Campaign Trail Results: Game #947476
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This Game:
- Year: 1948
- Player Candidate: Harry Truman
- Running Mate: Alben Barkley
- Difficulty Level: Easy
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
- Game Played:
View overall results, or a specific state:
| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Thomas Dewey | 325 | 23,388,477 | 48.17 |
| ---- Harry Truman | 189 | 21,405,367 | 44.09 |
| ---- Strom Thurmond | 17 | 248,469 | 0.51 |
| ---- Henry Wallace/Other | 0 | 3,510,045 | 7.23 |
Visits:
- Mississippi:8
- Louisiana:4
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 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.I don't have anything to say on this plank one way or the other. I'm prepared to accept the judgment of my party 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 support this program, but I'm concerned with some of the actions I'm seeing from the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee. We need to balance this program with appropriate concern for due process and civil liberties.
- 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 up the Eastern Seaboard, from Maryland all the way to Connecticut.
- 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 to hit the Midwest, from Ohio to Wisconsin and Iowa.
- 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 go to Ohio and Michigan.
- What are your views on the expansion of Social Security?I've never been comfortable with the Social Security program, and I would like to see it rolled back.
- 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?This is a drain on American finances for a cause that threatens to entangle us in future wars, not of our making. I oppose the actions we have taken.
- What do you think about the proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit the President to two terms in office?There should not be a limit on how many terms a President can serve. This is why we have an election every four years -- to gauge the will of the American people.
- What are your views, in general, on the Marshall Plan?Obviously, Europe needs some kind of aid after the horrors of World War II. I will be careful to see that this plan is fairly administered and does not become excessive.
- 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?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 concerned are you about events in China? What would you do as President to support Chiang Kai-Shek?We need to be doing more to defend our ally in China. I believe that country is in very real danger of falling to the Communists if we don't step in somehow.
- How satisfied are you with the overall economy at present?Farm income has increased. Employment income and jobs have increased. Business income has increased. We've seen great strides in our economy since 1945, and I don't mind telling people.