Who won Wyoming in the 1988 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Wyoming in 1988, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 1988?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 1988 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 1988?

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

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1988

Wyoming: Bush carries 3 EV.

Wyoming cast its 3 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George H. W. Bush (Republican) — Wyoming voted with the national winner this cycle.

Wyoming in 1988

The 1988 contest saw Wyoming line up behind Bush, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Wyoming ended up on the winning side — George H. W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Wyoming backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Wyoming did not move alone — neighboring Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho broke the same way in 1988. Across the 34 presidential elections Wyoming has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 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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