Why did George H.W. Bush lose in 1992?

[junior chįmp]

Read my lips, no new taxes.

no

clinton was a more cunning and convincing speaker.

NO

Clinton was simply younger and more charismatic and had a very keen campaign staff, composed of young peoples, too. Bush was nothing more than a stable, old-line Republican uncle from Texas with his large approval ratings (First Gulf War). I guess, every presidential candidate would love to have such staff like Clinton in '92.

NOOOOO

"It's the economy, stupid."

The only thing that ever matters to the idiot voters. Find 1992 on the graph:

[junior chįmp]

The economy was just as bad in 1991 as in 1992 if not worse, but if the election was held in 1991 HW Bush would have won in a massive landslide

nope. he still would of lost.

[junior chįmp]

And if you think all Americans care about is the state of the economy  why do you think the Republicans won in 2002 despite the economy bottoming out in the early 2000s. And how do you think a Bush vs Kerry election would have gone in November of 2001

GDP growth in election years is only .4 percentage points higher than in other years, but income growth is a full 1.5 percentage points higher than other years. The greater effect of income growth should be expected because voters directly experience income, not production. Accordingly, Kerry would of lost too then.