1988 United States presidential straw poll in Guam

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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1988 United States presidential straw poll in Guam
| country = Guam
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1984 United States presidential straw poll in Guam
| previous_year = 1984
| election_date = November 8, 1988
| next_election = 1992 United States presidential straw poll in Guam
| next_year = 1992
| votes_for_election = Non-binding preference poll
| image_size =
| image1 = File:VP George Bush crop.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[George H. W. Bush]]'''
| party1 = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| home_state1 = [[Texas]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[Dan Quayle]]'''
| popular_vote1 = '''14,241'''
| percentage1 = '''58.84%'''
| image2 = Fileukakis campaign portrait 3x4.jpg
| nominee2 = [[Michael Dukakis]]
| party2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| home_state2 = [[Massachusetts]]
| running_mate2 = [[Lloyd Bentsen]]
| popular_vote2 = 9,646
| percentage2 = 39.86%
| map_image =
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The '''1988 United States presidential straw poll in Guam''' was held on November 8, 1988, [[Guam]] is a [[Territories of the United States|territory]] and not a [[U.S. state|state]]. Thus, it is ineligible to elect members of the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], instead, the territory conducts a non-binding [[United States presidential straw polls in Guam|presidential straw poll]] during the general election. In turn cast direct electoral votes for [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice president of the United States|vice president]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential election in Guam, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_Guam,_2024 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=Pacific Daily News Staff Reports, Pacific Daily News/USA TODAY |date=2020-11-04 |title=Election 2020: Guam voters choose Joe Biden as next president in straw poll |url=https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/...cle_a584e769-99fd-5fda-81a8-ec798ea1d93e.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=guampdn.com |language=en}}</ref>

Former Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] won the straw poll by almost 58.9%.

== Results ==
The votes of Guam residents didn't count in this November presidential election, but the territory nonetheless conducts a presidential straw poll to gauge islanders' preference for president every election year. Since the first straw poll was [[1980 United States presidential straw poll in Guam|in 1980]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2008 |title=Bill No. 287 - VETO.pdf |url=https://www.guamlegislature.com/Vetoed Bills/Bill No. 287 - VETO.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Guam Legislature}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="6" |1988 United States presidential straw poll in Guam<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reports, Studies & Publications |url=https://gec.guam.gov/index.php/reports-studies-publications/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=gec.guam.gov}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate
! style="width: 17em" |Running mate
! style="width: 5em" |Votes
! style="width: 7em" |Percentage
|-
! style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" |'''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]'''
|'''[[George H. W. Bush]]'''
|'''[[Dan Quayle]]'''
| align="right" |'''14,241'''
| align="right" |'''58.84%'''
|-
! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Michael Dukakis]]
|[[Lloyd Bentsen]]
| align="right" |9,646
| align="right" |39.86%
|-
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" |'''Totals'''
| align="right" |'''26,688'''
| align="right" |'''100.00%'''
|}

== See also ==

* [[United States presidential straw polls in Guam]]

== References ==
[[Category:United States presidential straw polls in Guam]]
[[Category:1980s in Guam]]
[[Category:1988 United States presidential election by state]]

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