Who won Maine in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Maine in 1988, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1988?

Maine cast 4 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

Cold War RealignmentME · 4 EV

1988

Maine: Bush carries 4 EV.

Maine cast its 4 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Maine voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1988 result in Maine

Maine backed Bush (Republican) in the 1988 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Maine ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Maine backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1972. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1988. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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