Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1988-11-09 Xavier University Newswire Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Follow this and additional works at: https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio), "Xavier University Newswire" (1988). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 2538. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2538 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Xavier Student Newspapers at Exhibit. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Xavier Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Exhibit. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. .·.·.H·····.E·.········· T . ·:. .·. ·.·' . '" .....wlER .NEWSWIRE Volume 74, Number. 11 Xavier University, Cincinnati; Ohio 45207 Wednesdaw November 9 1988 Bush· wins by·· decisive matgiri . - by· Brian Sullivan News editor "A campaign· is a disagreement and disagreements divide .. ~An election is a decision and .decisioni{iclear the way for harmony cmd peace;' said. President-elect George Bush .last night as Ile accepted the office of President. of the United States. Bush was projected. as the win ner at approximately 10:30 p.m. after he had captured 279 electoral votes, . nine more than the. 270 votes necessacy to win. .. , With 78 ·percent.· of the popular vote counted, Bush had a. substantial eight point lead over Dukakis, 54 percent to 46 percent. Bush had also wori 402 elec toral votes to Dukakis' 102, including key victories in Pennsylvania, California ... ·. and.Ohio. Dukakis had taken ·the elec- · toral votes in only eight states. Bush, delivering. his acceptance speech Sabra Hayes photo from his headquarters in ·Houston, TX, .·.