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THE ELECTION OF 1988 * Vice President George Bush was a Republican who loyally supported the president for 8 years.  * The democrats found more than a half dozen candidates who were eager to challenge Bush
 * The people that led the group were Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
 * Jackson fared better in 1988 than in 1984.
 * he also won the support of African Americans and some from liberal democrats.
 * The democrats chose Dukakis
 * The democrats chose Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas to be his running mate.
 * On the day of the election the voters responded to the republican pledge to the peace and prosperity of the Reagan era.
 * Bush recieved 53% of the popular vote
 * Dukakis had 46% of the popular vote
 * Bush had 426 electoral votes and Dukakis had 111

The Knew President *after the was he left his home state in connecticut to start a successful oil business in Texas. -"a new bree ze is blowing" -bush promised a "kinder gentler nation"
 * Bush brought a wide range of expirence to the white house
 * he won a metal in for bravery in WWII
 * Bush's attitude to the Reagan era were
 * the critics said that the reagan era had paces too much emphasis on material wealth