| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Outrage over election results led to the capital being stormed the following year | 2020 | 77%
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| A Republican was elected for a non-consecutive term | 2024 | 73%
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| This election was the fourth time that a certain man was elected president | 1944 | 65%
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| First election with televised debates | 1960 | 62%
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| Only election between 1952 and 1972 that Richard Nixon did not run in | 1964 | 62%
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| First election that a Black man was the presidential nominee of a major party | 2008 | 62%
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| First election won by the Republicans | 1860 | 58%
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| Newspapers printed that Dewey won | 1948 | 58%
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| Ross Perot ran as an independent candidate but lost | 1992 | 58%
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| First election with a major-party female presidential candidate | 2016 | 58%
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| John F. Kennedy lost the vice-presidential nomination for the Democratic Party | 1956 | 54%
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| A group associated with this election committed the Watergate scandal | 1972 | 54%
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| The incumbent president's loss was partially due to his mishandling of the Iran Hostage Crisis | 1980 | 54%
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| First election won by a Civil War general | 1868 | 50%
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| Last election where women could not vote | 1916 | 50%
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| The Democratic candidate won every state except for Maine and Vermont | 1936 | 46%
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| First election featuring the Republicans | 1856 | 42%
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| Grover Cleveland was the Democratic nominee in this election, but he lost | 1888 | 42%
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| The iconic line "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was delivered | 1988 | 42%
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| Only election to take place over two years | 1788 | 38%
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| The nominee of the losing party died before the election ended, invalidating his votes | 1872 | 38%
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| The results were 185 to 184, and the elected president did not win the popular vote | 1876 | 38%
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| Sixth election in a row to be a Republican victory | 1880 | 38%
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| First Democratic victory in 28 years | 1884 | 38%
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| First election to restore a former president to office | 1892 | 38%
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| First election in which William Jennings Bryan participated | 1896 | 38%
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| Last election where a third party won a state's vote | 1968 | 38%
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| The "Hanging Chad" election | 2000 | 38%
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| First election to feature major political parties | 1796 | 35%
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| Last election where a candidate run effectively unopposed | 1820 | 35%
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| First election featuring the Democratic Party | 1828 | 35%
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| A coalition of parties known as the National Union defeated the Democratic Party | 1864 | 35%
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| Second election to not take place on a leap year | 1900 | 35%
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| First election where Franklin D. Roosevelt was either a presidential or vice presidential nominee | 1920 | 35%
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| First election since 1932 in which the incumbent president lost | 1976 | 35%
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| First election with a female running mate | 1984 | 35%
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| Both the Democratic presidential nominee and his running mate were named John | 2004 | 35%
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| First election won by the Whig Party | 1840 | 31%
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| Last election featuring Henry Clay | 1844 | 31%
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| Last election where the Whig Party fielded a candidate | 1852 | 31%
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| First election in which the incumbent president was ineligible to run again | 1952 | 31%
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| Last election to be won by an independent candidate | 1792 | 27%
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| First election to be a rematch | 1800 | 27%
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| Last election not won by Democrats or Republican | 1848 | 27%
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| The Progressive nominee won only his home state of Wisconsin | 1924 | 27%
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| The losing presidential nominee was the losing vice-presidential nominee twenty years prior | 1996 | 27%
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| Third and last election featuring a certain Democratic nominee who always lost elections | 1908 | 23%
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| First election following the 12th amendment | 1804 | 19%
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| Last election with a Federalist nominee | 1816 | 19%
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| First election in which a former vice president who ascended to president after the death of the president was reelected | 1904 | 19%
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| Last election where Republicans were not winners nor runners-up | 1912 | 19%
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| The first time a Catholic president or vice president was reelected | 2012 | 19%
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| First election with a major party Catholic presidential nominee | 1928 | 15%
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| Herbert Hoover's last time seeking the Republican nomination for president | 1940 | 15%
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| First election in which the same running mate ran again for a different presidential candidate | 1808 | 12%
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| The late vice president's nephew challenges the incumbent president | 1812 | 12%
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| Both of the main presidential candidates chose the same man as their running mate | 1824 | 12%
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| The Whig Party fielded four candidates | 1836 | 12%
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| Marked the transition from the Fourth Party System to the Fifth Party System | 1932 | 12%
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| Last election featuring the National Republican Party | 1832 | 8%
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