1860 - Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas were both from Illinois 1904 - T Roosevelt and Alton B Parker both from New York 1920 - Warren Harding and James M Cox both from Ohio. 1944 - FD Roosevelt and Thomas E Dewey both from New York In addition, the 1992 candidates, George H Bush and Michael Dukakis, were both born in Massachusetts, though Bush was not resident there, but in Texas
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Most states provide by law that candidates for the office of presidential elector shall be nominated by the recognized political parties at their state level conventions. A few states authorize the state party committees to make the choice, while other leave the process to the discretion of the parties; under this system, party organizations generally choose to nominate their elector candidates by convention, or through the state party committee. Several states provide unique mechanisms for selection of elector candidates. Pennsylvania, for instance, provides that the party presidential candidate may choose the presidential elector candidates for his or her party. In California, Republicans choose recent nominees for state and federal office to serve as elector candidates, while in the Democratic Party, candidates for the office of US Representative, and the two most recent candidates for US Senate, each choose one candidate for the office of presidential elector.
No. Where would you get such a silly idea?
George W. Bush won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. The elections of Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison displayed the same disparity.
The 1960 US Presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 8.
An example of shared power in our government is our elections. Each state holds elections for federal positions like congress. Taxes is an another example since our state and federal taxes can sometimes fund the same project.