"In the US, neither a sitting president, nor anyone gunning for the job, is ever spared the worry of being targeted by a would-be assassin, given four presidents have been assassinated to date."
"He refused treatment despite a bullet in his lung, and instead delivered his address. Despite a surge in public sympathy, Roosevelt lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson because of the split in the Republican vote."
"Only four years later, in 1972, Alabama Governor George Wallace was seen as the likely winner in the race to secure the Democratic nomination... but the shooting would end his presidential campaign."
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