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Why did three whig candidates run against martin van buren in the presidential election of 1836?
a. each candidate had a solid regional base but none had the support of all regions.
b. they hoped to show van buren he needed to be a more lenient president than jackson had been.
c. daniel webster insisted on running even though he lacked support outside of the south.
d. they assumed that van buren was so unpopular that any of the three could win?

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Each candidate had a solid regional base but none had the support of all regions.This presidential election witnessed the major political party to run several presidential candidates all from different regions with the hope that, they would be popular to defeat the Democratic bearer, Martin Van Buren in their regions. The strategy failed and Van Buren won the presidency.

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