	8,853	60.40%	5,427	37.03%	255	1.74%	122	0.83%	3,426	23.37%	14,657
Livingston	15,779	61.29%	9,659	37.52%	217	0.84%	88	0.34%	6,120	23.77%	25,743
Madison	2,334	47.53%	2,416	49.20%	123	2.50%	38	0.77%	-82	-1.67%	4,911
Morehouse	7,335	60.43%	4,496	37.04%	251	2.07%	57	0.47%	2,839	23.39%	12,139
Natchitoches	7,224	52.60%	6,151	44.79%	278	2.02%	80	0.58%	1,073	7.81%	13,733
Orleans	64,763	35.24%	116,851	63.58%	1,233	0.67%	953	0.52%	-52,088	-28.34%	183,800
Ouachita	33,858	67.32%	15,429	30.68%	703	1.40%	302	0.60%	18,429	36.64%	50,292
Plaquemines	6,084	59.11%	3,997	38.83%	163	1.58%	49	0.48%	2,087	20.28%	10,293
Pointe Coupee	4,333	39.64%	6,308	57.71%	151	1.38%	138	1.26%	-1,975	-18.07%	10,930
Rapides	29,977	61.31%	17,928	36.67%	743	1.52%	243	0.50%	12,049	24.64%	48,891
Red River	2,266	49.41%	2,254	49.15%	48	1.05%	18	0.39%	12	0.26%	4,586
Richland	5,226	62.85%	2,833	34.07%	191	2.30%	65	0.78%	2,393	28.78%	8,315
Sabine	4,767	55.81%	3,532	41.35%	200	2.34%	42	0.49%	1,235	14.46%	8,541
Saint Bernard	19,609	61.79%	11,406	35.94%	598	1.88%	123	0.39%	8,203	25.85%	31,736
Saint Charles	9,685	53.82%	7,973	44.31%	259	1.44%	78	0.43%	1,712	9.51%	17,995
Saint Helena	2,006	38.93%	3,013	58.47%	85	1.65%	49	0.95%	-1,007	-19.54%	5,153
Saint James	3,799	35.44%	6,707	62.57%	144	1.34%	69	0.64%	-2,908	-27.13%	10,719
Saint John the Baptist	7,464	46.02%	8,366	51.58%	276	1.70%	113	0.70%	-902	-5.56%	16,219
Saint Landry	15,790	44.53%	19,091	53.84%	323	0.91%	253	0.71%	-3,301	-9.31%	35,457
Saint Martin	7,541	41.60%	10,148	55.98%	283	1.56%	157	0.87%	-2,607	-14.38%	18,129
Saint Mary	11,540	51.71%	10,364	46.44%	295	1.32%	119	0.53%	1,176	5.27%	22,318
Saint Tammany	38,334	69.92%	15,638	28.52%	651	1.19%	200	0.36%	22,696	41.40%	54,823
Tangipahoa	16,669	54.32%	13,527	44.08%	325	1.06%	167	0.54%	3,142	10.24%	30,688
Tensas	1,645	50.00%	1,556	47.29%	69	2.10%	20	0.61%	89	2.71%	3,290
Terrebonne	18,745	58.19%	12,686	39.38%	636	1.97%	145	0.45%	6,059	18.81%	32,212
Union	5,900	62.97%	3,210	34.26%	199	2.12%	60	0.64%	2,690	28.71%	9,369
Vermilion	9,224	41.99%	12,180	55.45%	440	2.00%	122	0.56%	-2,956	-13.46%	21,966
Vernon	7,453	58.40%	4,998	39.17%	240	1.88%	70	0.55%	2,455	19.24%	12,761
Washington	9,374	51.81%	8,369	46.25%	260	1.44%	91	0.50%	1,005	5.55%	18,094
Webster	10,204	57.31%	7,434	41.75%	108	0.61%	59	0.33%	2,770	15.56%	17,805
West Baton Rouge	3,972	45.13%	4,686	53.24%	81	0.92%	62	0.70%	-714	-8.11%	8,801
West Carroll	3,077	64.14%	1,607	33.50%	97	2.02%	16	0.33%	1,470	30.64%	4,797
West Feliciana	1,854	45.34%	2,146	52.48%	46	1.12%	43	1.05%	-292	-7.14%	4,089
Winn	4,165	59.02%	2,699	38.25%	147	2.08%	46	0.65%	1,466	20.77%	7,057
Totals	883,702	54.27%	717,460	44.06%	18,612	1.14%	8,428	0.52%	166,242	10.21%	1,628,202

References

^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
^ "LA US President Race, November 08, 1988". Our Campaigns.

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