Has there ever been a LESS QUALIFIED Republican nominee than Donald Trump?

[Lincoln Republican]

Please discuss.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Wendel Wilkie?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Wendel Wilkie?

Willkie never held an office, but he was active in politics in much more serious way than Trump. Also, he was an accomplished lawyer.

[Enduro]

I don't think so, but I haven't really studied all of the Republican nominees.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

There has not. Other than Willkie, Lincoln had the leanest resume, but obviously his 'intangibles' were through the roof.

[All Along The Watchtower]

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

John C. Fremont comes to mind.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

John C. Fremont comes to mind.

Frémont was at least a military officer and had had a short stint in the Senate. He was also the party's first-ever candidate, so the standards were very different.

[Blue3]

Yeah, I think he's literally the least qualified Republican nominee.


How about Democratic nominees? Or Whigs, or Federalists, or D-R's, or other major party nominees?

[RINO Tom]

Step off, bro.  Not even close.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Yeah, I think he's literally the least qualified Republican nominee.


How about Democratic nominees? Or Whigs, or Federalists, or D-R's, or other major party nominees?

William Jennings Bryan-1896

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Yeah, I think he's literally the least qualified Republican nominee.


How about Democratic nominees? Or Whigs, or Federalists, or D-R's, or other major party nominees?

William Jennings Bryan-1896

Two terms in the House.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Yeah, I think he's literally the least qualified Republican nominee.


How about Democratic nominees? Or Whigs, or Federalists, or D-R's, or other major party nominees?

William Jennings Bryan-1896

Two terms in the House.

then no one

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Mitt Romney

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Alton B. Parker, as judge on a state supreme court, probably had the leanest or at least most obscure resume of any Democratic nominee, but as with Lincoln his 'intangibles' are supposed to have been quite good and people who actually know about him tend to think pretty highly of him.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Remember as James Buchanan, Hilary Clinton, Richard Nixon, Elder Bush, Michael Dukakis, Lincoln Chafee, Adolf Hitler, King Henry VIII, and DW Perry prove, resume alone doesn't make people qualified. 

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Remember as James Buchanan, Hilary Clinton, Richard Nixon, Elder Bush, Michael Dukakis, Lincoln Chafee, Adolf Hitler, King Henry VIII, and DW Perry prove, resume alone doesn't make people qualified. 

And Pontius Pilate.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

As others have stated, Trump is objectively the least qualified presidential nominee, not just of the Republican Party, but of any major political party in American history. Prior to this election, I would have given Zachary Taylor as the least-qualified candidate, with Willkie as a close second, but even Taylor had served in the military, and Willkie (as previously noted) was a lawyer and had been involved in politics prior to his nomination.

[Kingpoleon]

As others have stated, Trump is objectively the least qualified presidential nominee, not just of the Republican Party, but of any major political party in American history. Prior to this election, I would have given Zachary Taylor as the least-qualified candidate, with Willkie as a close second, but even Taylor had served in the military, and Willkie (as previously noted) was a lawyer and had been involved in politics prior to his nomination.

Zachary Taylor is one of the, if not the, most underrated Presidents.

I'd argue Horace Greeley and Herbert Hoover were less qualified.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

As others have stated, Trump is objectively the least qualified presidential nominee, not just of the Republican Party, but of any major political party in American history. Prior to this election, I would have given Zachary Taylor as the least-qualified candidate, with Willkie as a close second, but even Taylor had served in the military, and Willkie (as previously noted) was a lawyer and had been involved in politics prior to his nomination.

Zachary Taylor is one of the, if not the, most underrated Presidents.

I'd argue Horace Greeley and Herbert Hoover were less qualified.

I agree that Taylor was a surprisingly good president, but if we're defining "qualification" as time spent in public office, his resume was abnormally sparse - prior to his nomination, he had never voted in a presidential election. Greeley had never held elected office, but he had been an important figure in the Republican Party for more than a decade, and Hoover had been a cabinet officer in the Coolidge Administration.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

As others have stated, Trump is objectively the least qualified presidential nominee, not just of the Republican Party, but of any major political party in American history. Prior to this election, I would have given Zachary Taylor as the least-qualified candidate, with Willkie as a close second, but even Taylor had served in the military, and Willkie (as previously noted) was a lawyer and had been involved in politics prior to his nomination.

Zachary Taylor is one of the, if not the, most underrated Presidents.

I'd argue Horace Greeley and Herbert Hoover were less qualified.

I agree that Taylor was a surprisingly good president, but if we're defining "qualification" as time spent in public office, his resume was abnormally sparse - prior to his nomination, he had never voted in a presidential election. Greeley had never held elected office, but he had been an important figure in the Republican Party for more than a decade, and Hoover had been a cabinet officer in the Coolidge Administration.

Greeley was in the House as a young(-ish) man, but only very briefly.