Analyzing The Presidency Of George H. Bush And His Defeat In The 1992 Election

1. Provide an analytical evaluation of the George H. Bush Presidency.

2. Discuss why President George H. Bush did not win re-election in 1992”.

The Presidency of George H. Bush

The purpose of the following paper is to demonstrate an analysis on the presidency of George H. Bush. He has been an iconic president in the history of the United States of America. However, he has made many mistakes as he was unable to win the re-election in 1992. In this paper, the discussion will be done on the good and bad deeds that took place in his time when he was the president. The mistakes that led him to lose the election in the year 1992 will be another main part of the discussion here. The presidency of George H. Bush will be given the most important focus to discuss this paper and the main reasons for his defeat.

The presidency of George H. Bush has been a very widely discussed matter over the years. George H. Bush was crowned as the President of the United States on January, 1989 and he remained as the President till 1993. He was the 41^st President of the country and he had been immensely focused in his duties as the President of the country (Nytimes.com 2018) He belonged to the Republican party and he was the pioneer in establishing a new kind of relationship between United States and Russia. The Cold War had come to an end during the Presidency of George H. Bush. Bush was very much concerned about the divided nation and Germany and took a positive initiative in reuniting the two sections of Germany. This led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Germany became a unified country. Under the leadership of George H. Bush the North American Free Trade Agreement had been signed and this became the pathway for the trilateral trade affairs between the three countries- United States, Mexico and Canada (Nytimes.com 2018).

From the beginning of his term a very formidable trouble had been on his shoulder and this was the Federal Budget Debt (Nytimes.com 2018). There were two ways to control this rise of the budget. One was the curb the spending of the government in many ways and the other alternative option was to raise the taxes. It is very evident that George H. Bush had not been able to win the 1992 Presidential election and there are many reasons for it (Nytimes.com 2018) The election campaigning was not enough to impress the common people of the country. He was alleged of using a very harsh tone of the “family values” oratory that led him to lose his popularity indeed. The expert strategists of the Republican Party said it to be a fumble in his re-election campaign.

Economic Policies

In the convention, Mr. Bush had showed much hostility against the issues like homosexuality, feminism and the welfare recipients (Csmonitor.com 2018). These reasons directed him to the loss of popularity among his followers and common people at large (Nytimes.com 2018) Bush was supposed to be very much conventional in his approach to the various issues within the country. The social issues had been so much sensitive and the White House had not been able to tackle those issues properly and make the people happy by their decisions. The common people were of the opinion that in the Presidency of George H. Bush, their wishes were not being fulfilled at all (Nytimes.com 2018).

The presidency of George H. Bush began with the promises made by the Republicans that were in their preamble of the party platform (Nytimes.com 2018). He had declared the economic prosperity of the society and the country will be the main focus of the President (Csmonitor.com 2018). The well-being of the state and the people should always be looked after by the President and the people concerned with it. They have always catered for giving the people good opportunities for all the people who come to England to make their dreams true (Buchanan.org 2018). The Republicans have always looked forward to the betterment of the society by various means. The Fall of the Berlin Wall took place during the presidency of George H. Bush. This is why the Republicans believe that the presidency of George H (Csmonitor.com 2018). Bush had brought important changes in the thinking power of the common people indeed. The aspect of the ‘new paradigm’ declared by President Bush used to be something that everyone should follow up (Vicepresidentdanquayle.com 2018). The principles that President Bush thought of should have been discussed and put into practice in the society for the better outcomes. Mr. Bush also had promised that the success of the decade of the 1980 should be followed thereafter as well. This is why these principles should be practiced properly so the countrymen should be looking forward to the implementation of these policies (Nytimes.com 2018).

Another important factor of this entire process has been the national Conventional Speech by Pat Buchanan who was believed to be the contender of George H. Bush. These things had to be judged and the reason for the defeat of Mr. Bush should be evaluated (Presidency.ucsb.edu 2018). As the elections were being held in the different states of the country, Bush only won the New Hampshire over Patrick Buchanan by a low margin (Vicepresidentdanquayle.com 2018) This became the main headache for the people indeed. The contest was so close and Mr. Bush got 58% of the votes over 40% votes for Buchanan (Presidency.ucsb.edu 2018) The Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton got around 26% of the votes in the Democratic side. These things proved to be very much important for the shaping up of the results that were handed to Mr. Bush in 1992 elections (Nytimes.com 2018). The fight between Bush and Buchanan had been so immense and this duly called for the rise into prominence of Bill Clinton. Governor Clinton had been pretty confident in the matter that they would win the great battle and Democratic power would set up the government in the country (Nytimes.com 2018).

1992 Re-election Campaign

The economic distress that took place in the country during the reign of Bush was primarily the aftermath of the above mentioned Federal Budget Debt (Nytimes.com 2018). Mr. Bush had been placed in the midst of all these failures and this is why he had been held guilty for all of this. The situation turned completely in favor of the Democratic people because the wheels had completely turned against him (Buchanan.org 2018). The common people and the supporters of the Democratic Party were almost fierce with anger over the Republican contenders like George H. Bush. Economic distress of the time had completely worked against the candidacy of Mr. Bush (Nytimes.com 2018). It was also a very important fact that Mr. Bush was held responsible for not meeting his promise his pledge taken in 1988 that he would forswear new tax methods. This is why the people had been very much furious over everything and as a result Mr. bush had lost in the elections completely (Presidency.ucsb.edu 2018)

Conclusion

This paper can be concluded by saying that the legacy of Mr. George H. Bush would be remembered as the president of United States of America although some of his efforts had gone in vain for the welfare of the people. The well being of the common people had not been focused on by Mr. Bush towards the end of his presidency. This had enraged the common people and the Democratic Party took the advantage of this matter indeed. This is how Mr. Bush had lost his popularity among his followers and lost his eat at North Hampshire as well. Thus the presidency reign of Mr. Bush had ended as Bill Clinton succeeded him in 1993.

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