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« Reply #1100 on: December 24, 2018, 01:35:57 AM »

1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain
2012: Romney
2016: Trump
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« Reply #1101 on: December 24, 2018, 02:44:37 AM »
« Edited: December 24, 2018, 02:49:06 AM by alancia »

1928: Smith

1932: FDR

1936: FDR

1940: FDR

1944: FDR

1948: Truman

1952: Eisenhower

1956: Eisenhower

1960: Kennedy

1964: Goldwater

1968: Nixon, Wallace if it wasn't for the segregation.

1972: Nixon

1976: Carter

1980: Reagan

1984: Reagan

1988: Bush

1992: Perot

1996: Dole

2000: Bush

2004: Bush

2008: Baldwin

2012: Romney

2016: Trump
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« Reply #1102 on: December 25, 2018, 11:50:43 AM »

1968: Nixon, Wallace if it wasn't for the segregation.

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« Reply #1103 on: December 26, 2018, 04:41:50 PM »
« Edited: December 26, 2018, 04:49:26 PM by Lakigigar »

1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Horace Greeley
1876: Samuel L. Tilden
1880: James B. Weaver
1884: Grogor Cleveland
1888: Grogor Cleveland
1892: James B. Weaver
1896: William J. Bryan
1900: Eugene V. Debs
1904: Eugene V. Debs
1908: Eugene V. Debs
1912: Eugene V. Debs
1916: Allan L. Benson
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert M. La Folette
1928: Norman Thomas
1932: Norman Thomas
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Henry A. Wallace
1952: Adlai Stevenson II
1956: Adlai Stevenson II
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Richard Nixon (really not sure about this one)
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale (reluctantly)
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Ralph Nader
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Donald J. Trump (with hindsight maybe Bernie Sanders write-in vote)

Hard to go back a lot in time.

Democratic Primaries:
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1968: Robert Kennedy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Frank Church
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Jesse Jackson
1988: Jesse Jackson
1992: Tom Harkin
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Dennis Kucinich
2008: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders
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« Reply #1104 on: May 02, 2019, 12:28:13 PM »
« Edited: May 02, 2019, 12:37:48 PM by Wazza1901 »

1788/89: Washington
1792: Washington

1796: Adams (F)
1800: Jefferson (DR)
1804: Jefferson (DR)

1808: Pinckney (F)
1812: Clinton (F)

1816: Monroe (DR)
1820: Monroe (DR)
1824: Adams (DR)

1828: Adams (National Republican)
1832: Clay (National Republican)
1836: One of the Whigs
1840: Harrison (Whig)
1844: Clay (Whig)
1848: Taylor (Whig)
1852: Scott (Whig)

1856: Fremont (R)
1860: Lincoln (R)
1864: Lincoln (R)
1868: Grant (R)

1872: Greeley (Liberal R)
1876: Tilden (D)
1880: Garfield (R)
1884: Cleveland (D)
1888: Cleveland (D)
1892: Cleveland (D)

1896: McKinley (R)
1900: McKinley (R)

1904: Parker (D)
1908: Taft (R)
1912: Taft (R)
1916: Hughes (R)
1920: Harding (R)
1924: Coolidge (R)
1928: Hoover (R)
1932: Hoover (R)
1936: Landon (R)
1940: Willkie (R)
1944: Dewey (R)
1948: Dewey (R)
1952: Ike (R)
1956: Ike (R)
1960: Nixon (R)
1964: Goldwater (R)
1968: Nixon (R)
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Ford (R)
1980: Reagan (R)
1984: Reagan (R)
1988: Bush (R)

1992: Perot (I)
1996: Dole (R)
2000: Bush (R)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: McCain (R)
2012: Romney (R)
2016: Trump (R)
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« Reply #1105 on: February 07, 2020, 01:44:01 PM »
« Edited: March 19, 2020, 04:52:10 PM by HenryWallaceVP »

Updated:

1788-89: George Washington (I)
1792: George Washington (I)
1796: John Adams (F)
1800: John Adams (F)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (DR)
1816: Rufus King (F)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: John Quincy Adams (DR)
1828: John Quincy Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)

1836: Martin van Buren (D)
1840: Martin Van Buren (D)

1844: Henry Clay (W)
1848: Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852: John P. Hale (FS)

1856: John C. Frémont (R)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R)

1876: Peter Cooper (G)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: James G. Blaine (R)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (R)

1896: William Jennings Bryan (D)
1900: William Jennings Bryan (D)

1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (R)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (S)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (P)
1928: Al Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1948: Henry Wallace (P)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968: Hubert Humphrey (D)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)
2012: Barack Obama (D)
2016: Hillary Clinton (D)


Affiliation by Party System:

First Party System (1792-1824): Federalist
Second Party System (1824-1856): National Republican/Whig
Third Party System (1856-1896): Republican
Fourth Party System (1896-1932): Republican

Fifth Party System (1932-1980): Democratic
Sixth Party System (1980-?): Democratic
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« Reply #1106 on: February 08, 2020, 07:01:46 AM »

1796: Jefferson (D-R)
1800: Jefferson (D-R)
1804: Jefferson (D-R)
1808: Madison (D-R)
1812: Madison (D-R)
1816: Monroe (D-R)
1820: Monroe (D-R)
1824: Jackson (D-R)

1828: Jackson (D)
1832: Jackson (D)
1836: Van Buren (D)

1840: Van Buren (D)
1844: Clay (Whig)
1844: Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Hale (Free Soil)

1856: Lincoln (R)
1860: Lincoln (R)
1864: Lincoln (R)
1868: Grant (R)
1872: Grant (R)
1876: Hayes (R)
1880: Garfield (R)
1884: Blaine (R)
1888: Harrison (R)
1892: Harrison (R)

1896: Abstain
1900: Abstain

1904: Debs (S)
1908: Debs (S)
1912: Debs (S)
1916: Benson (S)
1920: Debs (S)

1924: La Follette (P)
1928: Smith (D)
1932: Thomas (S)
1936: Roosevelt (D)
1940: Roosevelt (D)
1944: Roosevelt (D)
1948: Truman (D)

1952: Eisenhower (R)
1956: Eisenhower (R)

1960: Kennedy (D)
1964: Johnson (D)
1968: Humphrey (D)
1972: McGovern (D)
1976: Carter (D)
1980: Carter (D)
1984: Mondale (D)
1988: Dukakis (D)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Kerry (D)
2008: Obama (D)
2012: Obama (D)
2016: Clinton (D)

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« Reply #1107 on: February 25, 2020, 06:26:40 PM »

1900: Bryan
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Bryant
1912: Wilson
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox
1924: La Follette
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952: Stevenson
1956: Stevenson
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: Mcgovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Trump
2020 Sanders in Primary
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« Reply #1108 on: February 26, 2020, 12:24:40 AM »

Updated

1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield

1884: Cleveland
1888: B. Harrison
1892: Weaver
1896: Bryan
1900: Bryan

1904: T. Roosevelt
1908: Bryan
1912: Wilson
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox

1924: LaFollette
1928: Hoover
1932: F. Roosevelt
1936: F. Roosevelt
1940: F. Roosevelt
1944: F. Roosevelt
1948: Truman

1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon

1964: L. Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: B. Clinton

1996: Nader
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama*

2016: Abstain**
2020: TBD


Primaries

1952: Kefauver
1956: Kefauver
1960: Humphrey
1964: L. Johnson
1968: R. Kennedy
1972: Muskie
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Jackson
1988: Gore
1992: Harkin
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards
2008: H. Clinton
2016: Sanders
2020: Sanders
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« Reply #1109 on: April 14, 2020, 01:03:49 PM »

Atlas colors for Republicans and Democrats. Do as many or as few as you'd like.

1789: Washington
1792: Washington
1796: Jefferson
1800: Jefferson
1804: Jefferson
1808: Madison
1812: Madison
1816: Monroe
1820: Monroe
1824: Jackson
1828: Jackson
1832: Jackson
1836: Van Buren
1840: Harrison
1844: No vote
1848: Van Buren
1852: Scott
1856: Fremont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Cooper
1880: Weaver
1884: Butler
1888: Streeter
1892: Weaver
1896: Bryan
1900: Bryan
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Debs
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Benson
1920: Debs
1924: La Follette
1928: No vote
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Wallace
1952: No vote
1956: No vote
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: No vote
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: No vote
1988: Dukakis
1992: Perot
1996: Nader
2000: Nader
2004: Nader
2008: Obama
2012: Anderson
2016: Stein
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« Reply #1110 on: April 14, 2020, 01:25:13 PM »

1900: Bryan
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Debs
1912: Debs
1916: Benson
1920: Debs

1924: La Follette
1928: Thomas
1932: Thomas

1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt

1948: Wallace
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Stevenson
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern

1976: McCarthy
1980: No vote
1984: No vote
1988: Dukakis
1992: Perot
1996: Perot

2000: Nader
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama

2016: Trump
2020: Biden
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« Reply #1111 on: April 23, 2020, 11:38:20 PM »

1788: Washington
1792: Washington

1796: Adams
1800: Adams
1804: Pinckney
1808: Pinckney
1812: Clinton

1816: Monroe
1820: Monroe
1824: Adams

1828: Adams
1832: Clay
1836: Whig
1840: Harrison
1844: Clay
1848: Taylor
1852: Scott

1856: Fremont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield
1884: Blaine
1888: Harrison
1892: Harrison
1896: McKinley
1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain
2012: Romney
2016: Trump
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« Reply #1112 on: April 24, 2020, 04:10:17 AM »

1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams
1804: Charles C. Pinckney

1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe

1824: Andrew Jackson
1828: Andrew Jackson

1832: Henry Clay
1836: Whig
1840: William Henry Harrison

1844: James K. Polk
1848: Lewis Cass
1852: Franklin Pierce
1856: James Buchanan
1860: Stephen Douglas
1864: George B. McClellan
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Charles O’Conor
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Hancock
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William Jennings Bryan

1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Taft

1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson

1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge

1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt

1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George HW Bush

1992: Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Pat Buchanan

2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Donald Trump
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« Reply #1113 on: June 24, 2020, 11:52:38 PM »
« Edited: July 01, 2020, 11:27:01 AM by HenryWallaceVP »

Update:

1788-89: George Washington
1792: George Washington

1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams

1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison

1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: Rufus King

1820: James Monroe
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay

1836: Martin Van Buren
1840: Martin Van Buren

1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John P. Hale

1856: John C. Frémont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant

1876: Peter Cooper
1880: James B. Weaver
1884: Benjamin Butler

1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: James B. Weaver
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan

1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert M. La Follette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt

1948: Henry Wallace
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton
2020: Joe Biden


Without Third Parties (supposing they weren't on the ballot in my home state):

1788-89: George Washington
1792: George Washington

1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams

1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison

1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: Rufus King

1820: James Monroe
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay

1836: Martin Van Buren
1840: Martin Van Buren

1844: Henry Clay
1848: Zachary Taylor
1852: Winfield Scott

1856: John C. Frémont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James Garfield
1884: James G. Blaine
1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: Benjamin Harrison

1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan

1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: William Howard Taft
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge

1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry S. Truman

1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton
2020: Joe Biden


Political Affiliation by Party System:

First Party System (1792-1824): Federalist
Second Party System (1824-1856): National Republican and Whig

Third Party System (1856-1896): Republican
Fourth Party System (1896-1932): Republican

Fifth Party System (1932-1980): Democratic
Sixth Party System (1980-2020): Democratic
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« Reply #1114 on: June 27, 2020, 11:33:18 PM »

1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: La Follette
1928: Hoover
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952; Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: JFK
1964: LBJ
1968: Humphrey
1972: Nixon (Held nose though)
1976: Carter
1980: Carter (Once again, held nose)
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Perot
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Trump (Though looking back now, I would have said Johnson)
2020: Leaning Biden (Or Libertarian...)
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« Reply #1115 on: June 28, 2020, 01:18:35 AM »
« Edited: June 28, 2020, 03:23:42 AM by Alben Barkley »

1904: Roosevelt
1908: Bryan
1912: Wilson
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox
1924: Davis
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952: Stevenson
1956: Stevenson
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Clinton
2020: Biden

I guess you could say I’m pretty partisan.

Hardest decisions would have been 1904, 1952, 1956, and 1988.

1904 because while I admire TR he was a bit imperialistic/nationalistic/hawkish for my tastes. But he was a great American and a progressive, so at the end of the day I think I would have come around to him over someone like Parker. Not over Wilson, however, who hit the sweet spot better for me in terms of how much the US should be involved in world affairs, and who was if anything more progressive in other ways as well.

1952 and 1956 because I really admire both Eisenhower and Stevenson as individuals. But ultimately I align more with Stevenson’s beliefs and certainly his party, even at that time, over Eisenhower. Also I am not a fan of the fact that Eisenhower didn’t take a strong enough stance against McCarthy, or that later on he campaigned for Goldwater.

1988 because Dukakis was so weak that it would be difficult to muster any enthusiasm for him, and I admire HW both for his experience and for representing a more sane and moderate wing of the GOP that has basically died out since him. The man certainly knew what he was doing, especially in foreign policy affairs. But he did pander to the religious right even if he wasn’t personally part of it, and he did appoint Clarence Thomas, let Atwater run a pretty low and racist campaign, and he did bring Dubya into the world. So ultimately that’s probably worse than the cringeworthy pictures of Dukakis in a tank.

1988 was the absolute last time I would have even considered voting Republican for one second.

I might have considered Nixon in 1972 without any hindsight whatsoever but honestly, even by then it was clear who “Tricky Dick” was. I don’t think I could have brought myself to vote for him, but I would not have been a huge McGovern fan either. I would have seen the outcome was decided regardless and just voted my conscience for McGovern.

I basically would have been a single-issue voter on prohibition in the 20s, by the way.
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« Reply #1116 on: June 28, 2020, 01:58:42 AM »

Hardest decisions would have been 1904, 1952, 1956, and 1988.
Which elections would have been the easiest decisions?

I would not have been a huge McGovern fan either
Why
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« Reply #1117 on: June 28, 2020, 03:32:01 AM »
« Edited: June 28, 2020, 03:38:00 AM by Alben Barkley »

Hardest decisions would have been 1904, 1952, 1956, and 1988.
Which elections would have been the easiest decisions?

I would not have been a huge McGovern fan either
Why

Easiest decisions are easily 2016 and 2020, because Trump is by far the worst thing the Republicans have ever put up as their nominee.

However, basically all the others I didn’t mention would have been pretty easy decisions too. The EASIEST would have been all the elections from 1932 to 1948 plus 1964. FDR, Truman, and LBJ are all top tier. The Clinton elections in the 90s would also have been very easy, especially 1996 — I like HW well enough as I said, but really don’t care for Dole. Clinton is hands down better than both. All the elections since, as the GOP has gotten crazier and crazier, have just made it easier on top of that.

1912 would have been a little tough as I do like both Wilson and TR, but for reasons I explained I ultimately would prefer Wilson.

A small part of me might have been tempted to vote Reagan in 1984, but at the end of the day I don’t think I could do it. Just too right-wing for me, no matter how charismatic he was. 1980 would have been easy: I would have most definitely been loyal to President Carter to the very end. I still personally admire him more than any other president.

I’m not in love with any of the 20s Democrats but again, they were all softer/wetter on prohibition than their Republican opponents and all else equal (as it pretty much was), that would have been enough.

Reason I would not have been a big fan of McGovern is number one I would likely have seen him as a little too far left and out there for my tastes, number two I would have a hard time seeing him as a strong and decisive leader. Really the same reasons the country rejected him, but I like to think I still would have been turned off more by Nixon.
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« Reply #1118 on: June 28, 2020, 08:13:46 AM »

Hypothetical:
1960: JFK
1964: LBJ
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Reagan

Actual:
1984: Reagan
1988: abstained
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain
2012: Stein
2016: Johnson

Prospective:
2020: Biden
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« Reply #1119 on: June 28, 2020, 09:08:28 AM »

1904: Roosevelt
1908: Bryan
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Unsure
1924: La Follete
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Unsure
1944: Unsure
1948: Truman
1952: Unsure
1956: Unsure
1960: Humphrey in primary, Kennedy in general
1964: Johnson
1968: Unsure in primary, Humphrey in general
1972: Unsure in primary, McGovern in general
1976: Church in primary, unsure in general
1980: Kennedy in primary, Carter in general
1984: Unsure in primary, Mondale in general
1988: Unsure in primary, Dukakis in general
1992: Brown in primary, Clinton in general
1996: Dole
2000: Unsure in primary, Gore in general
2004: Dean in primary, Gore in general
2008: Hillary in primary, Obama in general
2012: Obama
2016: Sanders in primary, Hillary in general
2020: Sanders in primary, Biden in general
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« Reply #1120 on: June 29, 2020, 04:41:13 AM »
« Edited: June 29, 2020, 04:45:27 AM by Unconditional Surrender Truman »

GENERAL ELECTIONS:
1788   George Washington (Unaffiliated)
1792   George Washington (Unaffiliated)
1796   Thomas Jefferson (Republican)
1800   Thomas Jefferson (Republican)
1804   Thomas Jefferson (Republican)
1808   James Madison (Republican)
1812   DeWitt Clinton (Fusion)
1816   James Monroe (Republican)
1820   James Monroe (Republican)
1824   John Quincy Adams (Republican)
1828   John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832   Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836   Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840   Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844   James Gillespie Birney (Liberty)
1848   Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852   John Parker Hale (Free Soil)
1856   John Charles Frémont (Republican)
1860   Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864   Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868   Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872   Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876   Peter Cooper (Greenback)
1880   James Baird Weaver (Greenback)
1884   Benjamin Franklin Butler (Greenback)
1888   Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892   James Baird Weaver (People's)
1896   William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1900   William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1904   Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908   William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1912   Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916   Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920   James Middleton Cox (Democratic)
1924   Robert Marion LaFollette (Progressive)
1928   Alfred Emmanuel Smith (Democratic)
1932   Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936   Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940   Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944   Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948   Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952   Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democratic)
1956   Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democratic)
1960   John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Democratic)
1964   Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democratic)
1968   Hubert Horatio Humphrey (Democratic)
1972   George Sidney McGovern (Democratic)
1976   James Earl Carter (Democratic)
1980   James Earl Carter (Democratic)
1984   Walter Frederick Mondale (Democratic)
1988   Michael Stanley Dukakis (Democratic)
1992   William Jefferson Clinton (Democratic)
1996   William Jefferson Clinton (Democratic)
2000   Albert Arnold Gore (Democratic)
2004   John Forbes Kerry (Democratic)
2008   Barrack Hussein Obama (Democratic)
2012   Barrack Hussein Obama (Democratic)
2016   Hillary Dianne Rodham Clinton (Democratic)
2020   Joseph Robinette Biden (Democratic)


WITHOUT THIRD PARTIES
1844   James Knox Polk (Democratic)
1848   Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852   Winfield Scott (Whig)
1876   Samuel Jones Tilden (Democratic)
1880   James Abram Garfield (Republican)
1884   Stephen Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892   Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1912   Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1924   John Calvin Coolidge (Republican)


PARTY AFFILIATION
1792–1824   Republican
1824–1836   Anti-Jacksonian
1836–1844   Democratic
1844–1848   Liberty
1848–1854   Free Soil
1854–1874   Republican
1874–1886   Greenback
1886–1890   Unaffiliated
1890–1896   People's
since 1896    Democratic
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« Reply #1121 on: June 30, 2020, 11:48:48 AM »

WITHOUT THIRD PARTIES
1844   James Knox Polk (Democratic)
1848   Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852   Winfield Scott (Whig)
1876   Samuel Jones Tilden (Democratic)
1880   James Abram Garfield (Republican)
1884   Stephen Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892   Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1912   Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1924   John Calvin Coolidge (Republican)

May I ask why you'd choose Polk over Clay? If you're opposed to the westward expansion of slavery driven by warfare, as I'd imagine you are, Clay seems the obvious choice. Also, why Tilden over Hayes? I don't like either of them, but Hayes strikes me as the lesser evil, since he at least nominally supported Reconstruction during the campaign.
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« Reply #1122 on: June 30, 2020, 10:13:52 PM »

WITHOUT THIRD PARTIES
1844   James Knox Polk (Democratic)
1848   Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852   Winfield Scott (Whig)
1876   Samuel Jones Tilden (Democratic)
1880   James Abram Garfield (Republican)
1884   Stephen Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892   Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1912   Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1924   John Calvin Coolidge (Republican)

May I ask why you'd choose Polk over Clay? If you're opposed to the westward expansion of slavery driven by warfare, as I'd imagine you are, Clay seems the obvious choice. Also, why Tilden over Hayes? I don't like either of them, but Hayes strikes me as the lesser evil, since he at least nominally supported Reconstruction during the campaign.
1844 was a tough call. I am obviously not a fan of Polk, and in hindsight his presidency has few redeeming features. I always try to approach these threads from the perspective of someone from that time period, however, and I think my nineteenth century self would have very narrowly preferred Polk to Clay in 1844 (though certainly not afterwards). I might judge differently if the election went in the spring; but after publishing the Alabama Letter Clay was no longer unambiguously against expansion, making conflicting promises to different groups of people, and the whole affair reeks of the short-sighted opportunism that was always his downfall. So I wouldn't characterize the choice as it appeared in 1844 as pro-annexation vs. anti-annexation, but pro-annexation vs. slightly-more-nuanced-pro-annexation. Aside from the Texas issue, I think I would have preferred the Democrats on economic issues (even though with hindsight I think Clay's economic vision was better for the country in the long run). Polk was enough of an unknown for me to take a risk on, whereas Clay was absolutely hated among abolitionists and Northern radicals for his support for fugitive slave laws and his opposition to the People's Constitution. My best guess is that I would have initially supported Van Buren and then switched to Birney after the DNC denied Van Buren the nomination. If Birney isn't an option, Van Buren's endorsement and the support of anti-slavery Northern Democrats like John Parker Hale would have persuaded me to reluctantly back Polk as the lesser evil —a decision I would almost certainly come to regret after 1846.

I've gone back and forth on 1876 —there's certainly a case to be made that Hayes had the better position on Reconstruction during the campaign, though I don't get the impression he was ever particularly enthusiastic about it. In reality, Reconstruction was already mostly dead in the lower South after 1874. On the other hand, Tilden —while very bad on Reconstruction —was marginally better on trade and civil service reform. Again thinking about it from the perspective of someone in that year, I'm guessing the Panic of 1873 would have pushed me into the Democratic camp; I almost certainly would have voted for the Democratic nominee for governor of Indiana (a pro-union, pro-silver reformer) that year. On the whole, it seems most of the Hoosier left (including a young Eugene V. Debs) were Democrats in the late 1870s, so I'm trusting to them and voting the party line. 

In both of these cases, though, it is only a very slight preference for one candidate over the other. The gulf between my first choice (Birney/Cooper) and my second is a large one.
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« Reply #1123 on: July 07, 2020, 02:10:03 PM »
« Edited: July 26, 2020, 11:27:32 PM by Calthrina950 »

I'm going to provide an updated list, starting from the very first election (1788) and moving up to the present.

1788: Washington.
1792: Washington.
1796: J. Adams.
1800: Jefferson.
1804: Jefferson.
1808: Madison.
1812: Madison.
1816: Monroe.
1820: Monroe.
1824: J.Q. Adams.
1828: J.Q. Adams.
1832: Clay.
1836: Harrison.
1840: Harrison.
1844: Polk.
1848: Taylor.
1852: Scott.
1856: Fremont.
1860: Lincoln.
1864: Lincoln.
1868: Grant.
1872: Grant.
1876: Hayes.
1880: Garfield.
1884: Cleveland.
1888: Cleveland.
1892: Cleveland.
1896: McKinley.
1900: McKinley.
1904: T. Roosevelt.
1908: Taft.
1912: T. Roosevelt.
1916: Hughes.
1920: Harding.
1924: LaFollette.
1928: Smith.
1932: F. Roosevelt.
1936: F. Roosevelt.
1940: F. Roosevelt.
1944: F. Roosevelt.
1948: Truman.
1952: Eisenhower.
1956: Eisenhower.
1960: Kennedy.
1964: L. Johnson.
1968: Humphrey.
1972: McGovern.
1976: Ford.
1980: Anderson.
1984: Mondale.
1988: H.W. Bush.
1992: Perot.
1996: Perot.
2000: Gore.
2004: Kerry.
2008: Obama.
2012: Obama.
2016: McMullin (ACTUAL VOTE).
2020: Biden (FUTURE VOTE).

EDIT: I've changed my 1924 vote from Coolidge to LaFollette. Otherwise, everything else is the same.
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« Reply #1124 on: July 07, 2020, 06:46:38 PM »

My knowledge of pre-Depression era American politics is lackluster, so I'll be doing 1932 to the present.

Without foresight

1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Stevenson - Likely stick with him because of Dem history
1956: Eisenhower - I'd be impressed with what he got done
1960: Kennedy - Tossup since I'd like Nixon by association of liking Ike, but I'd probably return to Kennedy since he's charismatic
1964: LBJ
1968: Humphrey
1972: Nixon - I'd probably think McGovern was too far left at the time, and up to this point I'd have been impressed with Nixon since his early stuff was fairly liberal.
1976: Carter
1980: Carter - though I might've switched to Ted in the primary
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis - Though I might've been persuaded to go to Bush
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Clinton (actual vote)
2020: Biden (future vote)
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