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Which action was unique about the 2008 presidential election?

Neither candidate had served in an elected office before.



It was the first election in which a woman had a very good chance of winning a major party's nomination.



The Republican party nominated an African American for the first time.



For the first time, neither party nominated a white man for president.

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D. For the first time, neither party nominated a white man for president.

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Not only was the 2008 election the first time since 1952 that neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate in the general election, but it was also the first time since the 1928 election that neither sought his party's nomination for president; as Bush was term-limited from seeking...

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D) For the first time, neither party nominated a white man for president.

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