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Bush also contrasted his military service to Clinton's lack thereof, and criticized Clinton's lack of foreign policy expertise. However, as the economy was the main issue, Bush's campaign floundered across the nation, even in strongly Republican areas, [ 81 ] and Clinton maintained leads with over 50 percent of the vote nationwide consistently ...
Clinton emerged out as the winner of the second debate leading over both Bush and Perot. A poll conducted by CNN/USA TODAY from Oct. 16–18, showed 58 percent calling Clinton the winner, 16 percent said Bush won and 15 percent said Perot. [4] The format decided was: Town hall meeting [5] two minute closing statements.
A few days before election day, Gallup polls showed Bush 12% behind Clinton. On November 3, 1992, Bush lost the election to Democratic nominee Bill Clinton, coming in second place. Clinton won 370 electoral votes and 43.0% of the popular vote while Bush only received 168 electoral votes and 37.5% of the popular vote.
Republicans strongly denounced the Clinton scandals, and Bush made a promise to restore "honor and dignity" to the White House a centerpiece of his campaign. Gore studiously avoided the Clinton scandals, as did Lieberman, even though Lieberman had been the first Democratic senator to denounce Clinton's misbehavior.
President George W. Bush (center) welcomes president-elect Barack Obama (second left) at the White House in January 2009, with George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter (left to right).
When Bill Clinton was inaugurated, George H.W. Bush sent him a letter -- and it's being resurfaced over 20 years later. Letter reveals advice George H.W. Bush gave Clinton before his presidency ...
Although Clinton's margin of victory in the popular vote was slightly greater than that of George H.W. Bush eight years prior, Dole won more states than Bush in part due to Clinton's relatively poor performance in areas of low population density, a precursor of the trend where future Democratic contenders for the presidency perform very well in ...
DERRY, N.H. (AP) -- Newly declared Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is fast out of the gate when it comes to criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. In his New ...