1988 Election Results

George Herbert Walker Bush
James Danforth Quayle
Electoral Votes: 426
Pop. Vote: 48,886,097 (53.4%)

Michael Stanley Dukakis
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.
Electoral Votes: 111
Pop. Vote: 41,809,074 (45.6%)

Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.
Michael Stanley Dukakis
Electoral Votes: 1

Total electoral votes: 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win: 270
Total popular vote: 91,594,136