Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the United States in 1993. He ran for the Democratic party and did fairly well in the election. Bill received 370 electoral votes while his opponent, George H. W. Bush, received 168 and his other opponent, Ross Perrot, received zero.
Bill had some very helpful things that he wanted to accomplish as president. He strongly believed in strengthening education systems and the health care system. Also, creating new jobs and trying to help the economy were big goals that Clinton wished to achieve. Clinton got his message across to the country by going to people's houses and appearing on television shows. Him and his vice president, Al Gore, banked on the campaign of "putting people first." Another reason why Clinton won the war would be that the President before him, George H. W. Bush, was not the most loved person after he served his term as President.
Bill Clinton had some major accomplishments as President. During his time in office, there were about 22 million jobs created and there was the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years. He signed the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993 which helped families get income if someone in their family was sick or needed taken care of and they had to leave work. Clinton also dismantled more than 1,700 nuclear warheads from the Soviet Union. He had a pretty successful presidency.
Bill Clinton was accused of having sexual affairs with Monica Lewinsky. Clinton denied this. He was caught in his lie and this lead him to be the second President of the United States to be impeached from the White House.
I think that Bill Clinton had an overall good presidency with the exception of the Lewinsky scandal. I think he had a lot of good accomplishments.
http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/Hope.html
http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-01.html
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