Rank your favorite candidate in each presidential primary with each other

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Here's Mine(Since 1968)

Since in 1984, 1996, and in 2004 my preferred candidate didnt need to face a primary I wont rank them

Without Hindsight:
1. Reagan 1980
2. Bush 1988
3. Kasich 2016
4. Reagan 1976
5. Romney 2012
6. Bush 1992
7. Bush 2000
8. McCain 2008
9. Nixon 1968



The reason I have Reagan 1976 ranked below their 1980  was cause Reagan's conservative ideas and policies didnt seem needed(seem is the key word, with hindsight its clear we needed them by 1976) that much in 1976 as in 1980.

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Assumimg I am limited to the big 2 parties starting in 1968 ...

2016 Paul
2012 Paul
2008 Paul
1976 Reagan
1980 Reagan
1968 Reagan
1996 Gramm
2000 Kasich
1988 Kemp
1984 Glenn
2004 Clark
1972 Wallace
1992 Clinton

Why not bush in 92 or 04

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

... No, they really, really weren't.

Kasich supported Reagan in 1976 and Kasich like Reagan believes in limited goverment .


Kasich would not be considered a moderate in the 1980s he would be and was considered a conservative republican, just like how Reagan today would be considered a moderate.

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1968- Smathers
1972- Mills?
1976- Carter
1980- Carter
1984- Mondale
1988- Gore
1992- Harkin
2000- This election sucked
2004- Edwards
2008- Clinton
2016- Sanders

2000 was the ultimate status quo and establishment election . There was absolutely no way an outsider would do well in 2000.

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Oh and as for GOP

1968: George Romney
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1988: Bob Dole
2008: Mike Huckabee
1992: Pat Buchanan
2012: Rick Santorum
2000: John McCain
1996: Lamar Alexander

Why Huck over McCain in 2008(McCain seems more moderate), Buchanan over Bush in 1992(Pat is a fringe crazy right winger ), and rick over mitt(Rick was to the right of Mitt on nearly every issue)

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Church '76
RFK '68
Obama '08
Bradley '00
McGovern '72
Obama '12
Dole '96
Dole '88
Dean '04
Brown '92
Hart '84
Clinton '16
Anderson '80

Undecided between Udall and Church '76 (both fantastic), and Pataki and Clinton '16. 1980, 2004, and 2016 are all really bleak, in general.

You would support dole over Dukakis and dole over clinton