Election Test

[Clark Kent]

Just a test election

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Lincoln (duh)

[Intell]

Lincoln, though it was a hard choice because of Reagan and FDR.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, I'm sure that Lincoln would pick Ronald "Gave a speech about States' Rights in Philadelphia, MS" Reagan as his running mate.

[Cassius]

Yeah, I'm sure that Lincoln would pick Ronald "Gave a speech about States' Rights in Philadelphia, MS" Reagan as his running mate.

Well, you know, he did pick Andrew Johnson, an southern opponent of black suffrage, to be his running mate in 1864, and gave some consideration to picking ex Breckinridge supporter Daniel Dickinson for the job as well.

[This account no longer in use.]

Flip the Democratic ticket, and I'd consider it. Otherwise, Lincoln.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Nonsense without temporal context

[Mr. Reactionary]

The ticket not composed of racists.

[Goldwater]

The ticket not composed of racists.

So NOTA?

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Lincoln and Reagan both worked for businessman, so of course they would be on the same ticket.

[Clark Kent]

The ticket not composed of racists.

So NOTA?

He probably meant the ticket that didn't have one president commit ethnic cleansing and another who interned people without due process based on their "race".

[pho]

Lincoln (duh)

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The ticket not composed of racists.

“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.”

- Super Mega-FF Non-Racist Moderate Hero

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Probably the high energy Democratic ticket. They seem like legitimately inspiring people who would shout impassioned things and help the workers rule

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Honest Abe/The Gipper

[j4kor]

lincoln

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Lincoln/Reagan.  The greatest GOP ticket of all time.

[Goldwater]

I guess I didn't say who I would vote for, but TBH I like both of the candidates on both tickets. It would all depend on what kind of campaign they would run in a modern context.

[Clark Kent]

I guess I didn't say who I would vote for, but TBH I like both of the candidates on both tickets. It would all depend on what kind of campaign they would run in a modern context.

Lincoln: A moderate-conservative Senator (because a Congressman winning the nomination is unlikely these days) from Illinois with a record and policies pretty similar to John Kasich
Reagan: A popular conservative Governor of California whose running a hopeful, idealistic campaign, so think Rubio

Jackson: A populist insurgent who's angry at the banks and big businesses for screwing over the little guy (Trump, Sanders hybrid)
Roosevelt: Also channeling hope and idealism, and has liberal rhetoric but a far more moderate and pragmatic record.

[NeverAgain]

The hardcore liberal hero with the pro-choice Governor as his VP. Lincoln/Reagan.

[Mr. Reactionary]

The ticket not composed of racists.

“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.”

- Super Mega-FF Non-Racist Moderate Hero

Don't worry ... Reagan was the only candidate I was considering non-racist.

[Rockefeller GOP]

The hardcore liberal hero with the pro-choice Governor as his VP. Lincoln/Reagan.

LOL.

Anyway, give me the two pro-business Republicans!

[Oldiesfreak1854]

The hardcore liberal hero with the pro-choice Governor as his VP. Lincoln/Reagan.

Lincoln was clearly not a liberal by today's standards.  He was by the standards of his time, but that was a century and a half ago.  I will remind you of the Lincoln quote in Rockefeller GOP's sig:

"That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence built."

That doesn't sound like a modern day liberal/Democrat to me.  And as for Reagan, he may have legalized abortion as governor of California, but he seemed to be pro-life for most of his political career.

[Rockefeller GOP]

The hardcore liberal hero with the pro-choice Governor as his VP. Lincoln/Reagan.

Lincoln was clearly not a liberal by today's standards.  He was by the standards of his time, but that was a century and a half ago.  I will remind you of the Lincoln quote in Rockefeller GOP's sig:

"That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence built."

That doesn't sound like a modern day liberal/Democrat to me.  And as for Reagan, he may have legalized abortion as governor of California, but he seemed to be pro-life for most of his political career.

I'd 1) argue you can't use the terms liberal and conservative with any real meaning to describe 1850s and 1860s politics and 2) take issue with classifying Lincoln as a liberal during ANY time frame.  To the extent that any issues WERE the same (there were very few), he was clearly conservative on issues of business interests and pretty moderate to liberal on immigration issues.  If you're adamant about considering the abolition of slavery a strictly liberal thing (I find that ridiculous, but whatever), then he's at best a moderate on that issue.

[Sir Mohamed]

Lincoln, but if FDR were the presidential candidate, I'd vote for him.