There was no wars, the economy was prospering, and honestly the GOP that year didn't have anything to hang their hat on in terms of solutions/answers, or what they framed as the fundamental questions/issues.

The Dole campaign basically was that Clinton is a devilish whore-mongering scumbag*, and that we needed more tax cuts. That was it, that was Dole's whole campaign.

BTW, you all know that Dole is the only American to have been nominated for both President (1996) and Vice-President (1976) and win neither office?

*=Which was true, but