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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.
On July 9, 1992, Clinton chose Tennessee senator and former 1988 presidential candidate Al Gore to be his running mate. [17] As Governor Clinton's nomination acceptance speech approached, Ross Perot dropped out of the race, convinced that staying in the race with a "revitalized Democratic Party" would cause the race to be decided by the United ...
Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president. [1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or over a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and one has dropped out. Eleven have earned the primary nomination in their ...
Presidential candidate/running mate Party Campaign site Barack Obama/Joe Biden Democratic, South Carolina United Citizens, New York Working Families [4] barackobama.com: John McCain/Sarah Palin Republican, New York Independence, New York Conservative: johnmccain.com: Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez
Former President Donald Trump named JD Vance as his running mate on Monday during the first day of the Republican National Convention, thrusting the junior U.S. senator into a role that ...
Following is a list of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received.Elections have tended to have more participation in each successive election, due to the increasing population of the United States, and, in some instances, expansion of the right to vote to larger segments of society.
The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. [2] Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee (and the party's nominee for vice president in 1976), and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee and 1992 independent presidential candidate.
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1980. The Republican nominee, former California governor Ronald Reagan, defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory . Carter's unpopularity and poor relations with Democratic leaders encouraged an ...