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1988
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| George Bush / Dan Quayle (Republican) | 48,886,097 | 426 |
| Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) | 41,809,074 | 111 |
Massachusetts governor Dukakis won the Democratic nomination by easily defeating Rev. Jesse Jackson of Illinois on the first ballot; he had outlasted such other prominent candidates as Missouri congressman Richard Gephardt, Tennessee senator Al Gore, and Illinois senator Paul Simon. Vice President Bush easily defeated his closest competitors: Kansas senator Bob Dole and television evangelist Pat Robertson.
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