1988 presidential election

I'm currently considering on what to do for my Before 1900 TL either being a redux of The Eternal Empire with added help from anyone who's interested or a Napoleonic TL where 1) Nappy and Josephine have a son, 2) Haiti is crushed, and 3) the French navy doesn't suffer the attrition that it faced...

How does he handle the changes that come with the fall of the Soviet Union? Does Saddam Hussein Still invade Kuwait? If so how does Dukakis respond? How does Dukakis respond to the 1990-91 recession? Does he win re election in 1992?

Based on the threads about elections after a Kerry win in 2004 and elections after a Clinton win in 2016, how do you think American elections would've gone had Michael Dukakis been elected the 41st President in 1988?

An Convenient Truth Presidency of Albert Gore Jr. 1988 Democratic Primaries: On April 11, 1987, Senator Gore of Tennessee announced his candidacy. Gore's campaign was 39 years old making his the youngest serious candidate for the White House since JFK. In contrast to JFK, Gore was a southern...

Pierre du Pont was being sworn in as the junior senator from Delaware on January 3rd, 1984. Just a year ago, it was widely debated whether the term-limited governor would even decide to run against 2 term senator Joe Biden, but after months of wavering he decided to go for it. He famously said...

I've been considering doing a timeline about a successful assassination of Reagan in 1981 lately, and while I do have a variety of questions regarding an ATL 80's, one of my biggest is who would run and win in the 1988 election. Bush's VP (whoever it is, most likely either Jack Kemp, Howard...

Apparently Clinton came very close to changing his mind about running in 1988. Suppose he doesn't run for President that year after all. Who wins the Democratic nomination, and how do they do in the general?

Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone, Goodbye my Sweetheart, Hello Tehran. INTRODUCTION Hello! This is my first post here - and it's also going to be my first try at an alternate history scenario. I thought this up while reading about Joe Biden himself and got curious that he ran in...

Hello, everyone! Last year I began posting a story based on a PoD where, instead of starting a doomed casino project, property tycoon Donald Trump sets his eyes on the 1988 presidential race. I've developed a timeline, hoping to update on a regular basis. So, newly inspired with big plans for...

IOTL, the 1988 election was among the most negative of elections in American history, and really established negative campaigning as one of the greatest strategies of candidates. Michael Dukakis was attacked for a whole host of things, from being un-American to releasing murderers and even more...

INTRODUCTION “I make this race because I love my country and I want America to do better and move forward.” Hart looked out across the crowd of excited onlookers assembled at the Red Rocks amphitheater. These were his people; a collection of paid staff, volunteers, and...

So as we all know, Former Vice President George Bush, who served as Vice President from 1981-1989 has passed away this past Friday. Bush narrowly lost the 1988 Presidential election to then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, but what if he managed to defeat Dukakis? How would Bush have...

As we know, Michael Dukakis narrowly defeated then Vice President George Bush in the 1988 Presidential election. Internationally, President Dukakis is remembered for overseeing the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Cold War two years later, working with the International...

As the title says, what if Jesse Jackson ended up becoming the Democratic nominee for president in 1988 instead of Micheal Dukakis? Could he have any chance of successfully defeating Bush?

What if George HW Bush defeated Lloyd Bentson (or Ralph Yarborough) in the 1970 Texas Senate race? How does this effect the trajectory of his Political Career? Does he still get elected President?

Though he would eventually win the Republican presidential nomination in 1996, Bob Dole ran a fairly strong primary campaign in 1988. Dole lost out to sitting Vice President George HW Bush, but not before besting him in Iowa and giving him a close race in New Hampshire. So... 1) What PODs...

Preface “DUKAKIS PICKS SENATOR GLENN OF OHIO, FORMER ASTRONAUT, FOR NO. 2 SPOT”-New York Times, 7/13/88 “... The announcement of Senator John Glenn came as no short surprise, with speculation having considered the Senator as one of the finalists. His moderate positions are arguably in line...

July 4, 1987: Comedian George Carlin stuns the country by announcing that he will be a candidate for President of the United States. Running as a member of what he calls the BS Party, the party focuses on what Carlin calls the "seven unmentionable issues in politics: gun control, social...

December 1, 1976: President-elect James Earl "Jimmy" Carter announces that he will nominate consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader to be the next U.S. Secretary of Commerce. 1977-1980: Ralph Nader is unanimously confirmed to be the next U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Nader's first action as...

(Well this is my first collaborative TL in the After 1900 forum. I'm starting on the premise of a successful Biden campaign in 1988, how will this effect the 90s and 2000s, let's see. ;) ) September 12th, 1987: Joe Biden makes a speech that uses many of the same ideas as Neil Kinnock, leader of...