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John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson
Federalists exchanged their Votes to “present” on the 36th ballot and resulted in Thomas Jefferson becoming 3rd President of the United States. -
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Most Controversial Presidential Elections in the USA
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Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden
1876 elections were a golden opportunity for Democrats to regain power from Grant administration. -
George W. Bush (R) vs. John Kerry (D)
The weeks leading up to the election were met with propaganda from both sides: the Democrats used films by Michael Moore and attacked Bush’s National Guard service, while the Republicans took on Kerry’s service record in Vietnam. -
Barack Obama (D) vs. John McCain (R)
The 2008 election still needs a few years to be fully evaluated in the hindsight of history, to find out if it was truly a shift in the political winds or simply a referendum on the Bush Presidency.
