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IS IT “TIME FOR A CHANGE” (TERM 3+)? |
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DOES INCUMBENT PARTY (THAT WON LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION) WIN? |
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YES |
NO |
YES, HOLD |
1808 (D⇒D) 1812 (D⇒D) 1816 (D⇒D) 1820 (D⇒D) 1836 (D⇒D) 1868 (R⇒R) 1872 (R⇒R) 1876* (R⇒R) 1880 (R⇒R) 1904 (R⇒R) 1908 (R⇒R) 1928 (R⇒R) 1940 (D⇒D) 1944 (D⇒D) 1948 (D⇒D) 1988 (R⇒R) (n = 16) (n* = 7) |
1804 (D⇒D) 1832 (D⇒D) 1856 (D⇒D) 1864 (R⇒R) 1900 (R⇒R) 1916 (D⇒D) 1924 (R⇒R) 1936 (D⇒D) 1956 (R⇒R) 1964 (D⇒D) 1972 (R⇒R) 1984 (R⇒R) 1996 (D⇒D)
(n= 13) (n*= 9) |
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NO, TURNOVER |
1840 (D⇒W) 1860 (D⇒R) 1884 (R⇒D) 1912 (R⇒D) 1920 (D⇒R) 1932 (R⇒D) 1952 (D⇒R) 1960 (R⇒D) 1968 (D⇒R) 1976 (R⇒D) 1992 (R⇒D) 2000* (D⇒R) (n =12) (n*= 9) |
1800 (F⇒D) 1828 (NR⇒D) 1844 (W⇒D) 1848 (D⇒W) 1852 (W⇒D) 1888* (D⇒R) 1892 (D⇒R) 1896 (D⇒R) 1980 (D⇒R)
(n= 9) (n*= 1)
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UNCLASSIFIED: 1789, 1792, 1796, 1824
YEAR* : “reversal of winners”
F : Federalist
D: Democratic (including Democratic-Republican, 1796-1820)
W : Whig
R: Republican
n: number of cases n*: number of 20th century cases