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2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 2008 January 3 to July 14, 2012 2016 →
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Uncle Ruckus Ron Paul
Home state Massachusetts Illinois Texas
Delegate count 1,226 739 321
Contests won 36 17 1
Popular vote 10,170,023 6,707,839 2,364,801
Percentage 52.9% 34.9% 12.3%

Previous Republican nominee

John McCain

Republican nominee

Mitt Romney


1950 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1948 November 7, 1950 1952 →

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Joseph Martin Francis Shoemaker Vito Marcantonio
Party Republican Progressive Socialist
Leader since January 3, 1939 January 3, 1949 January 3, 1949
Leader's seat Massachusetts 14th Minnesota 7th New York 18th
Last election 113 seats 87 seats 48 seats
Seats won 149 133 69
Seat change Increase 36 Increase 46 Increase 21
Popular vote 13,775,277 12,299,355 6,395,664
Percentage 34.1% 30.5% 15.9%
Swing Increase 8.1% Increase 10.5% Increase 4.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Sam Rayburn John E. Rankin
Party Democratic Dixiecrat
Leader since January 3, 1937 January 3, 1949
Leader's seat Texas 4th Mississippi 1st
Last election 148 seats 39 seats
Seats won 42 42
Seat change Decrease 106 Increase 3
Popular vote 3,935,793 3,935,793
Percentage 9.8% 9.8%
Swing Decrease 24.2% Increase 0.8%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Francis Shoemaker
Progressive


1948 United States presidential election

← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout51.1% (voting age population)[1] Decrease 2.9 pp
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas Dewey Henry A. Wallace
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Home state Missouri New York Iowa
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Glen H. Taylor
Electoral vote 250 189 89
Delegate count 26 20 --
States carried 21 10 11
Popular vote 16,589,802 12,686,319 9,758,707
Percentage 34.0% 26.0% 20.0%

 
Nominee Norman Thomas Strom Thurmond
Party Socialist Dixiecrat
Home state New York South Carolina
Running mate Tucker P. Smith Fielding Wright
Electoral vote 27 17
States carried 4 2
Popular vote 5,367,289 4,391,418
Percentage 11.0% 9.0%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Truman/Barkley, light red denotes those won by Dewey/Warren, green denotes those won by Wallace/Taylor, dark red denotes those won by Thomas/Smith, and orange denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.