Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992

Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. Initially viewed as an unlikely prospect to win his party's nomination, Clinton did so and went on to defeat incumbent President George H. W. Bush, who had been viewed as politically invincible just a year earlier. Clinton was the southern gover... more

Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. Initially viewed as an unlikely prospect to win his party's nomination, Clinton did so and went on to defeat incumbent President George H. W. Bush, who had been viewed as politically invincible just a year earlier. Clinton was the southern governor of a traditionally red state, Arkansas. he had been viewed as a viable presidential candidate before his actual bid in 1992. During the 1988 Presidential Primaries, where George H. W. Bush, the incumbent Vice-President seemed all but inevitable as the president, many turned to Clinton as the next southern leader of the party. However, Clinton declined and remained Governor of Arkansas. During the onset of the 1992 Primaries, Bill Clinton was seen as a potential candidate as he was the popular Democratic governor of Republican territory.... less