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1992 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	56.4% 0.8 pp
	Presidential election results map. Orange denotes states won by Paul/Humphrey, Blue denotes those won by Paulus/Kerrey, and Magenta denotes those won by Trump/Brown Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state.
President before election; Ron Paul; People's Party	Elected President ; Ron Paul; People's Party

1976 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	64.2% 1.6 pp
	Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Nixon/Buchanan and Blue denotes those won by Harris/Anderson. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election; Philip Hart; Democratic	Elected President ; Richard Nixon; Republican

1988 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	57.2% 2 pp
	Presidential election results map. Orange denotes states won by Paul/Humphrey, Blue denotes those won by Bush/Gore, and Magenta denotes those won by Trump/Moseley Braun. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state.
President before election; Neil Armstrong; Republican Party	Elected President ; Ron Paul; People's Party

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^ ^a ^b In state-by-state tallies, Trump earned 306 pledged electors, Clinton 232. They lost respectively two and five votes to faithless electors. Vice presidential candidates Pence and Kaine lost one and five votes, respectively. Three other votes by electors were invalidated and recast.

^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

1948 United States presidential election

← 1944

November 2, 1948

1952 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win

Turnout

59.1%^[1]

3.2 pp


Nominee	Douglas MacArthur	Harry S. Truman	Strom Thurmond
Party	Republican	Democratic	States' Rights^[b]
Home state	New York	Missouri	South Carolina
Running mate	Harold Stassen	Alben W. Barkley	Fielding L. Wright
Electoral vote	311	181^[a]	39^[a]
States carried	23	21	4
Popular vote	26,682,492	24,914,708	1,767,784
Percentage	48.3%	45.1%	3.2%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by MacArthur/Stassen, gold denotes those won by Truman/Barkley, and beige denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright, including a Tennessee faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Douglas MacArthur
Republican

^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.

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1973 Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1969

November 6, 1973

1977 →


Nominee	Pat Buchanan	Henry Howell
Party	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	525,075	510,103
Percentage	50.7%	49.3%

County and independent city results
Buchanan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Howell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Governor before election

Linwood Holton
Republican

Elected Governor

Pat Buchanan
Republican

^ ^a ^b In state-by-state tallies, Truman earned 304 pledged electors, Thurmond 38. Truman lost one vote in Tennessee to Preston Parks, who voted for Thurmond & Wright, despite Truman carrying the state.
^ The formal name of the party was the 'States' Rights Democratic Party,' but it is more commonly known as the 'Dixiecrat Party.'

1956 United States presidential election

← 1952

November 6, 1956

1960 →

537 members of the Electoral College
269 electoral votes needed to win

Turnout

57.9%^[1]

0.4 pp


Nominee	Douglas MacArthur	Estes Kefauver	James Byrnes
Party	Republican	Democratic	States' Rights^[a]
Home state	New York	Tennessee	South Carolina
Running mate	Walter Judd	Hubert Humphrey	John Sparkman
Electoral vote	390	117	30^[b]
States carried	33	14	3
Popular vote	31,078,883	26,247,042	2,028,180
Percentage	52.1%	44.0%	3.4%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by MacArthur/Judd, gold denotes those won by Kefuaver/Humphrey, and beige denotes those won by Byrnes/Sparkman, including 3 Arkansas faithless electors. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Douglas MacArthur
Republican

Elected President

Douglas MacArthur
Republican

Richard Nixon assassination attempt in Sacramento
Squeaky Fromme Being Detained by Secret Service Agents
Location	Capitol Park Sacramento, California
Coordinates	38°34′37″N 121°29′31″W / 38.57694°N 121.49194°W / 38.57694; -121.49194
Date	July 15, 1976 (1976-07-15) ≈10:04 am (PDT)
Target	Richard Nixon
Attack type	Assassination attempt
Weapons	Colt M1911 .45 cal. semi-automatic pistol
Deaths	1
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Squeaky Fromme
Participant	1
Motive	To set an example to those refusing to halt environmental pollution and its effects on Air, Trees, Water, and Animals (ATWA)

1952 United States presidential election

← 1948

November 4, 1952

1956 →

537 members of the Electoral College
269 electoral votes needed to win

Turnout

57.5%^[2]

1.6 pp


Nominee	Douglas MacArthur	George C. Marshall
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	New York	Virginia
Running mate	Harold Stassen	Richard Russell Jr.
Electoral vote	400	137
States carried	36	14
Popular vote	30,178,456	25,522,672
Percentage	53.8%	45.5%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by MacArthur/Stassen, gold denotes those won by Marshall/Russell. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Douglas MacArthur
Republican

Elected President

Douglas MacArthur
Republican

Douglas MacArthur Republican

^ The formal name of the party was the 'States' Rights Democratic Party,' but it is more commonly known as the 'Dixiecrat Party.'
^ In state-by-state tallies, Kefauver earned 120 pledged electors, Byrnes 27. Kefauver lost 3 votes in Arkansas to faithless electors, who voted for Byrnes & Sparkman, despite Kefuaver carrying the state.

^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.

[pledged-1] In state-by-state tallies, Trump earned 306 pledged electors, Clinton 232. They lost respectively two and five votes to faithless electors. Vice presidential candidates Pence and Kaine lost one and five votes, respectively. Three other votes by electors were invalidated and recast.

[2] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[3] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.

[pledged-4] In state-by-state tallies, Truman earned 304 pledged electors, Thurmond 38. Truman lost one vote in Tennessee to Preston Parks, who voted for Thurmond & Wright, despite Truman carrying the state.

[5] The formal name of the party was the 'States' Rights Democratic Party,' but it is more commonly known as the 'Dixiecrat Party.'

[7] The formal name of the party was the 'States' Rights Democratic Party,' but it is more commonly known as the 'Dixiecrat Party.'

[pledged-8] In state-by-state tallies, Kefauver earned 120 pledged electors, Byrnes 27. Kefauver lost 3 votes in Arkansas to faithless electors, who voted for Byrnes & Sparkman, despite Kefuaver carrying the state.

[6] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.

[9] "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.

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