How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[EmersonAdams]

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams
1804: Thomas Jefferson (w/o an Adams on the ticket, I'd vote Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison
1812: James Madison
1816: James Monroe
1820: No Candidate (Federalist, I'd change party out of a fear of slavery spreading under Monroe)
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren (as a Free-Soiler)
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abe Lincoln
1864: Abe Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Peter Cooper (Greenback Party)
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland (first time voting Democratic Party)
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Teddy Roosevelt
1908: Eugene V. Debs
1912: Teddy Roosevelt
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert La Follette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: P: W. Averell Harriman G: Adlai Stevenson
1956: P: W. Averell Harriman G: Adlai Stevenson
1960: P: John F. Kennedy G: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lydon B. Johnson
1968: P: Robert Kennedy, then Eugene McCarthy G: Hubert Humphry
1972: P: George McGovern G: George McGovern
1976: P: Mo Udall G: Jimmy Carter
1980: P: Ted Kennedy G: Jimmy Carter
1984: P: Walter Mondale G: Walter Mondale
1988: P: Michael Dukakis G: Michael Dukakis
1992: P: Tom Harkin G: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: P: Bill Bradley G: Al Gore
2004: P: Howard Dean G: John Kerry
2008: P: Barack Obama G: Barack Obama

[Liberalrocks]

1904: T. Roosevelt
1908:  Bryan
1912: T. Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Smith (possibly Hoover as the republican party was very different back then)
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower (maybe Stevenson not knowing Eisenhower would be moderate.)
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey (Kennedy or McCarthy in the primary)
1972: McGovern
1976: Proably Carter,  definitely Ford in retrospect
1980: Carter (to stop Reagan) (Kennedy in the primary)
1984: Mondale (Proably Hart in the primary)
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton (Proably Tsongas or Brown in the primary)
1996: Clinton

Actual Votes:
2000: Gore   (Gore in the primary as well)
2004: Kerry  (Dean in the primary)
2008  John McCain (Hillary Clinton in the primary)
2012  Will vote Barack Obama--

[Phony Moderate]

Without hindsight:

1900: William Jennings Bryan (yeah, yeah, yeah....)
1904: Eugene V. Debs
1908: Eugene V. Debs
1912: Eugene V. Debs
1916: Woodrow Wilson (see Bryan....)
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert La Follette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Henry Wallace
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama

[Supersonic]

Without hindsight:

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Wilkie
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Perot
1996: Perot
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: Obama
2012: Romney

[tpfkaw]

Without hindsight, if I had been me at the time:

Pre-1824: Republicans for state legislature
1824: Unpledged Republican
1828/1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836/1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James Polk (Democratic) (I imagine I'd be a very partisan Democrat, so probably not a Free Soiler).
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) (I *think* I'd be for Van Buren, since I'd be a big fan of his and he was the stronger ticket in MA, but like I said I'd be a very partisan Democrat)
1852: Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
1856: James Buchanan (Democratic)
1860: Stephen Douglas (Democratic)
1864: George McClellan (Democratic)
1868: Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican) (If I were involved with radical Democratic politics, I might write in Charles O'Conor)
1876: Samuel Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Scott (Democratic)
1884/1888/1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: John Palmer (Gold Democratic) (I'd find Bryan quite detestable, although I could certainly see party loyalty overcoming my misgivings here)
1900: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Alton Parker (Democratic)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) (First term was very bad, but Charles Hughes supported all the bad things in his first term and more and seemed more eager to involve the US in WWI)
1920: Warren Harding (Republican) (I'd feel sick to my stomach voting for a Republican, but ol' WW forced my hand...)
1924: John Davis (Democratic) (Return to the party fold here, probably.  Could see myself going for favorite son Coolidge, though)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic) (The most enthusiastic vote I'd ever cast!)
1932: Franklin Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican) (Once again, a Republican... eek!)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Republican) (I'd probably stop self-identifying as a Democrat when FDR was renominated the third time around)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) (Might go for Adlai this time, but unlikely)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican) (Given my demographics there's a case for Kennedy but assuming I'm from the same family then definitely not, lol)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972: Lean McGovern, I'd say.
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: David Bergland (Libertarian)
1988: Ron Paul (Libertarian)
1992: Tossup between Perot and Marrou
1996: Harry Browne (Libertarian)
2000: Harry Browne (Libertarian) (I'd have been tempted to vote for Bush though...)
2004: Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)
2008 Ron Paul (write-in)

[Marokai Backbeat]

1789: George Washington (No Party-VA)
1792: George Washington (No Party-VA)
1796: John Adams (Federalist-MA)
1800: John Adams (Federalist-MA)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican-VA)
1808: James Madison (Democratic Republican-VA)
1812: James Madison (Democratic Republican-VA)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic Republican-VA)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic Republican-VA)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic Republican-MA)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican-MA)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican-KY)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic-NY)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic-NY)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic-TN)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil-NY)
1852: John Hale (Free Soil-NH)
1856: John Fremont (Republican-CA)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican-IL)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican/National Union-IL)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican-IL)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican-NY)
1876: Peter Cooper (Greenback Labor-NY)
1880: James Weaver (Greenback Labor-IA)
1884: Benjamin Butler (Greenback Labor-MA)
1888: Alson Streeter (Union Labor-IL)
1892: James Weaver (Populist-IA)
1896: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic-NE)
1900: Eugene V. Debs (Social Democratic-IN)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican-NY)
1908: William H. Taft (Republican-OH)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive-NY)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic-NJ)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist-IN)
1924: Robert La Follette (Progressive-WI)
1928: Alfred Smith (Democratic-NY)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic-NY)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic-NY)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic-NY)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic-NY)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic-MO)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-KS)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-KS)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic-MA)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic-TX)
1968: Hubert Humphrey (Democratic-MN)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican-CA)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic-GA)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic-GA)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic-MN)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic-MA)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic-AR)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic-AR)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic-TN)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic-MA)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic-IL)


Aside from changing my vote in 1800 to Adams, from Jefferson, this list is identical to my list I posted in late 2008. I'm pretty boring that way.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

not a fan of McGovern, Marokai?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

1789: George Washington (I)
1792: George Washington (I)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: Henry Clay (DR)
1828: John Q. Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)
1836: Daniel Webster (W)
1840: William Harrison (W)
1844: Henry Clay (W)
1848: Martin van Buren (FS)
1852: Winfield Scott (W)
1856: John Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Linclon (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876: Rutherford Hayes (R)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: James B. Weaver (P)
1896: William J. Bryan (D)
1900: William J. Bryan (D)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William J. Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: James M. Cox (D)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (P)
1928: Al Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman (D)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Ross Perot (I)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

1832: William Wirt (Anti Masonic-Maryland)/Amos Ellmaker (Anti Masonic-Pennsylvania)

Did the Anti-Masonics stand for something you like, or were the other candidates just worse?

A little of both.
Henry Clay was too much of an advocate for high tariffs (though admittedly still a lesser evil than Andrew Jackson, who I might've voted for in 1828 due to the "common man" rhetoric of the Democratic Party before revealing himself to be a giant psychotic A-Hole) and the National Bank for me to feel comfortable voting for him.  Plus, Masons scare the sh*t out of me.  Seriously dude, they like worship Baal owl idols or something.  They freaks.

I did a little bit of reading on the Anti-Mason Party. They agreed with Clay on those things.

[Marokai Backbeat]

not a fan of McGovern, Marokai?

More pro-Nixon than anti-McGovern.

[Person Man]

1856: John Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Linclon (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876: Rutherford Hayes (R)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: James B. Weaver (P)
1896: William J. Bryan (D)
1900: William J. Bryan (D)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William J. Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: James M. Cox (D)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (P)
1928: Al Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman (D)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Ross Perot (I)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)
2012: Barack Obama (D)

[tpfkaw]

Once again, I'll comment that it's somewhat laughable if someone who isn't either a WASP or black to think they'd have been a Republican before 1920 or so.  19th-century Republicans were fond of calling out the police or other goons to billy-club you away from the polling stations.

(Assuming you got to the polling station, the fact that you deposited a pre-filled out non-secret ballot would have your evident English illiteracy swiftly mocked).

[Maxwell]

1904 - Parker
1908 - Taft
1912 - Taft
1916 - Hughes
1920 - Harding
1924 - Coolidge
1928 - Smith
1932 - Hoover
1936 - Landon
1940 - wouldn't have voted
1944 - Dewey
1948 - Dewey
1952 - Eisenhower
1956 - Eisenhower
1960 - Sullivan (constitution candidate)
1964 - Goldwater
1968 - Humphrey (protest Nixon)
1972 - McGovern
1976 - Ford
1980 - Carter
1984 - Bergland
1988 - Paul
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Clinton
2000 - Gore
2004 - Badnarik
2008 - Obama
2012 - Johnson


Democratic Primaries
1952 - Keefauver
1956 - Keefauver
1960 - Stevenson
1964 - Johnson
1968 - Mcarthy
1972 - Muskie
1976 - Jackson
1980 - Carter
1984 - Hart
1988 - Dukakis
1992 - Clinton
1996 - N/A
2000 - Bradley
2004 - Dean
2008 - Kucinich
2012 - N/A

Republican Primary
1952 - Eisenhower
1956 - N/A
1960 - Nixon, Reluctantly
1964 - Goldwater
1968 - Strassen
1972 - Mcloskley
1976 - Ford
1980 - Anderson
1984 - N/A
1988 - Dole
1992 - Buchanan (protest Bush)
1996 - Forbes
2000 - Forbes
2004 - N/A
2008 - Paul
2012 - Paul

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Once again, I'll comment that it's somewhat laughable if someone who isn't either a WASP or black to think they'd have been a Republican before 1920 or so.  19th-century Republicans were fond of calling out the police or other goons to billy-club you away from the polling stations.

(Assuming you got to the polling station, the fact that you deposited a pre-filled out non-secret ballot would have your evident English illiteracy swiftly mocked).

McKinley actually did pretty well with Catholics and Lutherans, so you should adjust to say "before 1896 or so".

[Mechaman]

1832: William Wirt (Anti Masonic-Maryland)/Amos Ellmaker (Anti Masonic-Pennsylvania)

Did the Anti-Masonics stand for something you like, or were the other candidates just worse?

A little of both.
Henry Clay was too much of an advocate for high tariffs (though admittedly still a lesser evil than Andrew Jackson, who I might've voted for in 1828 due to the "common man" rhetoric of the Democratic Party before revealing himself to be a giant psychotic A-Hole) and the National Bank for me to feel comfortable voting for him.  Plus, Masons scare the sh*t out of me.  Seriously dude, they like worship Baal owl idols or something.  They freaks.

I did a little bit of reading on the Anti-Mason Party. They agreed with Clay on those things.

Well..............Masons are still freaky freak freaks.

[tpfkaw]

Once again, I'll comment that it's somewhat laughable if someone who isn't either a WASP or black to think they'd have been a Republican before 1920 or so.  19th-century Republicans were fond of calling out the police or other goons to billy-club you away from the polling stations.

(Assuming you got to the polling station, the fact that you deposited a pre-filled out non-secret ballot would have your evident English illiteracy swiftly mocked).

McKinley actually did pretty well with Catholics and Lutherans, so you should adjust to say "before 1896 or so".

McKinley got c. 30%, which was a huge improvement but nothing to call home about.

(Also, I should obviously have amended my statement to say that German-Americans were a swing group in that period).

[Mechaman]

Once again, I'll comment that it's somewhat laughable if someone who isn't either a WASP or black to think they'd have been a Republican before 1920 or so.  19th-century Republicans were fond of calling out the police or other goons to billy-club you away from the polling stations.

(Assuming you got to the polling station, the fact that you deposited a pre-filled out non-secret ballot would have your evident English illiteracy swiftly mocked).

McKinley actually did pretty well with Catholics and Lutherans, so you should adjust to say "before 1896 or so".

McKinley got c. 30%, which was a huge improvement but nothing to call home about.

(Also, I should obviously have amended my statement to say that German-Americans were a swing group in that period).

That, and it really helped that a bible thumping Prohibitionist Silverite was the Democratic nominee.

Within four years with the McKinley flirtation with Imperialism, a lot of the voters who held their noses and voted McKinley returned to the home base.

I would even say 1920 would be a bit premature guess of when large numbers of Catholics started becoming regular Republicans. I mean, even during the Coolidge years many Catholics were still staunch Democrats on the state and local levels of governance.

It has been only real recently (probably the 1970s or the 1980s or so) that it's become normal for there to be Catholic Republicans.  It was less weird for there to be Republican Southerners sooner than it was for there to be Republican Catholics (in general).

NOTE:  What I mean by "Republican Catholics" are Catholics who go as far as to register Republican, not necessarily Catholics voting for Republican Presidential nominees.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

FTR, it's estimated McKinley may have gotten as mch as 45% of all Catholics, up quite much from the 20-25% that Harrison got in 1892.

[tpfkaw]

FTR, it's estimated McKinley may have gotten as mch as 45% of all Catholics, up quite much from the 20-25% that Harrison got in 1892.

That's including German Catholics, who as noted earlier had very different voting habits (also, there's still no possible way he got that much, just looking at the map).

[Mechaman]

FTR, it's estimated McKinley may have gotten as mch as 45% of all Catholics, up quite much from the 20-25% that Harrison got in 1892.

That's including German Catholics, who as noted earlier had very different voting habits (also, there's still no possible way he got that much, just looking at the map).

The 45% figure could be true is if there was a MASSIVE sitout by Irish Catholics.  In other words, you would need 1920 to happen.  Looking at the map this is a little inconclusive as Bryan seems to have gotten God numbers in the Rocky Mountain West while underperforming in the Northeast.

But, McKinley's appeal to Catholics shouldn't be underestimated.  A number of Catholics were advancing to the middle business class at the time after all.  On my previous point, some lace curtain middle/upper class Catholics might've voted McKinley in fear of Bryan's perceived left wing radicalism.

[Redalgo]

If voting with the benefit of hindsight based on my current set of views:

Year: Primaries / General
Reluctant votes are italicized.

1900: William Bryan (D) / Eugene Debs (O)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R) / Eugene Debs (O)
1908: Robert La Follette (R) / Eugene Debs (O)
1912: Robert La Follette (R) / Eugene Debs (O)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D) / Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: Robert La Follette (R) / Eugene Debs (O)
1924: Robert La Follette (R) / Robert La Follette (O)
1928: George Norris (R) / Norman Thomas (O)
1932: Franklin Roosevelt (D) / Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin Roosevelt (D) / Norman Thomas (O)
1940: Franklin Roosevelt (D) / Wendell Willkie (R)
1944: Franklin Roosevelt (D) / Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman (D) / Henry Wallace (O)
1952: Carey Kefauver (D) / Vincent Hallinan (O)
1956: Carey Kefauver (D) / Adlai Stevenson (D)
1960: William Symington (D) / John Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (D) / Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968: George McGovern (D) / Eugene McCarthy (I)
1972: George McGovern (D) / Benjamin Spock (O)
1976: Frank Church (D) / Eugene McCarthy (I)
1980: Edward Kennedy (D) / Barry Commoner (O)
1984: Jesse Jackson (D) / Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Paul Simon (D) / Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Tom Harkin (D) / William Clinton (D)
1996: William Clinton (D) / Mary Hollis (O)
2000: Paul Wellstone (D) / Ralph Nader (G)
2004: Howard Dean (D) / Walter Brown (O)
2008: Barack Obama (D) / Ralph Nader (I)
2012: Barack Obama (D) / Jill Stein (G)

Someday I will check out the pre-1900 elections. For now this is enough.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

1904: TR
1908: Debs
1912: TR
1916: Hughes
1920: Cox
1924: LaFollette
1928: Thomas
1932: FDR (D)
1936: FDR (D)
1940: FDR (D)
1944: FDR (D)
1948: Truman (D)
1952: Eisenhower (R)
1956: Eisenhower (R)
1960: Jennedy (D)
1964: Johnson (D)
1968: Humphrey (D)
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Carter (D)
1980: Kennedy then Reagan (R)
1984: Reagan (R)
1988: Bush (R)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Dean then Kerry (D)
2008: Obama (D)
2012: Obama (D)

[Gass3268]

1788: George Washington (IF)
1792: George Washington (IF)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: John Quincy Adams (DR)
1828: John Quincy Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)
1836: William Henery Harrison (Whig)
1840: William Henery Harrison (Whig)
1844: James K Polk (D)
1848: Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S Grant (R)
1872: Ulysses S Grand (R)
1876: Rutherford B Hayes (R)
1880: James Garfield (R)
1884: James Blaine (R)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: James Weaver (Pop)
1896: William Jennings Bryan (D)
1900: William Jennings Bryan (D)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Woodward Wilson (D)
1920: Eugene V Debs (S)
1924: Robert M LaFollette (P)
1928: Norman Thomas (S)
1932: Franklin D Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry S Truman (D)
1952: Dwight D Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight D Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B Johnson (D)
1968: Hubert H Humphrey (D)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)
2012: Barack Obama (D)

Democratic Primaries

1932: Franklin D Roosevelt 
1936: Franklin D Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Hubert Humphrey
1956: Hubert Humphrey
1960: Hubert Humphrey (Kennedy would have been close)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Robert Kennedy (Eugene McCarthy would have been close, I probably would have made the choice in the ballot box)
1972: George McGovern (Hubert Humphrey would have been close)
1976: Mo Udall (Frank Church would have been close)
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Gary Hart (Jesse Jackson would have been close)
1988: Jesse Jackson
1992: Tom Harkin
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama

Republican Primaries (First choice will be strategy vote, second will be if I voted with my conscience)
 
1940: Thomas Dewey / Thomas Dewey
1944: Harold Stassen / Harold Stassen
1948: Harold Stassen / Harold Stassen
1952: Dwight Eisenhower / Earl Warren
1956: Dwight Eisenhower / Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon / Richard Nixon
1964: Nelson Rockefeller /Nelson Rockefeller
1968: Nelson Rockefeller / Nelson Rockefeller
1972: Richard Nixon / Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford / Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson / John Anderson
1984: Harold Stassen / Harold Stassen
1988: Bob Dole / Bob Dole
1992: Pat Buchanan / Harold Stassen
1996: Pat Buchanan / Richard Lugar
2000: John McCain / John McCain
2004: Tom Laughlin / Tom Laughlin
2008: Mitt Romney / Ron Paul
2012: Rick Santourm / Gary Johnson

[jamesyons]

1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower/Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower/Eisenhower
1960: Nixon/Nixon
1964: Rockefeller/Goldwater
1968: Nixon/Nixon
1972: Nixon/Nixon
1976: Ford/Ford
1980: Bush/Reagan
1984: Reagan/Reagan
1988: Dole/Bush
1992: Bush/Bush
1996: Dole/Dole
2000: McCain/Bush
2004: Bush/Bush
2008: McCain/McCain
2012: Romney/Romney

[SPC]

I'm going to temporarily suspend my rule about not supporting the evil of two lessers:
1796: Jefferson
1800: Jefferson
1804: Jefferson
1808: Madison
1812: Clinton
1816: King
1820: Federalist electors
1824: Crawford
1828: Jackson
1832: Clay
1836: Van Buren
1840: Van Buren
1844: Clay
1848: Taylor
1852: Pierce
1856: Buchanan
1860: Douglas
1864: McClellan
1868: Seymour
1872: Greeley
1876: Tilden
1880: Hancock
1884: Cleveland
1888: Cleveland
1892: Cleveland
1896: Bryan
1900: Bryan
1904: Parker
1908: Bryan
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Davis
1928: Smith
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Stevenson
1956: Stevenson
1960: Kennedy
1964: Goldwater
1968: Nixon
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama