Campaign Trail Results: Game #1405564

This Game:

  • Year: 2000
  • Player Candidate: George W. Bush
  • Running Mate: Tom Ridge
  • Difficulty Level: Easy
  • Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
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CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Al Gore49155,187,73651.62
---- George W. Bush4740,758,12338.12
---- Pat Buchanan07,919,6737.41
---- Ralph Nader03,052,5382.86

Visits:

  • New York:12

Answers:

  • Which of the following best describes your position on the $200 billion surplus that is projected for this year?
    We need to expand benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. We can use the surplus as well as defense cuts to balance these increases.
  • Which of the following best describes your position on education?
    We need to increase pay for teachers and increase funding for the Department of Education. I don't support nationwide standards or testing -- they will distort the learning process and lead to education by rote.
  • Which of the following best describes your position on Social Security?
    We need to increase benefits for Social Security. Many people can barely survive on the monthly payment, while we spend billions on the military and run a huge budget surplus.
  • What is your vision for the foreign policy of this country?
    The Cold War is over. We should cut defense spending and stop operating so many bases overseas. I would pull troops out of places like Germany and Okinawa, where we are no longer defending anything.
  • Do you have any thoughts on the Bill Clinton scandal that you would like to share?
    This is a non-issue. Bill Clinton is one the best Presidents of the last fifty years, and we should be focusing on his policies and successes, not his personal affairs.
  • Do you believe that Elian Gonzalez should have been returned to Cuba?
    Returning Elian to Cuba was unconscionable. I did not support this decision by the Clinton Administration.
  • Did you support Bill Clinton's actions leading to the bombing of Serbia?
    The bombing of Serbia killed many innocent civilians and increased antagonism with Russia and China. I believe military intervention should be a last resort.
  • Do you have any plans to change American tax policy?
    I have no plan to cut taxes. If anything, we might need some increases to strengthen Social Security.
  • What are your thoughts on the USS Cole bombing, which has killed 17 American sailors. How should we prevent such incidents of terrorism in the future?
    This attack was a tragedy, but it underscores the need to the United States to have a more limited foreign policy. The Cold War is over, and it doesn't make sense to deploy troops in so many parts of the world.
  • In Texas, a man named James Byrd was brutally murdered in what many call a hate crime. What is your opinion of federal hate crime legislation?
    I support increased federal hate crime legislation. No American should ever feel like a target of intimidation because of their identity.
  • Do you support additional gun control measures in this country? Can you give some specifics of what you want?
    The only way we will end gun violence in this country is through large-scale legislation and the confiscation of troublesome weapons. The Second Amendment was never meant to apply to individuals.
  • Do you have any plans to help America's seniors better pay for vital prescription drugs?
    We should incorporate Medicare into a larger, universal single-payer health insurance program. Many proposals I hear about are overly cautious and lacking in ambition.
  • What is your position on American trade policy? How do you feel about the World Trade Organization or NAFTA?
    These organizations and agreements are a scheme to enrich corporations at the expense of the American worker. Employment and wages will plummet while corporate profits expand.
  • Do you support the air strikes and sanctions that have been levied against Iraq, with the goal of weakening Saddam Hussein?
    The United States is much too entangled in the Middle East. We should pull back from the region and end sanctions in Iraq. I might remind people that these sanctions have killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children.
  • Do you have any plans to address or change immigration policy if elected President?
    We need a path to citizenship for those in the country, and we need a system of work permits and strict enforcement on employers, so that immigrants do not depress American wages. We should increase aid to Latin America to reduce the rich-poor divide in our economies.
  • Do you believe it is appropriate for Hillary Clinton to run for Senate in the state of New York -- a state where she has never lived?
    The Clintons have added a greatly to the political life of the United States. I support Hillary Clinton in her campaign.
  • Do you think that new regulations from Bill Clinton have unfairly hurt coal-producing states?
    Unfortunately, coal is one of the dirtiest forms of energy in existence. I don't see how we can continue to rely on it for the majority of America's energy needs.
  • What key points will you emphasize as you accept your party's nomination for President of the United States?
    After eight years of scandals and excesses from the Clinton Administration, I will return this country to its rightful principles -- small government, clean moral conduct, and the freedom of the people.
  • What is your overall strategy for the 2000 campaign?
    We will emphasize that a vote for Al Gore is a vote for the scandals and liberal policies of the Clinton Administration. We offer a true, conservative alternative to the American people. I will discuss my evangelical Christianity and small-government beliefs.
  • Where will you make the final stop(s) of your campaign before the voting begins?
    The upper Midwest is key. I will start in Iowa, travel through Wisconsin, and end up in Michigan.
  • It is November 2nd, only five days before the voting. News has just broken that you were arrested for drunken driving in 1976. What is your response?
    This could destroy my campaign in the final days. We must accuse the Gore campaign of leaking this to discredit my candidacy, and challenge their credibility and timing.
  • What is your opinion on the performance and conduct of our current President, Bill Clinton?
    We can all learn a lot from Bill Clinton's ability to compromise with Congress and pursue a moderate political agenda. I will do the same as President.
  • Do you have anything to say about your alleged drug use in the 1970s?
    These types of stories should be irrelevant to a political campaign. We've all done things when we were young that we're not proud of.
  • Some suggest you lack the experience and qualifications for to be President. What do you say?
    James Buchanan had a lot of experience in government. Abraham Lincoln didn't. So what if I'm a little unseasoned? I have the instincts for the job.
  • Some pro-life groups are concerned about your selection of Tom Ridge as running mate. Can you speak more about him?
    Tom Ridge has served his home state of Pennsylvania well. It would be a shame to ignore that because of a litmus test on one issue.