Peace and prosperity, to begin with. Just as in 1988, Americans overwhelmingly agree they've never had it so good. But those are the Democrats' territory. Gore has a double-digit lead over Bush on all of those issues. The Cold War is over.
Crime is down.
Welfare is reformed. The budget is balanced. With Lieberman on the Democratic ticket, Gore is pre-empting the morality issue. Bush is trying to run on education. But voters give Gore the edge in that area.