How would the previous poster have voted in each presidential primary

[Goldwater]

Post who you think the previous would have voted for in each Republican & Democratic presidential primary.

[Peter the Lefty]

You mean every primary in history?
All I can do is 1896-Present.  I might do the others later:

Republicans
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Mark Hanna
1908: Joseph B. Foraker
1912: William Howard Taft
1916: Elihu Root
1920: Frank Orren Lowden
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Arthur H. Vandenburg
1944: Everett Dirksen
1948: Arthur H. Vandenburg
1952: Robert Taft
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Ronald Reagan
1972: I guess Richard Nixon
1976: Ronald Reagan
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H. W. Bush
1992: George H. W. Bush
1996: Jack Kemp
2000: John McCain.  I respect you too much to say that you would vote for W.
2004: No contest, so George W. Bush
2008: Rudy Giuliani. 
2012: John Huntsman.  Fiscal conservative, social moderate, the only candidate who probably would've fit you.

Democratic
1896: Robert E. Pattinson
1900: George Dewey
1904: Alton B. Parker
1908: George Dewey
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: John W. Davis
1928: Err...Cordell Hull
1932: John Nance Garner
1936: Henry Breckenridge
1940: John Nance Garner
1944: FDR
1948: Harry Truman. 
1952: Robert S. Kerr
1956: Adlai Stevenson by default
1960: LBJ
1964: LBJ
1968: LBJ first, then Hubert Humphrey
1972: Edmund Muskie
1976: Lloyd Bentsen
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Rueben Askew
1988: Al Gore
1992: Paul Tsongas.
1996: James D. Griffin
2000: Al Gore
2004: Joe Lieberman
2008: Evan Bayh
2012: Barack Obama by default

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Republicans
1896: Thomas Reed
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: Robert LaFollette
1912: Robert LaFollette
1916: Robert LaFollette
1920: Robert LaFollette
1924: Robert LaFollette
1928: Frank Lowden
1932: Joseph France
1936: William Borah
1940: Thomas Dewey
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Earl Warren
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Nelson Rockefeller
1968: Nelson Rockefeller
1972: Pete McCloskey
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1984: Ben Fernandez
1988: George Bush
1992: George Bush
1996: Arlen Specter
2000: John McCain
2004: George W. Bush
2008: Rudy Giuliani
2012: Jon Huntsman

Democrats
1896: William Bryan
1900: William Bryan
1904: William Hearst
1908: William Bryan
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: William Bryan
1924: Al Smith
1928: Al Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944:  FDR
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Hubert Humphrey
1956: LBJ
1960: LBJ
1964: LBJ
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Mo Udall
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Jesse Jackson
1988: Jesse Jackson
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama

[Goldwater]

Republicans:
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Thomas Dewey
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Nelson Rockefeller
1964: Nelson Rockefeller
1968: Nelson Rockefeller
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: George H.W Bush
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W Bush
1992: George H.W Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: John McCain
2004: George W. Bush
2008: Rudy Giuliani
2012: Jon Huntsmanl

Democrats:
1932: Al Smith
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Russel Jr
1952: Russel Jr
1956: Russel Jr
1960: Smathers
1964: LBJ
1968: Smathers
1972: Hubert Humphrey
1976: Mo Udall
1980: Jerry Brown
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Dick Gehphardt
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Wesley Clark
2008: Bill Richardson
2012: Barack Obama

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Republicans

1932: Robert Taft
1936: Robert Taft
1940: Robert Taft
1944: Robert Taft
1948: Robert Taft
1952: Robert Taft
1956: Robert Taft
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Barry Goldwater Write in
1972: John Ashcroft
1976: Ronald Reagan
1980: George H.W Bush
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: Jack Kemp
1992: Patrick Buchanan
1996: Patrick Buchanan
2000: Patrick Buchanan
2004: Patrick Buchanan write in
2008: Ron Paul
2012: Ron Paul

Democrats

1932: Smith
1936: Smith Write in
1940: FDR no one else
1944: FDR no one else
1948: Russel Jr
1952: Russel Jr
1956: Russel Jr
1960: Smathers
1964: Wallace
1968: Smathers
1972: George McGovern
1976: Mo Udall
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Ruben Askew
1988: Dick Gehphardt
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Jimmy Griffin
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Dennis Kucinich
2008: Mike Gravel
2012: Randall Terry

Close, but I would never have voted for Bush over Reagan
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