Race
for the White House is a thrilling new six-part docuseries, also narrated by
Spacey, that captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential
election can turn on a single issue and so much more. Using rare archival footage, interviews
and stylized dramatizations, each episode tells the story of one iconic
campaign for President of the United States.
1828:
Andrew Jackson vs John Quincy Adams
General Andrew
Jackson believed he lost the election of 1824 to John Quincy Adams through
political chicanery. In 1828, he returns to battle Adams again in a campaign
that would be notorious for its vicious personal attacks.
1860:
Abraham Lincoln vs Stephen Douglas
The journey
from prairie lawyer to President might seem impossible. But Lincoln’s oratory
and his ruthless, underhand tactics to win his party’s nomination give him the
chance to beat one of the most formidable politicians of his generation, Stephen
Douglas.
1948: Harry
Truman vs Thomas Dewey
Unpopular,
presiding over a divided Party, lagging far behind in the polls against his
opponent, Thomas Dewey, Harry Truman travels across America by train in a race
against time to win the White House.
1960: John
F Kennedy vs Richard Nixon
Young and
inexperienced, John F Kennedy battles across America to win his party’s
nomination and, during the famous first television debate, redefines how image,
as much as substance, could win you the White House.
1988:
George H W Bush vs Michael Dukakis
Vice President
Bush fights off the scandal of Iran Contra in his campaign against Democrat
Michael Dukakis, attacking the Democrat in a series of devastating TV attack
ads that ultimately sunk Dukakis’s campaign.
1992: Bill
Clinton vs George H W Bush
Labelled an
adulterer and a draft dodger, Bill Clinton is at rock bottom in the polls when
he and his team begin one of the most effective political fight backs in US
Presidential Campaign history.
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