How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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Updated List

1789:  George Washington (No Party)
1792:  George Washington (No Party)
1796:  John Adams (F)
1800:  Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1804:  Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1808:  James Madison (D-R)
1812:  DeWitt Clinton (F)
1816:  James Monroe (D-R)
1820:  James Monroe (D-R)
1824:  John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1828:  John Quincy Adams (NR)
1832:  Henry Clay (NR)
1836:  William H. Harrison (W)
1840:  William H. Harrison (W)
1844:  Henry Clay (W)
1848:  Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852:  John Hale (FS)
1856:  John Fremont (R)
1860:  Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864:  Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868:  Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872:  Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876:  Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
1880:  James A. Garfield (R)
1884:  Grover Cleveland (D)
1888:  Grover Cleveland (D)
1892:  Grover Cleveland (D)
1896:  William McKinley (R)
1900:  William McKinley (R)
1904:  Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908:  William H. Taft (R)
1912:  Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916:  Charles E. Hughes (R)
1920:  Warren G. Harding (R)
1924:  Robert 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 Johnson (D)
1968:  Hubert Humphrey (D)
1972:  George McGovern (D)
1976:  Gerald Ford (R)
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)

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Primaries

Democratic

1952:  Estes Kefauver
1956:  Estes Kefauver
1960:  Hubert Humphrey
1964:  Lyndon Johnson
1968:  Hubert Humphrey
1972:  Hubert Humphrey
1976:  Frank Church
1980:  Jerry Brown
1984:  Walter Mondale
1988:  Paul Simon
1992:  Jerry Brown
1996:  Bill Clinton
2000:  Al Gore
2004:  Howard Dean
2008:  Hillary Clinton
2012:  Barack Obama

Republican

1952:  Dwight Eisenhower
1956:  Dwight Eisenhower
1960:  Nelson Rockefeller
1964:  Margaret Chase Smith
1968:  Nelson Rockefeller
1972:  Richard Nixon
1976:  Gerald Ford
1980:  John Anderson
1984:  Ronald Reagan
1988:  Jack Kemp
1992:  George H. W. Bush
1996:  Bob Dole
2000:  John McCain
2004:  George W. Bush
2008:  John McCain
2012:  John Huntsman

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1856: John Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes*
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William H. Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
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 S. Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower*
1956: Dwight Eisenhower*
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert H. 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
2012: Barack Obama

*Indicates very close call

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1856: Fremont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield
1884: Cleveland
1888: Cleveland
1892: Cleveland
1896: Bryan
1900: Bryan
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: La Follette
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Clinton
2020: Biden

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I’m a bit conflicted about 1952 and 1956.  They’re close calls for me, but my votes for Ike do in large part have to do with respect for his figure.  Also, as someone with a bit of an independent streak, maybe I’d be willing to vote for a Republican after 20 years of Democrats holding the presidency, especially a relatively moderate one.

However, Ike may actually be a bit overrated on this forum.  He was a bit cowardly on civil rights and his administration did some pretty bad things in foreign policy (not sure to what extant Ike disagreed with Dulles).  Still, he was an above-average president.

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1856: John Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William H. Taft
1912: William H. Taft
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
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 S. Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert H. 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
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton
2020: Joe Biden

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My vote in Democratic primaries, 1952-present (not bothering to list non-competitive primaries):

1952: Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960: Hubert Humphrey
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Frank Church
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Paul Simon
1992: Jerry Brown
2000: Al Gore
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Hillary Clinton
2016: Hillary Clinton
2020: Amy Klobuchar