Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: US Hegemony in World Politics

Question:

Who won the US Presidential election in 1992 and in 1996:

Options:

William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton

George H.W. Bush

John F. Kennedy

Barack Obama

Correct Answer:

William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (1) - William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton

Despite winning the First Gulf War, George H.W. Bush lost the US presidential elections of 1992 to William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton of the Democratic Party, who had campaigned on domestic rather than foreign policy issues. Bill Clinton won again in 1996 and thus remained the president of the US for eight years. During the Clinton years, it often seemed that the US had withdrawn into its internal affairs and was not fully engaged in world politics. In foreign policy, the Clinton government tended to focus on ‘soft issues’ like democracy promotion, climate change and world trade rather than on the ‘hard politics’ of military power and security.