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Preferred term
presidential election of 1848
Definition
- THE ELECTION OF 1848 can be characterized as the first to feature a candidate-centered campaign. Smarting from their defeat in the 1844 election, the Whig Party chose not to articulate any substantive positions in their official platform. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Presidential Election of 1848]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/presidential_election_of_1848
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