Campaign Trail Results: Game #896300
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This Game:
- Year: 1948
- Player Candidate: Thomas Dewey
- Running Mate: John Bricker
- Difficulty Level: Easy
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
- Game Played:
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View overall results, or a specific state:
| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Thomas Dewey | 317 | 24,283,266 | 49.24 |
| ---- Harry Truman | 176 | 22,182,836 | 44.98 |
| ---- Strom Thurmond | 38 | 1,236,385 | 2.51 |
| ---- Henry Wallace/Other | 0 | 1,613,199 | 3.27 |
Visits:
- Massachusetts:6
- Minnesota:2
- Missouri:2
- Arizona:1
- Virginia:1
Answers:
- A wave of strikes and economic turmoil has led to bipartisan support for a new labor law. Do you support Truman's decision to veto the Taft-Hartley Act?Absolutely not. This is a perfectly reasonable measure, designed to prevent a strike in one industry from crippling the American economy.
- The Jewish state of Israel is set to declare its independence on May 15, 1948. Do you support Truman's decision to recognize this new nation?I've supported the Israeli state from the beginning. I'm glad that Truman came around, but he absolutely sent the wrong message by vacillating on this issue until the very last moment.
- To what extent will you emphasize your support for civil rights legislation in New York as you hit the campaign trail?Not only will I speak about this issue, but I will use it to attack Truman. I've supported civil rights all along, while Truman seems to have come around at the 11th hour, and for transparent political gain.
- To what extent are you prepared to make anti-Communism an issue in this campaign, or to attack Harry Truman on the issue?I think there are legitimate questions to be asked about how much the Communists have embedded themselves into departments of the government. I support the measures we have in place to combat this.
- Do you have any comments to make on the Soviet blockade of Berlin, and the airlift in progress to resupply that city?I support our current airlift and hope that it leads to an agreeable conclusion.
- What will be the main focus of your acceptance speech at the Republican Convention?Harry Truman is an ineffectual, vacillating, highly unpopular President. We need to hammer on this theme and remind the American people why they need a new leader in the White House.
- 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.
- Your party has passed a fairly ambitious and liberal platform which you have supported. However, if the Republican Congress won't pass these laws now, how do you expect to push them forward as President?What Truman really means when he calls this the "Do-Nothing" Congress is that they won't pass a program for national health insurance or the drastic expansion of Social Security. I will attack Truman for calling a pointless session for his own political purposes.
- 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?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 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 New York to spend the election day, is there one last place you want to hit on the campaign trail?I'll spend the last day in California with my running mate, and then fly back to New York.
- 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?I'm not comfortable with committing the federal government to the area of home construction, especially with all of the other responsibilities it has taken on over the past two decades.
- 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'm opposed to the provision of federal funds for primary education. It will inevitably lead to other forms of interference in what should be a state and local matter.
- 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?The HUAC is a necessary defender of American values, and I don't see anything to criticize in its current conduct.
- How will you reduce the inflation rate, currently around 10% annually, if you are elected President?We have already passed the Taft-Hartley Act and a modernized system of price supports for food, and their effect can clearly be seen in the drop in inflation since 1947. I'm confident this trend will continue.
- What will you do to help resolve the severe housing shortage in this country?We are clearly overcrowding our urban areas at the moment. At the very least, we can expand the federal highway system to make more areas accessible to families and developers.
- What do you think about proposals for the federal government to build an expansive interstate highway system?It would depend on the scope of the program. We could certainly use a limited number of modern, well-constructed federal roads to connect our different regions.
- Given the Soviet threat, do you support the Selective Service Act which has been passed, even if it may lead to a peacetime draft?In the world we live in now, we need to remain vigilant, lest we see the world overwhelmed by Communist expansion. I think this measure is, unfortunately, a necessary one.
- What do you have to say about your announced running mate, John Bricker?John Bricker is a great man who represents my views for the future of this country. Now let's get going with this campaign.
