Campaign Trail Results: Game #862446

This Game:

  • Year: 1968
  • Player Candidate: George Wallace
  • Running Mate: Curtis LeMay
  • 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 %
---- Richard Nixon27331,040,07042.43
---- Hubert H. Humphrey22031,651,02143.27
---- George Wallace4510,461,31814.30

Visits:

  • Tennessee:4
  • North Carolina:2
  • Texas:2
  • Arkansas:1
  • Florida:1
  • South Carolina:1
  • West Virginia:1

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?
    Medicare is the first step towards socialized medicine in this country. We need to end this program as soon as possible and return health care to the states and to the people.
  • 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.
  • 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?
    My God, this is a truly frightening question. Responsibilities of government need to be turned over to the states, and the federal government needs to be drastically reduced in size.
  • 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?
    Israel has every right to these territories they now occupy. They were attacked from all sides by an enemy bent on their destruction.
  • What is your opinion on the legality of abortion? Would you attempt to legalize or prohibit this practice at the federal level?
    Abortion is an evil, murderous practice. I will stand firm against any attempts to protect this barbarism at the federal level.
  • Would you appoint federal judges who support the decision Engel v. Vitale outlawing mandatory school prayer?
    This decision was atrocious. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that our way of life is at stake here when we don't allow our schools to teach basic moral values to our children.
  • Did the Supreme Court overstep its bounds in Loving v. Virginia by declaring state miscegenation statutes unconstitutional?
    My God, someone has to step in and protect good order in this society. This is just another instance of federal judges taking control over an issue that's simply none of their business.
  • Can you comment on the newly created Head Start program?
    The Head Start program is another product of the out-of-touch, intellectual elite. It's a waste of money.
  • Do you think the Department of Housing and Urban Development, newly created by Lyndon Johnson, serves a useful purpose in American life?
    Can we just clarify my position on all of these fancy programs Johnson created? I oppose all of them. That includes HUD which will infringe on the rights of property owners and increase crime in our working class neighborhoods.
  • If elected as President, what would you do to lower the inflation rate in this country, which currently stands at over 4%?
    Our inflation is being caused by all of this Great Society nonsense that Johnson passed. I will slash these programs, slash our deficits, and end our inflation problem overnight.
  • 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 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 hope to achieve an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union during your time in the Oval Office? What conditions would you agree to?
    An arms control agreement with the Soviet Union isn't worth the paper that it's signed on. I won't participate in that kind of a charade.
  • 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?
    You know, beyond the racial thing I do have other policies. I have worked tirelessly in Alabama on behalf of the poor and downtrodden, and I will do the same as President of the United States.
  • What can you say to the people of the South to dampen the appeal of Richard Nixon?
    Richard Nixon is a California yankee and an interloper. He does not deserve the support of a decent southern man.
  • Will you try to compete with Johnson and Humphrey's machine in Texas?
    Texas should be fertile ground for the George Wallace message. If Humphrey and Johnson get into a rift, I think we've got a real shot in that state. I will try my best to win it.
  • 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.
  • Alabama is a right-to-work state. What can you say to factory workers -- who are largely sympathetic on the racial issue -- to assuage their concerns about union rights and wages?
    Let's remind them that if the blacks get special rights and even priority in hiring, they are liable to drive down wages and hurt the unions in the north.
  • If there is no majority in the electoral college, what are your goals at the bargaining table?
    Whatever ends up happening on election day, I cannot comment about the aftermath at this point. If that scenario develops I will hear what each side has to say and make a decision at that point.