How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Probably vote straight GOP since 1856.

You do realize that the GOP and the Democrats have completely switched on most issues since this time?

That's a cute myth liberals like to tell themselves so that they can forget that Democrats championed racism for 130 years.

Yes, and the GOP's tactics in the North didn't at all involve outright racism against "the lowly" races of Europe combined with a self-righteous Protestant crusade against "the Unholy Church."  And the Northern Republican Parties didn't at all embrace the Ku Klux Klan when they adopted bleedingheart anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic rhetoric and causes.
ANd this is even before we get into the whole "Southern Strategy" bit.

Of course, when it's coming from the enlightened, none dare call it racism or hypocrisy!

EDIT: Of course this isn't to say that the Democrats weren't campaigning off of racism, but let us not act like it was a one sided affair or that Republican bigotry was at all justified.  It was not, no matter how anti-black many paddies were or how many Catholics obeyed political machines.  Point is this is a pathetic debating point and you all need to look at the parties through more than cheap rosy tinted colored glasses through the lens of a few issues.

A lot of Democrats were also nativists and used xenophobic and anti-Catholic tactics.  William Jennings Bryan is a textbook example of such a nativist Democrat.

Democrats, however, endorsed white supremacy in their platform, while Republicans did not.

[pho]

2012: Mitt Romney (R)
2008: John McCain (R) P: Rudy Giuliani (R)
2004: John Kerry (D) P: Joe Lieberman (D)
2000: Al Gore (D) P: John McCain (R)
1996: Bob Dole (R) P: Lamar Alexander (R)
1992: George H.W. Bush (R)
1988: George H.W. Bush (R)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
1980: Ronald Reagan (R) P: George H.W. Bush (R)
1976: Gerald Ford (R)
1972: Richard Nixon (R)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1964: Abstain P: Nelson Rockefellar (R)
1960: Richard Nixon (R)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1948: Harry Truman (D)

That's as far back as I can go intelligently, primaries listed where different from the general.

[Mr. Smith]

It's been awhile, and I think a few changes are in order:

1789-1792: Washington
1796: J. Adams
1800-1804: Jefferson
1808: Madison
1812: D. Clinton
1816-1820: Monroe
1824-1828: J.Q. Adams
1832: Jackson
1836-1840: Van Buren
1844: Abstain
1848: Taylor
1852: Pierce
1856: Abstain
1860-1864: Lincoln
1868-1872: Grant
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield
1884: Cleveland
1888: B. Harrison
1892: Weaver
1896-1900: Bryan
1904: T. Roosevelt [CON: Hearst reluctantly]
1908: Taft [CON:Gray]
1912: T. Roosevelt [CON: Marhsall]
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox
1924: LaFollette [CON: Underwood]
1928: Smith
1932-1944: F. Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower [P: Kefauver]
1956: Stevenson
1960: Kennedy
1964: L. Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern [P: Muskie -> Sanford]
1976-1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis [P: Jackson]
1992-1996: B. Clinton [P: Brown]
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry [P: Edwards]
2008-2012: Obama [P: Edwards -> H. Clinton]

Likely Registrations:

1789-1800: Federalist
1800-1824: Republican [Old]
1824-1832: National Republican
1836-1856: Democratic (The George M. Dallas wing)
1856-1892: Republican [GOP] (The Radical wing)
1892-1896: Populist
1896-Present: Democratic

[Clark Kent]

Party registrations:

1789-1824: Federalist
1824-1833: National Republican
1833-1848: Whig
1848-1854: Free Soil
1854-0000: Republican

[Intell]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: Andrew Jackson (Democratic Republican)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James M. Cox (Democratic)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Update.

General Election
1789: George Washington (Independent/Federalist)
1792: George Washington (Independent/Federalist)
1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Republican)
1808: James Madison (Republican)
1812: James Madison (Republican)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Republican)
1824: John Quincy Adams (Republican)
1828: John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1840: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: James A. Garfield (Republican)
1884: James G. Blaine (Republican)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1896: William McKinley (Republican)
1900: William McKinley (Republican)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1912: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Gerald R. Ford (Republican)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1996: Bob Dole (Republican)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican)
2004: George W. Bush (Republican)
2008: John McCain (Republican)
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican)

Comments
1800: With hesitation.
1812: Enthusiastically.
1840: Webster if I lived in Massachusetts.
1860: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
1864: Perhaps the most enthusiastic vote of my life.
1868: Enthusiastically.
1872: With hesitation.
1876: Somewhat enthusiastically.
1892: With strong hesitation; would've considered Cleveland.
1896: Enthusiastically.
1912: Would have considered Roosevelt, but want to preserve party unity.
1920: Enthusiastically.
1932: Unenthusiastically.
1960: I imagine I probably would have liked both candidates, and wouldn't have been sorry when Kennedy won.
1964: Mostly a protest vote against Johnson.
1968: Enthusiastically.
1972: Enthusiastically with hindsight, in spite of Watergate.
1976: Michigan's favorite son, plus pretty close to my views.
1980: Would've hesitated and considered Anderson at first, but Gov. Milliken's endorsement in the general, desire for party unity, plus my enthusiasm to defeat Carter, would win out.
1992: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
1996: Unenthusiastically.
2008: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
2012: Voted for IRL.

Nomination
1920: Uncommitted
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Uncommitted
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Uncommitted
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (Republcan)
1948: Uncommitted
1952: Uncommitted
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Nelson Rockefeller (Republican) or Bill Scranton (Republican)
1968: Uncommitted
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980: John Anderson (Republican) or George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican), though I would've liked DuPont and Kemp.
1996: Uncommitted
2000: George W. Bush (Republican) or John McCain (Republican)
2008: Uncommitted
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican), voted for IRL.

Party ID/Affiliation
1789-1804: Federalist
1804-1820: Independent
1820-1825: Republican
1825-1833: National Republican/Anti-Jacksonian
1833-1854: Whig
1854-present: Republican

[Kingpoleon]

Republican Primaries:

1960: Rockefeller
1964: Rockefeller
1968: Rockefeller
1972: McCloskey
1976: Ford
1980: Anderson
1988: du Pont
1992: Bush
1996: Lugar>Forbes
2000: McCain
2008: McCain
2012: Huntsman>Gingrich
2016: Kasich

Democratic Primaries:
1960: Kennedy>Morse>Symington
1964: Brown
1968: McCarthy>Kennedy
1972: Lindsay>Muskie
1976: Udall>Bentsen
1980: Brown>Carter
1984: Glenn>Hart
1988: Gore>Gephardt
1992: Tsongas>Brown
2000: Bradley
2004: Dean>Clark
2008: Bayh>Richardson

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Using Kingpoleon's template:

Republican Primaries:

1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Ronald Reagan
1972: Nixon
1976: Ronald Reagan
1980: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W Bush
1992: George H.W Bush
1996: Forbes
2000: George Bush
2008: Ron Paul
2012: Ron Paul
2016: Cruz

Democratic Primaries:
1960: Kennedy
1964: Brown
1968: McCarthy
1972: Muskie
1976: Udall
1980: Brown
1984: Glenn
1988: Gephardt
1992: Tsongas
2000: Gore
2004: Clark
2008: Edwards

[Intell]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James M. Cox (Democratic)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

[OSR stands with Israel]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James M. Cox (Democratic)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

Why is Ross Perot in Red

[This account no longer in use.]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James M. Cox (Democratic)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

Why is Ross Perot in Red

Who's Barrack Obama?

[Intell]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James M. Cox (Democratic)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

Why is Ross Perot in Red

Who's Barrack Obama?

Oops, and I can see smith likes to be a smart ass.

[Dardani1997]

My Opinion:

1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses Grant
1872: Frederick Douglass
1876: Samuel J. Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland 
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920 James Cox
1924: Robert la Folette
1928: Al Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Harry S Truman
1852: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1872: George McGovern
1876: Jimmy Carter
1880: Ronald Reagan
1884: Ronald Reagan
1888: George H. W. Bush
1892: Bill Clinton
1896: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: George W. Bush
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders or Hilary Clinton

[Derpist]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: John P. Hale (Free Soil)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Stephen Douglas (Democratic)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1916: Allan L. Benson (Socialist)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: George C. Wallace (Independent)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
2004: Ralph Nader (Green)
2008: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican)
2016: Donald Trump (Republican)

[White Trash]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
]1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1808: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: Abstain
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Hugh L. White (Whig)
1840: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Stephen Douglas (Democratic) (No Lincoln in Southern ballots)
1864: Living in Southern State
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: James J. Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: James B. Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Abstain
1924: Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Ross Perot (Independent)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2016: Jim Webb lol (Democratic)

[Goldwater]

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: James Madison
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: Andrew Jackson
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson
1836: Martin Van Buren
1840: Martin Van Buren
1844: James K. Polk
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John P. Hale
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: James J. Tilden
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: William Howard Taft
1916: Charles E. Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: George H.W. Bush
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Gary Johnson (John Kasich in the primaries)*


*(Most likely, I haven't voted in the primaries yet and obviously haven't in the general election yet)

[Santander]

I'll just do the post-war elections:

1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson (Wallace in the primaries)
1968: Wallace
1972: Nixon (Wallace in the primaries)
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Bush
1992: Perot (Buchanan in the primaries)
1996: Perot (Buchanan in the primaries)
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Trump (Webb in the primaries)

[Illiniwek]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
]1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1808: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (Federalist)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1840: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: James J. Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Bull Moose)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian) (Actual vote)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) (Will be actual vote)

[Vosem]

Just post-war elections, without hindsight (the '76 one in particular I would come to regret later on, but I think in the context of the campaign and the Ford Presidency that is the vote I would have cast):
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George Bush
1992: George Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George Bush
2004: George Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney

With hindsight, probably for Nixon over Kennedy in '60 and either Libertarian or Ford outright in '76. Ford was definitely the lesser of two evils in that election.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
]1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1808: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (Federalist)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1840: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: James J. Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Bull Moose)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian) (Actual vote)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) (Will be actual vote)

Why Johnson in 2012?

[Goldwater]

Just post-war elections, without hindsight (the '76 one in particular I would come to regret later on, but I think in the context of the campaign and the Ford Presidency that is the vote I would have cast):
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George Bush
1992: George Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George Bush
2004: George Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney

With hindsight, probably for Nixon over Kennedy in '60 and either Libertarian or Ford outright in '76. Ford was definitely the lesser of two evils in that election.

Why the switch to Adlai Stevenson in 1956?

[Illiniwek]

: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian) (Actual vote)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) (Will be actual vote)

Why Johnson in 2012?

Well... at the time I was a Ron Paul-Bernie Sanders type voter, so I was kind of going against the establishment. I went to a Ron Paul rally at U of I and voted for him in the primary. I definitely wanted Obama to beat Romney, but felt like "sending a message" that I wasn't happy with either party at the time. Since Illinois was by no means a swing state, I felt like I could throw an anti-establishment bone to Gary Johnson, who I felt really is a respectable candidate.

Since then however, I have matured and mellowed out. While I am not 100% satisfied with the state of the Democratic Party, I just have to vote for the most qualified candidate. Plus I need to take part in crushing trump.

Perhaps in the past I would have also taken part in more third party candidacies, like Perot '92, Paul '88, Anderson '80. But given the way I view the world today, ^this is how I think I would have voted.

[Vosem]

Just post-war elections, without hindsight (the '76 one in particular I would come to regret later on, but I think in the context of the campaign and the Ford Presidency that is the vote I would have cast):
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George Bush
1992: George Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George Bush
2004: George Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney

With hindsight, probably for Nixon over Kennedy in '60 and either Libertarian or Ford outright in '76. Ford was definitely the lesser of two evils in that election.

Why the switch to Adlai Stevenson in 1956?

I would've been pretty upset by Eisenhower's policy of support for Nasser during the Suez Crisis. A US-backed UN resolution was introduced on October 30 calling for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula. The election was held a week later, on November 6. Under such circumstances I would probably have voted against the incumbent administration almost regardless of who the opponent was (and Stevenson was by no means a bad guy).

America's actions during the Suez Crisis were one of the greatest foreign policy blunders this country committed during the 20th century, in my view.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Chester Arthur
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Abstain
1908: William Taft
1912: William Taft
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon (primaries: Ronald Reagan)
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford (primaries: Ronald Reagan)
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: George H.W. Bush
1996: Bob Dole (primaries: Pat Buchanan)
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain (primaries: Mike Huckabee)
2012: Mitt Romney (primaries: Rick Santorum)
2016: Republican nominee (primaries: Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz)

[Kleine Scheiße]

Assuming every candidate listed on Wikipedia for that election was actually on my ballot...

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman (Primary: Earl Warren)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Primary: Douglas MacArthur)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy (Primary: George Smathers)
1964: George Lincoln Rockwell (Primaries: John W. Byrnes)
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John B. Anderson (Primary: Larry Pressler)
1984: Lyndon LaRouche (Primary: Gary Hart)
1988: George H. W. Bush (Primary: Alexander Haig)
1992: John Hagelin (Primary: Jerry Brown)
1996: John Hagelin (Primary: Pete Wilson)
2000: John Hagelin (Primary: Gary Bauer)
2004: John Kerry (Primary: Howard Dean)
2008: Barack Obama (Primary: Chris Dodd)
2012: Virgil Goode (Primary: Jon Huntsman)
2016: We'll see! (Primary: Jim Webb)

EDIT: Due to some misunderstandings I've edited this and italicized where it's a protest, sarcastic, ironic, or otherwise non-genuine vote. This doesn't apply to "lesser evil" votes, which I've left as normal.

EDIT 2, JULY 19 2019: This is one of the most ridiculous, insensitive, callous, and glib things I have ever put my name to, and I'm leaving it up solely because I don't want to try and wash out my own past. It's important that people with this kind of history own up to it and apologize. I have no nostalgia for this period of my life and I am deeply sorry to anyone who would ever be in a position to have read this.

This was my thinking at the time:

If they have absolutely no credible shot whatsoever, it's harmless to give your protest vote to the wackiest guy up there.