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« on: January 10, 2013, 06:13:45 PM » |
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« edited: January 10, 2013, 06:31:34 PM by Mitt Romney is the new Ronald Reagan »
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Number of elections since 1932 in which an incumbent president was re-elected: 11
Number of elections since 1932 in which an incumbent president was defeated: 4 (including 1932 itself)
Number of elections since 1932 in which no incumbent president ran, but the incumbent party retained the White House: 1
Number of elections since 1932 in which no incumbent president ran and the incumbent party lost the White House: 5
Barack Obama was an incumbent president. So were Bush Jr. and Clinton. They're not the anomaly.
1976/1980 and 1988/1992 were the anomalies.
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