President Andrew Jackson was considered to be the first to win the election due to his widespread popularity. He was the seventh president of United States.
of course not! it's by want your what your wanting to do to become president
broke his promise and increased taxes
Barack Obama won the president election for 2012.
How can you run for RE-election when you were never Elected, in the first place, for the office you are holding. You should be considered as running for Election not Re-election. Yet historical accounts always seem to indicate that Gerald Ford ran for Re-election not, in fact, for Election.
Harry Truman lost a lot of popularity for firing Gen. Douglas MacArthur and for letting the Korean "police action" drag on. And when a President loses popularity, his party loses popularity. Also Dwight D. Eisenhower was a very popular World War II General.
Regarding U. S. Congressional and Senate elections, if the incumbent president's popularity is high at the time of the election, his party usually gains seats. If his popularity is low at that time, his party usually loses seats.
The election of President Thomas Jefferson in 1800 is sometimes referred to as a revolution because it ended the Federalist Era. Jefferson's election introduced the Democratic-Republican Party into power.
As I write this, the 2012 election has concluded, so the next election for president will be in 2016.
No, the election of a president is a civic exercise. The inauguration of a president, however, is a day of considerable ceremony.
The electoral college voting results for the presidential election are officially considered on January 6th, during a joint session of Congress. The Vice President, as the President of the Senate, presides over the session and officially announces the results.
I would agree that an election can be considered a type of contest.