IS ONE CANDIDATE THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT?

DOES INCUMBENT

PARTY

(THAT

WON

LAST

PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION)

WIN?

 

        YES

        NO

YES, HOLD

  1804 (D⇒D)

  1812 (D⇒D)

  1820 (D⇒D)

  1832 (D⇒D)

  1864 (R⇒R)

  1872 (R⇒R)

  1900 (R⇒R)

  1904 (R⇒R)

  1916 (D⇒D)

  1924 (R⇒R)

  1936 (D⇒D)

  1940 (D⇒D)

  1944 (D⇒D)

  1948 (D⇒D)

  1956 (R⇒R)

  1964 (D⇒D)

  1972 (R⇒R)

  1984 (R⇒R)

  1996 (D⇒D)

(n = 19)

       (n*=13)

  1796 (F⇒F)

  1808 (D⇒D)

  1816 (D⇒D)

  1836 (D⇒D)

  1856 (D⇒D)

  1868 (R⇒R)

  1876* (R⇒R)

  1880 (R⇒R)

  1908 (R⇒R)

  1928 (R⇒R)

  1988 (R⇒R)

     







       

       (n= 11)

       (n*= 3)

NO, TURNOVER

  1800 (F⇒D)

  1828 (NR⇒D)

  1840 (D⇒W)

  1888* (D⇒R)

  1892 (D⇒R)

  1912 (R⇒D)

  1932 (R⇒D)

  1976 (R⇒D)

  1980 (D⇒R)

  1992 (R⇒D)

   

       (n =10)

       (n*= 5)

  1844 (W⇒D)

  1848 (D⇒W)

  1852 (W⇒D)

  1860 (D⇒R)

  1884 (R⇒D)

  1896 (D⇒R)

  1920 (D⇒R)

  1952 (D⇒R)

  1960 (R⇒D)

  1968 (D⇒R)

  2000* (D⇒R)

      (n= 11)

      (n*= 5)

          


 

UNCLASSIFIED: 1789, 1792, 1824

YEAR* : “reversal of winners”

F :      Federalist

D:      Democratic (including Democratic-Republican, 1796-1820)

NR :   National Republican

W :    Whig

R:      Republican

n: number of cases n*: number of 20th century cases