# Was 1988 the most negative election in recent history?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 9, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-1988-the-most-negative-election-in-recent-history/722028 "2015-06-09T01:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-1988-the-most-negative-election-in-recent-history/722028/101 "2015-06-12T21:58:25Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> So, what about that 1998 Oklahoma City bombing.

You mean the 1995 one?

What are you talking about anyway.

Clinton tried to pass his version of the Patriot Act and got rather thoroughly spanked by the Republicans for doing so. Did it figure in the 1996 Presidential campaign?

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