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There were no major party candidates for president in the presidential election of 1789 and the presidential election of 1792, [c] both of which were won by George Washington. [4] In the 1812 presidential election , DeWitt Clinton served as the de facto Federalist nominee even though he was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party; Clinton ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
"there have been five presidential elections in which the winner did not win a majority or a plurality of the popular vote" I would list here the losing candidates who got more votes. "One unsuccessful major party candidate, DeWitt Clinton, served as the de facto Federalist nominee in the 1812 presidential election even though he was a member ...
In only one election did a candidate win a majority (not just a plurality) of the popular vote but lose the electoral vote. Of the five winners who lost the popular vote, three (Adams, Harrison, and Trump) ran for reelection four years later and lost the popular vote again and the election as well, one (Bush) ran and won the election as well as ...
This reframing illustrates how a short-term defeat to an unpopular presidential candidate can catalyze long-term political gains for the losing party. Fast-forward to the current election cycle ...
Entrepreneur Jason Palmer won the American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses, making Joe Biden the first incumbent president to lose a primary contest since Jimmy Carter in 1980. After securing enough delegates for re-nomination President Biden was declared the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party until he withdrew from the race and ...
Presidential nominees often lose several primary contests within the same states they will run in for the general election. The timing of winning and losing is also variable.
For sheer number of candidates, the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is unprecedented in modern campaign politics. As of today, a dozen Republicans have formally declared their ...