Republicans Only: What election out of these would you like to reverse

[OSR stands with Israel]

For me this is easily 2012

[Mr. Smith]

I'm surprised you omitted '06 and '98 from this. The former was a bloodbath that was probably the strongest flip since '94 and the latter was slightly against them thanks to overreach and hubris of their own doing.

[OSR stands with Israel]

I'm surprised you omitted '06 and '98 from this. The former was a bloodbath that was probably the strongest flip since '94 and the latter was slightly against them thanks to overreach and hubris of their own doing.

98 didn't have that much of a flip and while without overreaching on clinton impeachment they may have made some gains I don't think it would be more then 5 seats in the house or maybe 1 seat in the senate . Even with that 98 loss it didn't really affect policy as clinton still couldn't get his agenda passed and bush got everything he wanted in his first term .

While 06 was bad Bush had been neutralized by early 06 anyway so even if that election wasn't worse then an average midterm he wouldn't have gotten his agenda passed anyway  . In 2012 they had a chance to get the trifecta with a competent leader and they promptly blew it 

[mvd10]

Close call between 1992 and 2012. It's hard to see an incumbent party lose 1996 and if the Dems are in charge from 2001-2009 they will get blamed for the crisis, but at this stage there would have been so much butterflies so it's pretty hard to predict what would happen. Flipping 2012 also would be great because Romney would be a great president and he would likely get reelected in 2016.

In hindsight I also would gladly reverse the outcome of the 2004 election .

[MT Treasurer]

1992, by far.

[The_Doctor]

All three.

1. 1992: George H.W. Bush deserved a third term easily. He was far better than Bill Clinton and would have led an economic recovery allowing Vice President Quayle to succeed him (maybe. It's hard to say).

2. 2008: John McCain III winning the election puts the Party on a sustainable course of pragmatic Republican conservatism that broadens the party's appeal and tamps down the radicalism. President McCain would have kept the Bush White House's best achievements while negotiating to cut into Democratic strengths on the environment. And maybe would've cut a deal on healthcare; and we wouldn't have the ACA.

3. 2012. Governor Romney was right on Russia. That is all. And he would be serving a second term right now had he won. And we would have more things accomplished and the ACA wouldn't be law (but Romney would have probably done healthcare reform).

[DavidB.]

2008 easily.

[RFayette]

1992 - we were 1 SCOTUS justice away from repealing Roe v. Wade.

[Mr. Reactionary]

2012. Maintains the gains in 94 and 10 and presumably reverses the senate disaster that year.

[OSR stands with Israel]

2008 easily.

Nope it would be a down ballot disaster for the GOP over the next 4 years, and you likely in 2012 get President Hillary Clinton with 270+ House seats and 62+ Senate Seats.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     1992, since it probably would have been enough to preclude the emergence of a Clinton national dynasty.

[Vosem]

McCain is definitely the man I want to see as President more than Bush or Romney, but I think 2012 was a more opportune moment to make real change, so I voted that way.

[Lechasseur]

Obviously 2012

[mencken]

1992 - we were 1 SCOTUS justice away from repealing Roe v. Wade.

Bush would have appointed two Souter clones.

Nevertheless, 1992 probably has the best downstream effects, eliminating the Clintons and delaying if not eliminating the Bush progeny (who would have had trouble getting election in their own father's midterm election) from national politics.