Campaign Trail Results: Game #750098

This Game:

  • Year: 2000
  • Player Candidate: Al Gore
  • Running Mate: Joe Lieberman
  • 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 %
---- Al Gore32452,333,45749.18
---- George W. Bush21450,876,35747.81
---- Ralph Nader02,883,0102.71
---- Pat Buchanan0324,5580.30

Visits:

  • Virginia:4
  • Arizona:2
  • West Virginia:2
  • Colorado:1
  • Indiana:1
  • Kentucky:1
  • Louisiana: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 more spending for America's struggling schools, and national standards and testing to identify and fix poor performers. Every child deserves a strong, functional school to attend.
  • 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?
    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 certainly helped unseat Slobodan Milosevic, but as President I will make sure that America treads carefully before intervening in foreign nations' affairs.
  • Do you have any plans to change American tax policy?
    We have a plan for middle class tax cuts. But it would be irresponsible to make huge changes while we still have a large debt.
  • 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?
    I support a strong, overwhelming response against whoever perpetrated this attack. Any government that harbors such terrorists should be overthrown, even if it requires the commitment of American troops.
  • Do you support additional gun control measures in this country? Can you give some specifics of what you want?
    I support the right to bear arms, with a couple of common-sense restrictions. We need background checks at gun shows, and better prevention measures to keep guns away from the mentally ill.
  • Do you have any plans to help America's seniors better pay for vital prescription drugs?
    We need more funding for Medicare. We need to hold providers accountable when they fall short, by curbing excess profits for pharmaceuticals and targeting HMOs that drop seniors.
  • The Kyoto Protocol would commit the United States (along with many other countries) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Would you support this plan as President?
    We have worked for years with many other countries to negotiate this agreement. I support the environment and believe the Protocol should be ratified.
  • What is your position on American trade policy? How do you feel about the World Trade Organization or NAFTA?
    Our prosperity depends on the expansion of trade, especially with neighboring countries like Mexico and Canada. We should also expand our programs to support and retrain workers who are displaced.
  • Do you have any plans to address or change immigration policy if elected President?
    I prefer to focus on making responsible use of our budget surplus and securing prosperity for the next generation of Americans.
  • Do you support proposals to expand oil drilling in Alaska, and specifically in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge?
    This is a giveaway to oil companies that will not resolve America's underlying energy issues. We need more government investment in renewable energy sources, and strict regulations on oil and coal.
  • What do you think of Bill Clinton's recent action to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce the costs of home heating, particularly in the northeast?
    Oil prices have spiked to nearly $40 a barrel. We need to help hard-working Americans in states like New Hampshire by making temporary allowances from our reserve.
  • What key points will you emphasize as you accept your party's nomination for President of the United States?
    The Clinton Administration has added 23 million jobs to the American economy and unleashed an unprecedented wave of prosperity and innovation. I will continue his policies as President so that all Americans can prosper in the coming years.
  • What is your overall strategy for the 2000 campaign?
    Why screw up a good thing? I will campaign on the positive record of Bill Clinton and the Democrats over the past eight years, and pledge to continue those policies. I will appear with Clinton at a few rallies during the campaign to make sure Americans get the message.
  • Another day, another rally on the campaign trail. What do you prefer to talk about today?
    We need to attack George Bush's views on the environment, on energy, on taxes, on spending, and on the right direction for our country. He is out of touch with 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 Vice President to Bill Clinton. Voters are satisfied with the economy and direction of the country, and it is my job to continue the policies that have led to our current prosperity.
  • 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 secure.
  • It is November 2nd, only five days before the voting. News has just broken that George Bush was arrested for drunken driving in 1976. What is your response?
    I will hold a press conference and ask the American people what else George Bush is lying about. Not only did he admit to cocaine use, but now he has been caught red-handed attempting to hide a DUI arrest.
  • What is your opinion on the performance and conduct of our current President, Bill Clinton?
    Bill Clinton is one of the best Presidents we have had in recent memory. His Administration added 23 million jobs and oversaw a booming economy, and I have nothing but good things to say about it.
  • Is it true that you claimed to have invented the internet?
    This is misrepresentation of what I said. I never claimed to invent the internet, I was merely pointing out that government research which I supported as a Senator was a crucial piece of the equation.
  • Today you have announced the selection of Joe Lieberman as running mate. Can you speak more about him?
    Joe Lieberman is an independent thinker who has challenged people of all views. These are the people I want in my administration.