1988 United States presidential election in Florida

1988 United States presidential election in Florida
Turnout	71%
Bush 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Dukakis 50-60%
President before election; Ronald Reagan; Republican	Elected President ; George H. W. Bush; Republican

The 1988 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 8, 1988.^[2] All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose twenty-one electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Florida was won by incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, running with U.S Senator Dan Quayle, against Governor Michael Dukakis, running with U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen. This was Bush's fifth strongest state in the 1988 election after Utah, New Hampshire, Idaho and South Carolina.^[3]

Bush won every county in the state, with the exception of North Florida’s majority-black Gadsden County, which voted for Dukakis. This was the last time until 2024 that Florida was decided by double digits, and the last time that Miami-Dade County (then known simply as Dade County) voted for a Republican candidate until 2024. As of the 2024 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which Broward County, Palm Beach County, Alachua County, or Leon County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[4]

^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 176.
^ "Voter Turnout". Florida Division of Elections. 2021. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015.
^ "1988 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[FOOTNOTEMorelandSteedBaker1991176-1] Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 176.

[2] "Voter Turnout". Florida Division of Elections. 2021. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015.

[3] "1988 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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