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Any examination of the presidency as an institution, especially one that focuses on the role and impact of the individual on the institution, must pay attention to the manner by which the individuals are selected. In the United States, it is essentially a two-stage process. The selection of candidates by political parties is the first stage, the second being the electoral contest between those candidates and any others who have made it to the ballot by some other means.
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Some noted examples include George Wallace in 1968, John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in both 1992 and 1996, and Ralph Nader in 2000. In particular, Nader’s candidacy is thought to have had an impact on the outcome of the election in 2000 in that his margins in New Hampshire and Florida would have provided Gore with sufficient votes to be the winner in those states, either one of which would have changed the outcome of the election. In New Hampshire, Nader received 22,198 votes and the difference between George W. Bush and Gore was a 7,200-vote margin for Bush. In Florida, where the difference between the two candidates, of ficially, was just over 500 votes, Nader received more than 97,000 votes (source: http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000 presgeresults.htm).
See CNN.com (2008) “Election Center 2008,” retrieved on June 25th, 2010, from http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/.
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Twombly, J. (2013). Introduction: The Process in General. In: The Progression of the American Presidency. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137300546_3
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