# Presidential March Madness, Round II **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385 "2009-02-25T17:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/1 "2009-02-25T17:09:34Z")
Some close races in the first round. The rules remain the same. Pick one choice in each match-up (based on whatever criteria you want). The winners advance to the next round. You can cast your votes for this round until Saturday at 11:00 pm (EST). The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs Al Gore Lyndon Johnson vs John F. Kennedy Bill Clinton vs Franklin D. Roosevelt Jimmy Carter vs Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Spiro Agnew vs Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford vs Richard Nixon George H.W. Bush vs Thomas Dewey Ronald Reagan vs Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/2 "2009-02-25T17:12:08Z")
The Democratic Conference **Barack Obama** vs Al Gore Lyndon Johnson vs **John F. Kennedy** Bill Clinton vs \*\*Franklin D. Roosevelt \*\* Jimmy Carter vs **Harry S Truman** The Republican Conference Spiro Agnew vs **Barry Goldwater** Gerald Ford vs **Richard Nixon** George H.W. Bush vs **Thomas Dewey** Ronald Reagan vs **Dwight Eisenhower** ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/3 "2009-02-25T18:55:22Z")
The Democratic Conference Barack Obama Lyndon Johnson Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford George H.W. Bush Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/4 "2009-02-25T19:03:52Z")
The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs Al Gore Lyndon Johnson vs John F. Kennedy Bill Clinton vs Franklin D. Roosevelt Jimmy Carter vs Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Spiro Agnew vs Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford vs Richard Nixon George H.W. Bush vs Thomas Dewey Ronald Reagan vs Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/5 "2009-02-25T20:56:49Z")
Barack Obama Lyndon Johnson Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford Thomas Dewey Ronald Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/6 "2009-02-25T20:59:37Z")
Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt Jimmy Carter Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon Thomas Dewey Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/7 "2009-02-25T23:43:01Z")
Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford George H.W. Bush Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/8 "2009-02-26T00:38:27Z")
Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon Thomas Dewey Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/9 "2009-02-26T00:42:17Z")
Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt Jimmy Carter Barry Goldwater Gerald Ford George H.W. Bush Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/10 "2009-02-26T06:42:54Z")
The Democratic Conference Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon Thomas Dewey Dwight Eisenhower Joe ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/11 "2009-03-02T18:14:27Z")
If I was actually running, my record for keeping promises would be looking pretty bad by now. My apologies for the delay (again). I was unexpectedly asked to work over twenty hours of overtime this weekend (on top of my scheduled sixteen hours) and board activity had to be sacrificed. The Democratic Conference Barack Obama 8 Al Gore 1 John F. Kennedy 7 Lyndon Johnson 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt 9 Bill Clinton 0 Harry S Truman 7 Jimmy Carter 2 The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater 9 Spiro Agnew 0 Gerald Ford 5 Richard Nixon 4 Thomas Dewey 6 George H.W. Bush 3 Dwight Eisenhower 8 Ronald Reagan 1 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-ii/487385/12 "2009-03-02T18:18:46Z")
Next round is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10894509#post10894509).