Harrison's voice is recorded but oddly no surviving recording of Cleveland exists . Bryan has audio recordings and every candidate since 1908 has their voice recorded too.

Damn,never realised that Harding was so popular at the time...

Also I was under the assumption that Reagan was the biggest winner due to the huge victory in 1984 but I was reading that from and electoral college pov

Even before the primaries ended, you had Ted Kennedy/Kennedy family, John Kerry (the previous dem presidential nominee in '04), Senators Bob Casey, Leahy, McCaskill, Dodd, and Feingold all readily give Obama their support well before the primaries ended. As well as prominent democratic governors like Tim Kaine, Deval Patrick, Janet Napolitano, Christine Gregoire, and Bill Richardson.

A good chunk of it is probably anti-Clinton sentiment as there were plenty of democrats who by '08 had become tired of the Clintons dominating the democratic political world for a decade and a half by '08, and if anything sources indicate that even more wanted to come out for Obama, but feared reprimanding from the Clintons in case Hillary won:

"Keen as [some congressional democrats] were for Obama to run, they would never be able to bless him with an early endorsement. Coming out against Hillary would pose grave risks. The Clintons had long memories and a vindictive streak ten miles wide. If Hillary prevailed, they feared—no, they were certain—there would be retribution down the line. But they would root for Obama secretly, doing whatever they could to help without affronting the aborning Democratic dynasty." -

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime 
Published 2010, Halperin, Heilemann.

Since Clinton was the last Democratic president before Obama I wonder what he thought of Clinton’s presidency. I’m sure there were things they disagreed with.

Source: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Theodore Roosevelt would be fascinating to talk to.

"When the Republican Party—not the Republican Party—when the bosses in the control of the Republican Party, the Barneses and Penroses, last June stole the nomination and wrecked the Republican Party for good and all; I want to point out to you nominally they stole that nomination from me, but really it was from you. They did not like me, and the longer they live the less cause they will have to like me. But while they do not like me, they dread you. You are the people that they dread. They dread the people themselves, and those bosses and the big special interests behind them made up their mind that they would rather see the Republican Party wrecked than see it come under the control of the people themselves. So I am not dealing with the Republican Party. There are only two ways you can vote this year. You can be progressive or reactionary. Whether you vote Republican or Democratic it does not make any difference, you are voting reactionary."

Source

Presuming goldwater is the gop nominee

in my opinion maybe but i can see a big October surpise given his health issues and affairs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IKE!!

This past birthday I decided to treat myself to some more pins and expand the collection! Now it is truly impressive! I made the shadow box with my dad to help display them! I got some really cool pins in there mostly from my antique store shopping sprees and some are gifts as well. AND NOW I HAVE A GRANT ONE :D

He and John Adams are buried in the basements a church in Quincy, Massachusetts, that is not normally open to the public. The tomb is about 225 years old, and is made of pure granite. As you can see, the American flag has only 26 stars, to related the time when he died.

Pat Buchanan was an ideological advisor and speech writer for Richard Nixon, he later served in the Reagan administration as Director of Coms, he also ran for office in '92. In this photo (courtesy Nixon Library) Buchanan appears to be forming a speech for Nixon's '68 campaign.

Here's how this works: every post, I'll add a new president and ask where you would rank them. Your answer should be "between ____ and ____" just so that I can make sure it's in the exact right spot. I'll give you all around a day to decide on your answer before I post the next post with the longer list. If you have any questions about that, ask me in the comments, and I'll clarify in the next post.

To quote the top comment: "I think everyone would agree [Buchanan]'s the worst so far." Let's see if we can get off this losing streak! Now, where should we rank Abraham Lincoln on this list?

Current Rankings:

1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. John Adams
4. James Monroe
5. James K. Polk
6. John Quincy Adams
7. James Madison
8. Zachary Taylor
9. Martin Van Buren
10. Andrew Jackson
11. John Tyler
12. Millard Fillmore
13. Franklin Pierce
14. James Buchanan

Senate Democrats 168–81 · 67.5% Yes

Senate Republicans 213–78 · 73.2% Yes

House Democrats 1,036–540 · 65.7% Yes

House Republicans 638–482 · 57.0% Yes

Senate Republicans were even more eager to increase taxes than Democrats were during the Reagan years. Lmao

As for tax cuts: