1988 United States presidential election in Alabama
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The 1988 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Alabama was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
Alabama weighed in for this election as 11% more Republican than the national average.
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Partisan background
The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Alabama, with more than 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.[1] The vast majority of counties in Alabama voted for Bush. Typical for the time, several counties nearby, but not inclusive of, the major population centers of Montgomery and Birmingham, voted Democratic, illustrating an urban spill-over effect.
Republican victory
Bush won the election in Alabama with a victorious 20 point sweep-out landslide. Alabama remains, in this election, very much a part of the Republican stronghold of the Deep South. The election results in Alabama are reflective of a nationwide political re-consolidation of base for the Republican Party, which took place in the through the 1980s. Through the passage of some very controversial economic programs, spearheaded by then President Ronald Reagan (called, collectively, "Reaganomics"), the mid-to-late 1980s saw a period of economic growth and stability. The hallmark for Reaganomics was, in part, the wide-scale deregulation of corporate interests, and tax cuts for the wealthy.[2]
Dukakis ran on a socially liberal platform, and advocated for higher economic regulation and environmental protection. Bush, alternatively, ran on a campaign of continuing the social and economic policies of former President Reagan – which gained him much support with conservatives and people living in rural areas. Additionally, while the economic programs passed under Reagan, and furthered under Bush and Bill Clinton, may have boosted the economy for a brief period, they are criticized by many analysts as "setting the stage" for economic troubles in the United State after 2007, such as the Great Recession.[3]
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Results
| United States presidential election in Alabama, 1988 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 815,576 | 59.17% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 549,506 | 39.86% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ron Paul | 8,460 | 0.61% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 3,311 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | James Warren | 656 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | 506 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Edward Winn | 461 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,378,476 | 100.0% | 9 | ||
Results by county
| George Herbert Walker Bush Republican |
Michael Stanley Dukakis Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Autauga | 7,828 | 67.17% | 3,667 | 31.47% | 159 | 1.36% | 4,161 | 35.70% | 11,654 |
| Baldwin | 25,933 | 72.85% | 9,271 | 26.04% | 394 | 1.11% | 16,662 | 46.81% | 35,598 |
| Barbour | 4,958 | 55.71% | 3,836 | 43.11% | 105 | 1.18% | 1,122 | 12.61% | 8,899 |
| Bibb | 2,885 | 56.06% | 2,244 | 43.61% | 17 | 0.33% | 641 | 12.46% | 5,146 |
| Blount | 8,754 | 64.61% | 4,485 | 33.10% | 309 | 2.28% | 4,269 | 31.51% | 13,548 |
| Bullock | 1,421 | 31.00% | 3,122 | 68.11% | 41 | 0.89% | -1,701 | -37.11% | 4,584 |
| Butler | 3,923 | 52.59% | 3,465 | 46.45% | 71 | 0.95% | 458 | 6.14% | 7,459 |
| Calhoun | 19,806 | 58.31% | 12,451 | 36.66% | 1,711 | 5.04% | 7,355 | 21.65% | 33,968 |
| Chambers | 7,694 | 59.39% | 5,103 | 39.39% | 159 | 1.23% | 2,591 | 20.00% | 12,956 |
| Cherokee | 2,868 | 47.01% | 3,176 | 52.06% | 57 | 0.93% | -308 | -5.05% | 6,101 |
| Chilton | 8,761 | 69.41% | 3,820 | 30.26% | 42 | 0.33% | 4,941 | 39.14% | 12,623 |
| Choctaw | 3,629 | 50.89% | 3,491 | 48.96% | 11 | 0.15% | 138 | 1.94% | 7,131 |
| Clarke | 5,708 | 56.97% | 4,217 | 42.09% | 95 | 0.95% | 1,491 | 14.88% | 10,020 |
| Clay | 3,496 | 66.74% | 1,602 | 30.58% | 140 | 2.67% | 1,894 | 36.16% | 5,238 |
| Cleburne | 3,071 | 68.40% | 1,383 | 30.80% | 36 | 0.80% | 1,688 | 37.59% | 4,490 |
| Coffee | 8,890 | 66.57% | 4,319 | 32.34% | 146 | 1.09% | 4,571 | 34.23% | 13,355 |
| Colbert | 7,775 | 42.25% | 10,397 | 56.49% | 232 | 1.26% | -2,622 | -14.25% | 18,404 |
| Conecuh | 3,256 | 51.22% | 3,022 | 47.54% | 79 | 1.24% | 234 | 3.68% | 6,357 |
| Coosa | 2,405 | 56.15% | 1,860 | 43.43% | 18 | 0.42% | 545 | 12.72% | 4,283 |
| Covington | 8,130 | 67.34% | 3,845 | 31.85% | 98 | 0.81% | 4,285 | 35.49% | 12,073 |
| Crenshaw | 2,617 | 58.44% | 1,836 | 41.00% | 25 | 0.56% | 781 | 17.44% | 4,478 |
| Cullman | 14,351 | 61.87% | 8,517 | 36.72% | 329 | 1.42% | 5,834 | 25.15% | 23,197 |
| Dale | 9,266 | 71.80% | 3,476 | 26.94% | 163 | 1.26% | 5,790 | 44.87% | 12,905 |
| Dallas | 7,630 | 43.79% | 9,660 | 55.44% | 133 | 0.76% | -2,030 | -11.65% | 17,423 |
| DeKalb | 11,478 | 60.60% | 7,333 | 38.72% | 129 | 0.68% | 4,145 | 21.88% | 18,940 |
| Elmore | 10,852 | 69.84% | 4,501 | 28.97% | 186 | 1.20% | 6,351 | 40.87% | 15,539 |
| Escambia | 6,807 | 62.14% | 4,020 | 36.70% | 127 | 1.16% | 2,787 | 25.44% | 10,954 |
| Etowah | 17,828 | 49.67% | 17,762 | 49.49% | 301 | 0.84% | 66 | 0.18% | 35,891 |
| Fayette | 4,338 | 57.40% | 3,186 | 42.16% | 33 | 0.44% | 1,152 | 15.24% | 7,557 |
| Franklin | 5,146 | 50.25% | 4,961 | 48.44% | 134 | 1.31% | 185 | 1.81% | 10,241 |
| Geneva | 5,703 | 67.32% | 2,685 | 31.69% | 84 | 0.99% | 3,018 | 35.62% | 8,472 |
| Greene | 1,048 | 23.94% | 3,295 | 75.28% | 34 | 0.78% | -2,247 | -51.34% | 4,377 |
| Hale | 2,414 | 42.71% | 3,187 | 56.39% | 51 | 0.90% | -773 | -13.68% | 5,652 |
| Henry | 3,613 | 61.82% | 2,206 | 37.75% | 25 | 0.43% | 1,407 | 24.08% | 5,844 |
| Houston | 19,989 | 73.87% | 7,001 | 25.87% | 71 | 0.26% | 12,988 | 48.00% | 27,061 |
| Jackson | 6,090 | 44.55% | 7,418 | 54.27% | 161 | 1.18% | -1,328 | -9.72% | 13,669 |
| Jefferson | 148,879 | 57.74% | 107,766 | 41.80% | 1,188 | 0.46% | 41,113 | 15.95% | 257,833 |
| Lamar | 3,214 | 58.48% | 2,274 | 41.38% | 8 | 0.15% | 940 | 17.10% | 5,496 |
| Lauderdale | 12,942 | 49.43% | 12,862 | 49.13% | 376 | 1.44% | 80 | 0.31% | 26,180 |
| Lawrence | 3,616 | 42.96% | 4,646 | 55.20% | 155 | 1.84% | -1,030 | -12.24% | 8,417 |
| Lee | 17,180 | 64.39% | 9,078 | 34.02% | 425 | 1.59% | 8,102 | 30.36% | 26,683 |
| Limestone | 9,086 | 61.56% | 5,455 | 36.96% | 219 | 1.48% | 3,631 | 24.60% | 14,760 |
| Lowndes | 1,405 | 29.42% | 3,328 | 69.68% | 43 | 0.90% | -1,923 | -40.26% | 4,776 |
| Macon | 1,304 | 16.81% | 6,351 | 81.88% | 101 | 1.30% | -5,047 | -65.07% | 7,756 |
| Madison | 53,575 | 67.06% | 25,800 | 32.29% | 519 | 0.65% | 27,775 | 34.76% | 79,894 |
| Marengo | 4,241 | 48.61% | 4,402 | 50.45% | 82 | 0.94% | -161 | -1.85% | 8,725 |
| Marion | 5,955 | 56.73% | 4,505 | 42.92% | 37 | 0.35% | 1,450 | 13.81% | 10,497 |
| Marshall | 12,148 | 60.90% | 7,357 | 36.88% | 442 | 2.22% | 4,791 | 24.02% | 19,947 |
| Mobile | 72,203 | 60.88% | 45,524 | 38.39% | 870 | 0.73% | 26,679 | 22.50% | 118,597 |
| Monroe | 5,379 | 60.07% | 3,509 | 39.19% | 66 | 0.74% | 1,870 | 20.88% | 8,954 |
| Montgomery | 41,131 | 58.43% | 28,709 | 40.79% | 551 | 0.78% | 12,422 | 17.65% | 70,391 |
| Morgan | 18,679 | 63.54% | 10,594 | 36.04% | 124 | 0.42% | 8,085 | 27.50% | 29,397 |
| Perry | 2,107 | 36.59% | 3,574 | 62.07% | 77 | 1.34% | -1,467 | -25.48% | 5,758 |
| Pickens | 3,851 | 55.16% | 3,107 | 44.50% | 24 | 0.34% | 744 | 10.66% | 6,982 |
| Pike | 5,897 | 60.04% | 3,813 | 38.82% | 111 | 1.13% | 2,084 | 21.22% | 9,821 |
| Randolph | 4,625 | 64.02% | 2,462 | 34.08% | 137 | 1.90% | 2,163 | 29.94% | 7,224 |
| Russell | 6,333 | 48.40% | 6,589 | 50.35% | 164 | 1.25% | -256 | -1.96% | 13,086 |
| St. Clair | 10,604 | 70.71% | 4,335 | 28.91% | 58 | 0.39% | 6,269 | 41.80% | 14,997 |
| Shelby | 27,052 | 78.84% | 7,138 | 20.80% | 124 | 0.36% | 19,914 | 58.03% | 34,314 |
| Sumter | 2,212 | 33.36% | 4,390 | 66.21% | 28 | 0.42% | -2,178 | -32.85% | 6,630 |
| Talladega | 12,973 | 60.32% | 8,291 | 38.55% | 242 | 1.13% | 4,682 | 21.77% | 21,506 |
| Tallapoosa | 8,502 | 63.93% | 4,598 | 34.58% | 198 | 1.49% | 3,904 | 29.36% | 13,298 |
| Tuscaloosa | 27,396 | 59.87% | 18,166 | 39.70% | 196 | 0.43% | 9,230 | 20.17% | 45,758 |
| Walker | 11,011 | 48.51% | 11,338 | 49.95% | 351 | 1.55% | -327 | -1.44% | 22,700 |
| Washington | 3,741 | 52.23% | 3,402 | 47.49% | 20 | 0.28% | 339 | 4.73% | 7,163 |
| Wilcox | 1,739 | 33.98% | 3,369 | 65.83% | 10 | 0.20% | -1,630 | -31.85% | 5,118 |
| Winston | 6,235 | 67.59% | 2,954 | 32.02% | 36 | 0.39% | 3,281 | 35.57% | 9,225 |
| Totals | 815,576 | 59.19% | 549,506 | 39.88% | 12,888 | 0.94% | 266,070 | 19.31% | 1,377,970 |
See also
References
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