How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Kingpoleon]

1944-1956: Thomas Dewey/John Bricker, Thomas Dewey/Earl Warren, Dwight Eisenhower/Richard Nixon
1960: John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson
1964: Abstain
1968-1976: Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford/Bob Dole
1980: John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey
1984: Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush
1988: Ron Paul/Andre Marrou
1992-1996: Ross Perot/James Stockdale, Ross Perot/Pat Choate
2000: Al Gore/Joe Lieberman
2004, 2008: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney, John McCain/Sarah Palin
2012: Gary Johnson/James P. Gray

[Kingpoleon]

Republican Primaries:

1960: Rockefeller
1964: Rockefeller
1968: Rockefeller
1972: McCloskey
1976: Ford
1980: Anderson
1988: du Pont
1992: Bush
1996: Lugar>Forbes
2000: McCain
2008: McCain
2012: Huntsman>Gingrich
2016: Kasich

Democratic Primaries:
1960: Kennedy>Morse>Symington
1964: Brown
1968: McCarthy>Kennedy
1972: Lindsay>Muskie
1976: Udall>Bentsen
1980: Brown>Carter
1984: Glenn>Hart
1988: Gore>Gephardt
1992: Tsongas>Brown
2000: Bradley
2004: Dean>Clark
2008: Bayh>Richardson

[Kingpoleon]

1796: Thomas Jefferson(D-R)
1800: Thomas Jefferson(D-R)
1804: Thomas Jefferson(D-R)
1808: James Madison(D-R)
1812: James Madison(D-R)
1816: Rufus King/John Marshall(F)
1820: DeWitt Clinton(D-R)
1824: Henry Clay(D-R)*
1828: John Quincy Adams(NR)
1832: Henry Clay(NR)
1836: Daniel Webster(W)**
1840: James G. Birney(L)
1844: James G. Birney(L)
1848: Martin Van Buren(FS)***
1852: John P. Hale(FS)
1856: John Fremont(R)[Convention: Fremont/Douglas, VP: Clay]
1860: Abraham Lincoln(R)[Convention: Fremont->Clay->Lincoln/North: Douglas/South: Dickinson/CU: Houston->Bell, VP: Houston->Clay]
1864: Abraham Lincoln(R)[Convention: Lincoln/H. Seymour
1868: Ulysses S. Grant(R)[Convention: Grant/Hendricks->Seymour]
1872: Ulysses S. Grant(R)[Convention: Grant/Greeley]
1876: Samuel Tilden(D)[Convention: Conkling->Blaine/Hendricks->Tilden]
1880: James Garfield(R)[Convention: Grant/Seymour->Bayard]
1884: James Blaine(R)[Convention: Lincoln->Arthur/Bayard]
1888: Benjamin Harrison(R)[Convention: Lincoln->Blaine->Grisham->Harrison/Cleveland]
1892: James B. Weaver(Populist)[Convention: Lincoln/Stevenson]
1896: William Jennings Bryan/Thomas Watson(Populist)[Convention: Stevenson->Bryan/Morton]
1900: William Jennings Bryan(D)
1904: Thomas E. Watson(Populist)[Convention: Hearst]
1908: Thomas L. Hisgen(Independence)[Convention: Hughes/Johnson]
1912: William Howard Taft(R)[Convention: Roosevelt/Marshall]
1916: Charles Evan Hughes(R)[Convention: Roosevelt]
1920: Eugene Debs(Socialist)[Convention: Butler->Lowden->Johnson]
1924: Robert La Follette(Progressive)[Convention: Bryan]
1928: Alfred Smith(D)[Convention: Lowden]
1932: Norman Thomas(S)[Convention: Baker->Smith]
1936: Alfred Landon(R)[Convention: Borah]
1940: Wendell Willkie(R)[Convention: Dewey]
1944: Thomas Dewey(R)
1948: Thomas Dewey(R)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower(R)[Convention: Warren]
1956: Adlai Stevenson(D)[Convention: Symington]
1960: John F. Kennedy(D)[Convention: Symington/Meyner]
1964: Barry Goldwater(R)[Convention: Smith/Rockefeller]
1968: Hubert Humphrey(D)[Convention: Rockefeller/McCarthy, VP: Lindsay/Bond]
1972: John G. Hospers(L)[Primaries: McCarthy/Lindsay/McCloskey]
1976:  Gerald Ford(R)[Primaries: Ford/Udall/Bayh/Harris]
1980: John B. Anderson(I)[Primaries: Baker->Anderson->H. W./Brown]
1984: David Bergland(L)[Primaries: Askew->Glenn->Hart]
1988: George H. W. Bush(R)[Primaries: Simon->Gephardt->Gore/Kemp->H. W.]
1992: Ross Perot(I)[Primaries: Wilder->Tsongas/H. W.]
1996: Bob Dole(R)[Primaries: Lugar->Forbes->Dole]
2000: Harry Browne(L)[Primaries: Kasich->McCain]
2004: Michael Badnarik(L) or David Cobb(G)[Primaries: Dean]
2008: John McCain(R)[Primaries: Biden/Giuliani->McCain]
2012: Gary Johnson(L)[Primaries: Huntsman->Gingrich]
2016: Gary Johnson(L)[Primaries: Kasich/Webb->O'Malley]

*I prefer Crawford if he kept Albert Gallatin
**Dependent on how Van Buren campaigned on slavery - I'm told he didn't oppose it nearly as forcefully then as he would later in life, and if he was just like Webster on it, I prefer Webster
***Narrowly prefer him to Taylor; if he's not on the ballot, I vote for Taylor


I will edit this with previous Conventions later.

[Kingpoleon]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: John P. Hale (Free Soil)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Stephen Douglas (Democratic)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
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: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1916: Allan L. Benson (Socialist)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: George C. Wallace (Independent)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
2004: Ralph Nader (Green)
2008: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican)
2016: Donald Trump (Republican)

Ah.... It's strange to remember Derpist's bizarre ideology.

[Kingpoleon]

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: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: JFK
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Nixon... (Wanted Robert Kennedy)
1972: Richard Nixon...
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: RONALD REAGAN
1984: RONALD REAGAN
1988: George H.W Bush
1992: George HW Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George W Bush
2004: George W Bush
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Donald Trump

The Republican candidates from 1932-1944 were really bad and really liberal.

Volunteerist Hoover, centrist Landon*, internationalist Willkie, and reformist Dewey were undoubtedly to the right of Roosevelt economically.

*Landon quote on the New Deal:

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[Kingpoleon]

I obviously voted for who I voted for from 1992 to 2016 (parentheses either say no change or who I actually voted for)

The tally:

Republican 12
Libertarian 10
Democratic 4
Constitution 1
Liberty 1

2016 - Johnson - Libertarian (no change)
2012 - Johnson - Libertarian (no change)
2008 - Baldwin - Constitution (Obama)
2004 - Badnarik - Libertarian (Nader)
2000 - Harry Browne - Libertarian (Nader)
1996 - Harry Browne - Libertarian (Browne)
1992 - George Bush - Republican (Bush)
1988 - Ron Paul - Libertarian
1984 - David Bergland - Libertarian
1980 - Ed Clark - Libertarian
1976 Roger MacBride - Libertarian
1972 John G. Hospers - Libertarian
1968 Richard Nixon - Republican
1964 Barry Goldwater - Republican
1960 JFK - Democrat
1956 Eisenhower - Republican
1952 Eisenhower - Republican
1948 Harry Truman - Democrat
1944 Thomas Dewey - Republican
1940 Willkie - Republican
1936 Landon - Republican
1932 William H Harvey - Liberty
1928 Al Smith - Democrat
1924 Calvin Coolidge - Republican
1920 Warren G Harding - Republican
1916 Charles E Hughes - Republican
1912 William H Taft - Republican
1908 William H Taft - Republican
1904 Alton B Parker - Democrat
1900 William Jennings Bryan - Democrat

... I'm going to guess that you did not know that the Liberty Party was closely affiliated with Father James Cox, who had a populism similar to Huey Long and Charles Coughlin.

[Kingpoleon]

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams (F)
1800: John Adams (F)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: Andrew Jackson (DR)
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson
1836: Martin van Buren
1840: Martin van Buren
1844: James Polk
1848: Lewis Cass
1852: Franklin Pierce
1856: James Buchanan
1860: Stephen Douglas
1864: George McClellan
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield S. Hancock
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William J. Bryan
1900: William J. Bryan
1904: Alton Parker
1908: William J. Bryan
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: John Davis
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H. W. Bush
1992: George H. W. Bush
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Donald Trump

You got a lot more conservative in the mid-20th Century, what happend?

If anything I would have identified as a conservative Democrat (that's what my family was) but the Democratic Party became too liberal. Eisenhower on the otherhand (without hindsight) would have been a one-off vote for a great man and president.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the most economically leftist President ever, though...

[Kingpoleon]

1789: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams (F)
1800: John Adams (F)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: Andrew Jackson (DR)
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson
1836: Martin van Buren
1840: Martin van Buren
1844: James Polk
1848: Lewis Cass
1852: Franklin Pierce
1856: James Buchanan
1860: Stephen Douglas
1864: George McClellan
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield S. Hancock
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William J. Bryan
1900: William J. Bryan
1904: Alton Parker
1908: William J. Bryan
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: John Davis
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H. W. Bush
1992: George H. W. Bush
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Donald Trump

You got a lot more conservative in the mid-20th Century, what happend?

If anything I would have identified as a conservative Democrat (that's what my family was) but the Democratic Party became too liberal. Eisenhower on the otherhand (without hindsight) would have been a one-off vote for a great man and president.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the most economically leftist President ever, though...

True, but in those days, each party had conservative and liberal wings, so a conservative could have been either a Democrat or a Republican, just like a liberal could be either. Plus, the context of the Great Depression probably somewhat justified many of his policies.

You don't seriously believe a staunch economic conservative should vote for FDR or that taxes should be raised during a depression, do you?

[Kingpoleon]

1789: George Washington(I)
1792: George Washington(I)/Thomas Jefferson
1796: Thomas Jefferson/Oliver Ellsworth(D-R/F)
1800: Thomas Jefferson/John Jay(D-R/F)
1804: Thomas Jefferson/Rufus King(D-R/F)
1808: James Madison/George Clinton(D-R)
1812: James Madison/Elbridge Gerry(D-R)
1816: Rufus King/John Marshall(Federalist)
1820: DeWitt Clinton/Daniel Tompkins(D-R)
1824: Henry Clay/Albert Gallatin(D-R)
1828: John Quincy Adams/Richard Rush(NR)
1832: Henry Clay/John Sergeant(NR)
1836: Martin Van Buren/Richard M. Johnson(Democratic)
1840: James G. Birney/Thomas Earle(Liberty)
1844: Henry Clay/Theodore Frelinghuysen(Whig)
1848: Martin Van Buren/Charles F. Adams(Free Soil)
1852: John P. Hale/George Washington Julian(Free Soil)
1856: John C. Frémont/William L. Dayton(Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln/Hannibal Hamlin(R)[Convention: Cassius Clay/Abraham Lincoln(R); Sam Houston/Stephen Douglas(Democratic)]
1864: Abraham Lincoln/Andrew Johnskn(R)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant/Schuyler Colfax(R)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson(R)[Convention: Charles F. Adams/Horace Greey(D)]
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes/William Wheeler(R)[Convention: James G. Blaine/Rutherford B. Hayes(R)]
1880: James B. Weaver/Barzillai J. Chambers(Greenback)[Convention: Benjamin Harrison/James G. Blaine(R)]
1884: James G. Blaine/John A. Logan(R)[Convention: Chester A. Arthur/James G. Blaine(R)]
1888: Benjamin Harrison/Levi P. Morton(R)
1892: James B. Weaver/James Field(Populist)[Convention: Robert Todd Lincoln/Levi P. Morton(R)]
1896: William Jennings Bryan/Thomas Watson(P)[Convention: William B. Allison/Henry Teller(R)]
1900: William Jennings Bryan/Adlai Stevenson I(D)[Conv.: Adlai Stevenson I/William Jennings Bryan(D)]
1904: Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks(R)[Con.: Theodore Roosevelt/William B. Allison(R)]
1908: William Jennings Bryan/John W. Kern(D)[Con.: Charles Evan Hughes/George Pardee(R)]
1912: Theodore Roosevelt/Hiram Johnson(Progressive)[Con.: Robert La Follette Sr./Charles Evan Hughes(R)]
1916: Charles Evan Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks(R)[Con.: Charles Evan Hughes/Hiram Johnson(R)]
1920: James Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt(D)[Con.: Nicholas Murray Butler/Hiram Johnson(R)]
1924: Robert La Follete Sr./Burton Wheeler(P)[Con.: Charles W. Bryan/Alfred Smith(D)]
1928: Alfred Smith/Joseph Robinson(D)[Con.: George Norris/Charles Curtis(R)]
1932: Norman Thomas/James Maurer(Socialist)[Con.: Theodore Roosevelt Jr./Hiram Johnson(R)]
1936: Alfred Landon/Frank Knox(R)[Con.: Theodore Roosevelt Jr./Alfred Landon(R)]
1940: Wendell Willkie/Charles McNary(R)[Con.: Thomas Dewey/William Borah(R)]
1944: Thomas Dewey/John Bricker(R)
1948: Thomas Dewey/Earl Warren(R)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower/Richard Nixon(R)[Con.: Dwight Eisenhower/Thomas Dewey(R)]
1956: Adlai Stevenson II/Estes Kefauver(D)[Con.: Stuart Symington/Hubert Humphrey(D)]
1960: Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.(R)[Con.: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr./Goodwin Knight(R); Stuart Symington/John F. Kennedy(D)
1964: Barry Goldwater/William A. Miller(R)[Con.: Nelson Rockefeller/Goodwin Knight(R)]
1968: Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie(D)[Con.: Nelson Rockefeller/Ronald Reagan(R); Eugene McCarthy/Stuart Symington(D)]
1972: John G. Hospers/Theodora Nathan(L)[Primaries: John Lindsay/Ed Muskie(D)]
1976: Gerald Ford/Bob Dole(R)[P: Gerald Ford/Barry Goldwater(R); Birch Bayh/Terry Sanford(D)]
1980: John B. Anderson/Pat Lucey(I)[P: George H. W. Bush/Millicent Fenwick(R)]
1984: Ronald Reagan/George Bush(R)[P: Reubin Askew/John Glenn(D)]
1988: George Bush/Dan Quayle(R)[P: Paul Simon/Lloyd Bentsen(D)]
1992: Ross Perot/James Stockdale(I)[P: Paul Tsongas/Ann Richards(D)]
1996: Ross Perot/Pat Choate(Reform)[P: Arthur Fletcher/Howard Baker(R)]
2000: Al Gore/Joe Lieberman(D)[P: John McCain/John Kasich]
2004: David Cobb/Pat LaMarche(G)[P: Howard Dean/Wesley Clark(D); David Cobb/Peter Camejo(G/Ref]
2008: John McCain/Sarah Palin(R)[P: Evan Bayh/Bill Richardson(D)]
2012: Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan(R)[P: John Huntsman Jr./Mitch Daniels(R)]
2016: Gary Johnson/William Weld(L)[P: John Kasich/Zalmay Khalilzad(R)]

[Kingpoleon]

Link to last

1976: Gerald Ford
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George Bush
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bob Dole
2000: Al Gore
2004: David Cobb*
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
2016: Evan McMullin