Who would you have voted for--Dem primaries???

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I made a thread like this for the Dem primaries.  I started with 1972:

1972: Muskie
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Gore
1992: Tsongas
1996: Clinton (uncontested)
2000: Gore

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72: Muskie (better than McGovernment I suppose)
76: Carter (?)
80: ?
84: Hart (??)
88: ? (Dukakis???)
92: Clinton
96: Clinton
00: Bradley (Has more charisma than Gore)
04: Edwards

Honestly saying: I haven't enough knowledge for decision making except about elections since 92 )

Well----here were the candidates in the Dem primaries:

1972: Wallace, Muskie, McGovern
1976: Carter, Wallace and other people
1980: Incumbent Carter and Ted Kennedy
1984: Hart, Mondale, Jesse Jackson, others
1988: Gore, Gephardt, Jackson, Dukakis, others
1992: Tsongas, Clinton, Brown, Harkin
1996: Clinton Uncontested
2000: Gore, Bradley

When I say others, I can't remember the othe candidate that were in the race, mostly minor candidates.

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Stop showing me up Gustaf

Just kidding, thanks.

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Stop showing me up Gustaf

Just kidding, thanks.

You're welcome. I got lucky, by coincidence I happen to have an extreme amount of knowledge about the 1976 election.

Why?  My favorite election is the 1912 election

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I ended up in a vacation resort in the West Indies with little to do, and stumbled across a book by Jules Witcover on the 1976 election. It sparkled my interest in US elections, in fact. But it was a really thick book...

Okay.  I like the 1912 election because it is the only election I can find where 4 candidates polled over 10% in a state.  Wilson, Taft, TR, and Debs all did this in Idaho in 1912.

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I like these elections as well. But there should be another one with several candidates over 10% somewhere...

Maybe...but I haven't found one yet.  There rarely are two third party candidates with an impact.

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4 candidates olled above 15% in Nevada in 1912.

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1912 is now officially my favourite election. I am letting my passion destroy this thread, but it's really cool! Debs actually ran 2nd in Florida! And since Chafin got 3.65% in 5th place there, I think that might be a record.

I got you hooked on 1912...I told you it was cool!

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The cool thing is that Lincoln would have won even if the others had combined their votes!

Yep, the old forum Superman v. Lincoln what-if.

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And for anyone who wants to know who ran in which party's primaries, check this site out:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8088/ElectPandC.html

The bumping of these threads and that link seems to be putting me back in February 2004.

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Let do this again now, 18 months later.

1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Gore
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards

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1972: NOTA
1976: Maybe Jerry Brown or Jackson, No really good candidates
1980: I don't know, of the two Carter
1984: Either Hollings, Hart, or Glenn
1988: Gore
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore, I guess
2004: Clark

Clark would have ran as a Republican in 2004 is that was the open nomination.  There's nothing to prove that he's a Democrat outside of comments he made in October 2003.  I would have had alot of problems supporting him in the general had he come away with the nomination.

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Let do this again now, 18 months later.

1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Gore
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards

Time + More Knowledge =

1968: McCarthy
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Dukakis
1992: Tsongas
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards

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Let do this again now, 18 months later.

1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Gore
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards

Time + More Knowledge =

1968: McCarthy
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Dukakis
1992: Tsongas
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Edwards

1968: McCarthy
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart
1988: Simon
1992: draft Cuomo / uncommitted
1996: uncommited
2000: Bradley
2004: Dean
2008: Gravel / uncommitted