Who won Utah in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Utah in 1988, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1988?

Utah cast 5 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

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1988

Utah: Bush carries 5 EV.

Utah cast its 5 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Utah voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1988 result in Utah

Utah backed Bush (Republican) in the 1988 presidential election, casting 5 electoral votes for the ticket. That placed Utah with the eventual winner: George H. W. Bush went on to take the presidency, and Utah was part of his column.

Utah stayed in the Republican column for the 6th straight cycle, extending a run that began in 1968. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1988. Over its 33 recorded presidential cycles, Utah has backed the Republican party more than any other — 23 times in all. The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

Nationally, George H. W. Bush finished with 426 of the 538 electoral votes to 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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