The Election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial presidential election and took place on Tuesday 6th November 2012. The democratic nominee,president Barack Obama and his running mate vice president Joe Biden,were elected to a second term. Their major challenges were the Republican nominee and the former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
The following were the candidates:
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Newt Gingrich
Rick Santorum
Buddy Roemer
Rick Perry
Jon Huntsman
Michele Bachmann
Gary Johnson
Herman Cain
Thaddeus McCotter
Tim Pawlenty
Jill Stein
Virgil Goode
Rocky Anderson
The election of 2012 was the first in U.S history in which both major party candidates received more than 60 million votes. It also marks the first time since 1820 that three consecutive American presidents have achieved reelection, as well as the first time since 1944 and Franklin D. Roosevelt's last re-election that a Democratic presidential candidate has succeeded in winning a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections.
The following were the candidates:
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Newt Gingrich
Rick Santorum
Buddy Roemer
Rick Perry
Jon Huntsman
Michele Bachmann
Gary Johnson
Herman Cain
Thaddeus McCotter
Tim Pawlenty
Jill Stein
Virgil Goode
Rocky Anderson
The election of 2012 was the first in U.S history in which both major party candidates received more than 60 million votes. It also marks the first time since 1820 that three consecutive American presidents have achieved reelection, as well as the first time since 1944 and Franklin D. Roosevelt's last re-election that a Democratic presidential candidate has succeeded in winning a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections.
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