The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Joe Biden, a Senator from Delaware. Bush attempted to capitalized on Reagan's popularity while Biden criticized Bush for "losing touch with real Americans", and capitalizing on Biden's perceived connection to middle class and poor Americans.
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| - United States presidential election, 1988 (Biden vs. Bush)
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| - The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Joe Biden, a Senator from Delaware. Bush attempted to capitalized on Reagan's popularity while Biden criticized Bush for "losing touch with real Americans", and capitalizing on Biden's perceived connection to middle class and poor Americans.
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popular vote
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- 47252654(xsd:integer)
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states carried
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- 32(xsd:integer)
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election date
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election name
| - United States presidential election, 1988
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before party
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map caption
| - Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Biden/Gore Red denotes those won by Bush/Quayle,
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map size
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ongoing
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electoral vote
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- 366(xsd:integer)
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after party
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nominee
| - Joe Biden
- George H. W. Bush
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home state
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Party
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map image
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before election
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- 154(xsd:integer)
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running mate
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previous election
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next election
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after election
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abstract
| - The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Joe Biden, a Senator from Delaware. Bush attempted to capitalized on Reagan's popularity while Biden criticized Bush for "losing touch with real Americans", and capitalizing on Biden's perceived connection to middle class and poor Americans.
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