A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Adams won.
There was no Presidential election in 1950.
Grover Cleveland just barely beat James Blaine in 1884.
Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace were the presidential candidates in 1968. Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the election.
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Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry.
He won de facto. The other candidates weren't born yet in 1012.
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry.
each party nominated presidential and vice-presidential candidates