Pennsylvania 1988 Presidential Election

Michael Dukakis vs. George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush won the Pennsylvania 1988 presidential election with 2,300,087 votes (50.7%), a margin of R+2.3. Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

48.4%

50.7%

2,194,944

Michael Dukakis (48.4%)

2,300,087

George H. W. Bush (50.7%)

Total Votes: 4,536,251|Margin: R+2.3

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1988 Pres	1992 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Philadelphia County	D+34.2	D+34.2	D+47.3	674,977	D+3.8%
Fayette County	D+32.1	D+32.1	D+33.0	50,349	D+7.8%
Beaver County	D+32.1	D+32.1	D+28.6	76,469	D+6.0%
Greene County	D+30.1	D+30.1	D+32.7	14,095	D+11.2%
Washington County	D+24.7	D+24.7	D+28.6	76,553	D+5.9%
Allegheny County	D+20.1	D+20.1	D+23.0	586,151	D+6.9%
Cambria County	D+20.0	D+20.0	D+20.4	64,552	D+9.3%
Lawrence County	D+16.0	D+16.0	D+20.6	37,904	D+5.1%
Westmoreland County	D+10.9	D+10.9	D+14.6	139,290	D+5.3%
Armstrong County	D+9.3	D+9.3	D+13.7	25,683	D+6.4%
Mercer County	D+6.5	D+6.5	D+14.4	45,880	D+5.6%
Erie County	D+5.4	D+5.4	D+14.5	103,300	D+8.5%
Indiana County	D+4.8	D+4.8	D+12.7	31,739	D+13.6%
Lackawanna County	D+4.0	D+4.0	D+12.2	88,741	D+6.3%
Clinton County	D+0.2	D+0.2	D+7.4	11,613	D+19.3%
Luzerne County	R+0.4	R+0.4	D+5.8	118,092	D+7.8%
Northampton County	R+4.2	R+4.2	D+8.0	82,978	D+3.8%
Carbon County	R+5.8	R+5.8	D+8.4	19,547	D+3.7%
Elk County	R+6.7	R+6.7	D+0.8	12,744	D+14.6%
Clearfield County	R+7.7	R+7.7	D+2.3	26,713	D+14.0%
Somerset County	R+9.7	R+9.7	R+4.2	30,768	D+7.0%
Butler County	R+10.7	R+10.7	R+2.2	50,667	D+1.5%
Forest County	R+12.8	R+12.8	D+4.2	2,065	D+14.4%
Centre County	R+13.0	R+13.0	D+1.4	42,527	D+13.3%
Lehigh County	R+13.5	R+13.5	D+3.6	100,107	D+6.5%
Schuylkill County	R+13.6	R+13.6	R+3.3	57,842	D+4.7%
Warren County	R+13.8	R+13.8	D+2.1	15,995	D+12.9%
Crawford County	R+13.8	R+13.8	R+3.8	30,628	D+8.5%
Venango County	R+14.0	R+14.0	R+1.5	20,263	D+5.3%
Dauphin County	R+16.3	R+16.3	R+8.6	84,677	D+7.1%
Northumberland County	R+17.1	R+17.1	R+6.3	34,800	D+6.0%
Clarion County	R+17.5	R+17.5	R+5.7	13,751	D+11.4%
Delaware County	R+20.9	R+20.9	D+1.0	246,305	D+3.4%
Bucks County	R+21.2	R+21.2	D+1.3	212,640	D+5.8%
Montgomery County	R+21.4	R+21.4	D+3.4	282,870	D+7.5%
Columbia County	R+21.7	R+21.7	R+6.2	20,021	D+5.3%
Jefferson County	R+21.8	R+21.8	R+7.2	16,109	D+9.2%
Blair County	R+24.1	R+24.1	R+14.7	41,662	D+7.4%
Sullivan County	R+24.5	R+24.5	R+10.0	2,922	D+9.2%
Mifflin County	R+25.9	R+25.9	R+9.2	13,075	D+1.5%
Berks County	R+25.9	R+25.9	R+5.3	112,444	D+6.6%
Juniata County	R+26.4	R+26.4	R+16.4	7,764	D+5.2%
Monroe County	R+26.8	R+26.8	R+2.9	27,371	D+5.6%
McKean County	R+27.3	R+27.3	R+10.0	14,747	D+11.5%
Montour County	R+27.8	R+27.8	R+14.2	5,696	D+6.1%
Lycoming County	R+29.1	R+29.1	R+16.7	38,735	D+7.6%
Huntingdon County	R+29.7	R+29.7	R+13.3	13,631	D+9.7%
Susquehanna County	R+29.9	R+29.9	R+11.9	14,056	D+10.4%
Adams County	R+30.5	R+30.5	R+13.5	24,105	D+8.8%
York County	R+31.2	R+31.2	R+10.4	111,116	D+6.9%
Cameron County	R+31.3	R+31.3	R+13.0	2,655	D+3.1%
Cumberland County	R+31.3	R+31.3	R+19.9	72,433	D+7.9%
Bedford County	R+31.6	R+31.6	R+17.9	16,969	D+9.7%
Tioga County	R+32.5	R+32.5	R+17.9	14,350	D+11.7%
Fulton County	R+33.4	R+33.4	R+19.3	4,646	D+9.1%
Bradford County	R+34.1	R+34.1	R+14.7	20,337	D+11.7%
Lebanon County	R+34.2	R+34.2	R+21.3	36,608	D+9.6%
Chester County	R+34.9	R+34.9	R+8.5	139,585	D+5.7%
Potter County	R+35.1	R+35.1	R+22.1	6,592	D+13.2%
Pike County	R+35.9	R+35.9	R+12.5	9,917	D+7.2%
Perry County	R+37.0	R+37.0	R+24.7	12,533	D+6.3%
Franklin County	R+37.1	R+37.1	R+22.7	39,644	D+3.5%
Wyoming County	R+40.3	R+40.3	R+18.3	9,447	D+7.9%
Lancaster County	R+42.3	R+42.3	R+27.6	137,029	D+9.4%
Union County	R+42.6	R+42.6	R+22.3	11,136	D+5.0%
Wayne County	R+44.4	R+44.4	R+20.0	13,862	D+7.6%
Snyder County	R+54.3	R+54.3	R+31.6	11,779	D+3.5%

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Pennsylvania 1988 Presidential Election

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