ELECTIONS 1992 through 2012

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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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Brief Overview: Electoral College

Results of the 2012 Election

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1992: Campaign Issues

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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 Results

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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: Campaign Issues

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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 Results

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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: Campaign Issues

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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 Results

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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: Campaign Issues

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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 Results

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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: Campaign Issues

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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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2008 Results

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2008: Notes

• Election of first African-American President

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2012: Candidates

• Republican Governor Willard M. Romney• Democratic Incumbent Barack H. Obama

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2012: Campaign Issues

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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 Results

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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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