Campaign Trail Results: Game #795961
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This Game:
- Year: 1948
- Player Candidate: Harry Truman
- Running Mate: Alben Barkley
- Difficulty Level: Impossible
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
- Game Played:
View overall results, or a specific state:
| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Thomas Dewey | 390 | 24,373,313 | 50.07 |
| ---- Harry Truman | 103 | 19,165,023 | 39.37 |
| ---- Strom Thurmond | 38 | 1,343,800 | 2.76 |
| ---- Henry Wallace/Other | 0 | 3,800,038 | 7.81 |
Visits:
- Florida:3
- Texas:3
- Georgia:1
- Louisiana:1
- Missouri:1
- Montana:1
- Pennsylvania:1
- Tennessee:1
Answers:
- 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?Sign it. Labor actions in the steel and coal industries nearly paralyzed our economy, and the public is fed up.
- The Jewish state of Israel is set to declare its independence on May 15, 1948. Will your Administration recognize this new nation?We will not recognize Israel. There's no way we can divert resources from Europe to defend that nation, and we would be seriously jeopardizing our relations with oil-producing Arab states.
- 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.
- 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'm prepared to go even further on this issue. I will personally oversee a sweeping investigation of the State Department, Department of Defense, and other agencies which are prone to infiltration.
- The Soviet Union has blocked West Berlin from receiving any supplies from Western Europe. What are your thoughts on this situation?It's not very practical to defend West Berlin, in its isolated location, if the Soviets continue to escalate. I'd prefer to focus on building our defenses in the rest of West Germany.
- Is there anything you can say during your acceptance speech at the national convention to shake this race up?We need to go after Thomas Dewey hard. I haven't heard him take a serious stand on any major issue of our time, and this country needs a true leader.
- 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.
- 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?When I get elected, we're going to get a Democratic Congress with me. That's how it's done.
- 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 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.
- 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 New York and then fly home.
- What are your views on the expansion of Social Security?I support Social Security, but I think the program is most solvent in its current form.
- 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?We should not have the federal government involving itself in the health care business. Private enterprise has built an outstanding health care system and will continue to do so in the future.
- 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?I support this kind of thing in limited cases where there is a clear threat. But I'm worried about some of the ill-defined, open ended commitments we are getting ourselves into with other countries, and with the United Nations.
- 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?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?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?It has taken a couple of years after the end of the war, but I can already see that many new houses are being built by private developers to resolve this shortage, and I can only predict that this trend will continue without any special action by the government.
- What do you have to say about the provision of large-scale military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, to prevent a Communist takeover in those countries?I do not support this action that we have taken.
- 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.
- How concerned are you about events in China? What would you do as President to support Chiang Kai-Shek?China is a crucial ally, under duress, and I support Chiang Kai-Shek and the Nationalists in their struggle.