How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

1789: George Washington (No Party)
1792: George Washington (No Party)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democratic Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic Republican)
1824: Andrew Jackson (Democratic Republican)
1828: Andrew Jackson (D)
1830: Andrew Jackson (D)
1836: Hugh White (Whig)
1840: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: Millard Fillmore (American)
1860: John Bell (Constitutional Union)
1864: Too busy shooting traitors to vote, but strongly supportive of Lincoln due to Andrew Johnson VP pick
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876: Rutherford Hayes (R)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: James Blaine (R)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1896: William McKinley (R)
1900: William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Howard Taft (R)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (R)
1920: Warren Harding (R)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (R)
1928: Herbert Hoover (R)
1932: Herbert Hoover (R)
1936: Alfred Landon (R)
1940: Wendell Willkie (R)
1944: Thomas Dewey (R)
1948: Thomas Dewey (R)
1952: Dwight D Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight D Eisenhower (R)
1960: Richard Nixon (R)
1964: Barry Goldwater (R)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1972: Richard Nixon (R)
1976: Gerald Ford (R)
1980: Ronald Reagan (R)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
1988: George H.W. Bush (R)
1992: George H.W. Bush (R)
1996 Bob Dole (R)
2000: George W. Bush (R)
2004: George W. Bush (R)
2008: John McCain (R)

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)

Why does it surprise you that I would vote for my favorite President as he was seeking to be elected again?