# SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1820

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 26, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569 "2014-03-26T01:30:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/1 "2014-03-26T01:30:47Z")

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1820](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1820)

Would have voted for Monroe considering he was practically unopposed.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/2 "2014-03-26T02:58:33Z")

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All things considered, I think 1820 would be a good year for the electoral prospects of the Lizard People.

And was.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/3 "2014-03-26T03:43:06Z")

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Rather as would be the case in an uncontested election today, I can’t be bothered even to drag my arse to the polls. (In fact, I generally don’t bother to mark a vote in uncontested races.) Mind you, back then I might’ve had a party machine getting me good and drunk, in which case I would’ve voted as early and often as they liked, but I figure even they toned it down a bit when no one was running against them.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/4 "2014-03-26T18:04:56Z")

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Who’s the most Abolitionist candidate this year? Anybody?

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/5 "2014-03-26T21:12:00Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Who’s the most Abolitionist candidate this year? Anybody?

^This.  
Monroe was a slave owner.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1820/684569/6 "2014-03-26T22:08:04Z")

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> [@Johanna](#):
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> ^This.  
> Monroe was a slave owner.

In 1820, I suppose most high-level American pols are or have been – it’s only a couple of decades since slavery was abolished north of the Mason-Dixon Line.