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United States presidential election scheduled for November 2028.
United States midterm elections scheduled for November 2026. The entire House and one-third of the Senate will be contested.
United States presidential election held November 2024. Trump won the presidency for a second time.
United States presidential election held November 2020. Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.
United States presidential election held November 2016. Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
United States presidential election held November 2012. Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney to win a second term.
United States presidential election held November 2008. Barack Obama defeated John McCain during the global financial crisis.
United States presidential election held November 2004. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry during the Iraq War era.
United States presidential election held November 2000. George W. Bush defeated Al Gore after a disputed Florida recount and Supreme Court intervention.
United States presidential election held November 1996. Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole and Ross Perot to win a second term.
United States presidential election held November 1992. Bill Clinton defeated incumbent George H.W. Bush in a three-way race with independent Ross Perot.
United States presidential election held November 1988. George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, continuing twelve years of Republican presidency.
United States presidential election held November 1984. Ronald Reagan won a historic landslide re-election over Walter Mondale, carrying 49 of 50 states.
United States presidential election held November 1980. Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in a decisive victory that launched the Reagan Revolution.
United States presidential election held November 1976. Jimmy Carter narrowly defeated incumbent Gerald Ford in the first post-Watergate presidential election.
United States presidential election held November 1972. Richard Nixon won a massive landslide over George McGovern, but the Watergate scandal would force his resignation less than two years later.
United States presidential election held November 1968. Richard Nixon narrowly defeated Hubert Humphrey amid Vietnam War turmoil, assassinations, and the third-party candidacy of George Wallace.
United States presidential election held November 1964. Lyndon B. Johnson won a massive landslide over Barry Goldwater, the largest popular vote margin in modern history.
United States presidential election held November 1960. John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard Nixon in one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the first televised debates influencing the outcome.