Campaign Trail Results: Game #748357

This Game:

  • Year: 2000
  • Player Candidate: George W. Bush
  • Running Mate: Dick Cheney
  • Difficulty Level: Impossible
  • Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
  • Game Played:
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View overall results, or a specific state:
CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Al Gore53360,823,06257.41
---- George W. Bush533,735,48331.84
---- Pat Buchanan07,938,2807.49
---- Ralph Nader03,448,8203.26

Visits:

  • Utah:5
  • Arkansas:1
  • Georgia:1
  • Indiana:1
  • Nebraska:1
  • Texas:1
  • Virginia:1
  • Wyoming:1

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?
    The Social Security system is a financial time bomb. We need to get rid of it, or at the very least cut its benefits significantly.
  • What is your vision for the foreign policy of this country?
    I would focus on removing dictators like Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il from power. They threaten the stability of the world and perpetrate evil upon their people.
  • Do you have any thoughts on the Bill Clinton scandal that you would like to share?
    Bill Clinton was an embarrassment to the United States, and his impeachment was well-deserved. I believe that he should have been removed from office.
  • Do you believe that Elian Gonzalez should have been returned to Cuba?
    The law is the law. Elian belongs in Cuba with his father. These questions are never easy, but the Clinton Administration and Janet Reno did what they had to do.
  • Did you support Bill Clinton's actions leading to the bombing of Serbia?
    This was an issue that had no bearing on the security of the United States. We also ruined any chance of mediation by insisting on the autonomy of Kosovo.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Do you support the air strikes and sanctions that have been levied against Iraq, with the goal of weakening Saddam Hussein?
    I believe we haven't gone far enough on this issue. Saddam Hussein is a destabilizing leader, and he must be removed for the Middle East to truly prosper.
  • 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.
  • What is your position on abortion?
    I strongly support the right of a woman to choose. We need to defend this right, and we should increase funding for women's health services, unconditionally.
  • Should low-income parents be able to use federal vouchers to send their children to private schools?
    This plan will take money out of the public schools and will not fix the underlying problem of poor education in the United States.
  • What do you think of proposals to build a sophisticated missile defense system in Eastern Europe?
    To defend against whom? The Cold War is over and we should be working with Russia, not against them. This is just more unnecessary military spending.
  • What key points will you emphasize as you accept your party's nomination for President of the United States?
    I will ask the American people if they really want to vote for a third term of Bill Clinton, and remind them that I am the true conservative alternative. I will remind them of Al Gore's campaign finance violations and frequent misrepresentations to the American people.
  • What is your overall strategy for the 2000 campaign?
    We need to run an attacking campaign against Al Gore. We will expose his misstatements and emphasize that his proposals will squander our budget surplus and greatly increase the size and scope of government.
  • Another day, another rally on the campaign trail. What do you prefer to talk about today?
    I will emphasize my record and experience as Governor of Texas. I will remind voters that I have worked across the aisle, won support from many different groups, and will be a uniter, not a divider, when I arrive in Washington.
  • Another day, another rally on the campaign trail. What do you prefer to talk about today?
    Let's give a good speech about how I am the mainstream, conservative candidate who will control spending and return our surplus to the American people.
  • Another day, another rally on the campaign trail. What do you prefer to talk about today?
    I will emphasize my record and experience as Governor of Texas. I will remind voters that I have worked across the aisle, won support from many different groups, and will be a uniter, not a divider, when I arrive in Washington.
  • Where will you make the final stop(s) of your campaign before the voting begins?
    I will appear in Pennsylvania and spend the latter half of the day in Ohio. These are two huge states that we can bring into the fold.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Today you have announced the selection of Dick Cheney as running mate. Can you speak more about him?
    Dick Cheney is the best person for the job. He has served in all kinds of roles and performed admirably in every case.