Al Gore was a liberal, with an ACU rating varying from 6 to 9, you cannot convince us that Al Gore was the liberal Democrat to replace President Reagan just as we were on the verge of winning the Cold War.
In 1980 Reagan won Texas with 55%, in 1984 Reagan won 64% of the Texas vote, in 1988 Bush won 56% of the state.
Perry switched parties when he saw the writing on the wall.
I made no attempt to convince anyone that Al Gore should’ve replaced Reagan. Nor would I.
Perry supported Gore in the primaries. Gore was quickly defeated by Dukakis for the nomination. Perry did not then go all-in for Dukakis. In fact, shortly thereafter, he became a Republican.
Of course Gore had a low ACU rating in 1988. It’s a conservative rating organization. And by the way, that 1988 rating is based on Gore’s votes for the bills that were voted upon only that legislative year. It is not reflective of Gore’s overall conservative positions of pro-life, pro-gun, pro-defense, and pro-tobacco in 1988.