Who won Texas in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Texas in 1988, winning its 29 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1988?

Texas cast 29 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

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1988

Texas: Bush carries 29 EV.

Texas cast its 29 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Texas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Texas in 1988

The 1988 contest saw Texas line up behind Bush, delivering 29 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Texas ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Texas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Texas did not move alone — neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana broke the same way in 1988. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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