Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Vice PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governorMichael Dukakis. Bush won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 2.31%, which made it about 5.5% more Democratic than the nation. This was the last election where Pennsylvania would be carried by a Republican presidential candidate until 2016 and the last to date in which a Republican would win a majority of the statewide vote. Northampton and Luzerne counties, both statewide bellwethers, would also not vote Republican again until 2016.[1] This was also the first election since 1932 where Pennsylvania did not vote the same as neighboring New York, another phenomenon that would not occur again until 2016.