Who are the 5 most liberal/progressive nominees of a major party in US history?

[Blue3]

Who are the 5 most liberal/progressive nominees of a major party in US history?

And then let's compare their specific policy platforms to the current Democratic Party, to see where the differences are.

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What does progressive mean in the 19th century?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

William Jennings-Bryan
Who brought the Dixecrat era to close with Labor reforms; and womens right to vote. End to child labor laws

LBJ who expanded the New Deal to Medicare for elderly

John F Kerry who said the end to dependency on fossil fuels which was affected by the stock market crashes of 2001& 2008

[Rockefeller GOP]

Wilson, LBJ, McGovern, Mondale, Humphrey, Dukakis are all good choices.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Lincoln 1860; 64
TR 1904
Hughes 1916
Eisenhower 1952, 56
Ford 1976

[Clark Kent]

Let's go from 1906 onwards, because the terms are relatively meaningless before then:

Theodore Roosevelt (Republican, 1904/Progressive, 1912)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic, 1932-1944)
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic, 1964)
Hubert Humphrey (Democratic, 1968)
George McGovern (Democratic, 1972)

[ScottieF]

Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Since 1896

1. McGovern 1972
2. LBJ 1964
3. FDR 1936
4. Bryan 1896
5. Wilson 1912

[RFayette 🇻🇦]

William Jennings-Bryan
Who brought the Dixecrat era to close with Labor reforms; and womens right to vote. End to child labor laws

LBJ who expanded the New Deal to Medicare for elderly

John F Kerry who said the end to dependency on fossil fuels which was affected by the stock market crashes of 2001& 2008

Dixiecrats as a political movement weren't even a thing until lookng after WJB's death.

[Mr. Smith]

Probably

Post Civil War:

Democrats: McGovern, Bryan 1908, F. Roosevelt '36, Cox, Humphrey

GOP: Grant, T. Roosevelt, Landon, Eisenhower, Nixon '60

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

William Jennings-Bryan
Who brought the Dixecrat era to close with Labor reforms; and womens right to vote. End to child labor laws

LBJ who expanded the New Deal to Medicare for elderly

John F Kerry who said the end to dependency on fossil fuels which was affected by the stock market crashes of 2001& 2008

Dixiecrats as a political movement weren't even a thing until lookng after WJB's death.

No Jefferson, Madison & Monroe were part of that movement but they are Dixiecrats that brought slaves over.

The Dem changed their name to Labor movt during Wilson era.

[Blair]

From the democrats

McGovern, Dukakis, Obama, Stevenson and Kerry

[VPH]

McGovern, Mondale, LBJ, Truman, Bryan

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan.

[Rockefeller GOP]

William Jennings-Bryan
Who brought the Dixecrat era to close with Labor reforms; and womens right to vote. End to child labor laws

LBJ who expanded the New Deal to Medicare for elderly

John F Kerry who said the end to dependency on fossil fuels which was affected by the stock market crashes of 2001& 2008

Dixiecrats as a political movement weren't even a thing until lookng after WJB's death.

No Jefferson, Madison & Monroe were part of that movement but they are Dixiecrats that brought slaves over.

The Dem changed their name to Labor movt during Wilson era.

Oh my God, OC.

[Clark Kent]

William Jennings-Bryan
Who brought the Dixecrat era to close with Labor reforms; and womens right to vote. End to child labor laws

LBJ who expanded the New Deal to Medicare for elderly

John F Kerry who said the end to dependency on fossil fuels which was affected by the stock market crashes of 2001& 2008

Dixiecrats as a political movement weren't even a thing until lookng after WJB's death.

No Jefferson, Madison & Monroe were part of that movement but they are Dixiecrats that brought slaves over.

The Dem changed their name to Labor movt during Wilson era.

Do you know what a Dixiecrat is? Because I don't think you do.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Its a states-rights Democrat who appeal to southern whites.

[Col. Roosevelt]

Dems: Wilson, FDR, LBJ, McGovern
GOP: Lincoln, TR, Nixon

[Rockefeller GOP]

The fact that people include Teddy in every single list but never include Taft - who Roosevelt literally got mad at for breaking up one too many trusts - just because Teddy is remembered fondly by history.

Also, Lincoln would be howled at as a moderate hero in pretty much any era, IMO.

[Figueira]

The fact that people include Teddy in every single list but never include Taft - who Roosevelt literally got mad at for breaking up one too many trusts - just because Teddy is remembered fondly by history.

Also, Lincoln would be howled at as a moderate hero in pretty much any era, IMO.

Applying the modern terms "liberal" and "progressive" to the 1860s doesn't make much sense. But Lincoln was definitely a moderate for his time (I'll refrain from calling him a moderate hero because that's just another word for the golden mean fallacy, not an actual ideology.)

[Leinad]

Obama 2008, McGovern 1972, Roosevelt 1912 (they beat the Republicans, finishing second, I'll count that as "major party"), and then maybe Dukakis 1988, Kerry 2004, or FDR--it's hard to compare eras like that, because the terms and status quos have changed. Roosevelt's 1912 platform may not sound too radical today, but back then it was exceedingly progressive, even compared to alleged progressive icon Woodrow Wilson (who was a terrible president--just terrible).

[OSR stands with Israel]

Obama 2008, McGovern 1972, Roosevelt 1912 (they beat the Republicans, finishing second, I'll count that as "major party"), and then maybe Dukakis 1988, Kerry 2004, or FDR--it's hard to compare eras like that, because the terms and status quos have changed. Roosevelt's 1912 platform may not sound too radical today, but back then it was exceedingly progressive, even compared to alleged progressive icon Woodrow Wilson (who was a terrible president--just terrible).

Wilson was to the left of Teddy