# Presidential March Madness, the Final Round **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792 "2009-03-09T01:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **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:** [March 9, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/1 "2009-03-09T01:32:41Z")
It’s down to two. Contestants and, in the case of the last round, voters. Pick one choice in each match-up (based on whatever criteria you want). Winner takes all. You can cast your votes for until Tuesday at 11:00 pm (EST). Franklin D. Roosevelt vs Barry Goldwater ---
**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:** [March 9, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/2 "2009-03-09T05:03:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s down to two. Contestants and, in the case of the last round, voters. > > Pick one choice in each match-up (based on whatever criteria you want). Winner takes all. You can cast your votes for until Tuesday at 11:00 pm (EST). > > Franklin D. Roosevelt vs > Barry Goldwater Wow, what a clusterfuck of a final match. If FDR (My vote) isn’t unanimous, I’ll be amazed… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/3 "2009-03-10T12:56:59Z")
Sorry I missed the last round, as I’d have voted for Eisenhower. As it is, I gotta go with the only finalist who actually served as President of the United States… Franklin D. Roosevelt vs Barry Goldwater ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/4 "2009-03-10T16:43:09Z")
Sorry – with all the foofooraw around here of late, I apparently missed a couple of rounds. FDR. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/5 "2009-03-10T18:12:17Z")
I also seem to have missed some rounds, I’ll have to go back and figure out exactly how it came down to this odd pairing, but what the heck… Barry Goldwater > [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > If FDR (My vote) isn’t unanimous, I’ll be amazed… Funny, because I consider him to be one of the worst Presidents, but not many people seem to agree with me on that so, I would be surprised to see him lose. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/6 "2009-03-10T18:27:49Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > I also seem to have missed some rounds, I’ll have to go back and figure out exactly how it came down to this odd pairing, but what the heck… Musta been a coin toss; it looks like only two of us voted in the last round, with JFK and FDR tied at one each. This is actually hard; as a lifelong Democrat I have to go with FDR, but I’m old enough to remember AuH[sub]2[/sub]0 and have a certain nostalgic attachment to the old buzzard. Oh well, FDR. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/7 "2009-03-10T19:27:29Z")
FDR won election to the Presidency an unprecedented and never-to-be-repeated four times. Goldwater? Not so much. It’s FDR. ---
**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 11, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/8 "2009-03-11T02:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Musta been a coin toss; it looks like only two of us voted in the last round, with JFK and FDR tied at one each. One of the lesser known rules of Madness threads is that I cast a vote if it’s necessary to break a tie. ---
**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 11, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/9 "2009-03-11T03:47:48Z")
The results are in. The people have spoken. Well, six people anyway. And by a 5-1 decision, the winner of the Presidential March Madness is **Franklin Delano Roosevelt** ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-the-final-round/488792/10 "2009-03-11T03:50:16Z")
Rats. The winner still should’ve been George Washington. :mad: 😉