List of 1988 swing states
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The 1988 U.S. Presidential election saw Vice President George H.W. Bush defeat Democrat Michael Dukakis. The following is a list of the swing states 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
