Least polarizing, least relevant, most boring election?

[nclib]

I understand the OP's points about 1988, but I think 1988 has some relevance for today:

- Dukakis' views were to the left of GHWB, and his voters were to that left of GHWB's. and states/counties where Dukakis won were to the left of states/counties GHWB won. All of this is more true than for Carter and Ford. The biggest indicators of Carter/Ford states/counties were partisanship rather than ideology.
- Dukakis' states correlate with the states where Obama carried the white vote in 2008/2012.
- The 1988 PVI map matches up pretty well with states that are economically liberal or conservative, at least for the time.