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What is the largest number of candidates who carried at least one state in a single presidential primary?
a. Three
b. Five
c. Eight
d. 10
In the 1976 Democratic presidential primary, eight candidates carried at least one state. This was the greatest number for either party in primary history, according to a Sabato's Crystal Ball analysis of presidential primary and first-step caucus results since 1972.[1]
That year, 19 states and four territories either did not directly allocate convention delegates via primaries and caucuses or chose to nominate a slate of uncommitted delegates, more than the number of states outright won by any single candidate. Eventual nominee Jimmy Carter (D) carried 16 states and the District of Columbia, securing enough delegates to win on the first ballot in that year's convention.[1][2]
The Republican primary with the most candidates carrying at least one state was the 2016 primary. That year, Donald Trump (R) carried the primary or first-step caucus in 36 states and the Northern Marianas, Ted Cruz (R) in 11, Marco Rubio (R) in Minnesota, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and John Kasich (R) in Ohio.[3][4]
The only non-incumbent to win the presidential nominating contest in every state was Al Gore (D) in 2000.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 University of Virginia Center for Politics, "The Modern History of the Democratic Presidential Primary, 1972-2008," February 4, 2016
- ↑ Library of Congress, "Democratic National Political Conventions 1832-2008," accessed February 16, 2020
- ↑ University of Virginia Center for Politics, "The Modern History of the Republican Presidential Primary, 1976-2012," January 21, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "2016 Republican Party Presidential Primary," accessed February 16, 2020
