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Title: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on January 24, 2012, 07:47:15 PM What I did during the most boring 2-hour class ever. I assume that each always voted when eligible (unless they indicated otherwise), and always voted for the party they were involved with (unless they indicated or there was strong evidence otherwise). Interesting notes in parentheses.
1789: Washington: Federalist electors Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Anti-Federalist electors Madison: Federalist electors Monroe: Federalist electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Anti-Federalist electors 1792: Washington: Federalist electors Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors 1796: Washington: Federalist electors Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors 1800: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors 1804: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Van Buren: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors 1808: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Van Buren: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors 1812: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Van Buren: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors Tyler: Republican electors Buchanan: Federalist electors 1816: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Van Buren: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors Tyler: Republican electors Buchanan: Federalist electors 1820: Adams: Federalist electors Jefferson: Republican electors Madison: Republican electors Monroe: Republican electors J.Q. Adams: Federalist electors Jackson: Republican electors Van Buren: Republican electors Harrison: Federalist electors Tyler: Republican electors Polk: Republican electors Buchanan: Federalist electors Lincoln: Federalist electors 1824: Adams: J.Q. Adams Jefferson: Crawford Madison: Crawford Monroe: Crawford J.Q. Adams: himself Jackson: himself Van Buren: Jackson Republican electors Harrison: Clay Tyler: Crawford Polk: Jackson Fillmore: Adams Republican electors Buchanan: Clay Lincoln: Clay or Adams 1828: Madison: Jackson Monroe: Jackson J.Q. Adams: himself Jackson: himself Van Buren: Jackson Harrison: J.Q. Adams Tyler: Jackson Polk: Jackson Fillmore: J.Q. Adams Pierce: Jackson Buchanan: Jackson Lincoln: Adams 1832: Madison: Jackson J.Q. Adams: Clay Jackson: himself Van Buren: Jackson Harrison: Clay Tyler: Jackson Polk: Jackson Fillmore: Clay Pierce: Jackson Buchanan: Jackson Lincoln: Clay Johnson: Jackson 1836: J.Q. Adams: Webster Jackson: Van Buren Van Buren: himself Harrison: himself Tyler: himself Polk: Van Buren Fillmore: Harrison Pierce: Van Buren Buchanan: Van Buren Lincoln: Harrison Johnson: Van Buren 1840: J.Q. Adams: Harrison or Birney Jackson: Van Buren Van Buren: himself Harrison: himself Tyler: Harrison Polk: Van Buren Fillmore: Harrison Pierce: Van Buren Buchanan: Van Buren Lincoln: Harrison Johnson: Van Buren 1844: J.Q. Adams: Clay or Birney (likely Birney) Jackson: Polk Van Buren: Polk or Birney (likely Birney) Tyler: Polk Polk: himself Fillmore: Clay Pierce: Polk Buchanan: Polk Lincoln: Clay Johnson: Polk Hayes: Clay 1848: Van Buren: himself Tyler: Cass Polk: Cass Taylor: himself (admitted he'd never voted beforehand) Fillmore: Taylor Pierce: Cass Buchanan: Cass Lincoln: Taylor Johnson: Cass Hayes: Taylor 1852: Van Buren: Pierce or Hale Tyler: Pierce Fillmore: Scott Pierce: himself Buchanan: Pierce Lincoln: Scott Johnson: Pierce Hayes: Scott Arthur: Scott 1856: Van Buren: Buchanan Tyler: Buchanan Fillmore: himself Pierce: Buchanan Buchanan: himself Lincoln: Fremont Johnson: Buchanan Grant: Buchanan (his first vote) Hayes: Fremont Arthur: Fremont B. Harrison: Fremont 1860: Van Buren: Fusion (Douglas) Tyler: Breckinridge or Douglas Fillmore: Bell Pierce: Douglas Buchanan: Breckinridge Lincoln: himself Johnson: Breckinridge Grant: Douglas Hayes: Lincoln Garfield: Lincoln Arthur: Lincoln Cleveland: Fusion (Douglas) B. Harrison: Lincoln 1864: Pierce: McClellan Buchanan: McClellan Lincoln: himself Johnson: Lincoln (assuming he was eligible to vote) Grant: Lincoln Hayes: Lincoln Garfield: ? (refused to endorse Lincoln's reelection) Arthur: Lincoln Cleveland: McClellan B. Harrison: Lincoln McKinley: Lincoln 1868: Pierce: Seymour Johnson: Seymour Grant: himself Hayes: Grant Garfield: Grant (strongly disliked him for dismissing his friend General Rosecrans, and only reluctantly supported him both times) Arthur: Grant Cleveland: Seymour B. Harrison: Grant McKinley: Grant 1872: Johnson: Greeley Grant: himself Hayes: Grant Garfield: Grant Arthur: Grant Cleveland: Greeley B. Harrison: Grant McKinley: Grant 1876: Grant: Hayes Hayes: himself Garfield: Hayes Arthur: Hayes (he regretted this vote...) Cleveland: Tilden B. Harrison: Hayes McKinley: Hayes 1880: Grant: Garfield Hayes: Garfield Garfield: himself Arthur: Garfield Cleveland: Hancock B. Harrison: Garfield McKinley: Garfield Roosevelt: Garfield Taft: Garfield WIlson: Hancock 1884: Grant: Blaine Hayes: Blaine Arthur: Blaine Cleveland: himself B. Harrison: Blaine McKinley: Blaine Roosevelt: Blaine (initially indicated he'd support Cleveland, then flip-flopped) Taft: Blaine Wilson: Cleveland 1888: Hayes: Harrison Cleveland: himself B. Harrison: himself McKinley: Harrison Roosevelt: Harrison Taft: Harrison Wilson: Cleveland Harding: Harrison Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on January 24, 2012, 07:47:48 PM 1892:
Hayes: Harrison Cleveland: himself B. Harrison: himself McKinley: Harrison Roosevelt: Harrison Taft: Harrison Wilson: Cleveland Harding: Harrison 1896: Cleveland: Palmer B. Harrison: McKinley McKinley: himself Roosevelt: McKinley Taft: McKinley Wilson: Palmer Harding: McKinley Coolidge: McKinley Hoover: McKinley (may not have voted, he was fairly apolitical at the time) 1900: Cleveland: McKinley (appeared at a campaign rally for him) B. Harrison: McKinley McKinley: himself Roosevelt: McKinley Taft: McKinley Wilson: Probably McKinley Harding: McKinley Coolidge: McKinley Hoover: McKinley 1904: Cleveland: Parker Roosevelt: himself Taft: Roosevelt Wilson: Probably Roosevelt Harding: Roosevelt Coolidge: Roosevelt Hoover: Roosevelt F. Roosevelt: Roosevelt 1908: Roosevelt: Taft Taft: himself Wilson: Probably Taft Harding: Taft Coolidge: Taft Hoover: Taft F. Roosevelt: Bryan Truman: Bryan 1912: Roosevelt: himself Taft: himself Wilson: himself Harding: Taft Coolidge: Taft Hoover: Roosevelt (first time he publicly supported a candidate) F. Roosevelt: Wilson Truman: Wilson Eisenhower: Taft or Roosevelt 1916: Roosevelt: Hughes Taft: Hughes Wilson: himself Harding: Hughes Coolidge: Hughes Hoover: Wilson? (was appointed head of the US Food Administration by Wilson) F. Roosevelt: Wilson Truman: Wilson Eisenhower: Hughes 1920: Taft: Harding Wilson: Cox Harding: himself Coolidge: Harding Hoover: Harding F. Roosevelt: Cox Truman: Cox Eisenhower: Harding 1924: Taft: Coolidge Coolidge: himself Hoover: Coolidge F. Roosevelt: Davis Truman: Davis Eisenhower: Coolidge 1928: Taft: Hoover Coolidge: Hoover (reluctantly: "for six years that man has given me unsolicited advice—all of it bad.") Hoover: himself F. Roosevelt: Smith Truman: Smith (possibly Hoover, given general xenophobia at the time) Eisenhower: Hoover 1932: Coolidge: Hoover Hoover: himself F. Roosevelt: himself Truman: Roosevelt Eisenhower: Hoover L.B. Johnson: Roosevelt Reagan: Roosevelt (voted for Roosevelt and Truman) 1936: Hoover: Landon F. Roosevelt: himself Truman: Roosevelt Eisenhower: Landon L.B. Johnson: Roosevelt Nixon: Landon Ford: Landon Reagan: Roosevelt 1940: Hoover: Willkie F. Roosevelt: himself Truman: Roosevelt Eisenhower: Willkie Kennedy: Probably Willkie (Roosevelt fired his father as ambassador that year, and he was a member of America First) L.B. Johnson: Roosevelt Nixon: Willkie Ford: Willkie Reagan: Roosevelt 1944: Hoover: Dewey F. Roosevelt: himself Truman: Roosevelt Eisenhower: Dewey Kennedy: Roosevelt L.B. Johnson: Roosevelt Nixon: Dewey Ford: Dewey Reagan: Roosevelt 1948: Hoover: Dewey Truman: himself Eisenhower: Dewey Kennedy: Truman L.B. Johnson: Truman Nixon: Dewey Ford: Dewey Carter: Truman Reagan: Truman Bush: Dewey 1952: Hoover: Eisenhower Truman: Stevenson Eisenhower: himself Kennedy: Stevenson L.B. Johnson: Stevenson Nixon: Eisenhower Ford: Eisenhower Carter: Stevenson Reagan: Eisenhower Bush: Eisenhower 1956: Hoover: Eisenhower Truman: Stevenson Eisenhower: himself Kennedy: Stevenson L.B. Johnson: Stevenson Nixon: Eisenhower Ford: Eisenhower Carter: Stevenson Reagan: Eisenhower Bush: Eisenhower 1960: Hoover: Nixon Truman: Kennedy Eisenhower: Nixon (privately disliked him and his endorsement was lukewarm at best) Kennedy: himself L.B. Johnson: Kennedy Nixon: himself Ford: Nixon Carter: Kennedy Reagan: Nixon Bush: Nixon 1964: Truman: Johnson Eisenhower: Goldwater (publicly disliked each other and his endorsement was lukewarm at best) L.B. Johnson: himself Nixon: Goldwater Ford: Goldwater (a lukewarm endorsement) Carter: ??? Reagan: Goldwater Bush: Goldwater (was a Goldwater delegate to the RNC as well) 1968: Truman: Humphrey Eisenhower: Nixon L.B. Johnson: Humphrey Nixon: himself Ford: Nixon Carter: Wallace (claimed to be a supporter in 1970 gubernatorial campaign) Reagan: Nixon Bush: Nixon Clinton: Humphrey G.W. Bush: Nixon 1972: Truman: McGovern L.B. Johnson: McGovern Nixon: himself Ford: Nixon Carter: Nixon (led the "Stop McGovern" campaign; they hate each other) Reagan: Nixon Bush: Nixon Clinton: McGovern (ran the McGovern campaign in Texas) G.W. Bush: Nixon 1976: Nixon: Ford Ford: himself Carter: himself Reagan: Ford Bush: Ford Clinton: Carter G.W. Bush: Ford 1980: Nixon: Reagan Ford: Reagan (appeared in a Reagan campaign ad) Carter: himself Reagan: himself Bush: Reagan Clinton: Carter G.W. Bush: Reagan Obama: Carter 1984: Nixon: Reagan Ford: Reagan Carter: Mondale Reagan: himself Bush: Reagan Clinton: Mondale G.W. Bush: Reagan Obama: Mondale 1988: Nixon: Bush Ford: Bush Carter: Dukakis Reagan: Bush Bush: himself Clinton: Dukakis G.W. Bush: Bush Obama: Dukakis 1992: Nixon: Bush Ford: Bush Carter: Clinton Reagan: Bush Bush: himself Clinton: himself G.W. Bush: Bush Obama: Clinton 1996: Ford: Dole Carter: Clinton Reagan: Dole Bush: Dole Clinton: himself G.W. Bush: Dole Obama: Clinton 2000: Ford: Bush Carter: Gore Reagan: Bush Bush: Bush Clinton: Gore G.W. Bush: himself Obama: Gore 2004: Ford: Bush (he privately said he strongly disagreed with Bush on gay marriage and the Iraq War, but I assume party loyalty was too strong) Carter: Kerry Bush: Bush Clinton: Kerry G.W. Bush: himself Obama: Kerry (was the keynote speaker at the DNC) 2008: Carter: Obama Bush: McCain Clinton: Obama (he might've voted for McCain over sour grapes, but I doubt it) G.W. Bush: McCain (strongly disliked him for 2000, privately indicated he would've endorsed Obama if asked) Obama: himself Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 24, 2012, 08:16:17 PM FTR, Buchanan used to be a Federalist.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on January 24, 2012, 08:34:03 PM FTR, Buchanan used to be a Federalist. Oversight on my part, corrected him thru 1824. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: freepcrusher on January 25, 2012, 01:46:43 AM this is something i've always wondered. I've always wondered if George Mahon, Wright Patman, Bill Poage, F.E. Hebert etc voted for McGovern in 1972 or if Javits, Brooke, Case etc voted for Goldwater in 1964.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook on January 25, 2012, 01:53:14 AM Are these just guesses or are they facts?
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: PulaskiSkywayDriver on April 10, 2012, 10:43:07 PM Anyone think Obama might have voted for Reagan in 80/84 considering his admiration for him?
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: "'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted" on April 11, 2012, 12:47:03 AM I would place very heavy odds that Carter voted for LBJ in '64 and I really doubt he voted for Nixon in '72; he opposed McGovern at the convention, but also lobbied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Vice-Presidential_aspirations_in_1972) for the veep slot after McGovern was chosen. It's likely his "stop McGovern" efforts was a show for conservative voters back home, and I suspect the same of his claim to have supported Wallace in '68 (elsewhere, he intimated he had backed RFK for the Dem. nomination). Speaking of RFK, I seem to recall reading somewhere that he had voted for Eisenhower over Stevenson in either '52 or '56; it wouldn't completely surprise me if his older brother or LBJ did as well.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: "'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted" on April 11, 2012, 12:47:35 AM Anyone think Obama might have voted for Reagan in 80/84 considering his admiration for him? No. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian. on April 11, 2012, 01:02:09 AM Whence the notion Eisenhower, if political at the time, voted against FDR?
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on April 11, 2012, 09:16:30 AM Anyone think Obama might have voted for Reagan in 80/84 considering his admiration for him? From what we know of him, Obama was very left-wing at the time. There's no chance he voted for Reagan. Whence the notion Eisenhower, if political at the time, voted against FDR? Members of the Republican Party from Kansas generally didn't vote for Roosevelt, and he was partisan enough to support Goldwater. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian. on April 11, 2012, 01:37:25 PM Anyone think Obama might have voted for Reagan in 80/84 considering his admiration for him? From what we know of him, Obama was very left-wing at the time. There's no chance he voted for Reagan. Whence the notion Eisenhower, if political at the time, voted against FDR? Members of the Republican Party from Kansas generally didn't vote for Roosevelt, and he was partisan enough to support Goldwater. Landon I can see, but they worked together very closely during the war, and I'm actually having a hard time seeing him being particularly political at that point. He only really started to disdain the Democrats and rebuff the Democratic President during Truman's administration, if memory serves. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on April 11, 2012, 03:00:18 PM The number of Kansan Republican religious WASP commissioned officers with Republican parents who vote for Democrats in any given election can probably be counted on your fingers.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian. on April 11, 2012, 10:20:26 PM Point taken. I'm just not certain Eisenhower would have actively voted against FDR.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook on April 12, 2012, 10:05:42 AM I take it little of this is fact and the majority is speculation?
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on April 12, 2012, 10:07:46 AM I take it little of this is fact and the majority is speculation? I tried to look it up whenever possible. It's about half-and-half, anything "unexpected" (Grant being a Democrat in 1856/60, for example) is fact. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Indy Texas on April 19, 2012, 03:30:12 PM The bit about GWB being willing to endorse Obama if asked seems pretty shaky.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: tpfkaw on April 19, 2012, 03:47:15 PM The bit about GWB being willing to endorse Obama if asked seems pretty shaky. http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2010/11/bush-i-probably-wont-even-vote-for-mccain/#axzz1sWNyBtfE Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Indy Texas on April 19, 2012, 08:26:54 PM The bit about GWB being willing to endorse Obama if asked seems pretty shaky. http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2010/11/bush-i-probably-wont-even-vote-for-mccain/#axzz1sWNyBtfE I'm surprised that didn't get picked up on this side of the pond. The fact that both of his daughters voted for Obama was pretty well-publicized. I've also read that Laura is a "closet Democrat." Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on April 19, 2012, 10:24:34 PM Lincoln's first vote was for Clay in 1832. He wasn't old enough to vote before then.
As a Radical Republican, if Garfield voted in 1864, it was for Lincoln. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: You kip if you want to... on April 21, 2012, 01:08:09 PM The bit about GWB being willing to endorse Obama if asked seems pretty shaky. http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2010/11/bush-i-probably-wont-even-vote-for-mccain/#axzz1sWNyBtfE I'm surprised that didn't get picked up on this side of the pond. The fact that both of his daughters voted for Obama was pretty well-publicized. I've also read that Laura is a "closet Democrat." For Bush, it would've been more about hating McCain than loving Obama, surely? Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Joe Republic on April 21, 2012, 01:45:58 PM I doubt Reagan was able to vote for anybody at all by 2000.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook on April 23, 2012, 11:42:38 AM I doubt Reagan was able to vote for anybody at all by 2000. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Fuzzy Bear on June 20, 2014, 09:04:07 PM this is something i've always wondered. I've always wondered if George Mahon, Wright Patman, Bill Poage, F.E. Hebert etc voted for McGovern in 1972 or if Javits, Brooke, Case etc voted for Goldwater in 1964. Patman voted for McGovern; he was the chair of the House Banking Committee that first investigated Watergate in 1972, and Patman's efforts were frustrated by Nixon's influence with a few key Southern Democratic conservatives on the committee, plus Rep. Frank Brasco (D-NY) who was soon to be indicted. Someone already shared Poage's loyalty to the Democratic ticket. Hebert didn't vote in elections; he was an odd duck that way. He NEVER endorsed any Presidential candidates. Mahon likely took the posture that he was voting for the Democratic ticket, but wasn't going to ask anyone else to. He was the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, so he was a big part of the leadership. If he had been too disloyal he might have been ousted after the 1974 elections, as Bob Poage (unfairly) was. Javits did not endorse Goldwater, and was publicly neutral. It's quite possible that Javits voted for Goldwater in the privacy of the voting booth. In Goldwater's second Senate stint, he and Javits were good friends. Goldwater endorsed Javits in the 1980 NY GOP Senate Primary in his race against Al D'Amato. Case did not endorse Goldwater, and probably voted for Johnson in the privacy of the voting booth. Brooke wasn't a Senator in 1964. He was a committed GOP partisan, despite being a liberal. He never, while in political office, opposed the GOP volubly. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Fuzzy Bear on June 20, 2014, 09:14:23 PM I would place very heavy odds that Carter voted for LBJ in '64 and I really doubt he voted for Nixon in '72; he opposed McGovern at the convention, but also lobbied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Vice-Presidential_aspirations_in_1972) for the veep slot after McGovern was chosen. It's likely his "stop McGovern" efforts was a show for conservative voters back home, and I suspect the same of his claim to have supported Wallace in '68 (elsewhere, he intimated he had backed RFK for the Dem. nomination). Carter was out of politics in 1968. He may well have voted for Wallace, but he didn't campaign for Wallace at the time. I tend to think Carter quietly voted for Humphrey. Carter's mother ran a campaign office for LBJ in 1964, so I'm sure he voted for LBJ. Carter went out of his way to criticize McGovern in 1972, all the while stating he would vote for McGovern, but not campaign for him. Carter didn't dislike McGovern, but McGovern grew to intensely dislike Carter. The normally forgiving McGovern told Hunter Thompson that Carter was "the worst p---k in politics". In retrospect, McGovern may have been right. Carter was one of the least likable men ever to be elected President, and it was a big reason why folks jumped ship on him when his Administration seemed to be floundering. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Fuzzy Bear on June 20, 2014, 09:21:49 PM I would also question the claim that Wilson never voted for William Jennings Bryan. Wilson was one of our most overtly theological Presidents and Bryan was the most vocally religious Presidential candidate in history. Wilson was a native Southerner (from Virginia) and not likely to be warm to the GOP; he was also something of a racist who, at best, was uncomfortable amongst blacks, and the GOP was the black man's party in Wilson's lifetime. Lastly, Wilson, as President, appointed Bryan Secretary of State. I firmly believe that Wilson voted for Bryan in 1900 and 1908 at the least.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: buritobr on June 20, 2014, 09:55:06 PM http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/2007/01/who_knew_mcgove.html
McGovern voted for Ford in 1976 and for Carter in 1980 Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: I Will Not Be Wrong on June 23, 2014, 10:15:09 PM John Adams supported James Madison in 1812.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: TheElectoralBoobyPrize on December 26, 2014, 09:52:19 AM I've read LBJ strongly disliked McGovern, but at the same time, it's very hard to imagine him supporting Nixon given the belief that he sabotaged the Paris Peace Talks.
I'm not sure who Ford voted for in '80, given that he disliked both of them so much. Anderson maybe? Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Krago on December 30, 2014, 03:13:02 PM Whom did John McCain vote for in 2000 and 2004? Which lever did Joe Lieberman pull in 2012?
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Libertarian Socialist Dem on December 30, 2014, 04:32:12 PM Whom did John McCain vote for in 2000 and 2004? Which lever did Joe Lieberman pull in 2012? I don't doubt that Liberman voted for Romney. McCain could have privately left the presidential lever blank. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: buritobr on December 30, 2014, 08:05:10 PM A former president might prefer the candidate from the other party. But problably, he will not admit his preference in public in order to not damage his image in his party.
He has the option to vote in secret for the candidate from the other party. But this is not the most rational choice. The probability of a single vote decide the election is almost zero. The probability of a hidden person is recording a video of the polling place with a cell phone or a digital camera is very low, but is still a little bit higher than the probability of a single vote decide the election. So, it is better for the former president (or former losing candidate) to avoid this risk and vote for the candidate of his own party even if he considers in private that the candidate of the other party is better. Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Libertarian Socialist Dem on December 30, 2014, 11:17:26 PM I wonder if LBJ voted for Nixon in 72.
Title: Re: A compendium of who the presidents voted for... Post by: Libertarian Socialist Dem on December 30, 2014, 11:18:15 PM I doubt Reagan was able to vote for anybody at all by 2000. Maybe in his senility he reverted to his New Deal Democrat days and voted for Gore. |