In these elections Im choosing a southerner who ran in the dem primary but didnt get the nomination.If no other southern ran I will chose the southern dem who won or the most powerful southern dem in congress(in case there was not even one southern dem who ran). If you dislike both candidates vote for who you think is the lesser of two evils
1976: Reagan vs George Wallace
1980: Bush vs Carter(no other southern dem who was a runner up)
1984: Reagan(no runner up) vs Ernest Hollings
1988: Dole vs Al Gore
1992: Buchanan vs Douglas Wilder
1996: Buchanan vs Clinton
2000: McCain vs Gore
2004: Bush vs Edwards
2008: Huckabee vs Edwards
2012: Santorum vs Landrieu
2016: Cruz vs Webb
these are my votes:
1976: Reagan
1980: Bush
1984: Reagan
1988: Dole
1992: Wilder
1996: Clinton
2000: McCain
2004: Bush
2008: Huckabee
2012: Landrieu
2016: Webb
1976: Ronald Reagan*
1980: George Bush
1984: Ronald Reagan*
1988: Al Gore**
1992: Douglas Wilder
1996: Pat Buchanan*
2000: McCain
2004: George W. Bush*
2008: Mike Huckabee*
2012: Mary Landrieu
2016: Jim Webb
*Would prefer third party; 3/5 of these votes is because I don't want to vote for a rapist or someone who cheated on his dying wife
**I like 1988 Gore and Dole, but not Gore's positions in 2000
