Due to the way the Electoral College is structured, it is possible for a candidate to win an election despite losing the popular vote. This has happened only five times in U.S. history: in 1824 when John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson, in 1876 when Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Samue...
The state gained an additional electoral vote after the 2020 Census. This surpasses Michigan (which lost one) and ties it with Georgia for the 8th largest electoral prize in the country. ELECTORAL VOTES 16 2024 ELECTION Final Consensus Forecast ...
Established as the Islamic republic, the new ruling system held first presidential election on Jan. 25, 1980, in which Abolhassan Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the first president in Iran's history. As the president reaping 75.6 percent of the votes, he struggled agai...
Established as the Islamic republic, the new ruling system held first presidential election on Jan. 25, 1980, in which Abolhassan Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the first president in Iran's history. As the president reaping 75.6 percent of the votes, he was the advo...
President Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to bow out of the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee and try to prevent widespread party losses in November. Meanwhile, Don...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his congratulations to Trump on Wednesday, calling his election performance "history's greatest comeback!" "Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great allian...
After Polk succeeded Tyler, the 10th president returned home to Virginia. But storm clouds were on the horizon. In just fifteen years, the country would shatter into the bloody conflict of the Civil War. Tyler watched theelection of Abraham Lincolnin 1860 with deep displeasure. “The day of...
More recent presidents also have ties to the area. Biden, for example, spent part of his childhood in Garden City, Long Island. Meanwhile, other presidents have stayed at historic local hotels such as The Garden City Hotel, which has hosted figures such as John F. Kennedy, George H. W....
Although the national Teamsters union has endorsed Democrats since 1996, when it did not endorse a candidate, Teamsters president Sean O'Brienspoke at the Republican National Conventionin July. The last time the Teamsters endorsed the GOP candidate in a presidential election was in 1988 for then-...
And now, before the presidential election, the city has found itself caught up in the fiery debate over immigration Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee for vice president, invoked Springfield in July to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies. That month, the city’s ...