List of 1988 swing states - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1988 U.S. Presidential election saw Vice President

Vice President of the United States

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George H.W. Bush defeat Democrat

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Michael Dukakis

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. The following is a list of the swing state
Swing state
In United States presidential politics, a swing state is a state in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing that state's electoral college votes...

s for that election, those states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%), sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Bush or Dukakis:

West Virginia- 4.74% 30,951 votes
Oregon- 4.67% 56,080 votes
New York- 4.10% 266,011 votes
Wisconsin- 3.62% 79,295 votes
Washington- 1.59% 29,681 votes

Illinois- 2.08% 94,999 votes
Pennsylvania- 2.32% 105,143 votes
Maryland- 2.91% 49,863 votes
Vermont- 3.52% 8,556 votes
California- 3.57% 352,684 votes
Missouri- 3.98% 83,334 votes
New Mexico- 4.96% 25,844 votes

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