<page_title> 1988 United States presidential election in Montana </page_title> <section_title> Results by county </section_title> <table> <cell> 190,412 <col_header> George Herbert Walker Bush Republican </col_header> <col_header> # </col_header> <row_header> Totals </row_header> </cell> <cell> 5.87% <col_header> Margin </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> <row_header> Totals </row_header> <row_header> 190,412 </row_header> <row_header> 52.07% </row_header> <row_header> 168,936 </row_header> <row_header> 46.20% </row_header> <row_header> 6,326 </row_header> <row_header> 1.73% </row_header> <row_header> 21,476 </row_header> </cell> </table>
The Republican, Bush won by a margin of 5.87 percent.