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1988 United States elections

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Neither the Senate nor the House saw any significant partisan change, and the Democratic Party retained control of both chambers. In the gubernatorial elections, the Democratic Party picked up one governorship. This was the first election since 1960 to see the winning presidential candidate's party
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fail to have any coattails in either house of Congress. This is the second and most recent time since 1889 that a newly elected President's party did not control either house of Congress.
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vote. No candidate since 1988 has managed to equal or surpass Bush's share of the electoral or popular vote. Dukakis won 45.6% of the popular vote and carried ten states and
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Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 7.7 percentage points, picking up a net of two seats.
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Running an aggressive campaign, Bush concentrated on the economy and continuing Reagan's policies. He attacked Dukakis as an elitist "
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of Massachusetts. Bush won the popular vote by just under eight points, and won 426 of the 538 electoral votes. Bush won the
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in which either party won more than two consecutive presidential elections.
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Bush became the first sitting vice president to be elected president since
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was ineligible to seek a third term, due to term limits established by the
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The Democrats had a net gain of one seat in the gubernatorial elections.
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Despite Bush's victory, the Democrats gained a net of one seat in the
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1988 United States House of Representatives elections
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denotes states won by Dukakis. Numbers indicate the
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Dukakis won the 622: 221:1988 presidential election results. 2862:1988 elections in the United States 2839: 730:1988 United States Senate elections 723: 695:defeated Bush in a U.S. Senate race 481:1988 gubernatorial election results 13: 2831: 2815: 755: 742:House of Representatives elections 454: 271: 148: 14: 2878: 2807: 786:. The American Presidency Project 677:after Democratic leaders such as 390: 2823: 599:of Illinois, Tennessee Senator 858:Elections in the United States 524:President of the United States 1: 769: 591:of Virginia. 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