1988 Presidential Election Results for Idaho

Click on a county in the table or the map to see demographic data for that county.

County	Turnout	George Bush (R)		Michael Dukakis (D)		Ron Paul (Libertarian)		Other		TOTAL
Ada	61%	54,951	62.9%	30,525	35.0%	1,289	1.5%	569	0.7%	87,334
Adams	77%	1,107	61.5%	643	35.7%	34	1.9%	15	0.8%	1,799
Bannock	64%	14,986	52.4%	13,074	45.7%	373	1.3%	168	0.6%	28,601
Bear Lake	77%	2,084	69.9%	867	29.1%	16	0.5%	13	0.4%	2,980
Benewah	58%	1,650	51.0%	1,518	46.9%	41	1.3%	29	0.9%	3,238
Bingham	64%	10,131	68.9%	4,346	29.6%	143	1.0%	85	0.6%	14,705
Blaine	61%	3,130	54.4%	2,498	43.4%	86	1.5%	41	0.7%	5,755
Boise	71%	1,044	61.1%	620	36.3%	31	1.8%	15	0.9%	1,710
Bonner	61%	5,721	49.9%	5,555	48.5%	125	1.1%	54	0.5%	11,455
Bonneville	66%	22,613	75.0%	7,032	23.3%	354	1.2%	148	0.5%	30,147
Boundary	59%	1,800	56.2%	1,336	41.7%	34	1.1%	32	1.0%	3,202
Butte	74%	899	62.3%	521	36.1%	18	1.2%	6	0.4%	1,444
Camas	84%	288	65.9%	136	31.1%	9	2.1%	4	0.9%	437
Canyon	53%	21,426	66.1%	10,207	31.5%	597	1.8%	166	0.5%	32,396
Caribou	69%	2,239	71.2%	867	27.6%	28	0.9%	10	0.3%	3,144
Cassia	59%	5,345	73.3%	1,833	25.2%	59	0.8%	51	0.7%	7,288
Clark	79%	281	66.7%	133	31.6%	2	0.5%	5	1.2%	421
Clearwater	56%	1,659	45.9%	1,861	51.5%	48	1.3%	49	1.4%	3,617
Custer	69%	1,253	66.1%	616	32.5%	17	0.9%	10	0.5%	1,896
Elmore	41%	3,756	63.5%	2,078	35.1%	61	1.0%	24	0.4%	5,919
Franklin	71%	2,992	77.3%	806	20.8%	42	1.1%	31	0.8%	3,871
Fremont	69%	3,401	73.1%	1,178	25.3%	50	1.1%	23	0.5%	4,652
Gem	61%	2,926	56.9%	2,064	40.1%	111	2.2%	41	0.8%	5,142
Gooding	60%	2,908	59.6%	1,872	38.4%	60	1.2%	36	0.7%	4,876
Idaho	59%	3,541	60.3%	2,198	37.4%	98	1.7%	34	0.6%	5,871
Jefferson	69%	5,295	79.6%	1,198	18.0%	126	1.9%	30	0.5%	6,649
Jerome	58%	3,830	64.3%	1,985	33.3%	102	1.7%	38	0.6%	5,955
Kootenai	55%	15,093	55.6%	11,621	42.8%	249	0.9%	167	0.6%	27,130
Latah	56%	6,367	48.5%	6,544	49.8%	134	1.0%	91	0.7%	13,136
Lemhi	71%	2,378	66.2%	1,157	32.2%	42	1.2%	13	0.4%	3,590
Lewis	62%	786	48.8%	807	50.1%	12	0.7%	7	0.4%	1,612
Lincoln	66%	918	60.2%	574	37.6%	22	1.4%	11	0.7%	1,525
Madison	47%	6,197	84.9%	1,009	13.8%	72	1.0%	24	0.3%	7,302
Minidoka	56%	4,623	65.7%	2,290	32.6%	75	1.1%	45	0.6%	7,033
Nez Perce	60%	7,027	46.8%	7,754	51.6%	137	0.9%	102	0.7%	15,020
Oneida	83%	1,269	70.1%	508	28.1%	30	1.7%	3	0.2%	1,810
Owyhee	47%	1,707	64.8%	848	32.2%	61	2.3%	18	0.7%	2,634
Payette	51%	3,786	65.2%	1,900	32.7%	79	1.4%	44	0.8%	5,809
Power	66%	1,838	61.7%	1,095	36.7%	28	0.9%	20	0.7%	2,981
Shoshone	51%	2,134	38.2%	3,379	60.5%	36	0.6%	37	0.7%	5,586
Teton	70%	982	64.3%	531	34.8%	8	0.5%	6	0.4%	1,527
Twin Falls	55%	13,243	63.9%	7,078	34.1%	263	1.3%	150	0.7%	20,734
Valley	74%	1,897	59.4%	1,251	39.2%	29	0.9%	18	0.6%	3,195
Washington	63%	2,380	62.0%	1,359	35.4%	82	2.1%	19	0.5%	3,840
TOTAL	60%	253,881	62.1%	147,272	36.0%	5,313	1.3%	2,502	0.6%	408,968

1988 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in ID

Data for 3rd party candidates is often unavailable explicitly.

Click on a district in the table below to see 1988 U.S. House election results for that district.

District	Turnout	George Bush (R)		Michael Dukakis (D)		Ron Paul (Libertarian)		Other		TOTAL
District 01 (Craig-R)	54%	121,392	60.2%	80,381	39.8%			0	0.0%	201,773
District 02 (Stallings-D)	57%	132,489	66.5%	66,891	33.5%			0	0.0%	199,380

1988 President, Ada County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	54,951	62.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	30,525	35.0%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	1,289	1.5%
Other	569	0.7%
TOTAL	87,334
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 10

1988 President, Adams County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,107	61.5%
Michael Dukakis (D)	643	35.7%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	34	1.9%
Other	15	0.8%
TOTAL	1,799
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 8

1988 President, Bannock County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	14,986	52.4%
Michael Dukakis (D)	13,074	45.7%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	373	1.3%
Other	168	0.6%
TOTAL	28,601
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -10 Diff (US): -1

1988 President, Bear Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,084	69.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	867	29.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	16	0.5%
Other	13	0.4%
TOTAL	2,980
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 17

1988 President, Benewah County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,650	51.0%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,518	46.9%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	41	1.3%
Other	29	0.9%
TOTAL	3,238
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): -11 Diff (US): -2

1988 President, Bingham County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	10,131	68.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	4,346	29.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	143	1.0%
Other	85	0.6%
TOTAL	14,705
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 15

1988 President, Blaine County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,130	54.4%
Michael Dukakis (D)	2,498	43.4%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	86	1.5%
Other	41	0.7%
TOTAL	5,755
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): 1

1988 President, Boise County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,044	61.1%
Michael Dukakis (D)	620	36.3%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	31	1.8%
Other	15	0.9%
TOTAL	1,710
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 8

1988 President, Bonner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	5,721	49.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	5,555	48.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	125	1.1%
Other	54	0.5%
TOTAL	11,455
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -12 Diff (US): -3

1988 President, Bonneville County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	22,613	75.0%
Michael Dukakis (D)	7,032	23.3%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	354	1.2%
Other	148	0.5%
TOTAL	30,147
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 22

1988 President, Boundary County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,800	56.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,336	41.7%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	34	1.1%
Other	32	1.0%
TOTAL	3,202
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): 3

1988 President, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	899	62.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	521	36.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	18	1.2%
Other	6	0.4%
TOTAL	1,444
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 9

1988 President, Camas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	288	65.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	136	31.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	9	2.1%
Other	4	0.9%
TOTAL	437
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 13

1988 President, Canyon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	21,426	66.1%
Michael Dukakis (D)	10,207	31.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	597	1.8%
Other	166	0.5%
TOTAL	32,396
Turnout: 53% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 13

1988 President, Caribou County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,239	71.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	867	27.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	28	0.9%
Other	10	0.3%
TOTAL	3,144
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 18

1988 President, Cassia County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	5,345	73.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,833	25.2%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	59	0.8%
Other	51	0.7%
TOTAL	7,288
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 20

1988 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	281	66.7%
Michael Dukakis (D)	133	31.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	2	0.5%
Other	5	1.2%
TOTAL	421
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 13

1988 President, Clearwater County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,659	45.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,861	51.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	48	1.3%
Other	49	1.4%
TOTAL	3,617
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): -16 Diff (US): -8

1988 President, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,253	66.1%
Michael Dukakis (D)	616	32.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	17	0.9%
Other	10	0.5%
TOTAL	1,896
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 13

1988 President, Elmore County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,756	63.5%
Michael Dukakis (D)	2,078	35.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	61	1.0%
Other	24	0.4%
TOTAL	5,919
Turnout: 41% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 10

1988 President, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,992	77.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	806	20.8%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	42	1.1%
Other	31	0.8%
TOTAL	3,871
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 15 Diff (US): 24

1988 President, Fremont County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,401	73.1%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,178	25.3%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	50	1.1%
Other	23	0.5%
TOTAL	4,652
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 20

1988 President, Gem County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,926	56.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	2,064	40.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	111	2.2%
Other	41	0.8%
TOTAL	5,142
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): 4

1988 President, Gooding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,908	59.6%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,872	38.4%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	60	1.2%
Other	36	0.7%
TOTAL	4,876
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 6

1988 President, Idaho County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,541	60.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	2,198	37.4%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	98	1.7%
Other	34	0.6%
TOTAL	5,871
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 7

1988 President, Jefferson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	5,295	79.6%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,198	18.0%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	126	1.9%
Other	30	0.5%
TOTAL	6,649
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 18 Diff (US): 26

1988 President, Jerome County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,830	64.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,985	33.3%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	102	1.7%
Other	38	0.6%
TOTAL	5,955
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 11

1988 President, Kootenai County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	15,093	55.6%
Michael Dukakis (D)	11,621	42.8%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	249	0.9%
Other	167	0.6%
TOTAL	27,130
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): 2

1988 President, Latah County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	6,367	48.5%
Michael Dukakis (D)	6,544	49.8%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	134	1.0%
Other	91	0.7%
TOTAL	13,136
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): -14 Diff (US): -5

1988 President, Lemhi County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,378	66.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,157	32.2%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	42	1.2%
Other	13	0.4%
TOTAL	3,590
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 13

1988 President, Lewis County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	786	48.8%
Michael Dukakis (D)	807	50.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	12	0.7%
Other	7	0.4%
TOTAL	1,612
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): -13 Diff (US): -5

1988 President, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	918	60.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	574	37.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	22	1.4%
Other	11	0.7%
TOTAL	1,525
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 7

1988 President, Madison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	6,197	84.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,009	13.8%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	72	1.0%
Other	24	0.3%
TOTAL	7,302
Turnout: 47% Diff (St): 23 Diff (US): 31

1988 President, Minidoka County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	4,623	65.7%
Michael Dukakis (D)	2,290	32.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	75	1.1%
Other	45	0.6%
TOTAL	7,033
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 12

1988 President, Nez Perce County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	7,027	46.8%
Michael Dukakis (D)	7,754	51.6%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	137	0.9%
Other	102	0.7%
TOTAL	15,020
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -15 Diff (US): -7

1988 President, Oneida County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,269	70.1%
Michael Dukakis (D)	508	28.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	30	1.7%
Other	3	0.2%
TOTAL	1,810
Turnout: 83% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 17

1988 President, Owyhee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,707	64.8%
Michael Dukakis (D)	848	32.2%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	61	2.3%
Other	18	0.7%
TOTAL	2,634
Turnout: 47% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 11

1988 President, Payette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	3,786	65.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,900	32.7%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	79	1.4%
Other	44	0.8%
TOTAL	5,809
Turnout: 51% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 12

1988 President, Power County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,838	61.7%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,095	36.7%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	28	0.9%
Other	20	0.7%
TOTAL	2,981
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 8

1988 President, Shoshone County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,134	38.2%
Michael Dukakis (D)	3,379	60.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	36	0.6%
Other	37	0.7%
TOTAL	5,586
Turnout: 51% Diff (St): -24 Diff (US): -15

1988 President, Teton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	982	64.3%
Michael Dukakis (D)	531	34.8%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	8	0.5%
Other	6	0.4%
TOTAL	1,527
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 11

1988 President, Twin Falls County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	13,243	63.9%
Michael Dukakis (D)	7,078	34.1%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	263	1.3%
Other	150	0.7%
TOTAL	20,734
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 10

1988 President, Valley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	1,897	59.4%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,251	39.2%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	29	0.9%
Other	18	0.6%
TOTAL	3,195
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): 6

1988 President, Washington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George Bush (R)	2,380	62.0%
Michael Dukakis (D)	1,359	35.4%
Ron Paul (Lbt)	82	2.1%
Other	19	0.5%
TOTAL	3,840
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 9

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