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Should not be all that hard to make something like this happen after all.



Dukakis only won 287 electoral votes, compared to Bush's 251. If Bush won Michigan and their votes, he would have won.

As we all know, Dukakis's victory caused massive protests among both sides of the spectrum. Not only was this the third election in 28 years in which the republican won more states than the democrat but still losing, with Bush carrying 27 states, but Bush won the popular vote by 5 million votes, getting 52.2 percent of the vote. Dukakis used the controversial strategy of winning states by dangerously close margins and winning the election that way masterfully. Such as Louisiana, where he only won by 947 votes, but won all their electoral votes. It was no surprise that instant demand went to Bush to run in 1992, to win his "rightful victory" again. Or in Illinois, a state that was worth 24 electoral votes, and Dukakis got all 24, but only won the state by 16,000 votes

How do you think history would have been if Bush won in 1988 instead of Dukakis? Do you think that America would be any better or worse than it was with this possibility that got really close to happening went down?
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