20th Century: Democrat beats Republican by only .2% popular vote, but by 84 Electoral Vote- maybe if the debate was not on TV, the result may have been different
19th Century: Republican beats Democrat in most disputed election by 1 electoral vote, but lost popular vote by 3%
19th Century: Two Dem. Reps. both get 73 votes, one becomes vice president to the other
20th Century: Republican beats Democrat by 5 electoral votes, but lost by .5% popular vote
Some Landslide Elections (Answer Year)
20th Century: Republican running for second term wins 525 electoral votes compared to Democrat's 13
20th Century: Democrat running for second term, out of four, wins 523 to Republican's 8
20th Century: Democrat running for first time, but had already took over a term, beats Republican in popular vote 61.1% to 38.5%
20th Century: This tricky Republican running for his second term beat his opponent's 17 electoral votes with his 520
Extra Facts
Last third party canidate to win a state was this American Independent in 1968 with 46 electoral votes compared to Richard Nixon's 301
This Whig Great Compromiser ran for president many times, beginning in 1824
The losing Democratic vice presidental canidate in 1920 election
The second and third place finishers for the Republican nomination for president in 1968 (answer with first names also)
Firsts
This vice presidential canidate who ran with Walter Mondale with the first woman to appear on a major party's ticket
The first Catholic to obtain the presidental nomination from a major political party
The first African-American to win a major party's presidental nomination
First to be on his party's presidental primary ballot for twelve separate nomination contests
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