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« on: January 25, 2016, 01:13:53 PM » |
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1980 - Carter easily deserved re-election, and the US would almost definitely be better served if Reagan were a Goldwater-esque footnote of history.
1828 - Anything to keep Jackson out of power, and Quincy Adams was fairly benign as a president.
1796 - Jefferson, as much of a wild card as he might have been, would have definitely set a better tone for governance in the 19th century than Adams.
I would have said the Progressives in 1912, 1924, or 1948 or Gore or Kerry, but I can easily imagine any of the ensuing problems they would have faced being blamed on them, and creating a 1980-style backlash, which almost definitely would have left the country worse off. 1876 also deserves an honorable mention, although I just wish Hayes had won clearly, not that Tilden would have beaten him.
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