ELECTION DAY
The tradition of U.S. elections being held on this day of the week dates to 1845, when it was convenient for farmers
Tuesday
There were 3 losers the first time Lincoln won: John C. Breckinridge, John Bell & this old debate foe
Douglas
In 2014 this supreme leader of North Korea won 100% of the vote in his district
Kim Jong-un
This type of speech gets its name from the natural object politicians would stand on to gain height
a stump speech
I helped form the Alliance for Climate Protection
Al Gore
One reporter wrote, "tranquility forsook Springfield" on Election Day of this year
1860,
Springfield, Illinois and Abe Lincoln
His loss in the 1800 election came about by a vote in the House of Representatives, not in the Electoral College
(Aaron) Burr
The 1964 election to make Papa Doc Duvalier president for life of Haiti had this 3-letter French word already marked on ballots
oui
This type of issue sounds like a section of iceberg lettuce, but it's a polarizing question that can divide voters
a wedge issue
I practiced law in Los Angeles, then lost a run for statewide office; I wasn't done with politics, though
Richard Nixon
In parliamentary democracies, a party in power can call for these "sudden" elections on a day in advance of the scheduled one
a snap election
A few years after his loss, Al Gore did get to see this film he wrote win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
An Inconvenient Truth
In 1955 this country's P.M. Ngo Dinh Diem printed his ballots on lucky red paper & his opponent's ballot on unlucky green paper
(South) Vietnam
These public funds to candidates from the federal government equal dollar for dollar what was given by individuals
matching funds
I stayed on as gov. of N.Y. & turned down an offer to be Chief Justice of the U.S.; I also learned not to believe newspapers
(Thomas) Dewey
George Washington's campaign bought 160 gallons of booze to woo 391 voters on a 1758 Election Day in this colony
Virginia
Twice to one William & once to another William, this William ran & lost 3 times
William Jennings Bryan
In 19th c. New York the Dead Rabbits Gang used force to make people vote for candidates of this Boss Tweed political machine
Tammany Hall
Sounding like covering something in fabric, it can refer to wooing voters directly or to pre-election polling
canvassing
Having lost control of my newspaper as well as the vote, I died Nov. 29, 1872, before the electors even met
Horace Greeley
On election night 1948, the Chicago Tribune went to press with this banner headline for the next morning's edition.
Dewey Defeats Truman
He carried Arizona & 5 states in the Deep South in his unsuccessful 1964 presidential bid
Barry Goldwater
In 1927 Charles King won the presidency by more than 200,000 votes even though this African country had only 15,000 registered voters
Liberia
It's the term for Vermont's single U.S. Representative who serves the whole state
at-large
I helped my wife run for president & later, successfully, for the Senate
(Robert) Dole