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A similar scenario unfolded in 1848, when General Zachary Taylor, a roughhewn career soldier who had never even voted in a presidential election, conquered the Whig Party.

Fifty-one separate elections — one in each state and one in Washington, D.C. ... That’s where the news media come in — and have done so since 1848, ...

So every U.S. election night, The Associated Press counts the nation’s votes, tallying millions of ballots and determining which candidates have won their races. It’s been done that way since 1848, ...

Florida became a state in 1845, thus its voters cast ballots in a presidential election for the first time in 1848. During the previous election, in 1844, Florida was still a U.S. territory and ...

The A.P. will make the call only when it is certain — just as it has in every U.S. election since 1848, when Zachary Taylor won the White House. “If there’s no way for the trailing ...