1992: Candidates
• Democrat Governor William J. Clinton• Republican Incumbent George H.W. Bush• Independent Businessman H. Ross Perot
First Presidential Debate, Oct 11, 1992
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1992: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 55.2%):– Bush: 38%– Clinton: 43%– Perot: 19%
• Electoral Vote:– Bush: 168– Clinton: 370– Perot: 0
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1992: Notes
• Best showing by a 3rd Party candidate since T. Roosevelt in 1912
• Perot often blamed for taking votes from Bush, although exit polls showed even split
• Clinton takes office with strong electoral majority, but with a weak popular plurality (57% of voters voted for someone else)
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1996: Candidates
• Republican Senator Robert J. Dole• Democrat Incumbent William J. Clinton• Independent Businessman H. Ross Perot
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1996: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 49%):– Dole: 41%– Clinton: 49%– Perot: 8.5%
• Electoral Vote:– Dole: 159– Clinton: 379– Perot: 0
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1996: Notes
• Clinton became the first Democrat to be re-elected President since Franklin Roosevelt.
• Only third time in U.S. history that a candidate was elected President twice without receiving a majority of the popular vote in either election
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2000: Candidates
• Republican Governor George W. Bush • Democrat Vice President Albert Gore• Independent Consumer Advocate Ralph Nadar
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2000: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 54.2%):– Bush: 47.9%– Gore: 48.4%– Nadar: 2.7%
• Electoral Vote:– Bush: 271– Gore: 266– Nadar: 0
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2000: Notes
• 1st election since 1888 where the popular vote winner lost the electoral vote; only 4th ever
• 1st election decided by Supreme Court ruling• Election not certified until Dec. 12• Official results in Florida:
– Bush: 48.847%– Gore: 48.838%– Nadar: 1.635%
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2004: Candidates
• Republican Incumbent George W. Bush• Democrat Senator John F. Kerry
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2004: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 60.1%):– Bush: 50.7%– Kerry: 48.3%
• Electoral Vote:– Bush: 286– Kerry: 251
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2004: Notes
• Highest voter turnout since 1968• Results not certain until Ohio called for Bush
the next morning; if Bush had lost Ohio he would have lost the election, even though he would have won the popular vote -opposite of 2000)
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2008: Candidates
• Republican Senator John S. McCain• Democrat Senator Barack H. Obama
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2008: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 61.6%):– McCain: 45.7%– Obama: 52.9%
• Electoral Vote:– McCain: 173– Obama: 365
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2012: Candidates
• Republican Governor Willard M. Romney• Democratic Incumbent Barack H. Obama
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2012: Results
• Popular Vote (turnout – 59%):– Romney: 47.3%– Obama: 51%
• Electoral Vote:– Romney: 206– Obama: 332
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2012: Notes
• Closer than 2008 election, but not as close as many thought it would be
• Only the second time in US history that three consecutive presidents were reelected
• First Mormon candidate
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