Who would you have voted for?

[minionofmidas]

Nice to see Trondheim would have voted against Reagan twice...that makes two of us!

Well, he seems to be way to the left, since he wouldn't vote for the Democratic candidate in lots of elections.

Who else but a bloody leftie would have voted against Reagan in 1984?
I'm having second thoughts about one of my votes btw. Was Eisenhower sending the army to ensure two black kids could go to school in Little Rock before his reelection? If so I'd probably have voted for him.

[migrendel]

1932: Norman Thomas
1936: Norman Thomas
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Henry Wallace
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey; McCarthy in primary
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter; Bayh, Udall, or Shriver in primary
1980: John Anderson
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton; Brown in primary
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore; Bradley in primary

[E.M.Borjesson]

1789 Washington
1792 Washington
1796 Adams
1800 Adams
1804 Jefferson
1808 Madison
1812 Madison
1816 Monroe
1820 Monroe
1824 Adams
1828 Adams
1832 Clay
1836 Harrison
1840 Harrison
1844 Clay
1848 Cass
1852 Hale (Free soil)
1856 Fremont
1860 Lincoln
1864 Lincoln
1868 Seymour
1872 Greeley
1876 Hayes
1880 Weaver
1884 Cleveland
1888 Cleveland
1892 Weaver
1896 Bryan
1900 Bryan
1904 TR
1908 Bryan
1912 Wilson
1916 Wilson
1920 Cox
1924 LaFollette
1928 Smith
1932 FDR
1936 FDR
1940 FDR
1944 FDR
1948 Truman
1952 Stevenson
1956 Stevenson
1960 Kennedy
1964 LBJ
1968 Humphrey
1972 McGovern
1976 Carter
1980 Anderson
1984 Mondale
1988 Dukakis
1992 Perot
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore

[Gustaf]

1789 Washington
1792 Washington
1796 Adams
1800 Adams
1804 Jefferson
1808 Madison
1812 Madison
1816 Monroe
1820 Monroe
1824 Adams
1828 Adams
1832 Clay
1836 Harrison
1840 Harrison
1844 Clay
1848 Cass
1852 Hale (Free soil)
1856 Fremont
1860 Lincoln
1864 Lincoln
1868 Seymour
1872 Greeley
1876 Hayes
1880 Weaver
1884 Cleveland
1888 Cleveland
1892 Weaver
1896 Bryan
1900 Bryan
1904 TR
1908 Bryan
1912 Wilson
1916 Wilson
1920 Cox
1924 LaFollette
1928 Smith
1932 FDR
1936 FDR
1940 FDR
1944 FDR
1948 Truman
1952 Stevenson
1956 Stevenson
1960 Kennedy
1964 LBJ
1968 Humphrey
1972 McGovern
1976 Carter
1980 Anderson
1984 Mondale
1988 Dukakis
1992 Perot
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore

Looks like MiamiU found himself a soulmate...

[Gustaf]

1789 Washington
1792 Washington
1796 Adams
1800 Adams
1804 Jefferson
1808 Madison
1812 Madison
1816 Monroe
1820 Monroe
1824 Adams
1828 Adams
1832 Clay
1836 Harrison
1840 Harrison
1844 Clay
1848 Cass
1852 Hale (Free soil)
1856 Fremont
1860 Lincoln
1864 Lincoln
1868 Seymour
1872 Greeley
1876 Hayes
1880 Weaver
1884 Cleveland
1888 Cleveland
1892 Weaver
1896 Bryan
1900 Bryan
1904 TR
1908 Bryan
1912 Wilson
1916 Wilson
1920 Cox
1924 LaFollette
1928 Smith
1932 FDR
1936 FDR
1940 FDR
1944 FDR
1948 Truman
1952 Stevenson
1956 Stevenson
1960 Kennedy
1964 LBJ
1968 Humphrey
1972 McGovern
1976 Carter
1980 Anderson
1984 Mondale
1988 Dukakis
1992 Perot
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore

Looks like MiamiU found himself a soulmate...

AAAAAAAAARGHH! Posted this too early! Are you from Scandinavia E.M.? It looks a little Icelandish to me...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Someone else went for Bryan! Our numbers grow...

Bryan! Bryan! Bryan!

[minionofmidas]

Bryan! Bryan! Bryan!

It was 1896, and I was just sixteen
And Altgeld ruled in Springfield Illinois
When there came from the sunset Nebraska's shout of joy
In a coat like a deacon's, in a black stetson hat
He scourged the elephant plutocrats
With barbed wire from the Platte
The scales dipped from their mighty eyes
They saw that summer's noon
a tribe of wonders dancing (?) to a marching tune
O the jayhawks of Kansas
O the longhorns of Texas
(There follows a rather imaginative list of state animals that I can't remember in detail)
Of all the newborn states a-row
Bidding the eagles of the west fly on,
Bidding the eagles of the west fly on

That what you meant?

[© tweed]

John Anderson 1980
Walter Mondale 1984---

THANKS MR. EJ Borgesson!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Bryan! Bryan! Bryan!

It was 1896, and I was just sixteen
And Altgeld ruled in Springfield Illinois
When there came from the sunset Nebraska's shout of joy
In a coat like a deacon's, in a black stetson hat
He scourged the elephant plutocrats
With barbed wire from the Platte
The scales dipped from their mighty eyes
They saw that summer's noon
a tribe of wonders dancing (?) to a marching tune
O the jayhawks of Kansas
O the longhorns of Texas
(There follows a rather imaginative list of state animals that I can't remember in detail)
Of all the newborn states a-row
Bidding the eagles of the west fly on,
Bidding the eagles of the west fly on

That what you meant?

Yep
Thing is, Bryan, the Greenbacks and the Free Silver lot, were right about Gold.
Pity it took the Depression to make everyone else realize it...

[© tweed]

1924 LaFollette
1980 Anderson
1984 Mondale
1992 Perot

Against Reagan twice!  Woo!
LaFollete in 1924! Woo!
Perot in '92! Yay!

This guy's awesome.

[Gustaf]

1924 LaFollette
1980 Anderson
1984 Mondale
1992 Perot

Against Reagan twice!  Woo!
LaFollete in 1924! Woo!
Perot in '92! Yay!

This guy's awesome.

See? I told you he was a soulmate...

[dazzleman]

Here are my choices for president since 1932:

1932           Roosevelt
1936           Roosevelt
1940           Roosevelt
1944           Roosevelt
1948           Truman
1952           Eisenhower
1956           Eisenhower
1960           Toss-up (either Kennedy or Nixon)
1964           Johnson
1968           Nixon
1972           Nixon
1976           Ford

Actual votes:
1980           Reagan
1984           Reagan
1988           Bush
1992           Bush (reluctantly)
1996           Dole (reluctantly)
2000           Bush

[Dave from Michigan]

Can you really say who you would vote for I personally said I would vote for all the republicans but now we know what happened in history but if you didn't know what would happen but had to go on what the candidate said would you vote that way. Maybe you would it's just a thought. Like know I would say I would not vote for roosevelt in 1932 but if I lost my job and money roosevelt's idea's may have seemed great even though they didn't work well.

[Nation]

I would have voted for 'ol William Jennings back in '96.


32 - FDR
36 - FDR
40 - FDR
44 - FDR
48 - Truman
52 - Eisenhower
56 - Eisenhower
60 - Kennedy
64 - Johnson
68 - Nixon
72 - McGovern
76 - Carter
80 - Carter
84 - Mondale
88 - Dukakis
92 - Perot
96 - Nader
00 - Nader
04 - Dean (wishful thinking :-)

[Gustaf]

Can you really say who you would vote for I personally said I would vote for all the republicans but now we know what happened in history but if you didn't know what would happen but had to go on what the candidate said would you vote that way. Maybe you would it's just a thought. Like know I would say I would not vote for roosevelt in 1932 but if I lost my job and money roosevelt's idea's may have seemed great even though they didn't work well.

Well, the idea of this thread was to say for whom you would have voted for with the knowledge you had at the time. I don't think you should cast the vote out of personal interest, but based on idelogy, b7C it makes more sense to me when it comes to past elections.

[bejkuy]

60 Kennedy
64 Goldwater
68 Nixon by a whisker.  (worst GOP prez in modern history)

72 Nixon (no choice)
76 Ford
80 Reagan
84 Reagan
88 Bush
92 Bush
Actual
96 Dole (but not happy about it, waffled more than Clinton)
00 Bush

[M]

My first election will be next year, but with the benefit of hindsight let me, as the jaguar of the Inca king would say, "pass through a blue mist to a diferent time and place".

1948          Truman
1952          Eisenhower
1956          Eisenhower
1960          Kennedy
1964          Goldwater (I like Johnson, but Goldwater was awesome, even if there are serious places I disagree with him.)
1968          Nixon
1972          Scoop Jackson in the primary. Then maybe not vote?
1976          Ford; Reagan in primary
1980          Reagan
1984          Reagan
1988          Bush
1992          Bush
1996          Dole (no good choices this election at all)
2000          Bush
 
My father's actual votes
DAD was born in '50 in Dillon, SC
1968 Nixon (couldn't vote yet, but a major supporter. Still has a 'help uncle Strom elect Nixon' sticker. I've seen it.) My grandma voted for Wallace. I still can't believe that.
1972 Nixon
1976 Ford
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
Romantic interlude: MOM and DAD meet
M is born!
1988 Reagan
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
1990 Bush

My mother's actual votes
MOM was born in '47 in Galveston, TX
1964 LBJ (couldn't vote yet, but a major supporter. She even met the guy)
1968 MOM was clean for Gene! Then voted Humphrey
1972 McGovern
1976 Ford (The big switch! Carter turned her off the democrats!)
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
Romantic interlude: MOM and DAD meet
M is born!
1988 Bush
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
2000 Bush

[Nym90]

I think I would have voted Democratic in every election, with the only possible exception being 1976 (Ford being from my home state and having attended my alma mater). Even then I still think I would have gone for Carter.

[Gustaf]

My first election will be next year, but with the benefit of hindsight let me, as the jaguar of the Inca king would say, "pass through a blue mist to a diferent time and place".

1948          Truman
1952          Eisenhower
1956          Eisenhower
1960          Kennedy
1964          Goldwater (I like Johnson, but Goldwater was awesome, even if there are serious places I disagree with him.)
1968          Nixon
1972          Scoop Jackson in the primary. Then maybe not vote?
1976          Ford; Reagan in primary
1980          Reagan
1984          Reagan
1988          Bush
1992          Bush
1996          Dole (no good choices this election at all)
2000          Bush
 
My father's actual votes
DAD was born in '50 in Dillon, SC
1968 Nixon (couldn't vote yet, but a major supporter. Still has a 'help uncle Strom elect Nixon' sticker. I've seen it.) My grandma voted for Wallace. I still can't believe that.
1972 Nixon
1976 Ford
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
Romantic interlude: MOM and DAD meet
M is born!
1988 Reagan
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
1990 Bush

My mother's actual votes
MOM was born in '47 in Galveston, TX
1964 LBJ (couldn't vote yet, but a major supporter. She even met the guy)
1968 MOM was clean for Gene! Then voted Humphrey
1972 McGovern
1976 Ford (The big switch! Carter turned her off the democrats!)
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
Romantic interlude: MOM and DAD meet
M is born!
1988 Bush
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
2000 Bush

I think your dad might be the only one in the country who voted for Reagan in 1988...

[M]

Actually, he wrote in Nancy Reagan. No, he voted Bush. Oops.

[YRABNNRM]

1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Kennedy
1964- Goldwater
1968- Sit Out
1972- Sit Out
1976- Reagan in Primary, Sit out General Election
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Bush
1996- Dole
2000- McCain in Primary, Bush in General

If you can't tell Im not a fan of Nixon

[KEmperor]

Well, there seem to be arbitrary dates that everyone is starting, so I figured what the hell, I'll just do all of them.  Here's all the people I would have voted for or have voted for:

1789:  Washington
1792:  Washington
1796:  Jefferson
1800:  Jefferson
1804:  Jefferson
1808:  Clinton
1812:  Clinton
1816:  Monroe
1820:  Monroe
1824:  Adams
1828:  Adams
1832:  Clay
1836:  Webster
1840:  Harrison
1844:  Polk
1848:  Van Buren
1852:  Hale
1856:  Fremont
1860:  Lincoln
1864:  Lincoln
1868:  Grant
1872:  Grant
1876:  Hayes
1880:  Garfield
1884:  Blane
1888:  Harrison
1892:  Harrison
1896:  McKinley
1900:  McKinley
1904:  Roosevelt
1908:  Taft
1912:  Roosevelt
1916:  Hughes
1920:  Harding
1924:  Coolidge
1928:  Hoover
1932:  Hoover
1936:  Landon
1940:  Willkie
1944:  Dewey
1948:  Truman
1952:  Eisenhower
1956:  Eisenhower
1960:  Nixon
1964:  Goldwater
1968:  Nixon
1972:  Hospers
1976:  Ford
1980:  Reagan
1984:  Reagan
1988:  Paul
1992:  Bush
1996:  Dole
2000:  Browne

[Gustaf]

1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Kennedy
1964- Goldwater
1968- Sit Out
1972- Sit Out
1976- Reagan in Primary, Sit out General Election
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Bush
1996- Dole
2000- McCain in Primary, Bush in General

If you can't tell Im not a fan of Nixon

B/c of non-Watergate reasons? Since the idea was not to vote with hindsight, i.e. not not vote for Nixon b/c of Watergate, since we didn't know about it until after his last election.

[YRABNNRM]

1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Kennedy
1964- Goldwater
1968- Sit Out
1972- Sit Out
1976- Reagan in Primary, Sit out General Election
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Bush
1996- Dole
2000- McCain in Primary, Bush in General

If you can't tell Im not a fan of Nixon

B/c of non-Watergate reasons? Since the idea was not to vote with hindsight, i.e. not not vote for Nixon b/c of Watergate, since we didn't know about it until after his last election.

Yes, Nixon seemed like a corrupt and sneaky man even before Watergate to me(I've read biographies and such).

[Gustaf]

1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Kennedy
1964- Goldwater
1968- Sit Out
1972- Sit Out
1976- Reagan in Primary, Sit out General Election
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Bush
1996- Dole
2000- McCain in Primary, Bush in General

If you can't tell Im not a fan of Nixon

B/c of non-Watergate reasons? Since the idea was not to vote with hindsight, i.e. not not vote for Nixon b/c of Watergate, since we didn't know about it until after his last election.

Yes, Nixon seemed like a corrupt and sneaky man even before Watergate to me(I've read biographies and such).

OK, I guess you're right...