# What's your record in presidential elections?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414 "2012-11-08T22:40:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/1 "2012-11-08T22:40:24Z")
Since the first presidential election I was eligible to vote in, my candidate has won 71% of the time (5 out of 7). It helped that I started out conservative and became disillusioned during GWB’s second term. But even if I regret some of my votes in hindsight, it’s still a pretty good record. How’s yours?
'88: Bush (beat Dukakis)
'92: Bush (lost to Clinton)
'96: Dole (lost to Clinton)
'00: Bush (beat Gore)
'04: Bush (beat Kerry)
'08: Obama (beat McCain)
'12: Obama (beat Romney)
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/2 "2012-11-08T22:44:32Z")
I’m two-for-two. 😉
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### Author:  [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/3 "2012-11-08T22:51:53Z")
4 for 7. I’ve voted in the same elections as you, **Skammer** , but always Democrat. I could’ve voted in 1984, but didn’t like either Mondale or Reagan, and so forsake my civic duty.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/4 "2012-11-08T22:54:57Z")
I missed on Reagan-Carter. I was young and didn’t realize the appeal Reagan had to the older generation. I missed on Bush-Gore also. Well anyway I missed on the result, not the way people intended. Those were my picks, but I often voted for third party candidates. Usually Harold Stassen.
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### Author:  [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/5 "2012-11-08T23:00:44Z")
I’m 4 for 9. I’m a (somewhat) liberal Democrat who had the bad luck to become eligible to vote just at Reagan’s first election.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/6 "2012-11-08T23:06:25Z")
1980 Carter (lost)
1984 Mondale (lost)
1988 Dukakis (lost)
1992 Clinton (won)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost\*)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (win)
2012 Obama (win)
4 out of 9
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/7 "2012-11-08T23:07:23Z")
I’m 4 for 10. As far as I’m concerned I was right every time.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/8 "2012-11-08T23:11:48Z")
1972 McGovern (lost)
1976 Carter (won)
1980 Carter (lost)
1984 Mondale (lost)
1988 Dukakis (lost)
1992 Clinton (won)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)
5 for 11
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### Author:  [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/9 "2012-11-08T23:18:44Z")
I’m 5 out of 9:
1980 Reagan (won)
1984 Mondale (lost)
1988 Dukakis (lost)
1992 Clinton (won)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/10 "2012-11-08T23:20:46Z")
Dukakis lost
Clinton won
Clinton won
Gore (lost\*)
Kerry lost
Obama won
Obama won
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### Author:  [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/11 "2012-11-08T23:42:58Z")
Bush in 2000
Bush in 2004
McCain in 2008
Romney in 2012
So 50%
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/12 "2012-11-08T23:59:21Z")
> [@Skammer](#):
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> Since the first presidential election I was eligible to vote in, my candidate has won 71% of the time (5 out of 7). It helped that I started out conservative and became disillusioned during GWB’s second term. But even if I regret some of my votes in hindsight, it’s still a pretty good record. How’s yours?
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> '88: Bush (beat Dukakis)
> '92: Bush (lost to Clinton)
> '96: Dole (lost to Clinton)
> '00: Bush (beat Gore)
> '04: Bush (beat Kerry)
> '08: Obama (beat McCain)
> '12: Obama (beat Romney)
My voting record is the same as yours, with the exception of this year, when I voted for Gary Johnson.
I was shocked, _shocked_ to find that he didn’t win 🙂
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/13 "2012-11-09T00:03:28Z")
I’m 5 and 3.
I won on Reagan, Clinton twice and Obama twice and lost on Dukakis, Gore and Kerry. But I paraphrase Otto from _A Fish Called Wanda_: we didn’t lose on Gore, it was a tie!
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/14 "2012-11-09T00:48:12Z")
I won 5/lost 7.
Democrat every time(since 1968).
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### Author:  [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/15 "2012-11-09T01:51:11Z")
1976 Carter (won)
1980 Carter (lost)
1984 Mondale (lost)
1988 Dukakis (lost)
1992 Clinton (won)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)
5 out of 10
I’ve done much better in local elections.
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### Author:  [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/16 "2012-11-09T02:12:52Z")
1976 Carter (won)
1980 Carter (lost)
1984 Mondale (lost)
1988 Dukakis (lost)
1992 Clinton (won)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)
5 for 10
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### Author:  [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/17 "2012-11-09T02:14:46Z")
Only one win in my lifetime… and in fact that is the only race that I have ever elected anyone to office.
1992 Ross Perot
1996 Ross Perot
2000 Harry Browne
2004 Michael Badnarik
2008 Barrack Obama
2012 Gary Johnson
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### Author:  [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/18 "2012-11-09T02:26:25Z")
2 for 6. Of course I had a tendency to vote for 3rd party candidates. And I never expected them to win. So in elections where my vote might have counted I’m 2 for 3.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/19 "2012-11-09T02:28:08Z")
Just had my second win. My first was in 2008.
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### Author:  [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-record-in-presidential-elections/640414/20 "2012-11-09T02:34:57Z")
I can’t for the life of me remember how I voted in 88, my first time voting. Otherwise I’ve got a fifty percent sucess rate (if that’s the correct term).
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