Campaign Trail Results: Game #1435161

This Game:

  • Year: 1948
  • Player Candidate: Harry Truman
  • Running Mate: Alben Barkley
  • Difficulty Level: Easy
  • Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
  • Game Played:
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View overall results, or a specific state:
CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Harry Truman45925,627,96952.65
---- Strom Thurmond381,246,0692.56
---- Thomas Dewey3420,456,66042.03
---- Henry Wallace/Other01,341,2782.76

Visits:

  • Michigan:2
  • Ohio:2
  • Kentucky:1
  • Maryland:1
  • Nevada:1
  • New York:1
  • Pennsylvania:1
  • Utah:1
  • Virginia:1
  • West Virginia:1

Answers:

  • Do you stand by your decision to implement a loyalty program for employees of the federal government? Do you believe that Communist infiltration is a serious threat right now?
    I stand by my actions 100%. The buck stops here.
  • A wave of strikes and economic turmoil has led to bipartisan support for a new labor law. The Taft-Hartley Act, limiting the power of labor unions, has been placed on your desk. Will you sign this bill or veto it?
    Veto it. This law goes too far, and besides, we won't have a chance without the support of labor.
  • The Jewish state of Israel is set to declare its independence on May 15, 1948. Will your Administration recognize this new nation?
    We will recognize Israel. It is the right thing to do in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and if that's not enough, we can kiss New York good-bye if we don't.
  • A young, liberal Senate candidate from Minnesota named Hubert Humphrey is pushing for a civil rights plank in the Democratic platform. You can either encourage this movement or nip it in the bud.
    I support a civil rights plank, and furthermore I will personally take executive action to desegregate the Armed Forces. I believe we can turn the black vote if we take initiative on this issue.
  • The Soviet Union has blocked West Berlin from receiving any supplies from Western Europe. What are your thoughts on this situation?
    We need to do whatever it takes to ensure that Berlin is adequately supplied. We cannot further embolden Soviet aggression by retreating from the agreed-upon boundaries in our 1945 settlement.
  • Is there anything you can say during your acceptance speech at the national convention to shake this race up?
    The Republicans are putting out a nice platform, but their own Congress has sandbagged half of these proposals in the past two years alone. I will call Congress into session and make them put their money where their mouth is.
  • You are making a whistle-stop tour of the country to promote your candidacy. What region will you visit over the next two weeks?
    We're going to hit the Midwest, from Ohio to Wisconsin and Iowa.
  • You are calling for a pretty far-reaching platform as you campaign, but the current Congress has refused to consider many of your proposals. How will things be different in your next term if you are elected?
    I'm calling Congress into session now so that the American people can see how little they are capable of accomplishing. If they don't vote the Republicans out this fall then I don't know what to say.
  • You are making a whistle-stop tour of the country to promote your candidacy. What region will you visit over the next two weeks?
    We're going to hit the Midwest, from Ohio to Wisconsin and Iowa.
  • You are making a whistle-stop tour of the country to promote your candidacy. What region will you visit over the next two weeks?
    We're going up the Eastern Seaboard, from Maryland all the way to Connecticut.
  • You are making a whistle-stop tour of the country to promote your candidacy. What region will you visit over the next two weeks?
    I'm going through the Plains and Mountain states. I could personally talk to a third of the voters in that region, as sparsely populated as it is.
  • Before you head to Missouri to spend the election day, is there one last place you want to hit on the campaign trail?
    Let's spend our last day in California and then fly home.
  • What are your views on the expansion of Social Security?
    I support the expansion of benefits, which were set at fairly low levels during the 1930s and have been eaten up by our recent inflation.
  • Would you support an act that would allocate federal funds for the construction of low-income housing?
    This is something that we badly need right now. We have a housing shortage in this country, and too many working-class Americans cannot afford a home.
  • What are your views on a federal health insurance program?
    I support universal health care coverage in this country, financed by the federal government.
  • Do you support the federal funding of primary education, and if so, in what form?
    I absolutely believe that the federal government should be providing funds, to the states of course, for them to apply to education spending on our country's youth.
  • In general, what is your view on the providing of foreign aid to American allies?
    We are the only thing standing between the world and global domination by the Soviets. I'm prepared to take any measure to prevent the advance of Communism.
  • What do you think about the proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit the President to two terms in office?
    I believe strongly in the two-term precedent, but I don't believe it should be enforced by Constitutional Amendment.
  • What are your views, in general, on the Marshall Plan?
    I support the Marshall Plan and believe that it is a force for the future peace and prosperity of our world.
  • Is the House Un-American Activities Committee going too far in its attempts to root out Communist influence, or should it be doing more?
    The HUAC is a necessary defender of American values, and I don't see anything to criticize in its current conduct.
  • How will you reduce the inflation rate, currently around 10% annually, if you are elected President?
    Corporations have been raising prices much faster than wages have increased, and they are pocketing exorbitant profits as a result. I will fight for the rights of labor, and for better regulation during my next term.
  • What will you do to help resolve the severe housing shortage in this country?
    We need a federal housing bill that will produce low-income housing and provide cheaper mortgages for all Americans, so that we can get more housing built in this country.
  • What are your views on the current federal budget surplus? Would you attempt to maintain this surplus as President?
    Part of our current economic problem is the inability of Congress to pass programs which would help the American worker. I'd rather see us have more housing, more roads, and better health care than to see us with an unnecessary surplus.
  • Do you advocate the international control of nuclear weapons under the United Nations?
    We need to be realistic. Would the Soviet Union do such a thing if they developed a nuclear bomb? I would never support this action.
  • A number of Congressional candidates have made anti-Communism and accusations of Communist sympathies a centerpiece of their political campaigns. Do you support this trend?
    The vitality and way of life in our country is under constant attack from Communism. I support any measure which combats that ideology.