He won 1 state (Minnesota, his home state) and the District of Columbia. In 1986, the program had resulted in the release of convicted murderer Willie Horton, an African American man who committed a rape and assault in Maryland while out on furlough. [47], Dukakis attempted to quell criticism that he was ignorant on military matters by staging a photo op in which he rode in an M1 Abrams tank outside a General Dynamics plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. After Reagan's re-election in 1984, Bush considered a run for the presidency himself. Bentsen's attempts to defend Dukakis received little recognition, with greater attention on the Kennedy comparison. "1988 Presidential Election Results". The competition saw incumbent President and Republican Ronald Reagan run for a third term, as the 22nd Amendment had failed to pass in 1951. Bush performed very strongly among suburban voters, in areas such as the collar counties of Chicago (winning over 60% in DuPage and Lake counties), Philadelphia (sweeping the Main Line counties), Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New York. Senator Bob Dole and televangelist Pat Robertson to win the nomination. Joseph Biden's Plagiarism; Michael Dukakis's 'Attack Video' â 1988. He also scored March victories in Alaska's caucuses and Texas's local conventions, despite losing the Texas primary. There are three men who received a party nomination 3 times. Bush was nominated unanimously and selected U.S. In a separate investigation, the Miami Herald had received an anonymous tip from a friend of Donna Rice that Rice was involved with Hart. December 16, 1987, Associated Press, in the Los Angeles Times. Despite Bentsen's presence on the Democratic ticket, Bush won Texas by 12 points. As of 2020, Bush is the last Republican to win the heavily suburban states of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey. [54] Bush and Fitzgerald's relationship was briefly rehashed in the 1992 campaign. March 13, 1988, Conason, Joe (July/August 1992). He ran against Reagan/Bush again in 1984, this time as the Democrat's presidential candidate. The duties delegated to him during Reagan's second term (mostly because of the President's advanced age, Reagan turning 78 just after he left office) gave him an unusually high level of experience for a vice president. Eight years later, heading Bush’s run against Michael Dukakis, Baker encouraged the daredevil political strategist Lee Atwater to savage Dukakis. Which George Bush? He attacked Dukakis as an elitist "Massachusetts liberal," and Dukakis appeared to fail to respond effectively to Bush's criticism. 1 Not To Vote For George Bush: He Cheats on His Wife. His main opponent was another man from Massachusetts, Governor Michael Dukakis. The incident remains a commonly cited example of backfired public relations. To this end party leaders tried to recruit the New York Governor Mario Cuomo, to be a candidate. Bush also performed weaker in Missouri's northern counties, narrowly winning that state. Bush lost New York state by just over 4%. [66], Bush performed strongest in the South and the Northeast. He was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Quayle had sought to use the debate to criticize Dukakis as too liberal rather than go point for point with the more seasoned Bentsen. He won with 489 of the 538 electoral votes, becoming the 40th U.S. president. Ronald Reagan AP ... California in 1988, serving until 1992. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. Reagan was helped by a strong economy and the declining Cold War, and the Democratic vote was divided between the far-left and the moderate "Reagan Democrats," while Ted Kennedy attacked Reagan constantly and did not defend himself enough. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton placed Dukakis's name in nomination, but the nominating speech lasted for so long that some delegates began booing to get him to finish, and he received great cheering when he said, "In closing...". This time Reagan could not run and his Vice President would look to win the White House. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. "Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Although less lopsided in the electoral vote that Reagan's 1984 victory, he still won it by a large amount, 502 votes to Kennedy's 36. Paul was a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, first elected as a Republican from Texas in an April 1976 special election. Nobody remembers who any of the other candidates were, nor cares: 1. Despite Dukakis's initial lead in polls, Bush pulled ahead after the Republican National Convention and extended his lead after a strong performance in two debates. He, like Walter Mondale, advertised traditional New Deal-Great Society ideals and principles. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts had been considered a potential candidate, but he ruled himself out of the race in the fall of 1985. Dukakis's win in New York and then in Pennsylvania effectively ended Jackson's hopes for the nomination. [clarification needed] The Dukakis team attacked Quayle's credentials, saying he was "dangerously inexperienced to be first-in-line to the presidency. [68] Among the six vice presidential candidates were Joyce Dattner, Harold Moore,[69] and Wynonia Burke.[70]. This is the first time a Republican won a presidential election without carrying Iowa, the second time a Republican was elected without carrying Oregon (after 1868), and the last time a Republican carried any of the contiguous states on the West Coast. He ran against incumbent President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Lenora Fulani ran for the New Alliance Party, and focused on issues concerning unemployment, healthcare, and homelessness. Quayle said, "I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency." Read more about Biden’s 1988 run, here in the TIME Vault: Biden’s Familiar Quotations Get our History Newsletter. Two other politicians mentioned as possible candidates, both from Arkansas, did not join the race: Senator Dale Bumpers and Governor and future President Bill Clinton. Politics This is a split board - You can return to the Split List for other boards. List of Prime Ministers of the United States of America (A United Kingdom of Scandinavia). As the campaign manager for then–Vice President George H. W. Bush in 1988, ... Horton ran away while on furlough and then committed new felonies, including rape. In the coinciding congressional elections, Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress, neither of which they would lose until the 1998 midterms. After an argument with Vice President George H. W. Bush about who would run (Bush was planning to run, but Reagan wanted a third term), Bush resigned and Reagan picked another Texan to be his running mate, Senator Phil Gramm. Reagan, for his part, utilized his own humor and speaking skills, portraying Kennedy as a typical big-government Democrat socialist and defending his own eight-year record as a leader. The ads convinced the United Auto Workers, which had endorsed Gephardt, to withdraw their endorsement; this crippled Gephardt, as he relied heavily on the support of labor unions. ", United States presidential election, 1988, 1988 Republican Party presidential primaries, 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries, "Weekend Passes" (also known as "Willie Horton"), "Electoral College Box Scores 1789â1996", National Archives and Records Administration, 1988 United States House of Representatives elections, 1988 United States gubernatorial elections, History of the United States (1988âpresent), "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections", "Dole announces presidential hopes in hometown talk", "DU PONT ENTERS THE G.O.P. The primaries were long and harsh, as Reagan argued that he would lead the country to more greatness, as the Cold War was winding down and the economy was booming, while Bush argued that presidents should only be limited to two terms and Reagan was too much of a radical. [57], Voters were split as to who won the first presidential debate. [37] Biden later called his failure to attribute the quotes an oversight, and in related proceedings the Delaware Supreme Court's Board on Professional Responsibility cleared him of a separate plagiarism charge, leveled for plag iarizing an article during his law school. The Republican nominee, incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Illinois Senator Paul M. Simon finished a surprising second, and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis finished third. Similarly, it is asked, who ran against Obama 2012? John Dillin for The Christian Science Monitor. Like Dukakis and Bentsen, Kennedy and Johnson were from Massachusetts and Texas respectively. The Democrats saw a small glimmer of hope as they did not have to run against the popular Reagan, but the country had not shifted much in the last four years. From the beginning of the primaries the favorite was Massachusetts Senator, brother of deceased president John Kennedy, and 1980 Democratic candidate, Ted Kennedy. Bush entered the Republican primaries as the front-runner, defeating U.S. Dole did nothing to counter these ads and Bush won, thereby gaining crucial momentum, which he called "Big Mo". In three typically solid Republican states, Kansas, South Dakota, and Montana, the vote was much closer than usual. Reagan easily carried the state, which in the 132-year period spanning 1856 to 1988 had voted for a Democrat for president a grand total of once. He defeated Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts in another landslide victory, winning 502 electoral votes and 60 percent of the popular vote. His performance was generally seen as poor and played to his reputation of being intellectually cold. Then-Vice President Bush won the 1988 primary ahead of … Although Kennedy won the first presidential debate, Reagan stomped all the others and Phil Gramm beat Jerry Brown in the Vice presidential debate. One goal of the party was to find a new, fresh candidate who could move beyond the traditional New Deal-Great Society ideas of the past and offer a new image of the Democrats to the public. But the ghost of Jimmy Carter was still haunting the Democrats. However, Reagan was helped by a booming economy and the now rapid decline of the Soviet Union. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running mate. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate. The Hart scandal was for 1988. In contrast to the suburbs, Bush received a significantly lower level of support than Reagan in rural regions. Alan Keyes is a political media host who ran unsuccessful campaigns for the United States presidency in 1996, 2000 and 2008. Steve Neal for the Chicago Tribune. The candidates were as follows: Republicans: George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle Two electoral votes were awarded to the winner of the statewide race and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. George Herbert Walker Bush served two terms as Ronald Reagan's vice-president from 1981-1989. American presidential election, 1984 Bush carried many states and congressional districts that have rarely voted for a Republican since: As of 2021, 1988 is the last election in which a Republican won a majority of Northern electoral votes and was elected while losing West Virginia. In the Super Tuesday races, Dukakis won six primaries, to Gore's five, Jesse Jackson five and Gephardt one, with Gore and Jackson splitting the Southern states. 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Dukakis was attacked for such positions as opposing mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, and being a "card-carrying member of the ACLU" (a statement Dukakis made early in the primary campaign to appeal to liberal voters). The Republican nominee, incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. (a) West Virginia faithless elector Margarette Leach voted for Bentsen as president and Dukakis as vice president in order to make a statement against the U.S. Reagan carried all but three states, and won 60 percent of the popular vote. In the national popular vote, Reagan received 58.8% to Mondale's 40.6%. As governor, Dukakis vetoed a 1976 plan to bar inmates convicted of first-degree murder from the furlough program. The Republican Party convention was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Joe Biden's leap from VP to POTUS is a rarity. Bush was the last candidate to receive an absolute majority of the popular vote until his son George W. Bush did in 2004. After becoming Reagan's running mate, Bush became a convert to "Reaganomics" but remained suspect in the view of many Reagan loyalists. ... ‘The dream will never die,’ and he doesn’t campaign for Carter, and we end up with Reagan. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. On one front they are rallying support for the first big candidate showdown of 1988 in today’s precinct caucuses. He is also the last Republican candidate to win rural Vermont, which was historically Republican but by this time shifting away from the party, as well as the last Republican candidate to win Maine in its entirety, though Donald Trump won one electoral vote from the state in both 2016 and 2020. He eventually became the 45th Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, losing to George W. Bush, George H.W. When Roosevelt first ran for reelection in 1936, Vermont was one of only two states to vote against him. April 26, 1985. One result was the infamous Willie Horton killer-rapist TV ad run by a supportive political-action committee. Alan Keyes Biography. He protested the War on Drugs in a letter to Drug Czar William Bennett.[when?]. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate. [62][63] In Illinois, Bush lost a number of downstate counties that previously went for Reagan, and he lost Iowa by a wide margin, even losing in traditionally Republican areas. In the New Hampshire primary, Dukakis came in first, Gephardt fell to second, and Simon came in third. 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