obafemi awolowo came in 2nd in the first presidential election.
obafemi awolowo came in 2nd in the first presidential election.
who came in 2nd in the first presidential election?
obafemi awolowo
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the united states presidential election of 1796 was the third quadrennial presidential election. it was held from friday, november 4 to wednesday, december 7, 1796. it was the first contested american presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. incumbent vice president john adams of the federalist party defeated former secretary of state thomas jefferson of the democratic-republican party.
1796 united states presidential election
obama defeated romney, winning a majority of both the popular vote and the electoral college. obama won 51.1% of the popular vote compared to romney's 47.2%. obama was the first incumbent since franklin d. roosevelt in 1944 to win reelection with fewer electoral votes and a lower popular vote percentage than had been won in the previous election, and was also the first two-term president since ronald reagan to win both his presidential bids with a majority of the nationwide popular vote. this was also the first presidential election since 1944 in which neither candidate had military experience. this was also the first presidential election since 1948 in which the republicans gained electoral votes but lost, and the first presidential election since 1988 in which the winning party lost electoral votes. obama did not hold onto indiana and north carolina, but crucially won the entire blue wall and denied romney in other swing states the republicans had held in 2004, the largest of which being florida and ohio, giving obama a clear path to victory.
2012 united states presidential election