United States presidential election, 2012 (A World of Difference)

The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which voting registered US citizens will vote for one of the Presidential tickets. Incumbent President is running for a second and final term during this election. His presumptive Republican and major party challenger is former Vermont Governor. A few other candidates have attained ballot access sufficient enough to mathematically win the election by a majority of the electoral college: Northern Party candidate John Teller, Viva Mexico Party candidate Vicente Fox, Authoritarian Party candidate Karl Jackson, and Independent Fred Marlborough.

The 2012 presidential election will coincide with the United States Senate elections where 33 races will be occurring as well as the United States House of Representatives elections to elect the members for the 114th Congress. The election will also encompass eleven gubernatorial races as well as many state legislature races.

Nominations
The following are individuals who have either formally announced that they are running for president in 2012 and/or have filed as a candidate with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), or have formed an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run in 2012.

Candidates

 * See also: Malcolm Darnell presidential campaign, 2012

With an incumbent president running for reelection against token opposition, the race for the Democratic nomination was largely uneventful.

On April 20, 2011, Darnell announced his re-election campaign for 2012 at a White House press conference. He filed election papers with the Federal Election Commission on the same day.

Most opposition has come from conservative-leaning Democrats like Frank Francis.

Albeit agreeing to two debates, thus giving the primaries some life, Darnell quickly cemented his status as the Democratic presumptive nominee on April 3, 2012 by securing the minimum number of pledged delegates needed to clinch the nomination.

Party conventions
Major parties


 * August 27–30, 2012: 2012 Republican National Convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois, North Carolina.
 * August 24–26, 2012: 2012 Democratic National Convention to be held in Detroit, Michigan.