Who would YOU have voted for?

[Clark Kent]

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: Dewitt Clinton
1816: Rufus T. King
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Q. Adams
1828: John Q. Adams
1832: Henry Clay
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: Martin van Buren
1844: James K. Polk
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John P. Hale
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: James G. Blaine
1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: Benjamin Harrison
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Alton Parker
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: William Howard Taft
1916: Charles Evan Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
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 H.W. Bush
1992: George H.W. Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney

[Clark Kent]

I suppose that a silver lining to the two-party system is that one of the two parties has consistently held beliefs that generally align pretty closely to my own, and the one time their nominee didn't, the other party was there to pick up the slack (he lost, but still), so I would never have needed a spoiler candidate or a third party to vote for. This year might be different, though...

[Clark Kent]

I suppose that a silver lining to the two-party system is that one of the two parties has consistently held beliefs that generally align pretty closely to my own, and the one time their nominee didn't, the other party was there to pick up the slack (he lost, but still), so I would never have needed a spoiler candidate or a third party to vote for. This year might be different, though...

Just curious, since your list seems to suggest you're usually fine with voting for "RINO" type candidates, what about Teddy Roosevelt makes you unable to support him?

I suppose that Parker might just be a protest vote against Roosevelt. I don't approve of his trustbusting and corporatist policies that distort the free market.

[Clark Kent]

Fair enough about the "public perception vs. reality" thing on Roosevelt vs. Taft, but on principle I still don't support anti-monopoly laws.

[Clark Kent]

Fair enough about the "public perception vs. reality" thing on Roosevelt vs. Taft, but on principle I still don't support anti-monopoly laws.

Then why would you back the guy who campaigned against TR being too soft on trusts?

Probably the public perception again, then. I might switch to Roosevelt in 1912 (and possibly 1904 as well) in that case.