Who won Georgia in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Georgia in 1988, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1988?

Georgia cast 12 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

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1988

Georgia: Bush carries 12 EV.

Georgia cast its 12 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Georgia voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1988 result in Georgia

Georgia backed Bush (Republican) in the 1988 presidential election, casting 12 electoral votes for the ticket. Georgia ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1984. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1988. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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