Who won Colorado in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Colorado in 1988, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1988?

Colorado cast 8 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

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1988

Colorado: Bush carries 8 EV.

Colorado cast its 8 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Colorado, 1988

In 1988, Colorado awarded its 8 electoral votes to Bush of the Republican party. Colorado ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Colorado backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Colorado did not move alone — neighboring Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah broke the same way in 1988. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 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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