1988 United States presidential election in West Virginia
The 1988 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. West Virginia was won by Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis who was running against incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas. Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as Vice President, and Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. Dukakis won the election in West Virginia with a 5-point margin. West Virginia weighed in for this election as 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. West Virginia would go on to vote for the winning candidate from 1992 to 2004. Since 2008, West Virginia has been considered a safe red state, when it backed a Republican who lost both the electoral college and popular vote. As of 2024, this is the last...
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