Campaign Trail Results: Game #749372
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This Game:
- Year: 1968
- Player Candidate: George Wallace
- Running Mate: Strom Thurmond
- Difficulty Level: Normal
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
- Game Played:
View overall results, or a specific state:
| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Richard Nixon | 302 | 32,290,210 | 44.19 |
| ---- Hubert H. Humphrey | 191 | 31,595,924 | 43.24 |
| ---- George Wallace | 45 | 9,191,087 | 12.58 |
Visits:
- South Carolina:5
- Tennessee:5
- North Carolina:2
Answers:
- What is your overall position on the Vietnam War?We keep emboldening the enemy in Vietnam with half-measures. We will never win this war unless we escalate it.
- If elected, what will you do to get the student and Negro riots in this country under control?There has been a total abdication of responsibility in this country over the past five years. The riots in Detroit and Newark are simply the final straw in what we can accept. I will crack down severely on disorder and nominate judges who will overturn atrocious decisions such as Miranda v. Arizona.
- What is your opinion of Lyndon Johnson's new Medicare program?We need to be very cautious about this program. It's important to ensure that the indigent can receive care, but programs like these always run the risk of adding precipitously to our national deficit.
- Are you satisfied with this nation's economic performance over the previous five years?How can anyone be satisfied with the course our nation has taken? Inflation is killing the value of the dollar and the gold standard itself is at risk. Unemployment is highest under the Johnson Administration among the very people he claims to care about the most.
- Are you satisfied with the progress of desegregation in this country since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?Whites and Negroes are naturally unsuited to mix together in society. The entire premise of desegregation is a farce, and my campaign is dedicated to ending this misguided policy.
- Would you be willing to call an unconditional bombing halt of North Vietnam in the hopes of restarting peace negotiations?If anything, we need to escalate the bombing of North Vietnam. I don't go to bed at night with the feeling that they truly respect the power of America.
- Would you consider sending troops into Laos, Cambodia, or North Vietnam to more aggressively combat the flow of Communist troops into South Vietnam?I can't believe we haven't done this yet. How on earth are we supposed to win a war against an insidious enemy with one hand tied behind our back?
- With all of the new programs that have implemented over the past five years, do you still believe there is room for the federal government to expand its responsibilities?The Great Society is founded upon the best of intentions, but we cannot afford this growth in spending on wasteful programs throughout our government.
- Do you believe that the newly implemented federal welfare programs will be effective?Ineffective, immoral, and illegal. Intellectuals in improperly influential offices are destroying the United States.
- Do you believe that the black community in most cities overreacted to the assassination of Martin Luther King this past April?The reaction that occurred should terrify any thinking American. Entire neighborhoods were burned and pillaged. They even looted their own storekeepers in many cities.
- Do you support opening a new dialogue with our Communist adversaries, such as the Soviet Union and China?You know, if some miracle occurred and these Communist adversaries were finally ready to explore a new system and allow democracy within their borders, we would be the first to welcome them to the free world.
- What is your stance on the Six-Day War that occurred last year, and how should Israel handle the new territories it has taken possession of?This business in Israel is no business of America. I wish them the best, but we should not be obtrusively inserting ourselves into these multilateral peace negotiations. Doing so will only serve to entangle us in the long run.
- Has the current Supreme Court contributed to our disorder with decisions such as Gideon v. Wainright and Miranda v. Arizona?Over the past five years we've sent a message to criminals that their rights are more important than the rights of law-abiding Americans. I don't know how anyone was surprised at the rioting and social chaos that we've seen since then.
- Have you given any thought to programs that would set racial quotas for job hiring or college admissions, in order to accelerate the process of integration?You're dang right I've given some thought to this. We have laws in the books right now that require federal contractors to hire unqualified candidates, and we need to repeal them immediately.
- What is your opinion of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965? Is it a good idea to liberalize our immigration policy and to outlaw national origin quotas?The Negro problem apparently wasn't enough for our federal bureaucrats, because they decided to add Mexicans and Orientals to the list as well. I oppose new immigration to this country.
- What is your position on expanding the Clean Air Act of 1963? Do you believe that stricter enforcement against pollutants is necessary, or does the current law suffice?This is another case of pointy-headed intellectualism that will regulate our factories right out of business and kill the jobs of the working man.
- Do you support the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, which provides free breakfast and milk to qualified schoolchildren of impoverished backgrounds? Or do you believe that the program is too costly and constitutes a misuse of federal power?I don't think anyone opposes the idea of providing milk to our poor kids. My contention, however, is that the state and local governments are more in tune with their needs than some bureaucrats in Washington.
- How would you prevent campus incidents like the takeover of Columbia University that occurred this past spring?I will crack down on dope-smoking, homosexuality, LSD binging, illegal protesting, and flag-burning. These practices are the tools of left-wingers and Communists who wish to undermine our society.
- The unemployment rate is currently under 4%, in spite of the chaos that prevails in our nation. What will you do as president to keep unemployment low?The unemployment rate won't stay low for long if we continue to pass new regulations on housing, mining, and industrial concerns. I speak for the working man when I say that we need to get the federal government out of these areas.
- Do you believe that President Johnson overstepped his bounds in negotiating the Kennedy Round of trade agreements? Do you support the liberalization of international trade under the GATT?I support these international trade negotiations, but we must be sure that we don't undermine the rights of our own unions with one-sided agreements.
- On the weekend before the election, Lyndon Johnson's peace negotiations have collapsed with the North Vietnamese. Even worse, there are rumors that a Nixon operative has sabotaged the negotiations. Nixon swears to you on his honor that he is innocent. Will you make this an issue over the last two days of the campaign?This is bordering on treason. The American people deserve to hear about this.
- What will be the overall message of your campaign?I am campaigning on the issue of ending desegregation. That is my appeal and that is the issue I will stick to.
- Will you try to compete with Johnson and Humphrey's machine in Texas?I'm more worried about keeping the rest of the South from going to Nixon. I'm less concerned about Humphrey's chances in Texas.
- What is more important to you -- competing with Nixon in the border states (to help Humphrey) or winning over Humphrey voters in the northern cities (to help Nixon)?I'm just going to run my campaign and whatever happens between those two will happen.
- If there is no majority in the electoral college, what are your goals at the bargaining table?I will support whatever candidate agrees to rescind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and agrees to appoint justices who will overturn Brown v. Board of Education. If no candidate agrees to those conditions, then I will not support either one of them.