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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney received 271 electoral votes in 2000 after their win in Florida in the closest election in modern history.
The three political precedents of the presidential election of 1832 were the use of national party conventions to nominate candidates, the emergence of a strong two-party system with the Democrats and Whigs, and the implementation of a platform outlining the party's positions on key issues. These precedents set the stage for modern political campaigning and party organization in the United States.
YouTube plays an important role in modern presidential campaigns. For instance, many candidates appear on talk shows which are subsequently uploaded onto YouTube for all to see.
All modern presidential dollar coins are worth one dollar.
William F. Buckley is considered the father of the modern conservative movement. He founded the bi-weekly journal the National Review, and hosted the TV show The Firing Line. He was a persuasive critic of many of liberalism's key policies and ideas, and he articulated many of the ideas that became central to the conservative movement. He trained some of the future conservative thought leaders like George Will and David Brooks. He is considered the single greatest influence on the rise of the conservative movement in the United States, whose ideas now dominate talk radio and Fox News, and whose greatest political moment is considered the election of Ronald Reagan.