Secondly in Open Seat Presidential Elections- Elections are about change. In Open Seat Presidential Elections, Presidential Candidates of the Party out of power does at least 5% better than their Party's Presidential nominee of the last Presidential election. In 1984- Walter Mondale(D)got 41% of the popular vote against the Republican Incumbent-Ronald Reagan. In 1988- OPEN Seat. Michael Dukakis(D)got 46% of the popular vote. while George Bush(R)got 54%. 1996- Bob Dole(R)got 41% of the popular vote . 2000- OPEN Seat. George Bush(R)got 48% of the popular vote.