The incumbent Republican President George W. Bush and his running mate Vice President Dick Cheney were elected to a second term, defeating the Democratic ticket of John Kerry, a United States Senator from Massachusetts and his running mate John Edwards, a United States Senator from North Carolina.
1984 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Ronald Reagan | Walter Mondale |
| Party | Republican | Democratic |
| Home state | California | Minnesota |
| Running mate | George H. W. Bush | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral vote | 525 | 13 |
It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory. This was the second successive election in which the incumbent president was defeated, after Carter himself defeated Gerald Ford four years earlier in 1976.
It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon from California defeated Democratic U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
George H. W. Bush 2166. Pat Buchanan 18. former ambassador Alan Keyes 1.
Clinton won the 1992 presidential election (370 electoral votes) against Republican incumbent George H. W. Bush (168 electoral votes) and billionaire populist Ross Perot (zero electoral votes), who ran as an independent on a platform that focused on domestic issues.
2008 United States Presidential Election
| Party | Candidate | % |
|---|
| Democratic | Barack Obama / Joe Biden | 52.93% |
| Republican | John McCain / Sarah Palin | 45.65% |
| Independent | Ralph Nader / Matt Gonzalez | 0.56% |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr / Wayne Allyn Root | 0.40% |
2012 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney |
| Party | Democratic | Republican |
| Home state | Illinois | Massachusetts |
| Running mate | Joe Biden | Paul Ryan |
| Electoral vote | 332 | 206 |
2000 United States presidential election
| Nominee | George W. Bush | Al Gore |
| Party | Republican | Democratic |
| Home state | Texas | Tennessee |
| Running mate | Dick Cheney | Joe Lieberman |
| Electoral vote | 271 | 266 |
Bush ran for president in 1980, but was defeated in the Republican presidential primaries by Ronald Reagan. Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton following an economic recession and the decreased emphasis of foreign policy in a post–Cold War political climate.
1976 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Jimmy Carter | Gerald Ford |
| Party | Democratic | Republican |
| Home state | Georgia | Michigan |
| Running mate | Walter Mondale | Bob Dole |
| Electoral vote | 297 | 240 |
After an intense recount process and the United States Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, Bush won Florida's electoral votes by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost six million cast and, as a result, became the president-elect.
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris's certification of the election results was thus upheld, allowing Florida's electoral votes to be cast for Bush, making him president-elect. On January 20, 2001 George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
