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• 1 2026-03-31T19:58:14+00:00 1988: Analytical Frameworks 10 Campaigning at CWRU: Presidential Elections, 1988: Analytical Frameworks plain 2026-04-23T15:13:02+00:00 1988 Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004. 1988

  Political Science 320, The Presidential Election, taught by Associate Professor Alexander Lamis, required students to follow local and national political activity in a key state. Assignments included subscribing to the major daily newspaper in the state and attending a debate between Cuyahoga County Democratic and Republican Party leaders. Explained Lamis to Campus News reporter Kathleen McDermott, “I hope the students… will be in a better position to analyze future presidential elections and understand the big changes that are taking place in the party system.”
  
  Democrat Michael Dukakis led Republican George Bush in a campus poll.
  
  
  Political Science associate professor Alexander Lamis (below) had students follow the campaign in a key state.
  
  

   
   

  Ohio Popular Vote	National Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
  George H.W. Bush (R) 2,416,549 (55%) Michael S. Dukakis (D) 1,939,629 (44.1%) Lenora B. Fulani (New Alliance) 12,017 (0.3%) Ron Paul (Libertarian) 11,989 (0.3%) Lyndon H. LaRouche (National Economic Recovery) 7,733 (0.2%) Ed Winn (Workers League) 5,432 (0.1%) Larry Holmes (Workers World) 134	George H.W. Bush (R) 48,886,097 (53.4%) Michael S. Dukakis (D) 41,809,074 (45.6%) Ron Paul (Libertarian) 432,179 (0.5%) Lenora B. Fulani (New Alliance) 217,219 (0.2%) Lyndon H. LaRouche (National Economic Recovery) 25,562 Ed Winn (Workers League) 18,693 Larry Holmes (Workers World) 7,846	George H.W. Bush (R) 426 Michael S. Dukakis (D) 111 Lloyd Bentsen (D) 1

   

  Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.