1996 United States presidential election (hanhwa)

The Election of 1996 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. The competition saw Republican Phil Gramm decisively defeat the Democratic nominee, former Astronaut and United States Senator from Ohio, John Glenn. After Ronald Reagan declined to run for re-election in November 31st, 1993, Vice President Gramm saw the opportunity and announced that he would run in 1996. George H. W. Bush, annoyed about being replaced by Gramm for Vice President in 1988 also announced that he would run for President in 1996. Bush ran a positive campaign in which he claimed that he was the better successor to Reagan than Gramm, but ultimately lost and didn’t receive any electoral votes. Gramm won a decisive victory, even though Glenn was popular as a space hero, Gramm used Reagan's techniques to help him get ahead, and received the full support of the Republican Party's conservative wing due to his actions against powerful unions. He also received votes from many moderate "Reagan Democrats." The result was yet another Republican victory. The Republicans kept both the house and the Senate.