Today, we relay five facts about the presidential election in the United States, according to randomfacts.com.
Here are our five favorites from the site:
1. Ronald Reagan still holds the record for the most popular votes and the highest number of electoral votes in history, which happened in 1984. He got 54,455, 075 popular votes and 525 electoral votes.
2. John F. Kennedy debated Richard Nixon on Sept. 26, 1960. That was the first time there was an official presidential debate on TV.
3.So how did we come up with a date for the election?Apparently, the idea to hold the election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November was largely due to the fact that it was a convenient time for farmers—the weather was still nice for travel, and a lot of their crops were also harvested. It was also chosen so the election would never be held on the first day of the month.
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