Florida, decided by a mere 537 votes, was the closest state of the 2000 presidential election, and it gave George Bush his win.
George Washington won the first presidential election in 1789. The 2008 presidential election was the 56th presidential election in the United States.
A key state refers to a state in the United States that holds significant influence in determining the outcome of a presidential election due to its large number of electoral votes or a close margin between the two major political parties. These states are often targeted by candidates during campaigns as winning them can sway the overall election results.
It will be another four years until the next presidential election in the United States.
In the U.S. presidential election of 1872, Horace Greeley, the Democratic Party Presidential Nominee, died 24 days after the casting of the popular votes and 17 days before the casting of the electoral votes. If he had survived the election, based on the November election results, even with 100% of the votes from each of the states he won he would have gotten a total of only 18.7% of the votes.
The United States presidential election of 1789 was the first presidential election in the United States of America, and was the only one to not take place in an even numbered year.
The election results were a product of the states gaining their independence.
The United States presidential election of 2016 was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
The United States presidential election of 2016 will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election and is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election defeating Hillary Clinton. Presidential elections are conducted every four years in the United States. The next U.S. presidential election will be in 2020.
John Adams was the runner up in the 1788 United States presidential election.
United states Presidential election, 1808.
The electoral vote was very close and four states sent two sets of ballots in, with different results and these conflicted results were enough to change the winner. Most of the problems were with Southern states who were voting in their first election since the Civil War.