What's your record in presidential elections?

In My Humble Opinion
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Me too.

2 for 4 in campaigns worked in.
But I’m on a winning streak in both!

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Exactly this.

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1984—Reagan—won
1988—Bush—won
1992—Clinton—won
1996—Dole—lost
2000—Bush—won
2004—Kerry—lost
2008—McCain—lost
2012—Romney—lost

Overall 4-4

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I have never voted for a loser in the US Presidential elections.

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My winners are:

Clinton '96
Bush '04
Obama '12

(voted Buchanan in '00, missed '08)

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8 out of 11. Used to be a Republican but, unable to stomach their transition, am now a GDI.

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1980: John Anderson (independent) (lost to Reagan)
1984: Reagan - won
1988: Bush - won
1992: Bush (lost to Clinton)
1996: Dole (lost to Clinton)
2000: Bush - won
2004: Bush - won
2008: McCain (lost to Obama)
2012: Romney (lost to Obama)

I’m 4 out of 9.

28

4 out of 8 for me. Exactly this, except I neglected to vote in '84.

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I’m batting .500

1984 - Mondale lost
1988 - Dukakis lost
1992 - Clinton won
1996 - Clinton won
2000- Gore lost
2004 - Kerry lost
2008 - Obama won
2012 - Obama won

30

I notice that for most intelligent Dopers, this question translates as “How old are you?”

I’m about as old as Colibri, but was out-of-country and “abstained” on some of these elections.

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1992 - Clinton won
1996 - Clinton won
2000- Gore lost
2004 - Kerry lost
2008 - Obama won
2012 - Obama won

So 4-2

32

Oh man, not me. I lived in Cook County, IL all the time I was a Republican and then moved to Tennessee about the same time I shifted left. So I’ve always been out of sync. Although for a few years I was in a district with a blue-dog Democrate in Congress and we had a Dem governor for a little while.

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2 for 2.

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1976 Can’t remember (n/a)
1980 Reagan (won)
1984 Reagan (won)
1988 Bush (won)
1992 Bush (lost)
1996 Clinton (won)
2000 Bush (won)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)

7 for 9 (but voted in 10)

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Wargamer and paintcharge are due to pick consecutive losers. :wink:

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1996 - voted Dole. (Loss.)
2000 - voted Gore. (Loss.)
2004 - voted Kerry. (Loss.)
2008 - voted Obama. (Win.)
2012 - voted Obama. (Win.)

So 3-2. Wow, until looking at it this way, I didn’t realize that Obama is the only winner I’ve ever voted for.

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1996 voted Clinton (won)
2000 voted Gore (lost)
2004 voted Kerry (lost)
2008 voted Obama (won)
2012 voted Obama (won)

3-2.

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Out of 12 elections, I voted for only 4 winners (Clinton and Obama).

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72 McGovern (lost)
76 Write in for Eugene McCarthy (lost)
80 John Anderson (lost) (I was not a big fan of Jimmy Carter).
84 Mondale (lost)
88 Dukakis (lost)
92 Clinton (won)
96 Clinton (won)
2000 Gore (lost)
2004 Kerry (lost)
2008 Obama (won)
2012 Obama (won)

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Let’s see here…

2000: Ralph Nader (lost)
2004: Kerry, I assume. I don’t have strong memories of this one, but I sure as hell didn’t vote for Bush and I learned my lesson about Nader in 2000. (lost)
2008: Obama (won)
2012: Gary Johnson (lost). Having moved to New York (from Ohio), I now have the luxury of voting for third party candidates when it suits me to do so, since my vote doesn’t matter anyway. Had I been in Ohio still, I would’ve been forced to vote for Obama again.

Anyway, that gives me a 25% record. I’d bet against me.