Poll: Biggest "Sacrificial Lamb" Presidential candidate (user search)
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Question: In your view, who is the biggest "Sacrificial Lamb" Presidential candidate?
#1
Al Smith 1928		  
#2
Herbert Hoover 1932		  
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Alf Landon 1936		  
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Wendell Willkie 1940		  
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Adlai Stevenson 1952		  
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Adlai Stevenson 1956		  
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Barry Goldwater 1964		  
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George McGovern 1972		  
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Jimmy Carter 1980		  
#10
Walter Mondale 1984		  
#11
Other, please specify		  
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darklordoftech
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« on: February 07, 2018, 01:02:04 AM »
Smith because America wasn't ready for a Catholic.
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darklordoftech
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2019, 09:02:22 AM »
Quote from: Free Bird on February 07, 2018, 07:35:46 AM
Quote from: darklordoftech on February 07, 2018, 01:02:04 AM
Smith because America wasn't ready for a Catholic.

I don't think that's the main factor. For one, he didn't even want to run. Second, you DO know who he was running against, right?
What I meant is that the only reason the Dixiecrats let him get nominated was because they knew that Hoover was unbeatable.
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darklordoftech
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2019, 04:00:55 AM »
For Hoover 1932 and Carter 1980, I think "drank a poisoned chalice 4 years earlier" would be a better description than "sacrificial lamb". "Sacrificial lamb" means "if their party had a chance of winning the general, they wouldn't have been nominated."
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2019, 10:03:15 AM »
I'd also argue that James Cox in 1920 and John W. Davis in 1924 were sacrificial lambs.
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