1988 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election political event

The 1988 United States presidential election was the contest in which Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis to become the 41st president of the United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
1988 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries) 1
George H. W. Bush presidential campaign 1988 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
campaignSloganOfWinner Kinder, gentler nation ⓘ
Read my lips: no new taxes ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionNumber 51st quadrennial presidential election ⓘ
electoralCollegeMeetingDate 1988-12-19 ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVoteRunnerUp Michael Dukakis ⓘ
electoralVotesForGeorgeHWBush 426 ⓘ
electoralVotesForMichaelDukakis 111 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner George H. W. Bush ⓘ
endDate 1988-11-08 ⓘ
followedBy 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 1984 United States presidential election ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Ronald Reagan ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
loser Michael Dukakis ⓘ
losingParty Democratic Party ⓘ
majorThirdPartyCandidate David Duke ⓘ
Lenora Fulani ⓘ
Ron Paul ⓘ
marginOfVictoryElectoralVotes 315 ⓘ
marginOfVictoryPopularVotePercentage 7.8% ⓘ
notableDebateMoment Lloyd Bentsen "You’re no Jack Kennedy" remark ⓘ
notableEvent Willie Horton controversy ⓘ
notableIssue crime ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
taxes ⓘ
war on drugs ⓘ
numberOfElectors 538 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential elections
partyOfIncumbentBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Republican Party ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Michael Dukakis ⓘ
popularVotesForGeorgeHWBush 48686297 ⓘ
popularVotesForMichaelDukakis 41809697 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner George H. W. Bush ⓘ
presidentAfterElection George H. W. Bush ⓘ
runningMateOfLoser Lloyd Bentsen ⓘ
runningMateOfWinner Dan Quayle ⓘ
startDate 1988-11-08 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Cold War ⓘ
type indirect presidential election ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 50.2% ⓘ
winner George H. W. Bush ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bob Dole → candidateIn → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
Jesse Jackson → candidateInElection → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries)
Dan Quayle → electedIn → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
George H. W. Bush → election → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
1992 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
Roger Ailes → workedOn → 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: George H. W. Bush presidential campaign 1988