How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

1900: William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Howard Taft (R)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: Warren G. Harding (R)
1924: Robert La Follette Sr. (P)
1928: Alfred Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948: Henry Wallace (P)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (D)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1972: Richard Nixon (R)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
1988: Ron Paul (L)
1992: Ross Perot (I)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)
2012: Gary Johnson (L) (First time voting, actually did vote for him!)

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
]1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1808: Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (Federalist)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Q. Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William H. Harrison (Whig)
1840: William H. 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 (National Union)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: James J. Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Bull Moose)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian) (Actual vote)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) (Will be actual vote)

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian) (Actual vote)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) (Will be actual vote)

Why Johnson in 2012?

Well... at the time I was a Ron Paul-Bernie Sanders type voter, so I was kind of going against the establishment. I went to a Ron Paul rally at U of I and voted for him in the primary. I definitely wanted Obama to beat Romney, but felt like "sending a message" that I wasn't happy with either party at the time. Since Illinois was by no means a swing state, I felt like I could throw an anti-establishment bone to Gary Johnson, who I felt really is a respectable candidate.

Since then however, I have matured and mellowed out. While I am not 100% satisfied with the state of the Democratic Party, I just have to vote for the most qualified candidate. Plus I need to take part in crushing trump.

Perhaps in the past I would have also taken part in more third party candidacies, like Perot '92, Paul '88, Anderson '80. But given the way I view the world today, ^this is how I think I would have voted.