How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[old timey villain]

This is who I would vote for in every 20th century election based on my perspective as a progressive 22 year old. And I'm not going to pretend that I would vote third party every other election because this is hypothetical and it makes me look deep. I don't believe in throwing my vote away.

1900- McKinley (turned off by Bryan's populist rhetoric)
1904- Roosevelt (continuation of McKinley's legacy)
1908- Taft
1912- Roosevelt (disappointed with Taft, distrust of Wilson)
1916- Wilson (Rally around the flag vote)
1920- Cox (probably swayed by Roosevelt as VP)
1924- Coolidge (continuation of prosperity)
1928- Smith (I can see myself being turned off by the Catholic discrimination and vote for him in protest)
1932- Roosevelt (duh, this would probably be the start of my transition from Rep leaning to Dem leaning)
1936- Roosevelt
1940- Roosevelt (rally around the flag vote)
1944- Roosevelt (at this point, probably getting tired of him but I'd begrudgingly vote for him)
1948- Truman (undecided though, probably until a few days before election)
1952- Eisenhower (Time for a change)
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Kennedy (impressed by his youth)
1964- Johnson (Goldwater would have scared me)
1968- Humphrey (reluctant vote, probably unhappy with the Dem party but turned off by Nixon's silent majority argument)
1972- McGovern (probably not super jazzed about him, but I can see myself having a deep mistrust of Nixon)
1976- Carter (I'm a Georgia boy!)
1980- Carter
1984- Reagan (despite my beliefs, I find Reagan very endearing. Would vote for him but tell people I went for Mondale)
1988- Dukakis (would vote for him twice if I could because of my disgust with the Bush campaign)
1992- Clinton all the way
1996- Clinton
2000- Gore

And for the record, 1912 wouldn't be throwing my vote away. Roosevelt in the Bull Moose party is probably the strongest third party candidacy we've had in the 20th century

Primaries since 1960

1960- Initially support Johnson but eventually swayed by Kennedy's charms
1968-Bobby Kennedy (like JFK but more open with his liberalism and less hanky panky)
1972-Probably Muskie
1976-Carter (again, hometown hero)
1980- Maybe I would give a few glances toward Kennedy but ultimately stand by Carter
1984- Hart (This was before the monkey business scandal and he was one of the first high profile dems to represent what the dem coalition has become. Mondale was a relic of new deal politics)
1988- Definitely David Duke- kidding. Either Gore or Dukakis.
1992- Initially support Jerry Brown but would eventually realize that the party needed Clinton to help make inroads in the south
2000-Gore
2004-Edwards (PLEASE NOTE: This was before he was exposed as an evil human being)
2008-Obama (and this is NOT hypothetical)