Dukakis won very white states

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The 1988 election was weird.

Dukakis did remarkably well (for a dem) in a bunch of plain states and upper midwest in a year where bush did well nationally. This was due to farm crisis.

IIRC, dems were actually fairly giddy sfter election night because, even though they lost, dukakis had built a new, strong base for dem party. Clinton built on that base and extended it.