How would you have voted, 1900-2016? (Your choice of nominee edition)

[Higgins]

In this version, you can pick any candidate who was running for their respective parties' nomination, even if they were not nominated in the end. You cannot pick candidates who were either dead by election day, or who never ran in that respective year.

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: L.M. Shaw
1912: Roosevelt or Judson Harmon
1916: Elihu Root
1920: Leonard Wood
1924: La Follete
1928: Al Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Tom Dewey
1952: Earl Warren
1956: Stevenson
1960: Lyndon Johnson (close second: Stu Symington)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (close second: Nelson Rockefeller; third Eugene McCarthy)
1968: Nelson Rockefeller
1972: Edmund Muskie
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: George H.W. Bush
1984: Reagan
1988: Al Haig or Bob Dole
1992: Jerry Brown (close second: Eugene McCarthy)
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Wesley Clarke
2008: Obama
2012: Romney
2016: Jim Webb

[GGover]

1900: Debs
1904: Debs
1908: Debs
1912: Wilson
1916: Wilson
1920: Wilson again
1924: La Follete
1928: Al Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Truman
1956: Harriman
1960: Wayne Morse
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Lyndon Johnson
1972: McGovern or McCarthy
1976: JERRY BROWN
1980: JERRY BROWN
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Al Gore or Joe Biden
1992: JERRY BROWN
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kucinich or Dean
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Sanders

[Mr. Smith]

1900: William J. Bryan
1904: William R Hearst
1908: William J. Bryan
1912: Oscar Underwood
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: A. Mitchell Palmer
1924: Oscar Underwood
1928: Cordell Hull
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Harry S. Truman
1952: Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960: Hubert Humphrey
1964: LBJ
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: Ed Muskie
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Dick Gephardt
1992: Tom Harkin
1996: Write-in
2000: Al Gore
2004: Wesley Clark
2008: Hillary Clinton
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders

[Kingpoleon]

1900: William Jennings Bryan/Adlai Stevenson
1904: William Randolph Hearst/Charles A. Towne
1908: John Johnson/William Jennings Bryan
1912: Champ Clark/Thomas Marshall
1916: Charles Evan Hughes/Charles Joseph Bonaparte
1920: Charles Evan Hughes/Frank Lowden
1924: Charles W. Bryan/Newton Baker
1928: Charles Curtis/Hiram Johnson
1932: Alfred Smith/Charles W. Bryan
1936: Alfred Landon/Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1940: Wendell Willkie/Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1944: Thomas Dewey/Harold Stassen
1948: Thomas Dewey/Douglas MacArthur
1952: Hubert Humphrey/Allan Shivers
1956: Stuart Symington/Allan Shivers
1960: Stuart Symington/Robert Meyner
1964: Nelson Rockefeller/Norris Cotton
1968: Nelson Rockefeller/Ronald Reagan
1972: John Lindsay/Stuart Symington
1976: Gerald Ford/Edward Brooke
1980: Howard Baker/Millicent Fenwick
1984: Reubin Askew/Paul Tsongas
1988: Jack Kemp/Mark Hatfield
1992: Paul Tsongas/Lloyd Bentsen
1996: Richard Lugar/Colin Powell
2000: John McCain/Colin Powell
2004: Howard Dean/Carol Mosley Braun
2008: Evan Bayh/Barack Obama
2012: John Huntsman/Condoleezza Rice
2016: George Pataki/Condoleezza Rice

[SNJ1985]

My preferred candidate from both the Democratic and Republican fields:

1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Alton Parker
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: James Beauchamp Clark
1916: Charles W. Fairbanks
1920: Hiram Johnson
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: James A. Reed
1932: John Nance Garner
1936: Henry Breckinridge
1940: Robert A. Taft
1944: John W. Bricker
1948: Robert A. Taft
1952: Robert A. Taft
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: John W. Byrnes
1968: Jim Rhodes
1972: George Wallace
1976: George Wallace
1980: Phil Crane
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: Pat Robertson
1992: Pat Buchanan
1996: Pat Buchanan
2000: Alan Keyes
2004: Jack Fellure
2008: Ron Paul
2012: Ron Paul
2016: Ted Cruz

[SATW]

2016: Marco Rubio, R-FL
2012: Mitt Romney, R-MA
2008: Mitt Romney, R-MA
2004: George W. Bush, R-TX
2000: George W. Bush, R-TX
1996: Bob Dole, R-KS (meh, uninspiring field)
1992: George H.W. Bush, R-TX
1988: Jack Kemp, R-NY
1984: Ronald Reagan, R-CA
1980: Ronald Reagan, R-CA
1976: Henry "Scoop" Jackson, D-WA
1972: Henry "Scoop" Jackson, D-WA
1968: Bobby Kennedy, D-NY
1964: Barry Goldwater, R-AZ
1960: Cecil Underwood, R-WV (if he doesn't count, Richard Nixon, R-CA)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower, R-NY
1952: Robert Taft, R-OH
1948: Robert Taft, R-OH
1944: Thomas Dewey, R-NY
1940: Thomas Dewey, R-NY
1936: Alf Landon, R-KS
1932: Herbert Hoover, R-CA
1928: Herbert Hoover, R-CA
1924: Calvin Coolidge, R-MA
1920: Herbert Hoover, R-CA
1916: Charles E. Hughes, R-NY
1912: Teddy Roosevelt, P-NY
1908: Charles W. Fairbanks, R-IN
1904: Teddy Roosevelt, R-NY
1900: William McKinley, R-OH
1896: William McKinley, R-OH

Some notes.

2004 Dream election would've been George W. Bush vs Joe Lieberman, but I still would back Bush.

1988 had the best GOP primary field, imo. Kemp was my runaway first choice, but I also really like Haig, du Pont and respect Bush, Laxalt and Dole. Only way this field could've been better was if Jeane Kirkpatrick ran. Only Pat Robertson I do not like.

I likely would've backed Reagan over Scoop in a 1976 general, but I'd easily back Scoop over Ford.

1968 election, I would've possibly backed RFK over Reagan in a general, due to Reagan only being Governor since 1967, but I would definitely be a swing voter who could be swayed either way. If it was RFK vs Nixon or RFK vs Romney, I would've backed RFK easily.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

William McKinley every year.

[jaichind]

1900: McKinley (GOP)
1904: Parker (Dem)
1908: Taft (GOP)
1912: Taft (GOP)
1916: Fairbanks (GOP)
1920: Coolidge (GOP) (very close, could be Davis (Dem))
1924: Coolidge (GOP) (very close, could be Davis (Dem))
1928: Watson (GOP)
1932: Hoover (GOP)
1936: Landon (GOP)
1940: Taft (GOP) (very close, could also be Thurmond (Dixiecrat))
1944: Bricker (GOP)
1948: Taft (GOP)
1952: Taft (GOP)
1956: Eisenhower (GOP)
1960: Nixon (GOP)
1964: Goldwater (GOP)
1968: Wallace (Amer Ind)
1972: Nixon (GOP)
1976: Reagan (GOP)
1980: Reagan (GOP)
1984: Reagan (GOP)
1988: Bush I (GOP)
1992: Bush I (GOP)
1996: Dole (GOP)
2000: Bush II (GOP)
2004: Badnarik (Libertarian)
2008: Paul (GOP)
2012: Romney (GOP)
2016: Rubio (GOP)

[OSR stands with Israel]

If we are going with knowledge about events what happened after the conventions this is what I would go with:

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Wilson (Which I would deeply regret by just 2 years later)
1920: Calvin Coolidge
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Romney
1968: Rockefeller
1972: Nixon
1976: Reagan
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988 : Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush(With hindsight McCain)
2004: Bush
2008: Hillary
2012: Romney
2016: Kasich

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

This is without hindsight

1972. McGovern
1976. Church
1980. Kennedy
1984. Hart
1988. Jackson
1992. Brown
1996. write-in
2000. Bradley
2004. Kucinch
2008. Obama
2012. write-in
2016. Sanders

[Phony Moderate]

1960: JFK
1964: LBJ
1968: RFK
1972. McGovern
1976. Church
1980. Kennedy
1984. McGovern
1988. Biden
1992. Brown
1996. N/A
2000. Bradley
2004. Clark
2008. Gravel
2012. N/A
2016. Sanders

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Johnson
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Smith
1932: Smith
1936: Borah
1940: Taft
1944: Bricker
1948: Taft
1952: Taft
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Reagan
1972: Nixon
1976: Wallace
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Gephardt
1992: Buchanan
1996: Buchanan
2000: Buchanan
2004: Gephardt
2008: Tancredo
2012: Paul
2016: Trump

[America Needs R'hllor]

1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: Charles Evans Hughes
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (note: I prefer the scenario where he's elected as the Progressive nominee)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes
1920: Leonard Wood
1924: Al Smith
1928: Cordell Hull
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Nelson Rockfeller
1968: Robert F. Kennedy
1972: Hubert Humphrey
1976: Jerry Brown
1980: Jerry Brown
1984: John Glenn
1988: Al Gore
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton

[HisGrace]

1900- McKinley
1904- Parker
1908- Taft
1912- Roosevelt
1916- Hughes
1920- Cox
1924- Coolidge
1928- Hoover
1932- Hoover
1936- Landon
1940- Wilkie
1944- Roosevelt
1948- Arthur Vandenberg
1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Nixon
1964- Goldwater
1968- Rockefeller
1972- Nixon
1976- Reagan
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Bush
1996- Forbes
2000- McCain
2004- Bush
2008- Paul
2012- Paul
2016- Kasich

[dw93]

1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Hubert Humphrey
1964: LBJ
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: Edmund Muskie
1976: Mo Udall or Frank Church
1980: George HW Bush or John Anderson
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Dick Gephardt
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Hillary Clinton
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

1789   George Washington (I)
1792   George Washington (I)
1796   Thomas Jefferson (R)
1800   Thomas Jefferson (R)
1804   Thomas Jefferson (R)
1808   George Clinton (R)
1812   DeWitt Clinton (R)
1816   James Monroe (R)
1820   James Monroe (R)
1824   Henry Clay (R)
1828   John Q. Adams (NR)
1832   Henry Clay (NR)
1836   Daniel Webster (W)
1840   Henry Clay (W)
1844   Henry Clay (W)
1848   Charles F. Adams (FS)
1852   John P. Hale (FS)
1856   William H. Seward (R)
1860   Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864   Abraham Lincoln (U)
1868   Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872   Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876   Benjamin Bristow (R)
1880   James Garfield (R)
1884   George F. Edmunds (R)
1888   Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892   Walter Q. Gresham (P)
1896   William J. Bryan (D)
1900   William J. Bryan (D)
1904   Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908   William J. Bryan (D)
1912   Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1916   Robert LaFollette (R)
1920   Robert LaFollette (R)
1924   Robert LaFollette (R)
1928   Al Smith (D)
1932   Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936   Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1940   Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1944   Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1948   Harry S. Truman (D)
1952   Harry S. Truman (D)
1956   Estes Kefauver (D)
1960   Hubert Humphrey (D)
1964   Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968   Robert F. Kennedy (D)
1972   Ed Muskie (D)
1976   Birch Bayh (D)
1980   Ted Kennedy (D)
1984   Walter Mondale (D)
1988   Michael Dukakis (D)
1992   Jerry Brown (D)
1996   Bill Clinton (D)
2000   Al Gore (D)
2004   John Kerry (D)
2008   Barack Obama (D)
2012   Barack Obama (D)
2016   Hillary Clinton (D)

[The Govanah Jake]

1900 - William Jennings Bryan
1904 - Theodore Roosevelt
1908 - William Jennings Bryan
1912 - Theodore Roosevelt
1916 - Theodore Roosevelt
1920 - Hiram Johnson
1924 - Robert LaFollette
1928 - Al Smith
1932 - FDR
1936 - FDR
1940 - Wendell Wilkie
1944 - FDR
1948 - Harry Truman
1952 - Estes Kefauver
1956 - Ike
1960 - Hurbert Humphrey
1964 - Johnson
1968 - Eugene McCarthy
1972 - George McGovern
1976 - Jimmy Carter
1980 - Ted Kennedy
1984 - John Glenn
1988 - Ron Paul
1992 - Ross Perot
1996 - Ross Perot
2000 - John McCain
2004 - Russ Feingold
2008 - Bernie Sanders
2012 - Gary Johnson
2016 - Bernie Sanders

[beaver2.0]

2016: Webb beats Kasich
2012: Roemer beats Obama
2008: Edwards beats Thompson (big Edwards fan at the time)
2004: Dean beats Bush
2000: Buchanan beats Gore
1996: Buchanan beats Griffin
1992: Buchanan beats Kerrey
1988: Tracifant beats Haig
1984: Hollings beats Stassen
1980: Connally beats Finch
1976: Wallace beats Ford
1972: Nixon beats Yorty
1968: Nixon beats Humphrey

[Dr. MB]

1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Allan Benson
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert La Follette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Henry A. Wallace
1952: Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Robert F. Kennedy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jerry Brown
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Jesse Jackson
1988: Jesse Jackson
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Dennis Kucinich
2008: Mike Gravel
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders

[Alabama_Indy10]

1900: William Jennings Bryan/Adlai Stevenson
1904: William Randolph Hearst/Charles A. Towne
1908: John Johnson/William Jennings Bryan
1912: Champ Clark/Thomas Marshall
1916: Charles Evan Hughes/Charles Joseph Bonaparte
1920: Charles Evan Hughes/Frank Lowden
1924: Charles W. Bryan/Newton Baker
1928: Charles Curtis/Hiram Johnson
1932: Alfred Smith/Charles W. Bryan
1936: Alfred Landon/Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1940: Wendell Willkie/Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1944: Thomas Dewey/Harold Stassen
1948: Thomas Dewey/Douglas MacArthur
1952: Hubert Humphrey/Allan Shivers
1956: Stuart Symington/Allan Shivers
1960: Stuart Symington/Robert Meyner
1964: Nelson Rockefeller/Norris Cotton
1968: Nelson Rockefeller/Ronald Reagan
1972: John Lindsay/Stuart Symington
1976: Gerald Ford/Edward Brooke
1980: Howard Baker/Millicent Fenwick
1984: Reubin Askew/Paul Tsongas
1988: Jack Kemp/Mark Hatfield
1992: Paul Tsongas/Lloyd Bentsen
1996: Richard Lugar/Colin Powell
2000: John McCain/Colin Powell
2004: Howard Dean/Carol Mosley Braun
2008: Evan Bayh/Barack Obama
2012: John Huntsman/Condoleezza Rice
2016: George Pataki/Condoleezza Rice

Do you (for the most part) just vote for the blandest candidate?

[Kleine Scheiße]

1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Alton B. Parker
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
1924: John W. Davis
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Eugene McCarthy
1972: Edmund Muskie
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: John Glenn
1988: Paul Simon
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Cinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Bill Richardson
2012: Jon Huntsman
2016: Jim Webb

[TheSaint250]

I will only do party nominees.


If I Were Voting At The Time:

1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Taft
1912: William Taft
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Wilkie
1944: Thomas Dewey
1948: Thomas Dewey
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight 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: Donald Trump


In Hindsight:

1960: John F. Kennedy
1968: Write-In
1972: John Hospers
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2016: Gary Johnson

[President Johnson]

My very first choice in each election since then. Bold = enthusiastic support

1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James M. Cox
1924: Hiram Johnson
1928: abstain
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR TIE: Wendell Willkie
1944: FDR
1948: Harry S. Truman
1952: Earl Warren
1956: Averell Harriman
1960: Lyndon B. Johnson
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Nelson Rockefeller
1972: Henry M. Jackson
1976: Gerald Ford (close second: Frank Church)
1980: Jerry Brown
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Al Gore
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Richard Lugar
2000: Al Gore
2004: Dick Gephardt
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton

[fluffypanther19]

Assuming I can vote and without hindsight:

1900: William McKinley (unenthusiastically) *
1904: Theodore Roosevelt *
1908: William Howard Taft (reluctantly, possibly abstain) *
1912: Theodore Roosevelt
1916: Charles Evan Hughes
1920: Warren G. Harding (would regret later, Cox would have not been terrible) *
1924: Calvin Coolidge *
1928: Hebert Hoover (Smith was ok though as far as I can see) *
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (for obvious reasons) *
1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt *
1940: Franklin Delano Roosevelt *
1944: Franklin Delano Roosevelt *
1948: Harry S. Truman (one of my fave presidents) *
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower *
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (with more enthusiasm, Dem ticket more acceptable) *
1960: John F. Kennedy (solid Democrat for now on) *
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson *
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey
1972: George S. 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(little enthusiasm)
2008: Barack Obama (very enthusiastic) *
2012: Barack Obama (still enthusiastic) *
2016: Hillary Clinton (almost zero enthusiasm)

* Orange star represents winning candidate; 20 out of 30, 66.67% success rate

Edit: didn’t realize we could choose different nominees. (that’s what I get for not reading closely) I’ll keep the same choices cause I’m too lazy to update.

[Sirius_]

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: LaFollette
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Burton
1920: La Follette
1924: La Follette
1928: Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Dewey
1952: Humphrey
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Rockefeller
1968: Humphrey
1972: Humphrey
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Gore
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Biden (Should Have Ran)