Talk:United States general elections, 2008

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• Incumbent President George W. Bush is ineligible for re-election per the 22nd Amendment that limited a president to two terms. Vice President Dick Cheney's refusal to run for the office makes the 2008 presidential election the first since 1928 to not feature an incumbent president or vice president as a candidate, and the first since 1952 to not have them be candidates in the general election.

What's the difference between "the first since 1928 to not feature an incumbent president or vice president as a candidate" and "the first since 1952 to not have them be candidates in the general election," besides the year? What happened in 1928 and 1952? I think we should clarify what exactly this means in the article because I don't think it's clear when you first read it. --Purifiedwater (talk) 14:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• * I think I get it now. Does it mean that in 1928, neither the president or VP ran for (re)election, and in 1952, either the president or VP ran for (re)election but lost the primary for their own party? If so, I still think that should be clarified in the article. --Purifiedwater (talk) 14:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)