How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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1789: Thomas Jefferson
1792: Thomas Jefferson
1796: Thomas Jefferson
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Q Adams
1828: John Q Adams
1832: John Floyd
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Horace Greely
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: James Cox
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Baines Johnson
1968: Eugene McCarthy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama

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Abstention (1789-)

You can't tell me that Grover Cleveland wasn't a good candidate, or that William Jennings Bryan didn't need to be kept out of power at any cost, even if it meant voting for an imperialist like McKinley.

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1892, of course, being my proudest vote.

Wait, you would support Nixon over McGovern?!

In retrospect, no. I tried to put myself in the wayback machine for that one. Nixon gets a bad wrap that isn't always deserved.

It isn't? What exactly is so great about Nixon that everyone seems to be missing?

The fact that his 1972 opponent was not-so-great.

From a libertarian perspective, McGovern was very nearly perfect.

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1892, of course, being my proudest vote.

Wait, you would support Nixon over McGovern?!

In retrospect, no. I tried to put myself in the wayback machine for that one. Nixon gets a bad wrap that isn't always deserved.

It isn't? What exactly is so great about Nixon that everyone seems to be missing?

The fact that his 1972 opponent was not-so-great.

From a libertarian socialist perspective, McGovern was very nearly perfect.

Fixed that for you.

Right, because the asshole who initiated the War on Drugs, escalated the War in Vietnam (and made illegal incursions into Cambodia), increased the powers of the State and took the U.S. off the gold standard is a perfect fit for libertarians.

Jesus.

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1892, of course, being my proudest vote.

Wait, you would support Nixon over McGovern?!

In retrospect, no. I tried to put myself in the wayback machine for that one. Nixon gets a bad wrap that isn't always deserved.

It isn't? What exactly is so great about Nixon that everyone seems to be missing?

The fact that his 1972 opponent was not-so-great.

From a libertarian socialist perspective, McGovern was very nearly perfect.

Fixed that for you.

Right, because the asshole who initiated the War on Drugs, escalated the War in Vietnam (and made illegal incursions into Cambodia), increased the powers of the State and took the U.S. off the gold standard is a perfect fit for libertarians.

Jesus.

Nope, never said that. But McGovern? Give me a break.

Yes, McGovern. There was virtually no economic difference in policy between McGovern and Nixon (both campaigned on a minimum living wage; Nixon, of course, didn't attempt to deliver), but McGovern was vastly more libertarian in foreign and domestic policy than Nixon could have ever hoped to be.

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Why on earth would you vote for Mondale in 1984 but then vote for Reagan's VP in 1988?

I'm guessing that's aimed at me. Reagan < Mondale < Bush

Mondale was the lesser of two evils, and Bush was much more appealing to me than Reagan.

How? Bush 41 was one of the worst ever.

Sorry Giovanni, but if you would vote for Mondale over Reagan, then you probably shouldn't be in the GOP.

Yeah, Mondale was just pathetic.

Not significantly moreso than Reagan.

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Why on earth would you vote for Mondale in 1984 but then vote for Reagan's VP in 1988?

I'm guessing that's aimed at me. Reagan < Mondale < Bush

Mondale was the lesser of two evils, and Bush was much more appealing to me than Reagan.

How? Bush 41 was one of the worst ever.

Sorry Giovanni, but if you would vote for Mondale over Reagan, then you probably shouldn't be in the GOP.

Yeah, Mondale was just pathetic.

Not significantly moreso than Reagan.

For all Reagan's flaws, Mondale was not someone to accept as an alternative. Of course, if he were, he would have won a state other than MN (a .18% win, mind you, and Reagan refused to campaign there).

That's why I'd have voted for Bergland. But in a two-man race, I'd have either voted Mondale or absented.

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Why on earth would you vote for Mondale in 1984 but then vote for Reagan's VP in 1988?

I'm guessing that's aimed at me. Reagan < Mondale < Bush

Mondale was the lesser of two evils, and Bush was much more appealing to me than Reagan.

How? Bush 41 was one of the worst ever.

Sorry Giovanni, but if you would vote for Mondale over Reagan, then you probably shouldn't be in the GOP.

Yeah, Mondale was just pathetic.

Not significantly moreso than Reagan.

For all Reagan's flaws, Mondale was not someone to accept as an alternative. Of course, if he were, he would have won a state other than MN (a .18% win, mind you, and Reagan refused to campaign there).

That's why I'd have voted for Bergland. But in a two-man race, I'd have either voted Mondale or absented.

Why ever vote for Mondale?

Because a Big Social Spending asshole is better than a Big Military Spending one.

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1789: Thomas Jefferson
1792: Thomas Jefferson
1796: Thomas Jefferson
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Q Adams
1828: John Q Adams
1832: John Floyd
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Horace Greely
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: John M Palmer
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Eugene McCarthy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John Anderson
1984: David Bergland
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Barack Obama

italicized=different vote from the last time I did this

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1789: Thomas Jefferson
1792: Thomas Jefferson
1796: Thomas Jefferson
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Q Adams
1828: John Q Adams
1832: John Floyd
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Horace Greely
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: John M Palmer
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Eugene McCarthy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John Anderson
1984: David Bergland
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Barack Obama

italicized=different vote from the last time I did this

Still would have voted for Obama?

Yessir.

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1789: Thomas Jefferson
1792: Thomas Jefferson
1796: Thomas Jefferson
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Q Adams
1828: John Q Adams
1832: John Floyd
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Horace Greely
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: John M Palmer
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Eugene McCarthy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John Anderson
1984: David Bergland
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Barack Obama

italicized=different vote from the last time I did this

I thought you didn't like Paul?

I didn't and don't. Many of these choices are lesser-than-insert-number-of-evils-here ones. I quite loathe Goldwater, for instance, but I think his election could have averted the rise of the Religious Right, so I voted for him.