How much did Obama win Wisconsin by?
Obama won Wisconsin by a comfortable 13.91% margin of victory.
How many votes did Obama win by in 2012?
Obama defeated Romney, winning a majority of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Obama won 332 electoral votes and 51.1% of the popular vote compared to Romney’s 206 electoral votes and 47.3%.
Who did Wisconsin vote for in 2000?
Wisconsin was won by Vice President Al Gore by a slim 0.22% margin of victory, a mere difference of 5,708 votes.
How many times Wisconsin voted Republican?
United States presidential elections in Wisconsin
No. of elections | 44 |
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Voted Democratic | 19 |
Voted Republican | 25 |
Voted other | 1 |
Voted for winning candidate | 34 |
How many votes is Wisconsin worth?
Current allocations
Alabama – 9 votes | Kentucky – 8 votes | North Dakota – 3 votes |
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Illinois – 20 votes | New Jersey – 14 votes | Washington – 12 votes |
Indiana – 11 votes | New Mexico – 5 votes | West Virginia – 5 votes |
Iowa – 6 votes | New York – 29 votes | Wisconsin – 10 votes |
Kansas – 6 votes | North Carolina – 15 votes | Wyoming – 3 votes |
How many states have winner take all electoral votes?
Note that 48 out of the 50 States award Electoral votes on a winner-takes-all basis (as does the District of Columbia).
Has any President not been reelected?
Gerald R. Ford is the only person to serve as U.S. President without being elected as either President or U.S. Vice President. Ford was appointed Vice President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew in 1973, and as Vice President, succeeded Richard Nixon as President on Nixon’s resignation in 1974.
Who was the first and only President to be elected without being affiliated with a political party?
Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party, was the 13th President of the United States (1850-1853) and the last President not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
Who was the first Vice President to take over for a president?
Dubbed “His Accidency” by his detractors, John Tyler was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor. Born in Virginia in 1790, he was raised believing that the Constitution must be strictly construed. He never wavered from this conviction.
Which president served as both Vice President and president?
Vice presidents
Vice President | President served under | Year(s) served |
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Richard Nixon | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953–1961 |
Lyndon B. Johnson | John F. Kennedy | 1961–1963 |
Gerald Ford | Richard Nixon | 1973–1974 |
George H. W. Bush | Ronald Reagan | 1981–1989 |