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« on: July 11, 2004, 06:12:33 PM »
If you could change the winner of a Presidential election, what election would you change?

I would have to say 1976 to Ford.
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2004, 06:13:55 PM »
Hoover in 1932.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2004, 06:14:17 PM »
1964 GOP primary to Rockefeller...(then the general to Rockefeller)
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2004, 06:29:44 PM »
Hoover 1932 - the obvious watershed election.
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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2004, 06:32:51 PM »
1992- BACK TO GEORGE BUSH FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2004, 06:34:30 PM »
2000 (talking about the "official" winner though)
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2004, 06:40:01 PM »
2000, definitly.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2004, 06:43:53 PM »
« Edited: July 11, 2004, 07:24:38 PM by Senator Beet »
1976 to Ford

1994 to Foley (GOP from +53/+12 to +33/+7)

2000 to Gore

1968 to Humphrey ~ not sure about this one, but maybe the ERA would have passed.
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2004, 07:00:00 PM »
2000 to Gore.  
1980 to Carter
1984 to Mondale
1988 to Dukakis
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2004, 07:02:41 PM »
My full list:

1884 to Blaine

1904 to Parker

1912 to Taft

1916 to Hughes

1932 to Hoover

1948 to Dewey

1960 to Nixon

1964 to Goldwater
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2004, 07:55:04 PM »
« Edited: July 11, 2004, 08:06:30 PM by Senator StatesRights »
1800 - Adams
1844 - Clay
1860 - Breckinridge
1864 - McClellan
1876 - Tilden
1912 - Roosevelt
1916 - Roosevelt
1932 - Hoover
1948 - Dewey Thurmond
1960 - Nixon
1964 - AuH2O
1968 - Nixon
1976 - Reagan
1992 - Perot
1996 - Dole
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2004, 07:56:35 PM »
A lot of these are 3rd-party-friendly Tongue

Some election -> Debs, just because he was so darn friendly Smiley

1872 -> Greely Cheesy Wink

1892 -> Weaver

1912 -> Roosevelt

1924 -> LaFollette

1968 -> Humphrey

1980 -> Anderson

1988 -> Bentsen/Dukakis Grin

1992, 1996 -> Perot

2000 -> Gore

I might do more later.
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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2004, 07:59:24 PM »
Dole in '96 or TR in 1912 and maybe Bush in '92... But really I wouldn't want to anything changed because whose to say what would have happened under different circumstances its too big of a gamble imho.
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« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2004, 08:05:08 PM »

Huh You probably mean Hoover, Harding was dead and buried since 1923.
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2004, 08:06:04 PM »
The five I'd most want to change.

John Adams in 1800
John Q. Adams in 1828
Teddy Roosevelt in 1912
Thomas Dewey in 1944
John McCain in 2000
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« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2004, 08:07:05 PM »
Quote from: PBrunsel on July 11, 2004, 08:05:08 PM

Huh You probably mean Hoover, Harding was dead and buried since 1923.

You are right! I corrected it. I don't know what the heck I was thinking. I can't stand Harding.
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« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2004, 08:12:16 PM »
The 2 major ones...

- 1976 to Ford
- 1960 to Nixon
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« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2004, 08:57:48 PM »

Nixon did win in 1968.
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« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2004, 09:01:27 PM »

What the hell am I thinking. I'm way off today..geesh.
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« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2004, 05:07:03 AM »
2000 to the rightful winner (Gore)
1980 to Carter
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« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2004, 05:16:40 AM »
1912 to Theodore Roosevelt.
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« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2004, 09:42:38 AM »
1912 - Teddy Roosevelt
1920 - James Cox
1928 - Al Smith
2000 - Al Gore
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« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2004, 09:50:09 AM »
1912-Teddy Roosevelt
1976-Gerald Ford (Ford rather than Reagan because that way Reagan still has the crucial years of the Reagan)
1992-George H. W. Bush
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« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2004, 10:53:14 AM »
A quick item here ... for you guys who want to give '76 to Ford ... if you do so then odds are you would get Dole winning the Republican nomination in 1980 (as the sitting VP almost always gets the nom unless he doesn't want it ... and Dole definitely wanted it).

So if Ford wins in '76 ... odds are there's no Reagan Presidency.  I can live with it, but can you?
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« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2004, 10:56:36 AM »
True, but who knows...maybe Dole wouldn't have run. None of us know for sure. By the way, Wakie, you wanted Al Smith to win in 1928 and I'm guessing you would have liked to see him re-elected. Well chances are if that did happen, the Dems wouldn't have their beloved FDR. I can live with that, but can you?
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