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What do you call a sitting president during an election in which he's a candidate. A presidential candidate or a president?
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Technically he is both, but it is usual to refer to him as a president or the incumbent, since referring to him as a candidate makes it sound as though he isn't already a president.
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Who was chosen as Richard Nixon's vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1972?
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What is the name of the political event where presidential and vice presidential candidates are determined?
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Who was the opponent of Andrew Jackson in the 1828 US presidential election?
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Is a sitting president automatically the candidate for a second term?
No. Although the incumbent president is very likely to be nominated for a second term, if there is strong reason to be believe that he will not win re-election and if another attractive candidate emerges, an incumbent president can fail to get the nomination.
Who was the sitting vice president removed from the 1944 ticket?
The sitting vice president removed from the 1944 ticket was Henry A. Wallace. He was replaced by Harry S. Truman as Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate during that presidential election.
What do you call the sitting president after the election and he was not elected?
lame duck
Who nominates the vice president of the US?
Each party's Presidential nominee (or incumbent) selects a running mate for an election. If a Vice President leaves office, the sitting President can nominate a replacement to be confirmed by the Congress.
What if a Presidential candidate dies before the election specifically what if Obama or McCain should die or pull out - what happens then?
If a parliamentary candidate dies after close of nominations, then the poll is cancelled and there would be a re-run. It happened in the 2005 elections in Staffordshire South when the Liberal Democrat candidate died during the campaign, there was a re-run on the 23rd June and the sitting Conservative MP was returned.
What are the three ways of becoming a president?
Death of a sitting president the Vice President becomes president, election, or by resignation and the Vice President again becomes president.
A sitting president who loses an election in November or is not eligible for re-election but remains in office until January is often called?
a Lame Duck. or A still-in-office-president.
What sitting Vice-President has run against a sitting President?
This happened in 1800 when VP Thomas Jefferson ran against President John Adams. In those days the presidential candidate with the second most votes became vice president so Jefferson was the VP because he lost to Adams in 1792. Since then the Constitution has been amended so that the president and vice-president are from the same party. so it is not likely to happen again.
Can a president run again after sitting out the next election?
Yes they can serve two terms
