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==Presidential Dominance==
==Presidential Dominance==
I do not get the following since this President is a Republican 'Grover Cleveland is the only non-incumbent Democrat'--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 23:35, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
I do not get the following since this President is a Republican 'Grover Cleveland is the only non-incumbent Democrat'--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 23:35, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
From this section: "Of the 11 U.S. presidents to be re-elected (i.e. elected a second time) since the Civil War, 7 were Republicans and only 4 Democrats" A bit nitpicky, but I count only 10 presidents that were re-elected during this time: Grant(R), Cleveland(D), McKinley(R), Wilson(D), FDR(D), Eisenhower(R), Nixon(R), Reagan(R), Clinton(D), and GWB(R), for a total of 6 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Am I missing anyone, or should the number be changed?
Also, the section outlines how the circumstances for the democratic Presidents' elections were not "ordinary" except for the election of Cleveland, but the definition of "ordinary circumstance" seems a bit arbitrary in this instance. I believe a more balanced perspective could be achieved by stating how many total elections were "ordinary". Following the general guidelines given here (which leaves out the elections of incumbant presidents), it seems that, besides the Democrats, the elections of Grant, Hayes, Harrison, Harding, Reagan, GWB, and possibly Eisenhower all had circumstances that could qualify as not ordinary. This would put the totals at 6-7 Republicans elected under ordinary circumstances vs. the 1 Democrat (or 2, if Obama's election meets the ordinary circumstances criteria, which I'm not sure about).
== new history ==
== new history ==