James Madison v. Alexander Hamilton

[RINO Tom]

I like both, but easily Hamilton (R).  My appreciation for Madison comes mostly from being interested in his personal life as a little kid, and before I was overly political he was my "favorite President."  I even dressed as him for Halloween when I was 7 or 8, LOLOL.  I think most people thought I was Captain Hook.

Hamilton is one of my favorite Founding Fathers, and while Madison is 1,000 times better than his pal Jefferson, he is a bit too agrarian (which, despite the 20th Century association of small government and states' rights with "conservatism," would have made his economic goals and ideas completely at odds with the GOP, IMO) for my taste, and the sympathy toward the slave power was unfortunate.  I try not to judge pre-1840s politicians on the slavery issue THAT much, but it can't be overlooked either.

[RINO Tom]

Seriously, with these polls it is way more useful if you breaking down by placement on the political spectrum (preferably with binary left and right options) rather than partisan ID.

I imagine that will lead to a lot of arguing about what those binary options "mean."  I mean, I think it's clear as day that Hamilton represented the "binary right" of his time, but surely someone will disagree.