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Property	Value
rdf:type	Election
rdfs:label	United States of Britain Presidential Election, 1996
rdfs:comment	The United States of Britain Presidential Election, 1996 was held on November 5th, 1996 to elect the next President of the USB. The contest was between Republican Vice-President Michael Heseltine, Democratic nominee Tony Blair, and Libertarian Paddy Ashdown. Incumbent President John Major was unable to seek a third term due to term limits.
popular vote	5242947 9600943 13518167
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flag size	60
Next Year	2000
turnout	71.300000
election date	1996
election name	1996
before party	Republican
map caption	Presidential election results map. Red denotes areas won by Heseltine/Hague, Blue denotes those won by Blair/Brown.
map size	250
ongoing	no
Type	presidential
flag image	Flag of the United Kingdom.png
after party	Democratic
nominee	Tony Blair Michael Heseltine Paddy Ashdown
home state	North East England South West England South East England
Party	Republican Democratic Libertarian
Title	President
map image	Fictional_US_UK_Map_1996_Edit.png
before election	John Major
Image	100
running mate	Gordon Brown Alan Beith William Hague
Percentage	30.7 16.8 43.2
previous election	1992
next election	2000
after election	Tony Blair
Previous Year	1992
abstract	The United States of Britain Presidential Election, 1996 was held on November 5th, 1996 to elect the next President of the USB. The contest was between Republican Vice-President Michael Heseltine, Democratic nominee Tony Blair, and Libertarian Paddy Ashdown. Incumbent President John Major was unable to seek a third term due to term limits. Democrat Tony Blair won a landslide victory against Republican Michael Heseltine. Under Blair's campaign, the Democrats had adopted a more centrist policy platform under the name 'New Democrats'. This was seen as moving away from the traditionally more left-wing stance of the party. Blair made several campaign pledges such as the creation of a National Minimum Wage, devolution referendums for Scotland and Wales and promised greater economic competence than the Republicans, who were unpopular following the events of Black Wednesday in 1992. The Republicans nominee was incumbent Vice-President Michael Heseltine, who ran his campaign emphasising falling unemployment and a strong economic recovery following the early 1990s recession. However, a series of scandals, party disunity over the European Union, the events of Black Wednesday and a desire of the electorate for change after 18 years of Republican rule all contributed to the Republican's large defeat.