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Bush's three main opponents in the 1988 Republican Party presidential primaries were Senator Bob Dole (R-KS); Pat Robertson, an evangelist; and Representative Jack Kemp (R-NY). Bush was long held back by the widespread perception of him as a "wimp" who had only ever done the bidding of others.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1988. The Republican Party's ticket of incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush and Indiana senator Dan Quayle defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senator Lloyd Bentsen.
In the 1988 presidential election, Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. [1] Bush won the popular vote by just under eight points, and won 426 of the 538 electoral votes. Bush won the Republican nomination over Kansas senator Bob Dole and televangelist Pat Robertson of Virginia.
1988: Michael Dukakis: George H. W. Bush† Ron Paul (Libertarian) Lenora Fulani (New Alliance) 1992: Bill Clinton† George H. W. Bush: Ross Perot (Independent) Andre Marrou (Libertarian) Bo Gritz 1996: Bill Clinton† Bob Dole: Ross Perot Ralph Nader Harry Browne (Libertarian) Howard Phillips John Hagelin (Natural Law) 2000: Al Gore‡
From January 14 to June 14, 1988, Republican voters chose their nominee for president in the 1988 United States presidential election.Incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Republican National Convention held from August 15 to August 18, 1988, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1980 Republican Party presidential primaries; Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Ronald Reagan: 7,709,793 : 59.79% : Republican: George H. W. Bush 3,070,033
Bush's eventual opponent Bill Clinton used the broken pledge to great effect late in the campaign. In October 1992 a television commercial, designed by campaign strategist James Carville , had Bush repeating the phrase to illustrate Bush's broken campaign promise.
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 in which a Republican would win a majority of the statewide vote until 2024 .