How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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The General Election
2008: McCain (R) 
2004: Bush (R)     
2000: Bush (R)
1996: Clinton (D)
1992: Clinton (D)
1988: Bush (R)
1984: Reagan (R)
1980: Reagan (R)
1976: Ford (R)
1972: Nixon (R)
1968: Nixon (R)
1964: Johnson (D)
1960: Nixon (R)
1956: Eisenhower (R)
1952: Eisenhower (R)
1948: Dewey (R)
1944: Dewey (R)
1940: Willkie (R)
1936: Roosevelt (D)
1932: Roosevelt (D)
1928: Hoover (R)
1924: Coolidge (R)
1920: Harding (R)
1916: Hughes (R)
1912: Roosevelt (P)
1908: Taft (R)
1904: Roosevelt (R)
1900: McKinley (R)
1896: McKinley (R)
1892: Cleveland (D)
1888: Cleveland (D)
1884: Cleveland (D)



Primaries (Since 1960)
2008: McCain
2004: Dean
2000: McCain
1996: Write In: Powell
1992: Clinton
1988: Kemp
1984: Reagan
1980: Reagan
1976: Ford
1972: Nixon
1968: Romney
1964: Rockefeller
1960: Nixon

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1892, of course, being my proudest vote.

Wait, you would support Nixon over McGovern?!

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1788: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: Andrew Jackson
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson
1836: William Henry Harrison
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: James K. Polk
1848: Zachary Taylor
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: Winfield Hancock
1884: James G. Blaine
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles E. Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas E. Dewey
1948: Thomas E. Dewey
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain

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I'll go for Primaries later, for Ideal choices. My ideal choice for 2004 was Governor Howard Dean of Vermont.

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Why on earth would you vote for Mondale in 1984 but then vote for Reagan's VP in 1988?

I'm guessing that's aimed at me. Reagan < Mondale < Bush

Mondale was the lesser of two evils, and Bush was much more appealing to me than Reagan.

How? Bush 41 was one of the worst ever.

Sorry Giovanni, but if you would vote for Mondale over Reagan, then you probably shouldn't be in the GOP.

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1789: George Washington (Federalist)
1792:George Washington (F)
1796:Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800:Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1804:Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1808:James Madison (D-R)
1812:James Madison (D-R)
1816:James Monroe (D-R)
1820:James Monroe (D-R)
1824:John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1828:John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1832:Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836:Martin van Buren (Democrat)
1840:Martin van Buren (Democrat)
1844:James K. Polk (D)
1848:Lewis Cass (D)
1852:Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856:John Fremont (R)
1860:Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864:Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868:Ulysses Grant (R)
1872:Ulysses Grant (R)
1876:Samuel Tilden (D)
1880:Winfield Hancock (D)
1884:Grover Cleveland (D)
1888:Grover Cleveland (D)
1892:Benjamin Harrison (R)
1896:William McKinley (R)
1900:William McKinley (R)
1904:Teddy Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Taft (R)
1912:Teddy Roosevelt (Bull-Moose)
1916:Charles Hughes (R)
1920:James Cox (D)
1924:John Davis (D)
1928:Al Smith (D)
1932:Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936:Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1940:Wendell Wilkie (R)
1944:Thomas Dewey (R)
1948:Thomas Dewey (R)
1952:Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956:Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960:Richard Nixon (R)
1964:Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968:Richard Nixon (R)
1972:Richard Nixon (R)
1976:Gerald Ford (R)
1980:Ronald Reagan (R)
1984:Ronald Reagan (R)
1988:George H. W. Bush (R)
1992:Bill Clinton (D)
1996:Bill Clinton (D)
2000:Al Gore (D)
2004:George W. Bush (R)
2008:Barack Obama (D)
2012:Barack Obama (D)

All of this is with retrospect.

Your list is similar to mine, but the 2012 vote is a bit early.

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1789: George Washington (Federalist)
1792:George Washington (F)
1796:Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800:Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1804:Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1808:James Madison (D-R)
1812:James Madison (D-R)
1816:James Monroe (D-R)
1820:James Monroe (D-R)
1824:John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1828:John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1832:Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836:Martin van Buren (Democrat)
1840:Martin van Buren (Democrat)
1844:James K. Polk (D)
1848:Lewis Cass (D)
1852:Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856:John Fremont (R)
1860:Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864:Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868:Ulysses Grant (R)
1872:Ulysses Grant (R)
1876:Samuel Tilden (D)
1880:Winfield Hancock (D)
1884:Grover Cleveland (D)
1888:Grover Cleveland (D)
1892:Benjamin Harrison (R)
1896:William McKinley (R)
1900:William McKinley (R)
1904:Teddy Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Taft (R)
1912:Teddy Roosevelt (Bull-Moose)
1916:Charles Hughes (R)
1920:James Cox (D)
1924:John Davis (D)
1928:Al Smith (D)
1932:Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936:Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1940:Wendell Wilkie (R)
1944:Thomas Dewey (R)
1948:Thomas Dewey (R)
1952:Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956:Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960:Richard Nixon (R)
1964:Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968:Richard Nixon (R)
1972:Richard Nixon (R)
1976:Gerald Ford (R)
1980:Ronald Reagan (R)
1984:Ronald Reagan (R)
1988:George H. W. Bush (R)
1992:Bill Clinton (D)
1996:Bill Clinton (D)
2000:Al Gore (D)
2004:George W. Bush (R)
2008:Barack Obama (D)
2012:Barack Obama (D)

All of this is with retrospect.

Your list is similar to mine, but the 2012 vote is a bit early.

Any specific questions for why I would have voted for a particular candidate?

Yes, actually, I was curious at why you didn't vote for FDR in 1940 and 1944; As you are voting in retrospect.

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Bush 04 with retrospect?

I'd want Bush to get the blame for the financial crisis and resulting Great Recession so that a Democrat will be elected in 2008 and possibly 2012 and 2016. If Kerry won in 2004, we'd possibly be looking at a Republican President and Congress right now and possibly for a very long time nonstop.

Right, so you'd put the country through four more years of Bush hell because you wanted that to result in four-eight years of Obama hell. Great.

I'd prefer Kerry as the scape-goat...