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The 1988 presidential campaign of Joe Biden, a Democratic U.S. Senator from Delaware, began in June 1987. Originally, Biden was regarded as potentially one of the strongest candidates in the field. In September 1987, however, reports emerged that he had plagiarized a speech by the British Leader of the Opposition and Labour Party Leader , Neil ...
What It Takes: The Way to the White House is a nonfiction book about the 1988 United States presidential election written by Richard Ben Cramer and published in 1992. [1] [2] [3] It follows the campaigns of Republicans George Herbert Walker Bush and Bob Dole and Democrats Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Dick Gephardt, and Gary Hart.
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.
From February 8 to June 14, 1988, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1988 United States presidential election. Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Democratic National Convention held from July 18 to July 21, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Biden has never lost a general election, though he failed to win the Democratic nomination for president in 1984, 1988, and 2008. The first three winning Democratic presidential tickets of the 21st century had Biden on the ticket, either as president or vice president.
The 1988 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1988 presidential election. [1]The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized two debates among the major party candidates, sponsored two presidential debates and one vice presidential debates.
A post shared on Threads claims President Joe Biden purportedly agreed to a recount of the 2024 presidential election. View on Threads Verdict: False The claim is not referenced on the White House ...
1988 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Bush, blue denotes states won by Dukakis. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +1: 1988 Senate results