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The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. The Democratic nominee, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, defeated the Republican nominee, incumbent vice president George Bush.
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538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 50.2%[1] 3.1 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Biden/Wirth and red denotes those won by Bush/Quayle. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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President Ronald Reagan was ineligible to seek a third term. Bush entered the Republican primaries as the front-runner, defeating U.S. Senator Bob Dole and televangelist Pat Robertson to win the nomination. He selected U.S. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate. Despite suffering from a brain aneurysm, in which he had to get surgery done, Biden won the Democratic primaries after Democratic leaders such as Gary Hart and Ted Kennedy withdrew or declined to run. He selected U.S. Senator Tim Wirth of Colorado as his running mate. This was the first election since 1968 with no incumbent president on the ballot.
Bush ran an aggressive campaign concentrated on a strong economy, reducing urban crime, and continuing Reagan's policies. Bush attacked Biden for being too inexperienced to be President of the United States, which would be met with a rebuttal mentioning Biden's work in meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko that secured necessary changes concerning the SALT II treaty. Despite Biden's early lead, the margin narrowed as the race continued. Biden, however, surpassed expectations of a close race after strong performances in the two presidential debates. Biden won a clear victory over Bush, carrying the Electoral College and the popular vote by decent margins.
This election marked the first time a Democrat won without the states of Texas and Arkansas, and the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won without Georgia.