En 1990, il devient professeur de science politique alors que le poste de gouverneur de son État est remporté par les républicains aux élections de novembre. [10] Dukakis began his political career as an elected Town Meeting Member in the town of Brookline.

He managed to pull off a close win in New York which at the time was the second largest state in terms of electoral votes, he also scored victories in states like Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Dukakis's home state of Massachusetts; Walter Mondale had lost all four, and since then, all three states have remained in the Democratic column for each subsequent presidential election. While he lost the popular vote, Dukakis's margin of loss (7.8%) was narrower than Jimmy Carter's in 1980 (9.7%) or Walter Mondale's in 1984 (18.2%). [20][21], Using the phenomenon termed the "Massachusetts Miracle" to promote his campaign, Dukakis sought the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States in the 1988 United States presidential election, prevailing over a primary field that included Jesse Jackson, Dick Gephardt, Paul Simon, Gary Hart, Joe Biden and Al Gore, among others.

[47][48], Dukakis stated on January 31, 2014, that he was not in favor of an effort to rename South Station as the "Gov. Bush and Dan Quayle, carrying only 10 states and the District of Columbia.

Partly as a result of his efforts, Massachusetts for a brief time had one of the nation’s healthiest state economies.

[citation needed] Many believed he should have been campaigning across the country. The issue of capital punishment came up in the October 13, 1988, debate between the two presidential nominees. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, had been photographed in a similar situation in 1986, riding in a Challenger tank while wearing a scarf.

[17] The National Governors Association voted Dukakis the most effective governor in 1986. But these days when people ask me, ‘Did you get here in a tank?’ I always respond by saying, ‘No, and I’ve never thrown up all over the Japanese prime minister’. He later announced that he would leave office at the expiration of his term as governor in January 1991.

Michael Stanley Dukakis (/dʊˈkɑːkɪs/; born November 3, 1933) is a retired American politician and lawyer who served as the 65th governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. The piece was premiered under the baton of Dickson (then the Associate Conductor of the Boston Pops) at that year's Democratic National Convention. Building on his popularity as governor, Dukakis sought the Democratic presidential nomination for the 1988 presidential election.

He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore College before enlisting in the United States Army. Dukakis won in part by promising to be a "reformer" and pledging a "lead pipe guarantee" of no new taxes to balance the state budget. During this time, his 17-point lead in opinion polls completely disappeared, as his lack of visibility allowed Bush to define the issues of the campaign. Michael Stanley Dukakis: Governor Michael Dukakis at a campaign rally in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, the night before the US presidential election of 1988 (Mon, 7 Nov 1988). He defeated King in the 1982 gubernatorial primary and served as governor from 1983 to 1991, presiding over a period of economic growth known as the "Massachusetts Miracle". He went on to state that he would not object to the naming of the as-yet unbuilt North-South Rail Link after him. Tirant les conclusions de son échec, il met en place une politique économique qui permet au Massachusetts de connaître un essor important, principalement dans le domaine des nouvelles technologies. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.

degree from Harvard Law School in 1960.