1988 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1988_United_States_presidential_election

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Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	November 8, 1988
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:United_States_presidential_debates,_1988
gptkbp:firstElection	first time since 1948 that a party won three consecutive presidential elections
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1988 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent	gptkb:Republican_Party gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:losingParty	gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:mainCandidate	gptkb:George_H._W._Bush gptkb:Michael_Dukakis
gptkbp:mapType	gptkb:1988_Electoral_College_map
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:1992_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notable_campaign	gptkb:Dukakis_tank_photo_op gptkb:Pledge_of_Allegiance_controversy gptkb:Willie_Horton_ad
gptkbp:notableFor	last time a Republican won California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and Vermont in a presidential election first election since 1948 in which a sitting vice president was elected president first election since 1960 in which neither major party candidate was an incumbent president or vice president last time a Republican won the popular vote by more than 5 percentage points
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Ron_Paul gptkb:Lenora_Fulani
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByRunnerUp	10
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByWinner	40
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection	gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:1984_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp	111 41,809,074
gptkbp:vicePresident	gptkb:Dan_Quayle gptkb:Lloyd_Bentsen
gptkbp:voterTurnout	50.2%
gptkbp:votesForWinner	426 48,886,597
gptkbp:winner	gptkb:George_H._W._Bush gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1992_United_States_presidential_election gptkb:Lloyd_Bentsen gptkb:Michael_Stanley_Dukakis gptkb:John_Sasso gptkb:1988_Bush–Dukakis_debate
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5