Hypothetical 2016 Election

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Oddly enough, our two oldest living former presidents are also the only two living former presidents eligible to serve another term in office. Obviously, this is not going to happen, but the results should be interesting enough.

3 days.

[TDAS04]

Carter/O'Malley.

[Murica!]

Move to Canada.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bush because of Rand Paul, otherwise lean Carter.

[tmthforu94]

The VP debate would be (by far) the most watched debate in American history.

Bush/Paul

[SNJ1985]

A third party or write-in candidate

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Bush, particularly because of Paul on the ticket.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Carter/O'Malley.

Seriously.

[Mr. Smith]

Carter, even if only just to have Rosalynn Carter as first lady again. (Given my viewpoints that quite obviously is not the only reason), who'd definitely be better to have in the spotlight again than Babs Bush.

While Babs did take on child literacy, I'm not sure how far she went on that...but Rosalynn's quest to improve mental health and understand mental illness has quite a record. Also Rosalynn seems more respectful of dissent.

Given the gridlocked and rigid state of things, I'd rather have an active and unique position (which the First Lady is) used to tackle issues either not being resolved, or not even thought about than mostly try to avoid the inevitable attention.

So by going by of what the position of First Lady would be, I vote Carter.

[Goldwater]

Considering the age of the candidates, I wonder how many people would vote solely based on the running mates.

[LeBron]

Carter/O'Malley, definitely. Not only because of views and I think they would be better at running the country, but Carter at this point has a better life expectancy through 2020 than Bush Sr. does, and the thought of Rand Paul as President scares the heck out of me.

[ElectionsGuy]

Bush, particularly because of Paul on the ticket.

[Maxwell]

Bush because of Rand Paul, otherwise lean Carter.

[RR1997]

Bush, but I like Carter too.

[SWE]

Carter because he'll still be alive by the election

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bump.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Fmr. President James Carter (D-GA)/ Fmr. Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD): 411 EV; 54.1% popular votes
Fmr. President George H. W. Bush (R-TX)/ Senator Rand Paul (R-KY): 127 EV: 37.8% popular votes

Former President Carter is reelected to a second, non-consecutive term in office in a landslide, besting former President George H. W. Bush by a margin of 16% in the popular vote.