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« Reply #25 on: September 28, 2016, 06:24:21 PM »

I was too young to be aware of he most exciting election of my lifetime, 1948.

I have always wished someone would make available for down streaming the radio coverage of that election night. The anchor people assumed it'd be a  Dewey rout and as the evening wore on they got more and more incredulous. That would be a scream to listen to.
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« Reply #26 on: September 28, 2016, 07:55:13 PM »

As I've said before there are a number of elections that were epic to live through but aren't as interesting to study in hindsight, and vice versa for that matter. 2004 was one where both sides were at their most passionate and there was a real feeling of historic importance to it (more than just the usual BS "THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIMES!!!111!), yet in hindsight it doesn't seem like that. The most notable thing about it is that it appears to have been the last gasp of the Religious Right. 2000 is the opposite; at the time it was (as has been pointed out) viewed as dull and neither candidates were seen as being transformational, yet in hindsight it's fascinating for the legal battles and for being the election of one of the most controversial presidents in history.

The strange thing about 2004 is that it actually makes Bush look weak.  Considering how well Republicans did downballot and that he was a 1st term incumbent, it's surprising to me that he didn't win by 5-6%.

He was, I can tell you that.

See that's what everything post-2000 is now, terrifying to live through because the electorate is so polarized, the candidates so dull or incompetent but ultimately of little consequence...with only 2008 to prove wrong.

I hope the history books call this part of the century The Second Gilded Age.

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« Reply #27 on: September 28, 2016, 10:56:04 PM »

As I've said before there are a number of elections that were epic to live through but aren't as interesting to study in hindsight, and vice versa for that matter. 2004 was one where both sides were at their most passionate and there was a real feeling of historic importance to it (more than just the usual BS "THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIMES!!!111!), yet in hindsight it doesn't seem like that. The most notable thing about it is that it appears to have been the last gasp of the Religious Right. 2000 is the opposite; at the time it was (as has been pointed out) viewed as dull and neither candidates were seen as being transformational, yet in hindsight it's fascinating for the legal battles and for being the election of one of the most controversial presidents in history.

2004 is definitely the most intense election I've ever seen, even more than this time due to the passion on both sides over Iraq. At the time I heard people say it was the most intense election since 68, not coincidentally also a wartime election. War brings the emotions out of people.
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« Reply #28 on: October 09, 2016, 06:55:51 PM »

The most interesting elections to me have to be 1972, 1992, and this current election
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« Reply #29 on: October 09, 2016, 07:03:37 PM »

The most interesting elections to me have to be 1972, 1992, and this current election

How , it was obvious Nixon was going to win reelection and against McGovern everyone knew he was going to win in a landslide
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« Reply #30 on: October 10, 2016, 09:32:44 AM »

The most interesting elections to me have to be 1972, 1992, and this current election

How , it was obvious Nixon was going to win reelection and against McGovern everyone knew he was going to win in a landslide
I find 72 interesting because of how large the landslide was. Nixon was able to carry Queens for crying out loud.
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« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2016, 03:58:07 PM »

From the time I started following US politics, I have to say it was 2000
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« Reply #32 on: October 15, 2016, 07:45:53 PM »

From those I have followed, 2008 by far.
Both historic and exciting, both the primaries and the general.
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« Reply #33 on: October 16, 2016, 11:30:12 AM »

2016 will be a good candidate. The (possibly) first female president is considered the boring mainstream candidate. Trump is Trump.. A socialist is reasonably close to getting the Democrat nomination. Much more ideological variation than is usually the case.

Of the ones I have experienced (and remember reasonably well) I would go for the 2000 election, though that is mostly because of the post-election drama. With hindsight it feels somewhat strange that it was considered an election where the two candidates were almost identical. 
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