Last time an anti-war candidate won a Presidential race in wartime? (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 18, 2024, 10:55:37 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Election Archive
  Election Archive
  2008 Elections
  Last time an anti-war candidate won a Presidential race in wartime? (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Last time an anti-war candidate won a Presidential race in wartime?  (Read 23724 times)
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« on: August 10, 2007, 01:28:15 PM »

Of course not, it's just typical Naso hackery logic.
Logged
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007, 12:25:14 PM »
« Edited: August 12, 2007, 02:12:18 AM by got a friend, her name is boxcar... »

Another question:

When's the last time a candidate of the party of the President during an unpopular war won?
Logged
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2007, 04:28:58 PM »

Nixon did not run as a pro-war candidate. He promised that he had a secret plan to end the war. Humphrey was seen as more pro-war initially due to his refusal to attack LBJ over it, and would've been absolutely crushed if he didn't backtrack on this in the last few weeks.
Logged
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2007, 02:12:01 AM »

You could say George W. wasn't too popular in 2004.  Hard to tell; there weren't approval rating polls back in the 20s when the Republicans won three straight presidential elections with three different candidates (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover).

Typo, I meant unpopular WAR.
Logged
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2007, 12:39:50 PM »

Another question:

When's the last time a candidate of the party of the President during an unpopular war won?

Never, although in fairness the sample size is pretty small. The only such elections in the history of polling are 1952 and 1968, but both times the incumbent party candidate did indeed lose.

Yes, but those are basically the examples Naso is using as "proof" an anti-war candidate can never win. Of course he never explains why he's so sure America will never elect an anti-war candidate, even during an unpopular war.
Logged
they don't love you like i love you
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
*****
Posts: 112,582
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2009, 12:57:29 AM »

This is a rather amusing thread.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.029 seconds with 13 queries.