2008 Is the First Election With No Incumbent Running Since 1928 Just Before the Great Depression
March 30th, 2008
You may not have noticed that 2008 is the first election since 1928 with no incumbent running for either the nomination or in the general election. One of the things that slipped my mind until recently was the historic similarity between our two elections.
During the year of 1928 the worlds economies faced a downturn. On March 4th 1929 Herbert Hoover became president and just seven months later on October 29th 1929 black Friday began the Great Depression.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
[...] Even at the presidential level there is no incumbent president or vice president running for office, the first time since 1928 that has happened. [...]
December 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
[...] to fall in line with the popular bandwagon. With this being the first time no incumbent has run for president since 1928, it has allowed this campaign to be designated differently from other presidential [...]