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The 1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana strongly voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. The margin was 10%, which was nonetheless the best showing for Dukakis in a former Confederate state. This result made Louisiana 2.4% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Tensas Parish voted for a Republican presidential candidate. [1]
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference had all of the presidential candidates committed to attend its February meeting in New Orleans, but none of them came as they were instead focused on the New Hampshire primary. [2]
The Republicans conducted a voter registration campaign that increased the amount of registered Republicans by 25,063 between the 1987 gubernatorial primary and Super Tuesday and an additional 36,100 were registered before the presidential election. Turnout in the Republican primary rose to 19% from 5% in 1984, and 10% in 1980. In the Republican primary George H. W. Bush earned all of the delegates by placing first in every congressional district. [3] 27% of white voters participated in the Republican primary. [4]
Seven uncommitted delegates were selected by the central committee Republican Party of Louisiana on March 19. Supporters of Pat Robertson and Jack Kemp, who totaled 58 of the 140 committee members, formed a coalition to take over the party. The coalition failed to gain the position of chair, but won the position of secretary, national committeeman, and three of the seven alternate delegates. [5]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates [7] |
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George H. W. Bush | 83,684 | 57.80 | 34 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] |
Pat Robertson | 26,294 | 18.16 | 0 |
Bob Dole | 25,624 | 17.70 | 0 |
Jack Kemp | 7,722 | 5.33 | 0 |
Pete du Pont (withdrawn) | 851 | 0.59 | 0 |
Alexander Haig (withdrawn) | 598 | 0.41 | 0 |
Total | 144,773 | 100% | 34 |
The Louisiana Democratic Party planned a Summit on Super Tuesday event in January, which all of the presidential candidates agreed to attend, but only Al Gore came. [2]
Turnout in the Democratic primary rose to 24% from 14% in 1984, and 11% in 1980. Jesse Jackson and Gore were the only Democratic candidates to receive more than 15% in the primary and received 21 and 15 delegates respectively. Michael Dukakis and Dick Gephardt both won two delegates. [9] The racial composition of the primary was 62% white and 38% black. [10]
The central committee of the Louisiana Democratic Party allocated an additional 10 at-large delegates to Jackson, 8 to Gore, and four to Dukakis on June 4, 1988. The state's delegation also included 14 uncommitted superdelegates. Endorsements resulted in the delegation being divided between 41 delegates for Jackson, 33 for Dukakis, and one for Gephardt. John Breaux was selected as the delegation's chair while negotiations with the Jackson delegation produced William Jefferson as co-chair and Sidney Barthelemy as a member of the Democratic National Committee. [7]
Governor Buddy Roemer stated that he would vote for Dukakis, but not support him and stated that he had "never seen a more unfocused, unorganized, non-issue campaign" in his life. [11]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates [12] |
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Jesse Jackson | 221,522 | 35.44 | 21 [lower-alpha 3] |
Al Gore | 174,971 | 27.99 | 15 [lower-alpha 4] |
Michael Dukakis | 95,661 | 15.31 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] |
Dick Gephardt | 67,029 | 10.72 | 2 |
Gary Hart | 26,437 | 4.23 | 0 |
David Duke | 23,391 | 3.74 | 0 |
Paul Simon | 5,153 | 0.82 | 0 |
Frank Ahern | 3,702 | 0.59 | 0 |
Bruce Babbitt (withdrawn) | 3,076 | 0.49 | 0 |
Lyndon LaRouche | 1,681 | 0.27 | 0 |
Norbert G. Dennerll Jr. | 1,574 | 0.25 | 0 |
Richard B. Kay | 822 | 0.13 | 0 |
Total | 625,019 | 100% | 40 |
68% of white voters supported Bush while 30% supported Dukakis. [14] [15]
The Democrats maintained their control over the Louisiana House of Representatives, with 90 seats to the Republican's 17 seats, and Louisiana State Senate, with 37 seats to the Republican's 2 seats, despite Bush's victory in the presidential race. [16]
1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana [17] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush | 883,702 | 54.27% | 10 | |
Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 717,460 | 44.06% | 0 | |
Independent Populist | David Duke | 18,612 | 1.14% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Ron Paul | 4,115 | 0.25% | 0 | |
New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 2,355 | 0.14% | 0 | |
Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,958 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 1,628,202 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
Parish [18] | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | David Duke Independent Populist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 11,279 | 49.21% | 11,359 | 49.56% | 183 | 0.80% | 98 | 0.43% | -80 | -0.35% | 22,919 |
Allen | 3,674 | 40.87% | 5,204 | 57.89% | 64 | 0.71% | 47 | 0.52% | -1,530 | -17.02% | 8,989 |
Ascension | 10,726 | 46.15% | 12,147 | 52.27% | 219 | 0.94% | 148 | 0.64% | -1,421 | -6.12% | 23,240 |
Assumption | 4,017 | 40.19% | 5,610 | 56.13% | 300 | 3.00% | 68 | 0.68% | -1,593 | -15.94% | 9,995 |
Avoyelles | 7,659 | 49.08% | 7,353 | 47.12% | 466 | 2.99% | 128 | 0.82% | 306 | 1.96% | 15,606 |
Beauregard | 6,466 | 57.30% | 4,704 | 41.68% | 59 | 0.52% | 56 | 0.50% | 1,762 | 15.62% | 11,285 |
Bienville | 3,680 | 48.83% | 3,705 | 49.16% | 90 | 1.19% | 62 | 0.82% | -25 | -0.33% | 7,537 |
Bossier | 20,807 | 69.16% | 9,035 | 30.03% | 135 | 0.45% | 108 | 0.36% | 11,772 | 39.13% | 30,085 |
Caddo | 54,498 | 57.73% | 39,204 | 41.53% | 363 | 0.38% | 337 | 0.36% | 15,294 | 16.20% | 94,402 |
Calcasieu | 29,649 | 46.25% | 33,932 | 52.94% | 302 | 0.47% | 217 | 0.34% | -4,283 | -6.69% | 64,100 |
Caldwell | 2,997 | 65.74% | 1,423 | 31.21% | 118 | 2.59% | 21 | 0.46% | 1,574 | 34.53% | 4,559 |
Cameron | 1,775 | 43.61% | 2,257 | 55.45% | 18 | 0.44% | 20 | 0.49% | -482 | -11.84% | 4,070 |
Catahoula | 2,862 | 57.82% | 1,916 | 38.71% | 137 | 2.77% | 35 | 0.71% | 946 | 19.11% | 4,950 |
Claiborne | 3,756 | 53.60% | 3,158 | 45.07% | 60 | 0.86% | 33 | 0.47% | 598 | 8.53% | 7,007 |
Concordia | 5,037 | 57.49% | 3,461 | 39.50% | 201 | 2.29% | 62 | 0.71% | 1,576 | 17.99% | 8,761 |
DeSoto | 5,022 | 47.76% | 5,366 | 51.03% | 82 | 0.78% | 46 | 0.44% | -344 | -3.27% | 10,516 |
East Baton Rouge | 86,791 | 58.81% | 59,270 | 40.16% | 628 | 0.43% | 895 | 0.61% | 27,521 | 18.65% | 147,584 |
East Carroll | 1,536 | 44.39% | 1,809 | 52.28% | 88 | 2.54% | 27 | 0.78% | -273 | -7.89% | 3,460 |
East Feliciana | 3,537 | 48.06% | 3,659 | 49.72% | 99 | 1.35% | 64 | 0.87% | -122 | -1.66% | 7,359 |
Evangeline | 7,437 | 48.29% | 7,693 | 49.95% | 186 | 1.21% | 84 | 0.55% | -256 | -1.66% | 15,400 |
Franklin | 5,520 | 62.20% | 3,043 | 34.29% | 262 | 2.95% | 50 | 0.56% | 2,477 | 27.91% | 8,875 |
Grant | 4,402 | 60.76% | 2,628 | 36.27% | 172 | 2.37% | 43 | 0.59% | 1,774 | 24.49% | 7,245 |
Iberia | 15,438 | 54.49% | 12,166 | 42.94% | 598 | 2.11% | 129 | 0.46% | 3,272 | 11.55% | 28,331 |
Iberville | 5,855 | 39.46% | 8,678 | 58.49% | 200 | 1.35% | 103 | 0.69% | -2,823 | -19.03% | 14,836 |
Jackson | 4,251 | 58.64% | 2,842 | 39.21% | 102 | 1.41% | 54 | 0.74% | 1,409 | 19.43% | 7,249 |
Jefferson | 110,942 | 66.68% | 53,035 | 31.88% | 1,783 | 1.07% | 612 | 0.37% | 57,907 | 34.80% | 166,372 |
Jefferson Davis | 5,851 | 45.74% | 6,799 | 53.15% | 80 | 0.63% | 61 | 0.48% | -948 | -7.41% | 12,791 |
Lafayette | 36,648 | 59.44% | 24,133 | 39.14% | 515 | 0.84% | 362 | 0.59% | 12,515 | 20.30% | 61,658 |
Lafourche | 16,152 | 50.19% | 15,013 | 46.65% | 841 | 2.61% | 173 | 0.54% | 1,139 | 3.54% | 32,179 |
LaSalle | 4,559 | 71.69% | 1,622 | 25.51% | 149 | 2.34% | 29 | 0.46% | 2,937 | 46.18% | 6,359 |
Lincoln | 8,853 | 60.40% | 5,427 | 37.03% | 255 | 1.74% | 122 | 0.83% | 3,426 | 23.37% | 14,657 |
Livingston | 15,779 | 61.29% | 9,659 | 37.52% | 217 | 0.84% | 88 | 0.34% | 6,120 | 23.77% | 25,743 |
Madison | 2,334 | 47.53% | 2,416 | 49.20% | 123 | 2.50% | 38 | 0.77% | -82 | -1.67% | 4,911 |
Morehouse | 7,335 | 60.43% | 4,496 | 37.04% | 251 | 2.07% | 57 | 0.47% | 2,839 | 23.39% | 12,139 |
Natchitoches | 7,224 | 52.60% | 6,151 | 44.79% | 278 | 2.02% | 80 | 0.58% | 1,073 | 7.81% | 13,733 |
Orleans | 64,763 | 35.24% | 116,851 | 63.58% | 1,233 | 0.67% | 953 | 0.52% | -52,088 | -28.34% | 183,800 |
Ouachita | 33,858 | 67.32% | 15,429 | 30.68% | 703 | 1.40% | 302 | 0.60% | 18,429 | 36.64% | 50,292 |
Plaquemines | 6,084 | 59.11% | 3,997 | 38.83% | 163 | 1.58% | 49 | 0.48% | 2,087 | 20.28% | 10,293 |
Pointe Coupee | 4,333 | 39.64% | 6,308 | 57.71% | 151 | 1.38% | 138 | 1.26% | -1,975 | -18.07% | 10,930 |
Rapides | 29,977 | 61.31% | 17,928 | 36.67% | 743 | 1.52% | 243 | 0.50% | 12,049 | 24.64% | 48,891 |
Red River | 2,266 | 49.41% | 2,254 | 49.15% | 48 | 1.05% | 18 | 0.39% | 12 | 0.26% | 4,586 |
Richland | 5,226 | 62.85% | 2,833 | 34.07% | 191 | 2.30% | 65 | 0.78% | 2,393 | 28.78% | 8,315 |
Sabine | 4,767 | 55.81% | 3,532 | 41.35% | 200 | 2.34% | 42 | 0.49% | 1,235 | 14.46% | 8,541 |
St. Bernard | 19,609 | 61.79% | 11,406 | 35.94% | 598 | 1.88% | 123 | 0.39% | 8,203 | 25.85% | 31,736 |
St. Charles | 9,685 | 53.82% | 7,973 | 44.31% | 259 | 1.44% | 78 | 0.43% | 1,712 | 9.51% | 17,995 |
St. Helena | 2,006 | 38.93% | 3,013 | 58.47% | 85 | 1.65% | 49 | 0.95% | -1,007 | -19.54% | 5,153 |
St. James | 3,799 | 35.44% | 6,707 | 62.57% | 144 | 1.34% | 69 | 0.64% | -2,908 | -27.13% | 10,719 |
St. John the Baptist | 7,464 | 46.02% | 8,366 | 51.58% | 276 | 1.70% | 113 | 0.70% | -902 | -5.56% | 16,219 |
St. Landry | 15,790 | 44.53% | 19,091 | 53.84% | 323 | 0.91% | 253 | 0.71% | -3,301 | -9.31% | 35,457 |
St. Martin | 7,541 | 41.60% | 10,148 | 55.98% | 283 | 1.56% | 157 | 0.87% | -2,607 | -14.38% | 18,129 |
St. Mary | 11,540 | 51.71% | 10,364 | 46.44% | 295 | 1.32% | 119 | 0.53% | 1,176 | 5.27% | 22,318 |
St. Tammany | 38,334 | 69.92% | 15,638 | 28.52% | 651 | 1.19% | 200 | 0.36% | 22,696 | 41.40% | 54,823 |
Tangipahoa | 16,669 | 54.32% | 13,527 | 44.08% | 325 | 1.06% | 167 | 0.54% | 3,142 | 10.24% | 30,688 |
Tensas | 1,645 | 50.00% | 1,556 | 47.29% | 69 | 2.10% | 20 | 0.61% | 89 | 2.71% | 3,290 |
Terrebonne | 18,745 | 58.19% | 12,686 | 39.38% | 636 | 1.97% | 145 | 0.45% | 6,059 | 18.81% | 32,212 |
Union | 5,900 | 62.97% | 3,210 | 34.26% | 199 | 2.12% | 60 | 0.64% | 2,690 | 28.71% | 9,369 |
Vermilion | 9,224 | 41.99% | 12,180 | 55.45% | 440 | 2.00% | 122 | 0.56% | -2,956 | -13.46% | 21,966 |
Vernon | 7,453 | 58.40% | 4,998 | 39.17% | 240 | 1.88% | 70 | 0.55% | 2,455 | 19.23% | 12,761 |
Washington | 9,374 | 51.81% | 8,369 | 46.25% | 260 | 1.44% | 91 | 0.50% | 1,005 | 5.56% | 18,094 |
Webster | 10,204 | 57.31% | 7,434 | 41.75% | 108 | 0.61% | 59 | 0.33% | 2,770 | 15.56% | 17,805 |
West Baton Rouge | 3,972 | 45.13% | 4,686 | 53.24% | 81 | 0.92% | 62 | 0.70% | -714 | -8.11% | 8,801 |
West Carroll | 3,077 | 64.14% | 1,607 | 33.50% | 97 | 2.02% | 16 | 0.33% | 1,470 | 30.64% | 4,797 |
West Feliciana | 1,854 | 45.34% | 2,146 | 52.48% | 46 | 1.12% | 43 | 1.05% | -292 | -7.14% | 4,089 |
Winn | 4,165 | 59.02% | 2,699 | 38.25% | 147 | 2.08% | 46 | 0.65% | 1,466 | 20.77% | 7,057 |
Totals | 883,702 | 54.27% | 717,460 | 44.06% | 18,612 | 1.14% | 8,428 | 0.52% | 166,242 | 10.21% | 1,628,202 |
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