Describe a Dukakis '88-Bush '92 voter

[King of Kensington]

Besides some Greek American conservatives.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Iowa farmer who got out of the farm crisis.

[Sir Mohamed]

A liberal veteran who thought Clinton's issues with cheating on his wife and lack of military service were disqualifying.

[darklordoftech]

Against the death penalty and strongly disapproves of cheating on one’s wife.

[MarkD]

Me.

In 1988, I was thinking almost exclusively about the case of Bowers v. Hardwick, and how much I wanted to see that decision overturned. I voted for a liberal President because, at that time, I wanted the Supreme Court to turn a little bit more liberal. But in 1989 I decided that I would be more ideologically in tune with the GOP, and I started studying more about constitutional law, to determine whether Bowers truly deserved to be overturned. By 1992, I had learned enough about con law to realize that the Court's conclusion was correct, it shouldn't be overturned - like I had been hoping for, for the wrong reason - and I decided that Republican Presidents like Bush were more likely to appoint Originalists (and so were not likely to overturn Bowers).

But after the 2000 election - because of Bush v. Gore - I decided that the Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices were no better than the Democratic-appointed ones. The Bush decision caused me to feel extremely pessimistic and hopeless, and it made me decide that I didn't want to vote ever again. I didn't vote any over a dozen years after I made that decision.

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

One of several types:

1.  A person who got Saved in between the elections and found Bush's positions on abortion more consistent with new-found Christian faith (who was likely attending a Charismatic or Pentacostal Church).

2.  A genuinely independent voter who was won over by the fact that the Cold War ended successfully during the Bush years, and who supported Bush's Foreign Policy successes.

3.  A conservative Greek who cast a vote for Dukakis out of a sense of ethnic loyalty/pride.

[Yu748Girl83]

Me.

In 1988, I was thinking almost exclusively about the case of Bowers v. Hardwick, and how much I wanted to see that decision overturned. I voted for a liberal President because, at that time, I wanted the Supreme Court to turn a little bit more liberal. But in 1989 I decided that I would be more ideologically in tune with the GOP, and I started studying more about constitutional law, to determine whether Bowers truly deserved to be overturned. By 1992, I had learned enough about con law to realize that the Court's conclusion was correct, it shouldn't be overturned - like I had been hoping for, for the wrong reason - and I decided that Republican Presidents like Bush were more likely to appoint Originalists (and so were not likely to overturn Bowers).

But after the 2000 election - because of Bush v. Gore - I decided that the Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices were no better than the Democratic-appointed ones. The Bush decision caused me to feel extremely pessimistic and hopeless, and it made me decide that I didn't want to vote ever again. I didn't vote any over a dozen years after I made that decision.

I may be biased since I think Bowers v. Hardwick was an awful decision, but what do you mean?

[VirginiaAaron]

Bruce Willis

"In 1988, Willis and then-wife Demi Moore campaigned for Democratic Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis's Presidential bid. Four years later, he supported President George H. W. Bush for reelection and was an outspoken critic of Bill Clinton"