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Losing Presidential Candidates

Below you will see a list of presidential elections. Type the name of the losing candidates who got at least 10% of the popular vote.
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YearCandidate
2008
2004
2000
1996
1992
1992
1988
1984
1980
1976
1972
1968
1968
1964
1960
1956
1952
1948
1944
1940
1936
1932
YearCandidate
1928
1924
1924
1920
1916
1912
1912
1908
1904
1900
1896
1892
1888
1884
1880
1876
1872
1868
1864
1860
1860
1860
YearCandidate
1856
1856
1852
1848
1844
1840
1836
1832
1828
1824
1824
1824
1820
Uncontested
1816
1812
1808
1804
1800
1796
1792
Uncontested
1789
Uncontested
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johnnyaitch
15/55. This is tough since history remembers the winners. Also, William Jennings Bryan lost a lot!
2010-06-25
Hdny42
Former President Theodore Roosevelt did not run as a Democrat or a Republican in the election of 1912. In 1900 he was the VP on the Republican re-election ticket for William McKinley, but in the first year of McKinley's 2nd term, 1901, he was assassinated and TR took over. In 1904 he won by a wide margin in his own right, BUT oddly (some claim stupidly and with short-sightedness) vowed not to run again in 1908. He stepped down and picked William H. Taft as his successor. Taft won in 1908 easily. With the 1912 election coming up, TR had become increasingly disenchanted with the direction Taft was taking the country (in reality he was just still a young politician who did not like having given up his power. Taft did nothing wrong other than choose to follow his own mind). He tried to wrest the Republican nomination from Taft in 1912, leading to a HUGE fight that was just barely won by Taft. TR ran for the Presidency anyway, splitting the Republican party in two (TR's new party was the Progressive Party, also k
2011-01-29
Hdny42
My post got cut off for length...to sum up: TR was never a member of the Democratic party and before his death in 1919 he was considered the overwhelming favorite to win the GOP nomination in 1920. He died and the nomination went to Warren G. Harding, who would go on to have the most corrupt administration in US history.
Quizmaster replies:
Fixed, thanks!
2011-01-29
ampaxx
No Ralph Nader, Eugene V. Debs?
2011-03-07
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