2012 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney |
| Party | Democratic | Republican |
| Home state | Illinois | Massachusetts |
| Running mate | Joe Biden | Paul Ryan |
| Electoral vote | 332 | 206 |
Causes of the RecessionThe Great Recession—sometimes referred to as the 2008 Recession—in the United States and Western Europe has been linked to the so-called “subprime mortgage crisis.” Subprime mortgages are home loans granted to borrowers with poor credit histories. Their home loans are considered high-risk loans.
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| President | Previous 3 |
|---|
| 41 | George H. W. Bush | Federal office |
| 42 | Bill Clinton | – |
| 43 | George W. Bush | Military |
| 44 | Barack Obama | Academic |
On November 4, 2008, Obama defeated the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President. He was the third sitting U.S. Senator, after Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy, to be elected president.
In the 1988 presidential election, Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Bush won the popular vote by just under eight points, and won 426 of the 538 electoral votes.
In November 2000, of the 203 million people who were 18 and older, 186 million were citizens, and 130 million were registered. In the election, 111 million people voted.
Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton following an economic recession and the decreased emphasis of foreign policy in a post–Cold War political climate. After a long battle with vascular Parkinson's disease, Bush died at his home on November 30, 2018.
Clinton won the 1992 presidential election (370 electoral votes) against Republican incumbent George H. W. Bush (168 electoral votes) and billionaire populist Ross Perot (zero electoral votes), who ran as an independent on a platform that focused on domestic issues.
In fact, Roosevelt ran one of the most successful third-party candidacies in history but was defeated by the Democrat (Woodrow Wilson) and the Progressive party quickly disappeared while the Republicans re-gained their major party status.
Third parties may also help voter turnout by bringing more people to the polls. Third-party candidates at the top of the ticket can help to draw attention to other party candidates down the ballot, helping them to win local or state office.
| Ross Perot |
|---|
| Born | Henry Ray PerotJune 27, 1930 Texarkana, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 2019 (aged 89) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Education | Texarkana College United States Naval Academy (BS) |
Election to the presidency requires an absolute majority of the 538 electoral votes. The absolute majority requirement makes it extremely difficult for a third-party candidate to win the presidency because the individual states' electoral votes are allocated under a winner-take-all arrangement (with two exceptions).
Three Presidents since 1990 have technically been independents.
Independent candidate Ross Perot chose retired Vice Admiral James Stockdale as his running mate in 1992.
Party affiliation
| Affiliation | Members |
|---|
| Republican Party | 50 |
| Democratic Party | 48 |
| Independent | 2 |
| Total | 100 |
Perot claimed during an interview with 60 Minutes that "Republican operatives" also threatened to disrupt his daughter's wedding, which forced him to withdraw in July.
The modern two-party system consists of the "Democratic" Party and the "Republican" Party. However these names, while they have been in existence since before the Civil War, have not always represented the same ideology or electorate.
It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory. This was the second successive election in which the incumbent president was defeated, after Carter himself defeated Gerald Ford four years earlier in 1976.
1984 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Ronald Reagan | Walter Mondale |
| Party | Republican | Democratic |
| Home state | California | Minnesota |
| Running mate | George H. W. Bush | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral vote | 525 | 13 |
The elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's first term in office, and elected the members of 104th United States Congress.
1994 United States elections.
| Election day | November 8 |
| Incumbent president | Bill Clinton (Democratic) |
| Next Congress | 104th |
| Senate elections |
|---|
| Overall control | Republican gain |
