Most consequential presidential election?

[morgankingsley]

Forgive me for bumping this again

But I would argue 1980 is the most important election in modern history. I mean, really think about the what ifs for that one, and all the ones you can get just from Carter winning that one, which was a bit more deceiving than first sight with how razor thin many states were and how you can create a realistic case in which the incumbent wins a second term despite losing the popular vote

[morgankingsley]

Of the presented options, 1932, purely because of the Great Depression.

I would say all of Roosevelts elections were equally important

[morgankingsley]

I would say 2012 was the most important of my lifetime due to hindsight factor

[morgankingsley]

the “southern strategy” which began with Hoover in 1928?

It began with McKinley and the Lily-Whites in 1896.

That was the first real attempt, but it failed miserably. 1928 was the first time it had any grounds