A county result
Van Wert County, presidential election of 1988
Van Wert County
70.56%George H.W. Bush (R), the most votes13,336Votes counted for president
What this is
Van Wert County counted 13,336 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 | 9,410 | 70.56% |
| Michael Dukakis | Democratic | 3,848 | 28.85% |
| Ronald "Ron" Paul | Libertarian | 30 | 0.22% |
| Lyndon LaRouche Jr. | Independent | 18 | 0.13% |
| Lenora Fulani | New Alliance | 17 | 0.13% |
| Edward Winn | Workers League | 13 | 0.10% |
| 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
- Van Wert County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+41.7 against Ohio's R+10.8: 30.9 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 8th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1984
- From 1984 to 1988 the county's lean moved 6.3 points toward the Democrats, from R+48.0 to R+41.7.
- Matched
- Van Wert 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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