The last Republican Presidential Candidate you would have voted for...?

[nickshepDEM]

W in 06 or 00
Bob Dole in 96
George H. W. Bush in 92 or 88
Ronald Reagan in 84 or 80
Gerald Ford in 76
Richard Nixon in 72 or 68
Bary Goldwater in 64
Richard Nixon in 60
Dwight Eisenhower in 56 or 52
Thomas Dewey in 48 or 44
Wendell Willkie in 40
Alfred Landon in 36
Herbert Hoover in 32 or 28
Calvin Coolidge in 24
Warren Harding in 20
Charles Hughes in 16
William Taft in 1912 or 1908
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
William McKinley in 1900

or NONE EVER...?

[baldguy]

1. TR

[Nite Owl]

2. I'd have to make that

none ever. I suppose Ike was the last decent one but I was too young to remember much about him so it's just what I have read or heard.

[SeattleVet]

3. Abraham Lincoln in 1860

Maybe U.S. Grant in 1868.

Possibly even Theodore Roosevelt, but it's essentially all been downhill ever since.

[Infinite Hope]

21. Everyone before 1900 was left off, not just Lincoln.n/t

[Oldtimeralso]

4. you forgot one in your list

probably the only republican in the true sense of the word since IKE, WJC in 92&96
turned the deficit into a surplus
nafta

[Hippo_Tron]

5. I'd take a closer look at Ike than contemporary GOPers but probably would've voted for Stevenson

[scarletwoman]

6. None ever. Although I apparently voted for a moderate republican when I voted for Clinton in '92.

In my defense, that didn't become evident until a few years later.

sw

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Teddy Roosevelt. n/t

[Zorra]

8. Why would anyone ever vote for a republican unless they were

stupid or deluded?

[nickshepDEM]

9. Had Wallace won the nomination in 64, 72, or 76, would you have voted for him?

[Zorra]

10. No.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

17. Ever heard of Abraham Lincoln?

Things change. The Republicans haven't always been the bad guys.

[Codeblue]

11. Teddy Roosevelt

None have done anything postitive since him. At least he was an environmentalist, albeit one who hunted bears. But he initiated the National Park system.

[Vidar]

16. Not to mention our greatest trust buster, which we could badly use now.

[bemildred]

12. Lincoln.

TR wasn't bad either.

[davhill]

13. Woodrow Wilson was a Democrat

I might have voted for Taft based on his being a fairly good Governor General of the Philippines.

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

14. Teddy every time he was on the ballot 1904 and 1912. Lincoln is the other.

[joeprogressive]

15. TR, today he would be a Democrat

He was pro environment and anti-big business in many ways.

[Zynx]

18. Ike and, if I had been alive at the time, I probably would have

voted for Harding given how much of a clusterfuck the last two years of Wilson's term were. I'm ashamed to admit it, but looking back without knowing how bad Harding and that brand of Republicans were going to be, I probably would have voted for him. Wilson's second term would have pissed me off to no end.

[SaveElmer]

19. For President...TR...other offices...

I did vote for John Warner in 1990 I believe...he was unopposed at the time and did have a reputation as a thoughtful person and one who would buck his leadership...

While he is still more thoughtful than your avergae Republican much of that has gone away!

[Infinite Hope]

20. Teddy. n/t

[ToeBot]

22. Sorry but Lincoln was the first and last good Republican, end of story. nt

[happydreams]

23. Abraham Lincoln in 1860!

:bounce:

[Bucky]

24. Ike in '52 (but not 56). Adlai woudn't have ended Korea so quickly, nor stood up in Little Rock

If you're against pointless wars and for progressive politics, you should also have voted for Charles Evans Hughes in 1916.

[Leftist78]

25. TR

If he were alive today he'd be a Democrat. Trust buster and environmentalist. I'd vote for him now. He was more anti-corporate than most of the Democrats in the party now.

[MasonJar]

26. Dwight Eisenhower