Race riots broke out in a number of cities because of these conflicts.
The winner of the election was Johnson, by a landslide. He brought in a
popular vote total of 43,129,484, and an electoral vote total of 486.
Goldwater, on the other hand, won a popular vote total of 27,178,188, and
an electoral vote total of 52.
The reason Johnson won the election of 1964, in my opinion is because of
his prior term. He was able to regain control of the White House, after
taking over for the assassinated John F. Kennedy. It was a time of
equality and civil rights, and many people liked and agreed with where he
stood on these issues.
1988
The election of 1988 was a contest between George Bush, and Michael
Dukakis. Bush was a Republican, while Dukakis was a Democrat.
Born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Dorothy Walker Bush,
daughter of a wealthy investor, and Prescott Sheldon Bush, a banker and
later Republican U.S. senator from Connecticut, George Bush grew up in the
New York City suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut and attended Phillips
Academy in Andover, Mass. During World War II he became the navy’s
youngest bomber pilot. Shot down over the Pacific island of Chichi Jima
and rescued by a submarine, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
and three Air Medals. In 1945 he married Barbara Pierce and then
matriculated at Yale University, where he majored in economics, was captain
of the baseball team, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1948.
Michael Stanley Dukakis, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, November 3,
1933, a three-term governor of Massachusetts, was the Democratic
presidential candidate in 1988. The son of immigrants from Greece, Dukakis
graduated from Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. He was elected
to the Massachusetts legislature in 1962, serving four terms. Elected
governor of Massachusetts in 1974, Dukakis was denied re-nomination in
1978. Re-elected in 1982 and 1986, he claimed credit for part of the
period’s economic resurgence–the “Massachusetts miracle.” The state’s
economy had soured when he declined to run again in 1990. Stressing
“competence” over “ideology,” Dukakis campaigned for the presidency in 1988
in a manner that many observers found uninspiring. He and his running
mate, Sen. Lloyd Bensten of Texas, lost to the Republican team, George Bush
and Dan Quayle, by 46% to 54% of the popular vote. After leaving office as
governor of Massachusetts, Dukakis declared that he planned to do some
lecturing and teaching, as well as encouraging young people to enter public
service.
Each candidate in this election was elected by the process of primary
elections, and nominated at their Presidential Convention. There were no
third-party candidates in this election.
The main issue of this election was taxes. Bush’s promise of “no new
taxes” won over the American public.
Bush won the election with a popular vote total of 48,886,097, and an
electoral vote of 426. Dukakis received a popular vote total of
41,809,074, and an electoral vote total of 111.
The reason Bush won the election in my opinion was because of his promise
of “no new taxes.” The American people just came off of a “Regan High”,
with good economic times. People thought the things would remain like they
did during the “Reagan Era” if they elected Bush.
The most important election in my opinion of all of these was the
election of 1812. America was heading into a war which we weren’t prepared
for. This was a crucial time for someone to take the reigns, and lead
America into a situation in which we would come out on top. Madison was
the right man for the job, at such a crucial time in American History.