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.
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.
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.
Huey Long wanted to win the presidency for himself
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.
Minnesota and DC
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.
Minnesota and DC
Pierce defeated General Winfield Scott, the Whig candidate, to win the presidency in 1852.
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.
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)
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.
Mitt Romney
270 is the answer.
Nay, Ron Paul shall win the Presidency.
He'd have to win the presidency in order to announce it. Thankfully, that will never happen.
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