Most cliche presidential elections

[buritobr]

The election is a cliche when the Democratic candidate fills all the description of the stereotype of a Democratic candidate and the Republican candidate fills all the description of the stereotype of a Republican candidate.

The stereotype of a Democratic candidate is young, non-WASP, comes from a liberal state
The stereotype of a Republican candidate is old, WASP, former military, businessman or both, comes from a conservative state

The most cliche elections took place in 1988 and 2008

In 1980, the election was diferent: a religious Democrat against a B-movie actor Republican. In 2004, there was a contest between a liberal from Massachussetts and a conservative from Texas, but the liberal from Massachussetts was older and was a war veteran.

[Sumner 1868]

For a further back cliche, 1908 had a stuffy corporate Republican against a fiery populist Democrat.

[The Mikado]

1928 pitted successful respectable Midwestern businessman, philanthropist, and government functionary Herbert Hoover for the GOP vs "white ethnic" Catholic anti-Prohibition New York embodiment of urban America Al Smith. Hoover cleaned his clock, of course.

[Blair]

2008, with the cliche result

[Mr. Smith]

1952 and 1956

[ElectionsGuy]

1988

[buritobr]

1960, of course, though Kennedy was a war veteran.

Nixon Family was not a rich Family. So it distorts Nixon from the stereotype of a Republican.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

I think 2012 was actually a pretty good representation of the Republican and Democratic Parties, the nominees, the rhetoric, and the narratives surrounding them all.


And the exit poll numbers were really...attractive... in how nice and round they were.

[buritobr]

I think 2012 was actually a pretty good representation of the Republican and Democratic Parties, the nominees, the rhetoric, and the narratives surrounding them all.


And the exit poll numbers were really...attractive... in how nice and round they were.

Sure, but the home state of the Republican candidate was Massachussetts

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Aside from age, 2004.  Unless you look at birth states.

[SingingAnalyst]

1976. The Northeast especially northern New England were still Republican and business-oriented; the South still Democratic and populist. The demographics of the 1976 election fit that description perfectly, even to the point of Carter doing poorly in Boston and San Francisco. The runaway victory for Carter in NYC after Ford's "Drop Dead" comment may be the only result of that election that was even mildly interesting.