What a weird election...

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1980: George HW Bush runs in Republican primaries, doesn't win, becomes Vice Presidential nominee
1984: George HW Bush is again the VP nominee
1988: George HW Bush wins Republican nomination, and presidency
1992: Bill Clinton vs. George HW Bush
1996: Bill Clinton re-elected president
2000: George W Bush wins Republican nomination, and presidency
2004: George W Bush re-elected president
2008: Hillary Clinton runs in Democratic primaries
2012: No Clintons ran. No Bushes ran. Is this even allowed anymore???

Seriously, this hasn't happened since the 70s.

How many of you were alive the last time the US had a presidential campaign with no Clintons or Bushes on the ballot?

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[annodomini.livejournal.com]

Well, the Kennedy dynasty has continued, at least in Massachusetts. It's true that the Presidential ballot was bereft of dynasty this year, but if you look at any national elected office instead of President, we have a continuous string of Kennedys, Bushes, and Clintons running all the way back to 1947.

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There are plenty of local/regional things like this, in one state or a small cluster, but there hasn't been a Kennedy in a presidential race since 1980, and other than that, most states have never had a Kennedy in any of their statewide races.