Republican Nominee facts
While investigating facts about Republican Nominees 2020 and Republican Nominees, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The League of Women Voters used to run presidential debates that gave every nominee a equal amount of time to speak, Republicans and Democrats joined together to make the Commission for Presidential Debates, making it harder for third parties to be fairly represented
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1964 Republican Presidential Nominee Barry Goldwater was a supporter of gay rights and denounced the religious right after their rise in 1980's
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 11 of the best facts about Republican Nominees 2016 and Republican Nominee 2012 I managed to collect.
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During the 1998 US Senate election in Vermont Republican nominee Fred Tuttle openly endorsed his Democratic opponent
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John C. Fremont, the first Republican nominee for president, was pardoned by James K. Polk after being convicted for mutiny
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The Dixville Notch has correctly selected the Republican Nominee since 1968 (12 elections in a row, w/ 2012 as a 2-to-2 tie).
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Donald Trump is polling better with African American voters than any of the eventual republican nominees in the past 15 years.
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Ann Coulter correctly predicted Donald Trump would become the Republican nominee over a year ago on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
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After hearing in 1876 that William Wheeler would be the ideal running mate to run with, US Republican presidential nominee Rutherford B. Hayes wrote to his wife, "I am ashamed to say: Who is Wheeler?" (Hayes/Wheeler won and served for four years.)
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The first general election presidential debate was held on September 26, 1960, between U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, in Chicago at the studios of CBS's WBBM-TV.
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Southern Democrats, rather than support Republicans, supported slates of unpledged electors that ran against the Democratic nominees in the 1944, 1956, 1960 and 1964 presidential elections.
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During the 1860 Republican Convention, Abraham Lincoln was considered a serious underdog to become the nominee. After the first ballot, Lincoln was down by 71 delegates (173-102) with 233 needed total to win. It took three ballots for rivals to rally around him as a "compromise" candidate.
