Campaign Trail Results: Game #941651

This Game:

  • Year: 1948
  • Player Candidate: Harry Truman
  • Running Mate: Alben Barkley
  • Difficulty Level: Normal
  • Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
  • Game Played:
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CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Harry Truman28924,244,12849.34
---- Thomas Dewey24222,190,01945.16
---- Henry Wallace/Other02,698,6795.49
---- Strom Thurmond000.00

Visits:

  • Illinois:6
  • California:3
  • Iowa:3

Answers:

  • 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 stand by my actions 100%. The buck stops here.
  • 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?
    Veto it. This law goes too far, and besides, we won't have a chance without the support of labor.
  • The Jewish state of Israel is set to declare its independence on May 15, 1948. Will your Administration recognize this new nation?
    We will recognize Israel. It is the right thing to do in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and if that's not enough, we can kiss New York good-bye if we don't.
  • 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.
    Our chances are bad enough without instigating a Southern walkout from our convention. This kind of thing will have to wait until our position is a little stronger.
  • The Soviet Union has blocked West Berlin from receiving any supplies from Western Europe. What are your thoughts on this situation?
    We need to do whatever it takes to ensure that Berlin is adequately supplied. We cannot further embolden Soviet aggression by retreating from the agreed-upon boundaries in our 1945 settlement.
  • Is there anything you can say during your acceptance speech at the national convention to shake this race up?
    The Republicans are putting out a nice platform, but their own Congress has sandbagged half of these proposals in the past two years alone. I will call Congress into session and make them put their money where their mouth 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 Midwest, from Ohio to Wisconsin and Iowa.
  • 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?
    I'm calling Congress into session now so that the American people can see how little they are capable of accomplishing. If they don't vote the Republicans out this fall then I don't know what to say.
  • 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?
    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 Midwest, from Ohio to Wisconsin and Iowa.
  • 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 go back through Illinois and criss-cross that state.
  • What are your views on the expansion of Social Security?
    I support the expansion of benefits, which were set at fairly low levels during the 1930s and have been eaten up by our recent inflation.
  • 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?
    I support universal health care coverage in this country, financed by the federal government.
  • 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?
    We are the only thing standing between the world and global domination by the Soviets. I'm prepared to take any measure to prevent the advance of Communism.
  • What do you think about the proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit the President to two terms in office?
    I don't have a strong stance on this Amendment. I support the popular will of the people on this issue.
  • 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 not something I plan to address very much as I campaign.
  • 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?
    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 are your views on the current federal budget surplus? Would you attempt to maintain this surplus as President?
    I've always been an advocate of “pay-as-you-go liberalism”, as I've put it. I believe that we can pass the programs this country needs without destroying the fiscal health of the government.
  • How satisfied are you with the overall economy at present?
    The economy would be even better without the obstructionism of Congress, or the excessive profiteering and price-gouging from many companies. But overall, we've seen great prosperity since the end of World War II.
  • A number of Congressional candidates have made anti-Communism and accusations of Communist sympathies a centerpiece of their political campaigns. Do you support this trend?
    You know, in a few isolated cases, we do have people in this country who are too sympathetic towards Communism to hold public office, in my opinion. But we shouldn't let such accusations get out of hand.