How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

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General Elections

1789-1900
1789: Washington (F)
1792: Washington (F)
1796: Adams (F)
1800: Jefferson (DR)
1804: Jefferson (DR)
1808: Madison (DR)
1812: Madison (DR)
1816: Monroe (DR)
1820: Monroe (DR)
1824: Adams (DR)
1828: Adams (NR)
1832: Clay (NR)
1836: Harrison (W)
1840: Harrison (W)
1844: Clay (W)
1848: Taylor (W)
1852: Scott (W)
1856: Fremont (R)
1860: Lincoln (R)
1864: Lincoln (R)
1868: Grant (R)
1872: Grant (R)
1876: Hayes (R)
1880: Garfield (R)
1884: Blaine (R)
1888: Harrison (R)
1892: Harrison (R)
1896: McKinley (R)
1900: McKinley (R)

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

Republican Primaries

1952-present
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon, though Rockefeller would be very tempting.
1964: Rockefeller
1968: Toss-Up between Nelson Rockefeller and Romney.
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Toss-Up between Bush and Anderson.
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: Toss-Up between McCain and Romney.
2012: Romney

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Am I the only person who would have voted Republican in every election since the party was founded?

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Am I the only person who would have voted Republican in every election since the party was founded?

Looks like you're mainly in the Hamiltonian tradition.  What appeals to you about AuH2O over LBJ?

I probably would have supported Nelson Rockefeller in the 1964 primaries, but I would have backed Goldwater once he got the Republican nomination because he was the party's nominee and I would have felt that we needed to unite behind him.  He may have opposed the 1964 CRA, but it was on constitutional grounds (phony constitutional grounds, may I add, because of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.)  He was a founding member of the NAACP in Arizona and was instrumental in making his family's business one of the first in the state to desegregate.  He also supported the 1957 and 1960 CRAs.  Johnson, ironically, tried to portray Goldwater as a racist for his vote, but Goldwater's overall civil rights record was much better than that of the racist and political opportunist Johnson.

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1952: Primary: Truman; General: Stevenson

Truman didn't run in 1952, I don't think.

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Time for an update.  And of course, this is assuming I was alive and eligible to vote.

1789-1896
1789: George Washington (IF)
1792: George Washington (IF)
1796: John Adams (F)
1800: John Adams (F)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: Rufus King (F)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: John Quincy Adams (DR)
1828: John Quincy Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)
1836: William Henry Harrison (W)
1840: William Henry Harrison (W)
1844: Henry Clay (W)
1848: Zachary Taylor (W)
1852: Winfield Scott (W)
1856: John C. 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: James G. Blaine (R)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1896: William McKinley (R)

1900-present
1900: William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Howard Taft (R)
1912: William Howard Taft (R)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding (R)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (R)
1928: Herbert Hoover (R)
1932: Herbert Hoover (R)
1936: Alf Landon (R)
1940: Wendell Willkie (R)
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1948: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1960: Richard Nixon (R)
1964: Barry Goldwater (R)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1972: Richard Nixon (R)
1976: Gerald R. Ford (R)
1980: Ronald Reagan (R)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
1988: George H.W. Bush (R)
1992: George H.W. Bush (R)
1996: Bob Dole (R)
2000: George W. Bush (R)
2004: George W. Bush (R)
2008: John McCain (R)
2012: Mitt Romney (R)

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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.

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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

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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)
2016: TBD

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), depending on schedule
1968: Uncommitted
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980: John Anderson (Republican) or George H.W. Bush (Republican), depending on schedule
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) , depending on schedule
2008: Uncommitted
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican), voted for IRL.
2016: John Kasich (Republican) or Chris Christie (Republican), depending on schedule.  Voted for Kasich 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

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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)
2016: Evan McMullin (Independent/Write-in)

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), depending on schedule
1968: Uncommitted
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980: John Anderson (Republican) or George H.W. Bush (Republican), depending on schedule
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) , depending on schedule
2008: Uncommitted
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican), voted for IRL.
2016: John Kasich (Republican) or Chris Christie (Republican), depending on schedule.  Voted for Kasich 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

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General Elections
1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: James Madison
1816: Rufus King
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay
1836: William Henry Harrison (or whoever was on the ballot for the Whigs in my state)
1840: William Henry Harrison
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Zachary Taylor
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James A. Garfield
1884: James G. Blaine
1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: Benjamin Harrison
1896: William McKinley
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: William Howard Taft
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Thomas E. Dewey
1948: Thomas E. Dewey
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
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: Bob Dole
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Evan McMullin

Primaries/Caucuses
1948: Uncommitted
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon
1964: Nelson Rockefeller
1968: Uncommitted
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1988: Uncommitted
1992: George H. W. Bush
1996: Uncommitted
2000: Uncommitted
2008: Uncommitted
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: John Kasich

Party ID/Affiliation
Federalist (1789-1804)
Independent (1804-1820)
Republican (1820-1828)
National Republican (1828-1834)
Whig (1834-1854)
Republican (1854-present)