The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee,and Ross Perot,the Reform Party nominee and 1992 Independent presidential candidate.
The 1956 United States presidential election was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday,November 6,1956. President Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully ran for reelection against Adlai Stevenson II,the former Illinois governor whom he had defeated four years earlier. This election was the sixth rematch in American presidential history,something which did not occur again until 2024. It was the second time in which the winner was the same both times,the first being William McKinley's victories over William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and 1900. This was the last election before the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment,which applied to Eisenhower,came into effect.
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday,November 8,1960. In a closely contested election,Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. This was the first election in which 50 states participated,marking the first participation of Alaska and Hawaii,and the last in which the District of Columbia did not. This made it the only presidential election where the threshold for victory was 269 electoral votes. It was also the first election in which an incumbent president—in this case,Dwight D. Eisenhower—was ineligible to run for a third term because of the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday,November 3,1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Senator Barry Goldwater,the Republican nominee,in a landslide. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice-president to ascend to the presidency following the death of his predecessor and to win a full term in his own right. With 61.1% of the popular vote,Lyndon B. Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history,and the highest for any candidate since the advent of widespread popular elections in 1824.
The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1968. The Republican nominee,former vice president Richard Nixon,defeated both the Democratic nominee,incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey,and the American Independent Party nominee,former Alabama governor George Wallace. This was the last election until 1988 in which the incumbent president was not on the ballot. This was also the last election where a third-party candidate received an electoral vote.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956,losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I,the 23rd vice president of the United States.
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and judge who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During Wallace's tenure as governor of Alabama,he promoted "industrial development,low taxes,and trade schools." Wallace sought the United States presidency as a Democratic Party candidate three times,and once as an American Independent Party candidate,being unsuccessful each time. Wallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement,declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for "segregation now,segregation tomorrow,segregation forever."
Elaine Folk Marshall is an American attorney and politician who has served as the North Carolina Secretary of State since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the first woman to be elected to statewide office in North Carolina. Marshall was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat then held by Republican Richard Burr in the 2010 election. In 2020,Marshall was re-elected to a seventh term as North Carolina Secretary of State with 51.16 percent of the vote.
In United States presidential elections,an unpledged elector is a person nominated to stand as an elector but who has not pledged to support any particular presidential or vice presidential candidate,and is free to vote for any candidate when elected a member of the Electoral College. Presidential elections are indirect,with voters in each state choosing electors on Election Day in November,and these electors choosing the president and vice president of the United States in December. Electors in practice have since the 19th century almost always agreed in advance to vote for a particular candidate —that is,they are said to have been pledged to that candidate. In several elections in the 20th century,however,competitive campaigns were mounted by candidates who made no pledge to any presidential nominee before the election. These anomalies largely arose from fissures within the Democratic Party over the issues of civil rights and segregation. No serious general election campaign has been mounted to elect unpledged electors in any state since 1964.
Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. He previously served as a U.S. Representative (1961–1969) and a U.S. Senator (1969–1981) from Pennsylvania. In 1976,Schweiker was Reagan's running mate during his unsuccessful presidential campaign.
The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 5,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with the presidential election of the same year. The Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. This saw Republicans win a Senate seat in Florida for the first time since Reconstruction.
The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 6,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. They occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans,increasing their control of the Senate to 68–32. However,this was reduced to 67–33 between the election and the next Congress,as on November 18,1962,Democrat Dennis Chávez,who was not up for election that year,died. He was replaced on November 30,1962,by Republican appointee Edwin L. Mechem. Additionally,Democrat Strom Thurmond became a Republican in 1964,further reducing Democrats to 66–34. This was the first time since 1932 that Democrats gained seats in this class of Senators.
The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles,California,on July 11–15,1960. It nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president.
David Grier Martin III is an American politician and attorney. He served several terms as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the state's 34th district. His district included the northern part of Raleigh in Wake County.
The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Michael Whatley was the chair from 2019 until his election as national chair in March 2024. It is currently the state's favored party,controlling half of North Carolina's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,and a 3/5 supermajority control of both chambers of the state legislature,as well as a majority on the state supreme court.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2012 were held November 6,2012 to select the nine officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This election coincided with the U.S. presidential election,U.S. House elections,the gubernatorial election and the statewide judicial elections. Primary elections were held on May 8,2012;for races in which no candidate received 40 percent of the vote in the primary,runoff elections were held on July 17.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina,presently representing the state's North 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the 2018 election,and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
The 2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina is scheduled to take place on Tuesday,November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. North Carolina voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of North Carolina has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College,following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state gained a seat.
