Who won Kansas in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Kansas in 1988, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1988?

Kansas cast 7 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

Cold War RealignmentKS · 7 EV

1988

Kansas: Bush carries 7 EV.

Kansas cast its 7 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Kansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1988 result in Kansas

Kansas backed Bush (Republican) in the 1988 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Kansas ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Kansas did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado broke the same way in 1988. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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