Race for the White House

Synopsis: This docudrama, narrated by Kevin Spacey, unravels some of America’s most significant presidential elections. Using archive footage, interviews with candidates, key players, historians and experts, along with stylised dramatisations, they illustrate how an election can be won or lost on a single issue. By exploring key themes, issues, turning points and strategies the series aims to shed light on the changing nature of political campaigning, and reveal what impact these elections had on the course of American history. The six elections featured are: 1828 - Andrew Jackson vs John Quincy Adams; 1860 - Abraham Lincoln vs Stephen Douglas; 1948 - Harry Truman vs Thomas Dewey; 1960 - John F. Kennedy vs Richard Nixon 1988 - George H.W. Bush vs Michael Dukakis; 1992 - Bill Clinton vs George H.W. Bush.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2016
Subjects: History; Politics & government; American Studies
Keywords: Kennedy, John Fitzgerald; Lincoln, Abraham; Nixon, Richard Milhous; Truman, Harry; American presidents; American presidential campaigns; Bush, George; Clinton, Bill

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