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  • It was the first presidential election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent President nor the incumbent Vice President was a candidate.
  • It was the first time since 1984 that a major-party vice-presidential candidate was female.
  • It was the first time we elected someone whose ancestry is only 50% European.
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