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This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
For the purposes of electing the president, each state has only one vote. A ballot of the Senate is held to choose the vice president. In this ballot, each senator has one vote. The House has chosen the victor of the presidential race only twice, in 1800 and 1824; the Senate has chosen the victor of the vice-presidential race only once, in 1836.
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
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Former President Donald Trump will return to the White House as the country's 47th commander-in-chief after winning a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the Electoral College.
The Whig Party fielded two different presidential tickets in different parts of the country. Michael Peroutka: 2004: Constitution: 143,630 0.12% Third-party candidate. Vincent Hallinan: 1952: Progressive: 140,746 0.23% Third-party candidate. James Madison: 1812: Democratic-Republican: 140,431 52.3% Winner (incumbent). A limited number of states ...
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An outlier in presidential races, the 2000 election between former Vice President Al Gore and then-Texas Gov. George Bush was not decided until Dec. 12, 2000, five weeks after Election Day.