Bill Clinton running for a fourth term in 2004 (no 22nd amd.)

[Sir Mohamed]

The election of 2000:

✓ President Bill Clinton (D-AR)/Vice President Al Gore (D-TN): 338 EVs.; 51.0%
Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)/Former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (R-WY): 200 EVs.; 46.3%

After successfully winning a third term in 2000, President Bill Clinton announces in the fall of 2003 that he would follow FDR’s example sixty years before and run for office a fourth time in 2004. He declares that in the aftermath of 9/11 and globalization challenges, experienced leadership is needed. After 9/11, Clinton invaded Afghanistan, but not Iraq. Except for Iraq, the foreign policy remains roughly the same (including the Patriot Act).

What happens?

[Kingpoleon]

380: Fmr. Governor Christine Todd Whitman/Senator John McCain  - 50.6%
158: President William J. Clinton/Treasury Secretary Larry Summers - 42.8%
Texas Treasurer Ross Perot, Jr./Boston University Chancellor John Silber(Reform) - 5.1%
Others - 1.5%

[President Johnson]

Billy once again makes it, but very close.

President William J. Clinton (D-AR)/Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH): 277 EV. (48.91%)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)/Governor George Pataki (R-NY): 261 EV. (47.79%)