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« on: September 27, 2016, 07:35:29 AM »

Say Lloyd Bentsen runs for and wins the Democratic nomination in 1988 instead of Dukakis. Does he defeat Bush in 1988? Who's his running mate? Discuss with maps.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2016, 01:03:32 PM »

Bentsen wins easily.

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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2016, 03:20:28 PM »


328: George Bush/Howard Baker - 50.8%
210: Lloyd Bentsen/Paul Tsongas - 45.3%
Ron Paul/Ed Clark - 3.0%
Others - 0.9%

Bentsen does about five percent better than expected, while Bush does about five percent worse than expected.
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2016, 10:38:56 PM »


328: George Bush/Howard Baker - 50.8%
210: Lloyd Bentsen/Paul Tsongas - 45.3%
Ron Paul/Ed Clark - 3.0%
Others - 0.9%

Bentsen does about five percent better than expected, while Bush does about five percent worse than expected.
Bush would still win Texas. By then, it got Republican enough that Bush wins it, (plus Bentsen was generally perceived as being more moderate/conservative than he was) it kept reelecting Bentsen because of his seniority. I'd imagine enough (mostly rural) Texans vote on abortion alone to propel Bush on top.
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2016, 03:31:50 PM »

Would have done better but still lose to Poppy.



Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX)/Senator J. Danforth Quayle (R-IN): 351 EV. (51.74%)
Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)/Governor Robert P. Casey (D-NY): 187 EV. (46.54%)
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