This is the first US presidential election since 1928 in which neither the president nor the vice-president is standing in the primaries, seeking re-election.
It is the Nobody Knows election. Nobody knows which candidates will end up representing the two main parties, nobody knows exactly when the parties will choose them, and nobody knows which issues will decide the eventual contest.
I initially thought they had the year wrong, but apparently, Alben Barkley (Truman’s Vice-President) spent sixteen days on the campaign trail in 1952 before the CIO indicated that they would not back him. For all practical purposes, though, I would say that 1952 was also a “Nobody Knows” election.
Thank God we don’t have to see Bush/Cheney on the ballot.