Analyzing the George H. Bush Presidency and Election Loss

This essay provides an analytical evaluation of George H. Bush's presidency, examining his actions, policies, and the factors contributing to his 1992 election loss. The essay begins with an introduction to Bush's presidency, highlighting his role as the 41st President and his involvement in key events such as the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, and the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The discussion then shifts to the challenges Bush faced, including the Federal Budget Debt, and the reasons for his defeat in the 1992 election, such as the economic distress of the time and the perception that he did not fulfill his promises. The essay analyzes the campaign strategies, the role of social issues, and the influence of figures like Pat Buchanan and Bill Clinton. The conclusion summarizes Bush's legacy, acknowledging his contributions while also pointing out the factors that led to the end of his presidency in 1993.

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Introduction
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 George H. Bush Presidency
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 41st 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).

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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.
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

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(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

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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).
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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