How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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1788: Washington
1792: Washington
1796: Adams
1800: Adams
1804: Jefferson
1808: Madison
1812: Clinton
1816: King
1820: Monroe
1824: Adams
1828: Adams
1832: Clay
1836: Webster
1840: Harrison
1844: Polk
1848: Van Buren
1852: Scott
1856: Fremont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Tilden
1880: Garfield
1884: Cleveland
1888: Cleveland
1892: Cleveland
1896: McKinley
1900: McKinley
1904: Parker
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Wilkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain
2012: Romney

Yep, Republican in every election since 1856 except 1876, 1904, and maybe 1884, 1888, and 1892.

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I swear I'd already posted my updated list. Oh well.


1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican, endorsed by Federalists)
1816: Rufus T. King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican/National Republican)
1828: John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: Martin van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin van Buren (Free Soil) - Zachary Taylor if only Big Two Parties
1852: John Hale (Free Soil) - Winfield Scott if only Big Two Parties
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: James Garfield (Republican)
1884: James G. Blaine (Republican)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1896: William McKinley (Republican)
1900: William McKinley (Republican)
1904: Alton B. Parker (Democratic)
1908: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1912: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916: Charles Evan Hughes (Republican)
1920: Warren Harding (Republican)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Wendell Wilkie (Republican)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican) - Ronald Reagan in primaries
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican) - John Ashbrook in primaries
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican) - Ronald Reagan in primaries
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican) - Jack Kemp in primaries
1992: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1996: Bob Dole (Republican)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican) - John McCain in primaries
2004: George W. Bush (Republican)
2008: John McCain (Republican) - Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney in primaries
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican) - possibly Newt Gingrich in primaries

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1789: Adams and Clinton
1792: Clinton and Jefferson
1796: Jefferson and Burr
1800: Burr and Clinton^ (assuming I do not live in New York)
1804: Pinckney
1808: Pinckney
1812: Clinton
1816: Monroe
1820: Monroe
1824: Crawford
1828: Jackson
1832: Floyd
1836: Van Buren
1840: Van Buren
1844: Polk
1848: Van Buren
1852: Pierce
1856: Fillmore
1860: Bell
1864: McClellan
1868: Seymour
1872: Grant
1876: Tilden*
1880: Garfield*
1884: Cleveland
1888: Cleveland
1892: Cleveland
1896: Palmer
1900: McKinley
1904: Parker
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes^
1920: Harding
1924: Davis*
1928: Smith
1932: Hoover^
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Thurmond
1952: Eisenhower (primaries: Taft)
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace^ (primaries: Reagan)
1972: Schmitz (primaries: Ashbrook)
1976: Ford (primaries: Reagan)
1980: Reagan (primaries: Crane)
1984: Reagan
1988: Paul (primaries: DuPont)
1992: Perot (primaries: Buchanan)
1996: Browne (primaries: Forbes)
2000: Browne (primaries: Forbes)
2004: Badnarik (primaries: Dean)
2008: Baldwin (primaries: Paul)
2012: Romney (primaries: Paul)

*I would really be fine with either candidate
^Almost certainly would be different without hindsight

You would've voted against Lincoln and for Thurmond and Wallace?

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Party registrations:

1789-1824: Federalist
1824-1833: National Republican
1833-1848: Whig
1848-1854: Free Soil
1854-0000: Republican

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Primaries:

1976: Reagan
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Kemp
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000 Bush
2004: Bush
2008: Romney
2012: Romney/Gingrich
2016: Kasich (would've been Rubio if he was still in)