Muna 1985, Schwarzenegger akaonekwa mu "Stop the Madness", vhidhiyo yemimhanzi inorwisa zvinodhaka yakatsigirwa nehurumende yaReagan. Akatanga kuzivikanwa neruzhinji seRepublican panguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1988, achiperekedza Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri George H. W. Bush pamusangano wekushambadzira.Schwarzenegger wekutanga kugadzwa kwezvematongerwo enyika aive sachigaro wePurezidhendi wePurezidhendi wePanyama uye Mitambo, kwaakashanda kubva muna 1990 kusvika 1993. Akasarudzwa naGeorge H. W. Bush, uyo akamutumidza kuti "Conan the Republican".
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