George H.W. Bush had some tough hardship during the 1988 elections. He didn't have his own identity yet . He wasn't the strong assertive type, and he was thought to be cowardly and unable to handle the job of presidency. Nancy Reagan (Ronald Reagan's wife) dubbed George Bush as "whiny". His audacious acts in war and involvement in his own businesses failed in getting the attention of the public.

 You may think that people step on other people to get ahead and well your right. People do make fun of others, people do say nasty things to get what they want. Such as, Bush who participated in the 1988 elections, harshly attacked one of his competitors, Governor Michael Dukakis, who seemed to be his biggest obstacle. Since he wasn't getting enough attention from the public he tried a different approach. Bush purposely humiliated Dukakis, the Massachusettes governor, by posting negative ads and speeches about Dukakis. He made conferences about Dukakis getting rid of a bill that told children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. These tactics paid off- George H.W. Bush was elected president in 1989.

 George H.W. Bush's Vice President for his term was J. Danforth Quayle. Below is information of his Cabinet:

 In the 1992 elections, people thought that George Herbert Walker Bush would be relected as the President of the United States, for the second time. As a result of the Persian Gulf War his popularity with his audience was high. His poll ratings had a 89%-91% range. But later on, his poll rating dropped dramatically. The reason for this was for his broken promise of not raising taxes. His poll ratings dropped under 50% in Spring and went even lower in the Summer to 34%. Another reason for his sudden drop in support was because the women of the United States did not appreciate him ignoring feminist issues.

 In the 1992 elections, Bill Clinton appeared to be getting the upper hand; as he seemed to have a clear vision of what the people of the United States wanted from their President. This also shows how far from the tree Bush's apple had fallen. Clinton encouraged diversity, and uniqueness in the United States. He also promised to cut loopholes in taxes and the wealthy people would pay the taxes fairly. He used interesting and smart words like "fairness", "accountability", "responsibility", and "special interests".

 Bush tried everything to overcome Bill Clinton's campaign. He had mentioned his involvement in the "Desert Storm" but still it had little effect on the United States voters. Bush was so desperate that he even tried some criticism tactics that had worked for his campaign in 1988 before, but still no good results came from the negative action. To win his election Bush's campaign staff even tried to do some illegal investigation (that would haunt him after the election) on Bill Clinton's passports files.

Bush later lost the 1992 election to Bill Clinton. These were the results:

Below is a map of the electoral votes in the 1992 election:



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