How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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PARTY IDENTIFICATION
Federalist Party (until 1798)
Democratic-Republican Party (1798-1824)
Whig Party (1824-1848)
Adams Republican, National Republican, Whig
Free Soil Party (1848-1854)
Republican Party (1854-1884)
Democratic Party (1884-1912; 1912-present)
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party (1912)

PRESIDENTIAL VOTES
1788: George Washington (I) and John Adams (I)
1792: George Washington (I) and John Adams (F)
1796: John Adams (F) and John Jay (F)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (DR) and Aaron Burr (DR)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: John Q. Adams (DR)
1828: John Q. 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: Winfield Scott (W)
1856: John C. Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (U)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876: Samuel Tilden (D)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Grover Cleveland (D)
1892: Grover Cleveland (D)
1896: William J. Bryan (D) (Watson for VP)
1900: William J. Bryan (D)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William J. Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: James M. Cox (D)
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: Harry S Truman (D)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (D)
1956: Adlai Stevenson (D)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. 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)

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Primaries
I'll start in 1956, the first time the Democratic Party held a presidential primary in Indiana.
Bold indicates winning candidates; ˚ indicates candidates who carried Indiana

1956: Estes Kefauver (D)˚
1960: Hubert Humphrey (D)
1964: Matthew Welsh¹ (D)˚
1968: Robert F. Kennedy (D)˚
1972: Hubert Humphrey (D)²˚
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)˚
1980: Ted Kennedy (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: Hillary Clinton (D)˚
2012: Barack Obama (D)˚

¹ Stand-in for Lyndon B. Johnson
² The only other credible candidate on the Indiana ballot was George Wallace.
 

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1789   George Washington (IND) and John Adams (IND)
1792   George Washington (IND) and John Adams (FED)
1796   John Adams (FED) and Samuel Adams (DR)
1800   Thomas Jefferson (DR) and John Adams (FED)
1804   Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808   James Madison (DR)
1812   DeWitt Clinton (FUSION)
1816   James Monroe (DR)
1820   James Monroe (DR)
1824   John Q. Adams (DR)
1828   John Q. Adams (NR)
1832   Henry Clay (NR)
1836   Martin Van Buren (DEM)
1840   Martin Van Buren (DEM)
1844   Henry Clay (WHIG)
1848   Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852   Winfield Scott (WHIG)
1856   John C. Fremont (REP)
1860   Abraham Lincoln (REP)
1864   Abraham Lincoln (UNION)
1868   Ulysses S. Grant (REP)
1872   Ulysses S. Grant (REP)
1876   Rutherford B. Hayes (REP)
1880   James Garfield (REP)
1884   Grover Cleveland (DEM)
1888   Benjamin Harrison (REP)
1892   James B. Weaver (POP)
1896   William J. Bryan (DEM)
1900   William J. Bryan (DEM)
1904   Theodore Roosevelt (REP)
1908   William J. Bryan (DEM)
1912   Theodore Roosevelt (PRO)
1916   Woodrow Wilson (DEM)
1920   James Cox (DEM)
1924   Robert M. LaFollette (PRO)
1928   Alfred E. Smith (DEM)
1932   Franklin D. Roosevelt (DEM)
1936   Franklin D. Roosevelt (DEM)
1940   Franklin D. Roosevelt (DEM)
1944   Franklin D. Roosevelt (DEM)
1948   Harry S. Truman (DEM)
1952   Adlai E. Stevenson (DEM)
1956   Dwight D. Eisenhower (REP)
1960   John F. Kennedy (DEM)
1964   Lyndon B. Johnson (DEM)
1968   Hubert H. Humphrey (DEM)
1972   George McGovern (DEM)
1976   James E. Carter (DEM)
1980   James E. Carter (DEM)
1984   Walter Mondale (DEM)
1988   Michael Dukakis (DEM)
1992   William J. Clinton (DEM)
1996   William J. Clinton (DEM)
2000   Albert Gore (DEM)
2004   John Kerry (DEM)
2008   Barack Obama (DEM)
2012   Barack Obama (DEM)

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It's been a while since I did this...

1788   George Washington (Ind)
1792   George Washington (Ind)
1796   John Adams (Fed)
1800   Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804   Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808   James Madison (DR)
1812   DeWitt Clinton (Fusion)
1816   James Monroe (DR)
1820   James Monroe (DR)
1824   Henry Clay (DR)
1828   John Q. Adams (Nat)
1832   Henry Clay (Nat)
1836   William H. Harrison (Whig)
1840   William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844   Henry Clay (Whig)
1848   Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852   John P. Hale (FS)
1856   John C. Fremont (Rep)
1860   Abraham Lincoln (Rep)
1864   Abraham Lincoln (Union)
1868   Ulysses S. Grant (Rep)
1872   Ulysses S. Grant (Rep)
1876   Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep)
1880   James Garfield (Rep)
1884   Grover Cleveland (Dem)
1888   Benjamin Harrison (Rep)
1892   James B. Weaver (Pop)
1896   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1900   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1904   Theodore Roosevelt (Rep)
1908   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1912   Theodore Roosevelt (Pro)
1916   Woodrow Wilson (Dem)
1920   James M. Cox (Dem)
1924   Robert M. La Follette (Pro)
1928   Al Smith (Dem)
1932   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1936   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1940   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1944   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1948   Harry S. Truman (Dem)
1952   Adlai E. Stevenson (Dem)
1956   Dwight D. Eisenhower (Rep)
1960   John F. Kennedy (Dem)
1964   Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem)
1968   Hubert H. Humphrey (Dem)
1972   George McGovern (Dem)
1976   Jimmy Carter (Dem)
1980   Jimmy Carter (Dem)
1984   Walter Mondale (Dem)
1988   Michael Dukakis (Dem)
1992   Bill Clinton (Dem)
1996   Bill Clinton (Dem)
2000   Al Gore (Dem)
2004   John Kerry (Dem)
2008   Barack Obama (Dem)
2012   Barack Obama (Dem)
2016   Hillary Clinton (Dem)

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HOME STATE
Virginia (until 1791)
Kentucky (1791 - 1816)
Indiana (1816 - present)

PARTY AFFILIATION
Jeffersonian Republican (1794 - 1828)
Independent (1828 - 1848)*
Free Soil (1848 - 1854)
Republican (1854 - 1884)
Independent (1884 - 1890)
Populist (1890 - 1896)
Democratic (1896 - present)

*Party politics was a strange business in the Jacksonian era, and organized political factions were practically non-existent in Indiana until around 1840. My reasoning here is fairly complicated, but assuming (a) no hindsight, and (b) access only to that information which would have been available to someone of my class and location in the early 19th century, my best bet is that I would have supported the Democrats at the national level and the Whigs at the local level until after the Mexican War.

PRESIDENTIAL VOTES
1788     George Washington (I)
1792     George Washington (I)
1796     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1800     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1804     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1808     James Madison (R)
1812     DeWitt Clinton (R)
1816     James Monroe (R)
1820     James Monroe (R)
1824     Henry Clay (R)
1828     Andrew Jackson (D)
1832     Andrew Jackson (D)
1836     Martin Van Buren (D)
1840     William H. Harrison (W)
1844     James K. Polk (D)
1848     Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852     John P. Hale (FS)
1856     John C. Fremont (R)
1860     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876     Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
1880     James Garfield (R)
1884     Grover Cleveland (D)
1888     Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892     James B. Weaver (P)
1896     William J. Bryan (D)
1900     William J. Bryan (D)
1904     Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908     William J. Bryan (D)
1912     Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916     Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920     James M. Cox (D)
1924     Robert M. LaFollette (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     Harry S Truman (D)
1952     Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1956     Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1960     John F. Kennedy (D)
1964     Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968     Hubert H. 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)

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1788     George Washington (I)
1792     George Washington (I)
1796     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1800     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1804     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1808     James Madison (R)
1812     DeWitt Clinton (R)
1816     James Monroe (R)
1820     James Monroe (R)
1824     Henry Clay (R)
1828     John Q. Adams (NR)
1832     Andrew Jackson (D)
1836     Martin Van Buren (D)
1840     Martin Van Buren (D)
1844     James K. Polk (D)
1848     Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852     John P. Hale (FS)
1856     John C. Fremont (R)
1860     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876     Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
1880     James Garfield (R)
1884     Grover Cleveland (D)
1888     Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892     James B. Weaver (P)
1896     William J. Bryan (D)
1900     William J. Bryan (D)
1904     Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908     William J. Bryan (D)
1912     Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916     Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920     James M. Cox (D)
1924     Robert M. LaFollette (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     Harry S Truman (D)
1952     Adlai Stevenson (D)
1956     Adlai Stevenson (D)
1960     John F. Kennedy (D)
1964     Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968     Hubert H. 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)

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HOME STATE
Virginia (until 1791)
Kentucky (1791 - 1816)
Indiana (1816 - present)

PARTY AFFILIATION
Jeffersonian Republican (1794 - 1828)
Independent (1828 - 1848)
Free Soil (1848 - 1854)
Republican (1854 - 1884)
Independent (1884 - 1890)
Populist (1890 - 1896)
Democratic (1896 - present)

PRESIDENTIAL VOTES
1788     George Washington (I)
1792     George Washington (I)
1796     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1800     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1804     Thomas Jefferson (R)
1808     James Madison (R)
1812     DeWitt Clinton (R)
1816     James Monroe (R)
1820     James Monroe (R)
1824     Henry Clay (R)
1828     John Q. 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. Fremont (R)
1860     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864     Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872     Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876     Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
1880     James Garfield (R)
1884     Grover Cleveland (D)
1888     Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892     James B. Weaver (P)
1896     William J. Bryan (D)
1900     William J. Bryan (D)
1904     Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908     William J. Bryan (D)
1912     Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916     Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920     James M. Cox (D)
1924     Robert M. LaFollette (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     Harry S Truman (D)
1952     Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1956     Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1960     John F. Kennedy (D)
1964     Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968     Hubert H. 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)

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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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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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In my case, it's a question of choosing between the guy who was supported by Richard Nixon and Joe McCarthy, or the progressive who chose Southerners (the second an avid anti-segregationist) as his running mates.

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Eh, I would disagree with the first assertion.  As for the last part, I have read quite a bit about how Eisenhower was eager and excited to court the South.  I mean, his campaign spent a lot more time courting Southern Whites than they did Black voters, for example.

Eisenhower lost South Carolina by 4,922 votes (1.44%) in 1952, thanks in part to endorsements from Jimmy Byrnes and Strom Thurmond (!!!). He carried four former Confederate states that year, and added a fifth in 1956. The notion that he didn't actively court white Southerners is absurd.

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I agree with most of your list, but why vote for Pinckney and not Adams? Adams was easily one of the best Federalists in my opinion, while Pinckney was one of the worst, especially on slavery. It's odd to me that you would vote for all these nonentites the Federalists nominated in later years but not the great John Adams.

I was very torn on the issue of voting for John Adams and, when first typing this list, I did cast my "vote" for John Adams. However, I reversed that decision based on two factors:

1. On principle, I would've abhorred the Alien and Seditions Act that Adams enacted.
2. I would've been considerably more aligned with France than Great Britain and would've detested the way in which Adams & Co. campaigned against Jefferson on this issue.

But Pinckney? The man literally wrote the 3/5ths compromise. At least write-in Clinton in 1808 if you can't stomach Madison.

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2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: John McCain (Republican)

Why would you vote for McCain after voting for Gore and Kerry?

FDB has also changed how he'd vote in 2020 like 50 times

And it's gone! LOL.

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GENERAL ELECTIONS:
1788   George Washington (No party)
1792   George Washington (No party)
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   William Wirt (Antimasonic)
1836   Martin Van Buren (Democratic Republican)
1840   James Gillespie Birney (Liberty)
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   Eugene Victor Debs (Socialist)
1924   Robert Marion La Follette (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   Alfred Arnold Gore (Democratic)
2004   John Forbes Kerry (Democratic)
2008   Barack Hussein Obama (Democratic)
2012   Barack Hussein Obama (Democratic)
2016   Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democratic)
2020   Joseph Robinette Biden (Democratic)


PARTY AFFILIATION:
1792–1824   Republican
1824–1828   Adams Republican
1830–1832   Antimasonic
1835–1837   Democratic Republican
1839–1848   Liberty
1848–1854   Free Soil
1854–1856   People's
1856–1874   Republican
1874–1884   Greenback
1890–1896   People's
1896–1912   Independent Democrat
1912–1912   Progressive
1912–1919   Independent Democrat
1924–1924   Progressive
1928–present    Democratic

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

[snip]

Serious props for researching local parties and candidates for elector from the early elections.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

As someone who doesn't own land I don't believe I would have been able to vote until 1824 or so in most states.

New Jersey I believe abolished its property requirement in 1807, just ftr. More of an obstacle would have been the common practice of giving the choice of electors to the state legislature, which was the real significance of 1824 for the average white male voter, as only six states that year (and only two in 1828) did not chose their electors by some kind of popular vote mechanism.