1900’s Presidential Elections

1. 1900’s Presidential Elections

2. 1948 - Truman vs. Dewey vs Strom Thurmond • Truman – Dem • Dewey – Rep • Thurmond – States rights (Pro Jim Crowe Laws)

3. 1952 - Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson • Eisenhower – “I Like Ike” – Rep • Stevenson - Dem

4. 1956 - Eisenhower vs Adlai Stevenson • Eisenhower – Rep • Stevenson - Dem

5. 1960 - Kennedy vs Nixon • Kennedy “Loves visiting Maryland” – Dem • Nixon – “Won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore” – Rep • First TV Debates – Nixon wins on Radio, Sexy Kennedy on TV

6. 1964 - LBJ vs Goldwater • LBJ – Dem - Great Society • Goldwater – Republican – CRAZY!!! Nuclear wars for all?

7. 1968 – Humphrey vs Nixon vs George Wallace • Humphrey – Dem • Nixon – Rep • Wallace – American Independent – promised to re-segregate the south • LBJ doesn’t run again, Bobby Kennedy is assassinated, no one likes Humphrey, but he is alive

8. 1972 – Nixon vs McGovern • Nixon- “I am not a crook” – Rep • McGovern – Dem – forgets he is running for president, largest landslide in US history • First time 18 year olds can vote – Matt what amendment is that?

9. 1976 – Ford vs Carter • Ford – Rep – only non-elected president • Carter – Dem – Peanut Farmer – Gov of Georgia… presidency? Lol • Ford is tainted due to a full pardon of Nixon for any crimes “known or unknown” – dead hookers in the trunk?

10. 1980 – Carter vs Reagan • Carter – America will never be great again – Dem • Reagan Smash – Rep – Oldest pres ever, liked to nap in meetings. National debt explodes!

11. 1984 – Reagan vs Mondale • Reagan - Reaganomics – Rep • Mondale – 1st woman vp candidate – nope - Dem • Regan wins largest # of electoral votes in American history • Mondale campaigned on raising taxes…

12. 1988 – George HW Bush vs Dukakis • Bush – Rep • Dukakis - Dem

13. 1992 – Clinton vs George HW Bush • Bush “Read my lips” – Rep • Clinton – Sweet Jazz + Secretaries - Dem

14. 1996 – Clinton vs Dole • Clinton – depends on what the meaning of the word is is – Dem • Dole – I’m Bob Dole - Rep

15. 2000 – George W Bush vs Gore • Baby Bush – "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?“ - Rep • Gore – Inventor of the internet – Dem • Very controversial, Bush won less popular votes, but old people in Florida are always confused. AL Gore tries to cheat system, fails

16. 2004– George W Bush vs John Kerry • Baby Bush II – "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again” - Rep • Kerry – Windsurfing swift boater - Dem

17. 2008 – John McCain vs Obama • McCain – “Fundamentals of our economy are strong” – Rep • Obama – CHANGE - Dem

18. 2012 – Obama vs Romney • Romney – “there are 47 percent who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it ... These are people who pay no income tax. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.“ – Rep • Obama – FORWARD - Dem

19. 2020 – Carroll vs NO ONE • Carroll – Best looking/slightly balding president – strikes fear in all who oppose him - Carroll Party