How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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I'm sure I've done this before but still. This assumes that I have the same views as I do today, but in the context of the times and lacking 20/20 hindsight.

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: Thomas Jefferson
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 Polk
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John Hale
1856: John Fremont
1860: John Bell
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Hancock
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: James Weaver
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: Robert LaFollette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George Bush
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama

Party Registration

1796-1848: Democrat
1848-1860: Free Soil
1864-1872: Republican
1872-Present: Democrat

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2008: McKinney (G)

Why McKinney, out of curiosity?

Of the candidates, she was the strongest on the terrorism issue.

And by strongest you clearly mean weakest and most batsh**t insaneest.

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Another take on it.
1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: Thomas Jefferson
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 Polk
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Franklin Pierce
1856: John Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Horace Greeley
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: Robert LaFollette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John Anderson
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George Bush
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama

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New List
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: Andrew Jackson (DR)
1828: Andrew Jackson (D)
1832: Andrew Jackson/Andrew Jackson (D)
1836: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (D)
1840: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (D)
1844: Martin Van Buren/James Polk (D)
1848: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852: John Hale/John Hale (FS)
1856: Charles Sumner/John C. Fremont (R)
1860: Salmon Chase/Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln/Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant/Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Lyman Trumbull/Horace Greeley (LR)
1876: Samuel J. Tilden/Samuel J. Tilden (D)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock/Winfield Scott Hancock (D)
1884: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1892: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1896: Robert E. Pattsion/William McKinley (R)
1900: William McKinley/William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt/Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: Robert M. LaFollette, Sr./William Howard Taft (R)
1912: Woodrow Wilson/Woodrow Wilson (D)
1916: Woodrow Wilson/Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: James M. Cox/James M. Cox (D)
1924: Al Smith/Robert LaFollette, Sr. (P)
1928: Al Smith/Al Smith (D)
1932: Al Smith/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman/Harry Truman (D)
1952: W. Averell Harriman/Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: W. Averell Harriman/Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy/John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon Johnson/Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968: Robert F. Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey (D)
1972: Terry Sanford/Richard Nixon (R)
1976: Mo Udall/Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Ted Kennedy/John Anderson (I)
1984: Gary Hart/Ronald Reagan (R)
1988: Gary Hart/Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton/Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton/Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Bill Bradley/George Bush (R)
2004: Howard Dean/John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama/Barack Obama (D)
2012: Barack Obama/Barack Obama (D)



Party Registration
Democratic-Republican: 1796-1828
Democrat: 1828-1848
Free-Soil: 1848-1854
Republican: 1854-1872
Liberal Republican: 1872-1874
Democrat: 1874-1900
Republican: 1900-1912
Democrat: 1912-Present