Battleground states have decided many presidents’ reelection campaigns, for good and ill.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden celebrate at their election-night victory rally in Chicago, Ill., November 6, 2012.
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Elsewhere today I explore the overall trends in reelection campaigns of incumbent presidents. Here are charts summarizing the battleground states for each such election, beginning with 1832, the first year for which adequate popular-vote totals are available. States in purple were flipped to the incumbent, those in light green were flipped by the challenger away from the incumbent.
1832: Andrew Jackson
About the Author
Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.
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Elsewhere today I explore the overall trends in reelection campaigns of incumbent presidents. Here are charts summarizing the battleground states for each such election, beginning with 1832, the first year for which adequate popular-vote totals are available. States in purple were flipped to the incumbent, those in light green were flipped by the challenger away from the incumbent.
1832: Andrew Jackson
About the Author
Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.
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