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Chapter 24 sections 3-4

__THE ELECTION OF 1988__


 * For the Republicans, vice president Bush was an obvious choice to succeed Ronald Regan.
 * He supported him for 8 years.
 * The Democrats found more than a half dozen candidates who were eager to challenge bush.
 * The people that led the group were Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Reverend Jesse Jackson.
 * But Jackson Fared even better in 1988 than 1984.
 * He won the support of African Americans and some liberal Democrats.
 * But the Democrats chose Michael Dukakis