Rank your favorite candidate in each presidential primary with each other

[OSR stands with Israel]

Here's Mine(Since 1968)

Since in 1984, 1996, and in 2004 my preferred candidate didnt need to face a primary I wont rank them

Without Hindsight:
1. Reagan 1980
2. Bush 1988
3. Kasich 2016
4. Reagan 1976
5. Romney 2012
6. Bush 1992
7. Bush 2000
8. McCain 2008
9. Nixon 1968



The reason I have Reagan 1976 ranked below their 1980  was cause Reagan's conservative ideas and policies didnt seem needed(seem is the key word, with hindsight its clear we needed them by 1976) that much in 1976 as in 1980.

[Kingpoleon]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Contested or contested-ish primaries since I've been alive, with hindsight:

Dean 2004
Sanders 2016
Bradley 2000
Obama 2008
Kasich 2016
Romney 2008
McCain 2000
Dole 1996
Romney 2012

[Kingpoleon]

Contested or contested-ish primaries since I've been alive, with hindsight:

Dean 2004
Sanders 2016
Bradley 2000
Obama 2008
Kasich 2016
Romney 2008
McCain 2000
Dole 1996
Romney 2012

... I'm honestly surprised by your choices, but most notably by you choosing Romney over Huntsman. Very interesting.

[MAINEiac4434]

Robert Kennedy 1968
Obama 2008
Hillary 2016
Muskie 1972
Ted Kennedy 1980
Dean 2004
Dukakis 1988
Tsongas 1992
Hart 1984
Gore 2000
Udall 1976

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Contested or contested-ish primaries since I've been alive, with hindsight:

Dean 2004
Sanders 2016
Bradley 2000
Obama 2008
Kasich 2016
Romney 2008
McCain 2000
Dole 1996
Romney 2012

... I'm honestly surprised by your choices, but most notably by you choosing Romney over Huntsman. Very interesting.

I forgot about Huntsman. Take out Romney 2012 and put Huntsman above Kasich. I also didn't know until looking it up just now that Lamar Alexander ran in 1996. Take out Dole and put Alexander above McCain 2000.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Assumimg I am limited to the big 2 parties starting in 1968 ...

2016 Paul
2012 Paul
2008 Paul
1976 Reagan
1980 Reagan
1968 Reagan
1996 Gramm
2000 Kasich
1988 Kemp
1984 Glenn
2004 Clark
1972 Wallace
1992 Clinton

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Since 1976:

Walker 2016
Reagan 1980
Santorum 2012
Reagan 1976
Huckabee 2008
Bush 2000
Buchanan 1996
Bush 1988

[OSR stands with Israel]

Assumimg I am limited to the big 2 parties starting in 1968 ...

2016 Paul
2012 Paul
2008 Paul
1976 Reagan
1980 Reagan
1968 Reagan
1996 Gramm
2000 Kasich
1988 Kemp
1984 Glenn
2004 Clark
1972 Wallace
1992 Clinton

Why not bush in 92 or 04

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

[Mr. Reactionary]

Assumimg I am limited to the big 2 parties starting in 1968 ...

2016 Paul
2012 Paul
2008 Paul
1976 Reagan
1980 Reagan
1968 Reagan
1996 Gramm
2000 Kasich
1988 Kemp
1984 Glenn
2004 Clark
1972 Wallace
1992 Clinton

Why not bush in 92 or 04

I hate the Bush family. (Would have gone Paul in 88, Perot in 92, Peroutka in 04 to avoid them).

[nicholas.slaydon]

1972 Dem: Humphrey
1976 Rep: Ford
1976 Dem: Brown
1980 Rep: Bush
1980 Dem: Brown
1984 Dem: ?
1988 Dem: Dukakis (ugh)
1992 Dem: Brown
2004 Dem: Dean (I Guess)
2008 Rep: Paul
2008 Dem: Obama
2012 Rep: Paul
2016 Rep: Paul
2016 Dem: Sanders

[Kingpoleon]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

... No, they really, really weren't.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

... No, they really, really weren't.

Kasich supported Reagan in 1976 and Kasich like Reagan believes in limited goverment .


Kasich would not be considered a moderate in the 1980s he would be and was considered a conservative republican, just like how Reagan today would be considered a moderate.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Buchanan 1992
Buchanan 1996
Trump 2016
Nixon 1968
Reagan 1976
Reagan 1980
Paul 2012
Romney 2008
George Bush 1988
George W. Bush 2000

[Mr. Smith]

1972 Terry Sanford
1968 RFK (Humphrey was too late to count)
2016 Bernie Sanders
1980 Cliff Finch
1976 Jimmy Carter
2000 Al Gore
2008 Joe Biden
1988 Al Gore
1984 Gary Hart
2004 Wesley Clark

[Mr. Reactionary]

1972 Terry Sanford
1968 RFK (Humphrey was too late to count)
2016 Bernie Sanders
1980 Cliff Finch
1976 Jimmy Carter
2000 Al Gore
2008 Joe Biden
1988 Al Gore
1984 Gary Hart
2004 Wesley Clark

Solid List.

[Mr. Smith]

1972 Terry Sanford
1968 RFK (Humphrey was too late to count)
2016 Bernie Sanders
1980 Cliff Finch
1976 Jimmy Carter
2000 Al Gore
2008 Joe Biden
1988 Al Gore
1984 Gary Hart
2004 Wesley Clark

Solid List.

Forgot about '92. Kinda conflicted, Harkin fits better ideologically, but Jerry Brown is a very transcendent character and has done a damn good job then and now as Governor.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Birch Bayh (D-76)
Barack Obama (D-08)
Bernie Sanders (D-16)
Robert F. Kennedy (D-68)
Jerry Brown (D-92)
Howard Dean (D-04)
Ted Kennedy (D-80)
Ed Muskie (D-72)
Al Gore (D-00)
Walter Mondale (D-84)
Michael Dukakis (D-88)
George Romney (R-68)
Richard Lugar (R-96)
John McCain (R-00)
John Anderson (R-80)
Gerald Ford (R-76)
John Huntsman (R-12)
George H.W. Bush (R-88, 92)
John Kasich (R-16)

[Kingpoleon]

Ford 1976
Anderson 1980
Tsongas 1992
Kasich 2016
Askew/Glenn 1984
George H. W. Bush 1988
Huntsman 2012
McCain 2000
Lugar 1996
McCain 2008


Bayh 1976 would be up high, too.

Why not romney or Reagan they are most ideologically similar to Kasich

... No, they really, really weren't.

I have an overly simplistic view of politics, the GOP, and ideology in general that dictates simple, precise, and certain ideological national shifts over a simple, precise, and certain period of time.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Contested or contested-ish primaries since I've been alive, with hindsight:

Dean 2004
Sanders 2016
Bradley 2000
Obama 2008
Kasich 2016
Romney 2008
McCain 2000
Dole 1996
Romney 2012

why do you like Romney 2008 better than 2012?

[Rjjr77]

1988- Kemp
2008- Romney
2012- Perry
2016-Rubio
2000- Bush
2000- Lieberman
1996- Forbes
1988- Gephardt
1992- Kerrey
2008- Biden

[RFayette]

Huckabee '08
Cruz '16
Reagan '76
Reagan '80
Buchanan '92
Buchanan '96
Keyes '00
Santorum '12
Robertson '88

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Christie '16
Kennedy '68
Carter '76/'80
Huckabee '08
Edwards '04/'08
Chisolm '72
Nixon '68
McGovern '84
Goldwater '64
Harkin '92
Gore '88/'00
Webb '16
Reagan '76/'80
Huntsman '12
Alexander '96
McCain '00
H.W. '88

[OSR stands with Israel]

1968- Smathers
1972- Mills?
1976- Carter
1980- Carter
1984- Mondale
1988- Gore
1992- Harkin
2000- This election sucked
2004- Edwards
2008- Clinton
2016- Sanders

2000 was the ultimate status quo and establishment election . There was absolutely no way an outsider would do well in 2000.