Somebody asked me the other day, whether I was satisfied with the candidates that the Democratic Party offered for the Presidency. These are the Presidential elections in which I have voted, and the candidates for which I voted. And I answer that question, with one caveat, yes.
The caveat is Bill Clinton. I think Clinton was a good President. He ran the country. He handled a contrary Congress, and got his legislative priorities implemented. Unfortunately, he is a first class jerk. He did not provide the moral leadership that we needed. And, some of his ideas were just plain wrong.
- 1972
- Richard M. Nixon
- George McGovern
- 1976
- Jimmy Carter
- Gerald Ford
- 1980
- Ronald Reagan
- Jimmy Carter
- John B. Anderson
- 1984
- Ronald Reagan
- Walter Mondale
- 1988
- George H.W. Bush
- Michael Dukakis
- 1992
- Bill Clinton
- George H.W. Bush
- H. Ross Perot
- 1996
- Bill Clinton
- Robert Dole
- H. Ross Perot
- Ralph Nader1
- 2000
- George W. Bush
- Al Gore
- Ralph Nader
- 2004
- George W. Bush
- John Kerry
- 2008
- Barack Obama
- John McCain
- 2012
- Barack Obama
- Mitt Romney
- 2016 ??
- Since I lived in Oregon, and Clinton was locked in to win that state, I gave my vote to the Green Party, in hopes of getting the Party certified for matching funds on the national ballot. The party needed a percentage of the vote to qualify. ↩
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