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- Many people liked the way he responded to the 9/11 attacks,
- Many people thought he was more likely to keep expenses and taxes down.
- His opponent was a Catholic opportunist , who changed his name to appear Irish and dumped his first wife to marry a rich heiress. Bush seemed more like a decent family man.
- Attacks on Kerry's war record, whether true or note, probably hurt him
(Literally, because he won the majority of electoral college votes.)
There were two main reasons:
- He had been the vice-president to an extremely popular president in a time of relative economic prosperity and, due to Reagan's age by the end of his second term, had an unusual amount of experience for a Vice-President.
- He wasn't Dukakis. Dukakis had a number of image problems, among them that he seemed cold and aloof. He also had (as governor of Massachusetts) vetoed a bill prohibiting weekend furloughs for prisoners convicted of first-degree murder; one such prisoner escaped during his furlough and raped a woman in Maryland. Negative "attack ads" focused on this and painted Dukakis as "soft on crime".
In the end, it wasn't even particularly close; Bush won the popular vote with a significant majority (he defeated Dukakis by a margin of over 7%, which is HUGE by US presidential election standards) and dominated the electoral vote 426-111.
False, Bush was officially declared winner in Florida. This gave him enough votes in the Electoral College to win the election, but he had a smaller popular share then Gore.
George Bush believed that he could bring integrity and honor back to the White House; that he would be able to cut taxes, increase the size of the military and improve education.
Bush won the electoral vote, which is what mattters. Please see the related question.
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