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__Election of 1990__:
 * 53% of the popular votes went to Bush and 46% went to Dukakis.
 * George H. W. Bush got 426 electoral votes and Dukakis got 111 electoral votes.
 * George H. W. Bush was the Republican candidate that ran against Democrat Michael Dukakis.

__The New President:__
 * Bush won a medal for bravery in World War II.
 * When he left his home state of Connecticut he moved to Texas and created a successful oil business.
 * He served as a member of Congress, as an ambassador, and as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
 * He hinted that he would follow the old ideas and attitudes of the Reagan era.

__Flags and the supreme court:__
 * The Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that made the burning of the flag a crime