Campaign Trail Results: Game #1369795

This Game:

  • Year: 2000
  • Player Candidate: George W. Bush
  • Running Mate: Tom Ridge
  • Difficulty Level: Normal
  • Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
  • Game Played:
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View overall results, or a specific state:
CandidateElectoral VotesPopular VotesPop. Vote %
---- Al Gore52659,994,19955.77
---- George W. Bush1234,463,34132.04
---- Pat Buchanan09,774,0029.09
---- Ralph Nader03,339,7093.10

Visits:

  • California:6
  • Colorado:1
  • Illinois:1
  • Missouri:1
  • New Mexico:1
  • West Virginia:1
  • Wisconsin:1

Answers:

  • Which of the following best describes your position on the $200 billion surplus that is projected for this year?
    We need to expand benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. We can use the surplus as well as defense cuts to balance these increases.
  • Which of the following best describes your position on education?
    I believe that we need to return control of education to the states and to the people. I would end the Department of Education as President.
  • Which of the following best describes your position on Social Security?
    The Social Security system is a financial time bomb. We need to get rid of it, or at the very least cut its benefits significantly.
  • What is your vision for the foreign policy of this country?
    I would focus on removing dictators like Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il from power. They threaten the stability of the world and perpetrate evil upon their people.
  • Do you have any thoughts on the Bill Clinton scandal that you would like to share?
    Bill Clinton was an embarrassment to the United States, and his impeachment was well-deserved. I believe that he should have been removed from office.
  • Do you believe that Elian Gonzalez should have been returned to Cuba?
    The law is the law. Elian belongs in Cuba with his father. These questions are never easy, but the Clinton Administration and Janet Reno did what they had to do.
  • Did you support Bill Clinton's actions leading to the bombing of Serbia?
    The bombing of Serbia killed many innocent civilians and increased antagonism with Russia and China. I believe military intervention should be a last resort.
  • Do you have any plans to change American tax policy?
    We need huge tax cuts across the board. Corporate, personal, and capital gains taxes should be slashed. This will further expand the economy through increases in investment.
  • What are your thoughts on the USS Cole bombing, which has killed 17 American sailors. How should we prevent such incidents of terrorism in the future?
    I support a strong, overwhelming response against whoever perpetrated this attack. Any government that harbors such terrorists should be overthrown, even if it requires the commitment of American troops.
  • Do you support additional gun control measures in this country? Can you give some specifics of what you want?
    The only way we will end gun violence in this country is through large-scale legislation and the confiscation of troublesome weapons. The Second Amendment was never meant to apply to individuals.
  • Do you have any plans to help America's seniors better pay for vital prescription drugs?
    We should incorporate Medicare into a larger, universal single-payer health insurance program. Many proposals I hear about are overly cautious and lacking in ambition.
  • The Kyoto Protocol would commit the United States (along with many other countries) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Would you support this plan as President?
    We have no proof that global warming exists, and we should be expanding our production of coal and oil to obtain energy independence. I would not surrender the sovereignty of our nation for such trivial objectives.
  • Do you have any plans to address or change immigration policy if elected President?
    We need a path to citizenship for those in the country, and we need a system of work permits and strict enforcement on employers, so that immigrants do not depress American wages. We should increase aid to Latin America to reduce the rich-poor divide in our economies.
  • What is your position on abortion?
    I strongly support the right of a woman to choose. We need to defend this right, and we should increase funding for women's health services, unconditionally.
  • Do you support proposals to expand oil drilling in Alaska, and specifically in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge?
    This is a giveaway to oil companies that will not resolve America's underlying energy issues. We need more government investment in renewable energy sources, and strict regulations on oil and coal.
  • Do you think that new regulations from Bill Clinton have unfairly hurt coal-producing states?
    Unfortunately, coal is one of the dirtiest forms of energy in existence. I don't see how we can continue to rely on it for the majority of America's energy needs.
  • What key points will you emphasize as you accept your party's nomination for President of the United States?
    I will ask the American people if they really want to vote for a third term of Bill Clinton, and remind them that I am the true conservative alternative. I will remind them of Al Gore's campaign finance violations and frequent misrepresentations to the American people.
  • What is your overall strategy for the 2000 campaign?
    We will emphasize that a vote for Al Gore is a vote for the scandals and liberal policies of the Clinton Administration. We offer a true, conservative alternative to the American people. I will discuss my evangelical Christianity and small-government beliefs.
  • Some suggest you lack the experience and qualifications for to be President. What do you say?
    I plead guilty. I don't have experience with the broken political culture of Washington, unlike my opponent. I will clean this system up when I am President.
  • Another day, another rally on the campaign trail. What do you prefer to talk about today?
    We need to attack Al Gore's views on the environment, on energy, on taxes, on spending, and on the right direction for our country. He is out of touch with the American people.
  • Where will you make the final stop(s) of your campaign before the voting begins?
    We need to focus on states like Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Clinton may have won them four years ago, but with one last push we can make them go Republican.
  • It is November 2nd, only five days before the voting. News has just broken that you were arrested for drunken driving in 1976. What is your response?
    This could destroy my campaign in the final days. We must accuse the Gore campaign of leaking this to discredit my candidacy, and challenge their credibility and timing.
  • What is your opinion on the performance and conduct of our current President, Bill Clinton?
    Bill Clinton pushed through a tax increase, new gun control laws, a lot of environmental regulations, and has been subject to numerous fundraising and corruption allegations. Not to mention his infamous personal conduct in the White House.
  • Do you have anything to say about your alleged drug use in the 1970s?
    These stories are absolutely false. I never used illegal drugs and those who say I did are completely mistaken.
  • Some pro-life groups are concerned about your selection of Tom Ridge as running mate. Can you speak more about him?
    Good people don't agree on every issue. Tom Ridge understands that we will run a pro-life administration.