A county result
Portage County, presidential election of 1988
Portage County
50.18%George H.W. Bush (R), the most votes52,480Votes counted for president
What this is
Portage County counted 52,480 votes for president across 9 candidates in 1988. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| George H.W. Bush | Republican | 26,334 | 50.18% |
| Michael Dukakis | Democratic | 25,607 | 48.79% |
| Lenora Fulani | New Alliance | 184 | 0.35% |
| Ronald "Ron" Paul | Libertarian | 165 | 0.31% |
| Lyndon LaRouche Jr. | Independent | 100 | 0.19% |
| Edward Winn | Workers League | 90 | 0.17% |
| Holmes | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
| King | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
| Wobser | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to George H.W. Bush (Republican) with 55%, a 10.8-point margin over Michael Dukakis. The country elected George H. W. Bush.
- Against the state
- Portage County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+1.4 against Ohio's R+10.8: 9.5 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 75th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1984
- From 1984 to 1988 the county's lean moved 13.7 points toward the Democrats, from R+15.1 to R+1.4.
- Matched
- Portage County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
- oh_1988_general_president_county.xlsx -- Ohio Secretary of State Past Election Results portal · Ohio Secretary of State · 1988-11-08 · accessed 2026-09-17
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