Economy killing Bush's bid

In 1972, when President Nixon defeated Democrat George McGovern, the index was 117. President Ford lost four years later to Jimmy Carter when the index stood at 87, and Carter in turn lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980 with the index at 80. Reagan was re-elected in 1984 with an index reading of 100 and G...

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Published inLas Vegas review-journal
Main Author John M. Berry. Washington Post
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Las Vegas, Nev Las Vegas Review - Journal 30.09.1992
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Bush, George
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Summary:In 1972, when President Nixon defeated Democrat George McGovern, the index was 117. President Ford lost four years later to Jimmy Carter when the index stood at 87, and Carter in turn lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980 with the index at 80. Reagan was re-elected in 1984 with an index reading of 100 and George Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis four years ago when the confidence index was 117. Some other analysts were not willing to go that far. For instance, Sung Won Sohn, chief economist of Norwest Corp., a large bank holding company in Minneapolis, said he thinks the U.S. economy grew at about a 1.5 percent annual rate in the quarter that ends today and that it might do slightly better than that in the October-December period.
ISSN:1097-1645