1996 Presidential Election (Ann's Land)

The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Ann Richards defeated Pat Buchanan, the Republican nominee, and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee.

The Republican Party tacked to the right, as a result of Ann Richards. Pat Buchanan took advantage and was able to secure the nomination. Many notable Republican figures including Texas Governor George Bush declined running. President Ann Richards was universally popular and was going to prove tough to defeat. Even those who disagreed with her policies, still found her quite endearing.

The Buchanan tried many messages to defeat Ann, they settled that her policies of big government were too much, hoping to channel a Reagan message. But Ann was too sharp for them and just focused on her economic prosperity message. She had created a record number of jobs not ever seen before.

In both the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, Richards and Clinton trounced Buchanan and Kemp. While pursing a message of anti big-government, they were not able to sufficiently convince voters already not in their column why it was bad. The 1996 Presidential election was relatively uninteresting. After winning the election, when asked what she was gonna do next, Ann said "I am going back to work, these Republicans distracted me enough!". In her second term, Ann's approval never dropped below 52% as people began to feel the economic revival.