Vice President Bush fights off the Iran Contra scandal in his campaign against Democrat Michael Dukakis, attacking him in a series of devastating TV attack ads that sunk Dukakis's campaign.
Branded an adulterer and a draft dodger, Bill Clinton finds himself at the bottom of the polls until he and his team devise one the of most effective campaigns in the history of US Presidential campaigns.
Not only did the 1960 election see the first televised debate, it also redefined how image as well as substance could win you the White House as young and inexperienced candidate John F Kennedy battled across America to win his party's nomination.
The presidential election of 1976 pits the political establishment, personified by Republican President Gerald Ford, against the untainted idealism of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the relatively unknown governor of Georgia.
Harry S. Truman inherited FDR's presidency and steered the US to the end of World War II. He must win his own term against the more popular Thom Dewey.