Arnold Vinick is a fictional character on the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda.
A Republican senator from California and Republican presidential nominee, he is narrowly defeated by Democrat Matt Santos in the 2006 presidential election, with Vinick winning the popular vote but Santos winning the electoral college.
He is a social moderate and fiscal conservative with a maverick streak and a direct manner. Vinick is pro-choice. H...
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Arnold Vinick is a fictional character on the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda.
A Republican senator from California and Republican presidential nominee, he is narrowly defeated by Democrat Matt Santos in the 2006 presidential election, with Vinick winning the popular vote but Santos winning the electoral college.
He is a social moderate and fiscal conservative with a maverick streak and a direct manner. Vinick is pro-choice. He is, however, opposed to partial birth abortion and in favour of parental consent laws. Vinick has also been described as a deficit hawk. Vinick opposes the Religious Right's influence in the Republican Party since 1980, and wants to return to more traditional, limited-government conservatism.
In one episode, Arnold Vinick mentioned growing up in a "citrus-growing" community. In response to this, the town of Santa Paula, which is famous for citrus growing and is often referred to as the "Citrus Capital of the World", wrote to The West Wing's...
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