Campaign Trail Results: Game #1525529

This Game:

  • Year: 1948
  • Player Candidate: Thomas Dewey
  • Running Mate: Earl Warren
  • Difficulty Level: Easy
  • Winner Take All Mode?: No
  • Game Played:
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View overall results, or a specific state:
CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Harry Truman25723,312,40248.04
---- Thomas Dewey22822,517,95546.40
---- Strom Thurmond411,259,9552.60
---- Henry Wallace/Other51,435,3812.96

Visits:

  • Oregon:2
  • California:1
  • Connecticut:1
  • Delaware:1
  • Maryland:1
  • Massachusetts:1
  • New Hampshire:1
  • New Jersey:1
  • Rhode Island:1
  • Vermont:1
  • Washington:1

Answers:

  • A wave of strikes and economic turmoil has led to bipartisan support for a new labor law. Do you support Truman's decision to veto the Taft-Hartley Act?
    Absolutely not. This is a perfectly reasonable measure, designed to prevent a strike in one industry from crippling the American economy.
  • The Jewish state of Israel is set to declare its independence on May 15, 1948. Do you support Truman's decision to recognize this new nation?
    I've supported the Israeli state from the beginning. I'm glad that Truman came around, but he absolutely sent the wrong message by vacillating on this issue until the very last moment.
  • To what extent will you emphasize your support for civil rights legislation in New York as you hit the campaign trail?
    I think part of any good campaign involves speaking about my past, and as Governor of New York I successfully pushed for some of the first anti-discrimination laws in the country.
  • To what extent are you prepared to make anti-Communism an issue in this campaign, or to attack Harry Truman on the issue?
    I think there are legitimate questions to be asked about how much the Communists have embedded themselves into departments of the government. I support the measures we have in place to combat this.
  • Do you have any comments to make on the Soviet blockade of Berlin, and the airlift in progress to resupply that city?
    We need to pull back from West Berlin and maintain a more realistic defense perimeter. We're more likely to be drawn into World War III than to gain anything useful from the defense of that exclave.
  • What will be the main focus of your acceptance speech at the Republican Convention?
    I will talk about what I have accomplished in New York -- public works, a balanced budget, anti-discrimination laws, business creation, and funding for teachers and universities. This is the future of our party.
  • 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.
  • Your party has passed a fairly ambitious and liberal platform which you have supported. However, if the Republican Congress won't pass these laws now, how do you expect to push them forward as President?
    Just in the past 12 months, Congress has passed the Marshall Plan and Taft-Hartley with bipartisan support. They have passed an expansive farm bill, and will be considering housing legislation soon. I don't see why I couldn't work with this Congress.
  • 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?
    We're going to hit the West Coast, and especially California.
  • 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.
  • Before you head to New York to spend the election day, is there one last place you want to hit on the campaign trail?
    I'll spend the last day in California with my running mate, and then fly back to New York.
  • 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?
    This is something that we will research and consider seriously over the next four years. I'd have to see the details of any proposal before I could give my opinion.
  • In general, what is your view on the providing of foreign aid to American allies?
    This is a drain on American finances for a cause that threatens to entangle us in future wars, not of our making. I oppose the actions we have taken.
  • What do you think about the proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit the President to two terms in office?
    I support this Amendment as a necessary step towards the political health of this nation. We need to, periodically, have a fresh point of view in government. Ours is not an imperial nation.
  • What are your views, in general, on the Marshall Plan?
    The Marshall Plan is provocative towards the Soviet Union, and is likely to lead to further aggression and escalation from them.
  • Is the House Un-American Activities Committee going too far in its attempts to root out Communist influence, or should it be doing more?
    I'm not very comfortable with the activities of this committee, and I believe they should be scaled back to a minimum.
  • 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 do you think about proposals for the federal government to build an expansive interstate highway system?
    It would depend on the scope of the program. We could certainly use a limited number of modern, well-constructed federal roads to connect our different regions.
  • What are your thoughts on the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1948? Do you support federal farm programs in general?
    I support this law and believe that it takes sensible steps to stabilize farm production in this country, while providing the chance of a decent living to any hard-working farmer.
  • What do you have to say about your announced running mate, Earl Warren?
    Earl Warren is a great man who represents my views for the future of this country. Now let's get going with this campaign.