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What is the number of electors required to win the presidency in the United States?
The number of electors required to win the presidency in the United States is 270 (as of 2014). The candidate has to receive the absolute majority of the votes.
Four Americans who tried to win the presidency and failed went on to win one or more terms as President some years later?
There were four American presidents who tried to win presidency but failed the first time. They are Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush, Sr.
What is the maximum possible number of electoral votes accumulated to win the presidency and still lose.?
The United States requires 270 electoral votes for a candidate to win the presidency. Since there are a total of 538 votes available, a candidate can lose with 268 votes.
Why did huey long oppose the New Deal?
Huey Long wanted to win the presidency for himself
Why did Harrison leave office?
During his presidency, Benjamin Harrison called for higher tariffs, causing a major surplus. He supported giving pensions to Civil War veterans, and he signed in the McKinley tariff, which caused an even higher surplus. Well before the end of his administration, however, the surplus turned into a defecit, leading to the Panic of 1893.
What state did Walter mondale win?
Minnesota and DC
How many states did Walter Mondale win in 1984?
Walter Mondale received a total of 13 votes (2.4%) in the 1984 U.S. presidential election, including the 10 votes from his home state of Minnesota and the 3 votes from D.C., which always votes very strongly Democratic.
What state did Mondale win?
Minnesota and DC
Who did Franklin Pierce defeat in the presidential election?
Pierce defeated General Winfield Scott, the Whig candidate, to win the presidency in 1852.
How many 20th-century US Vice-presidents went on to become President?
I count seven- Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush. Ex- Veeps Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Al Gore made a run for the presidency but did not win.
By what margin did Bill Clinton win the election?
Popular vote - 1984 presidential election resultsReagan 54,455,472 ( 58.8%) Mondale 37,577,352 (40.6%) Electoral voteReagan 525 Mondale 13 Mondale carried one state, Minnesota (10 votes ) and DC(3 votes)
Who was Ted Kennedy's vice president?
Ted Kennedy failed to win the 1980 primary, and was never assigned a vice presidential candidate. In any case, it may have been likely that the incumbent Walter Mondale would still have won the spot.
Who will win the 2012 presidency?
Mitt Romney
What is the required vote to win the presidency?
270 is the answer.
When will Ron Paul announce his presidency?
He'd have to win the presidency in order to announce it. Thankfully, that will never happen.
Is Clinton going to win the election?
Nay, Ron Paul shall win the Presidency.
How does a candidate usually win presidency?
electoral vote
