Election+of+1988

The Election of 1988 Candidate ||~ Vice Presidential Candidate ||~ Political Party ||||~ Popular Vote ||||~ Electoral Vote ||
 * ~  ||~ Presidential
 * = [[image:http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/IMAGES/COLOR/0000DD.gif]] || George Bush || J. Danforth Quayle || Republican ||> 48,886,597 ||> 53.37% ||> 426 ||> 79.2% ||
 * = [[image:http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/IMAGES/COLOR/DD0000.gif]] || Michael Dukakis || Lloyd Bentsen || Democratic ||> 41,809,476 ||> 45.65% ||> 111 ||> 20.6% ||

November 8th, 1988
 * Date of Election: **

-George H. W. Bush (VP for Reagan) -Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts)
 * Presidential Nominees **

-Jesse Jackson -Al Gore -Joe Biden -Gary Hart -Bob Dole -Jack Kemp -Pete DuPont -Pat Robertson
 * Other Candidates **


 * Current President ** during this election = Ronald Reagan


 * No ** incumbent president --> Reagan could not run again or get re-elected because of the 22nd Amendment which states that a president can only be president for two terms at the most.

Cold War: The Cold War, often dated from 1947–1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between the powers of the Western world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, and the communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and allies. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc with the eastern European countries it occupied, maintaining these as satellite states.
 * Before the campaign: **

Stock Market Crash: "**Black Monday**" is the day in which the Stock Market crashed in 1987. On this day Stock Markets around the world were shedding a huge amount of value in a short amount of time. The crash started in Hong Kong and spread west to Europe, hitting the U.S. after the other markets had already declined by a significant margin. After the crash a group of 33 eminent economists from various nations met in Washington D.C. in December 1987 and collectively predicted that "the next few years could be the most troubled since the 1930s".

-Bush capitalized on a good economy, a stable international stage, and on Reagan's popularity. - Dukakis had criticism towards him surrounding the furlough release of Willie Horton, an African American convicted of murder. Horton was released on a weekend furlough from prison while Dukakis was governor.
 * During the campaign: **

The campaign and candidates focused mostly on issues such as the large federal deficit, the Iran-Contra affair and an October 1987 stock market collapse. Also with the Cold War at its height, Bush focused on his foreign policy experience.
 * Things focused on during the election: **

Dukakis ran on **the slogan**, "competence not ideology." He attempted to distance himself from the dirty word "liberal" and promote himself as someone who could get things done.
 * Slogans: **

George W. runs on **the slogan** "compassionate conservatism," implicitly running from the implications of "pure" conservatism. He promotes himself as "a uniter, not a divider," who will work in a bipartisan manner to address the "squandered opportunities" of the Clinton-Gore era. Bush is presenting himself as non-ideological.


 * Conventions: **

George H. W. Bush made the promise saying "Read My Lips." When he said this he promised NO new taxes. This caused controversy later in his presidency because he had to go back on his promise and people didn't trust him anymore. Another thing that caused controversy was the fact that they used pastel colors in the background for the election because they thought it would look good on tv. The Democrats found this funny and called them "soft." Bush tried to focus on mainly just making America better than ever. He tried to go over everything that would help with the economy and make America better. A major point in his speech was no new taxes as stated before.
 * Republican- **

Governor Michael Dukakis had won enough delegates in the primaries to guarantee his nomination for President. The only controversy at the convention concerned Jesse Jackson’s bid for the Vice Presidential nomination. Dukakis had chosen Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen for a running mate. Jackson, however, had won the second largest number of delegates in the primaries.It agreed that Jackson’s name would be placed in nomination. The vote on the first ballot was 2,876 for Dukakis and 1,219 for Jackson. The Democratic platform emphasized the need for a national health care program which would provide federal coordination to restrain rising health care costs while insuring quality care for all Americans. It pledged to better balance national priorities to increase federal funding for education. It called for the establishment of a national office to coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to control illegal drugs. It criticized the Republicans for wasting money on unnecessary weapons and advocated investing more money in training the armed forces for various types of conflicts. It called for a stronger national policy to promote peace in the Middle East.
 * Democratic- **

Although called by the media "issueless, personal, trivial, and negative," this election proved to Americans that though a president may promise something, they can always take back their words. This is because of the promise that Bush made saying that he would not make any new taxes. When Bush went back on his word there was an outbreak in the people. Everyone was mad that their president would lie to them. This election was and still is significant to the way we believe presidential nominees and other officials now.
 * Importance of election: **


 * "Read My Lips" Video: **
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 * George H.W. Bush FakeBook: **

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