On the 5th (local time), with ‘Super Tuesday’ in which 16 regions of the United States hold primary elections at once, the structure for a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has virtually solidified.
As the two candidates face each other again for the first time in four years in the November presidential election, many records related to the U.S. presidential election are expected to be rewritten.
According to the Pew Research Center, a non-profit research institute, this is the seventh time a ‘rematch’ between the same candidates has taken place.
Examples of ‘return matches’ between the same candidates in the U.S. presidential election include △John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson (1796 and 1800) △John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson (1824 and 1828) △Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison ( 1836 and 1840) △Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison (1888 and 1892) △William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan (1896 and 1900) △Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson (1952 and 1956) there was.
Reuters also reported that for the first time since 1956, the same candidates will face each other again.
ⓒ News1 DBThe first instance of a former president competing against a sitting president dates back to 1892. At the time, Republican President Harrison was the incumbent, and Democratic President Cleveland, the former president, won.
If former President Trump wins this presidential election, he will become the first president to return to power, following former President Cleveland 132 years ago.
A new record is expected to be set in terms of age as well. Since both candidates are old, whoever is elected will set the record as the oldest president as of the date of inauguration.
If President Trump, who was born on June 14, 1946, returns to power, he will take office at the age of 78 years and 7 months, becoming the oldest president in U.S. history. President Biden, born on November 20, 1942, was 78 years and 2 months old at the time of his inauguration in 2021.
If President Biden is re-elected, he will take office again at the age of 82 in 2025 and break his own record.
Source: Donga
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