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The 2010 Census changes the Electoral College vote apportionment for the election for 18 states. [4]December 23 – Jimmy McMillan, perennial candidate from New York changes party affiliation from Democratic to Republican and officially announces his candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party [5] [6] [7]
Elections were held in the United States on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress, retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives.
The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
The 1914 midterm elections became the first year that all regular Senate elections were held in even-numbered years, coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election of senators, instead of having them elected directly by state legislatures.
Since 1824, a national popular vote has been tallied for each election, but the national popular vote does not directly affect the winner of the presidential election. The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the major parties of the two-party system have dominated presidential elections for most of U.S. history ...
By John Kelly In their platform, Democrats tell it this way: President Barack Obama's "swift action" stabilized a crisis-stricken housing market and helped millions of American families stave off ...
This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election; 2012 Hong Kong legislative election; India 2012 Indian presidential election; Legislative Assembly elections in India, 2012; Indonesian gubernatorial elections, 2012 Acehnese gubernatorial election; Jakarta gubernatorial election; Iran: Iranian legislative election; Japan Japanese general election; Kyoto ...