Who won Alaska in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Alaska in 1988, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alaska have in 1988?

Alaska cast 3 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Alaska vote for the national winner in 1988?

Yes. Alaska backed George H. W. Bush, who won the presidency that year.

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1988

Alaska: Bush carries 3 EV.

Alaska cast its 3 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Alaska voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1988 result in Alaska

Alaska backed Bush (Republican) in the 1988 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Alaska ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Alaska backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Across the 17 presidential elections Alaska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (16 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, George H. W. Bush took 426 of the 538 electoral votes, against Michael Dukakis's 111. George H. W. Bush led the national popular vote with 53.37% of the ballots cast.

The 1988 national map

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