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1988 Presidential election. ... About 510f the voting age public voted in the 1988
Presidential election, the lowest post World War 2 percentage. ...
1988 Presidential election. ... About 510f the voting age public voted in the 1988
Presidential election, the lowest post World War 2 percentage. ...
... A study was done on the 1976 Presidential election between Gerald Ford and Jimmy ...
the voter's response to issues played a bigger part for Ford (Oshagan, 1988). ...
... After working on his father's successful 1988 presidential campaign, he assembled
the group of ... In an historic re-election victory, he became the first Texas ...
... in the overall picture, the media can greatly influence the outcome of an
election.Bibliography 1 ... Hess, S., The Presidential Campaign, 3rd ed. (1988).
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Bush vs Dukakis The 1988 Presidential Election
On November 8, 1988, Republican Presidential candidate Vice President George H. W. Bush was elected as the forty-first President of the United States of America. Bush defeated Democratic challenger Governor Michael Dukakis by a ratio of a bout six-to-five. 49 million people voted for Bush, netting him 426 electoral votes while 42 million voted for Dukakis getting him 112 electoral votes. Strangely, a man not even running for President received an electoral vote; Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic Vice President Nominee) received one electoral vote from the state of West Virginia. Bush's victory was also a victory for the Republican Party, but the Democrats received a similar victory in that they retained control of both the House and the Senate. The presidential election as a whole was a negative race, with an abundance of personal attacks (mainly instigated by Bush). The election of Bush in 1988 confirmed the Republican domination of presidential politics for another four years.
The Republican Primary was a race between Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole because President Reagan had reached his term limit and could not run again. Bush was Reagan's Vice President, so he started the race as the Republican front-runner. Bush's campaign was startled after its loss to Dole in the Iowa Caucus. Bush stepped up the campaigning, uttering his famous line, "Read my lips, no new taxes." Dole soon ran out of steam when Vice President Bush won every state in the Super Tuesday Primaries. Bush's strong victories are attributed to his ability to gain the support of the religious fundamentalists, mainly in the South. Bush's ability to establish a strong Southern base helped him in both the primary and general elections.
The Democratic Primaries were more competitive than the Republican Primaries. There were five strong candidates heading into the primaries; Senator Gary Hart (D-CO), Congressman...
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