The pendulum swings as a result of the people reacting to bad policy over and over.
The first noticed it was Jimmy Carter (good man horrible President) losing to Ronald Wilson Reagan and that swing has existed ever since.
What do we as a country do when the candidates are both repulsive?
There are other parties in the mix but they get zero …
There are other parties in the mix but they get zero press for the most part.
1980 Jimmy Carter vs Ronald Reagan† J
1984 Walter Mondale vs Ronald Reagan†
1988 Michael Dukakis vs George H. W. Bush† Ron Paul (Libertarian)
Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
I did vote for Ron Paul
1992 Bill Clinton† George H. W. Bush Ross Perot (Independent)
Andre Marrou (Libertarian)
I voted for Ross Perot here and it was the last time I voted for a third party candidate.
Bo Gritz (Populist)
1996 Bill Clinton† vs Bob Dole Ross Perot (Reform)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Held my nose and voted for Dole even though I thought he was weird.
Harry Browne (Libertarian)
Howard Phillips (Taxpayers)
John Hagelin (Natural Law)
2000 Al Gore‡ vs George W. Bush† Ralph Nader (Green)
Pat Buchanan (Reform)
The next three election cycles were awful choices!
2004 John Kerry vs George W. Bush† Ralph Nader (Independent/Reform)
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)
Michael Peroutka (Constitution)
David Cobb (Green)
2008 Barack Obama† John McCain Ralph Nader (Independent)
Bob Barr (Libertarian)
Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)
Cynthia McKinney (Green)
Looking back I should have voted for Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin I hated pulling the tab for Bomb bomb bomb Iran McCain.
2012 Barack Obama† Mitt Romney Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Mitt Romney what a terrible candidate and Obama was even worse!
2016 Hillary Clinton‡ Donald Trump† Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Evan McMullin (Independent)
Darrell Castle (Constitution)
2020 Joe Biden† Donald Trump Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)
Howie Hawkins (Green)
2024 Kamala Harris Donald Trump†
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The pendulum swings as a result of the people reacting to bad policy over and over.
The first noticed it was Jimmy Carter (good man horrible President) losing to Ronald Wilson Reagan and that swing has existed ever since.
What do we as a country do when the candidates are both repulsive?
There are other parties in the mix but they get zero press for the most part.
1980 Jimmy Carter vs Ronald Reagan† J
1984 Walter Mondale vs Ronald Reagan†
1988 Michael Dukakis vs George H. W. Bush† Ron Paul (Libertarian)
Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
I did vote for Ron Paul
1992 Bill Clinton† George H. W. Bush Ross Perot (Independent)
Andre Marrou (Libertarian)
I voted for Ross Perot here and it was the last time I voted for a third party candidate.
Bo Gritz (Populist)
1996 Bill Clinton† vs Bob Dole Ross Perot (Reform)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Held my nose and voted for Dole even though I thought he was weird.
Harry Browne (Libertarian)
Howard Phillips (Taxpayers)
John Hagelin (Natural Law)
2000 Al Gore‡ vs George W. Bush† Ralph Nader (Green)
Pat Buchanan (Reform)
Harry Browne (Libertarian)
The next three election cycles were awful choices!
2004 John Kerry vs George W. Bush† Ralph Nader (Independent/Reform)
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)
Michael Peroutka (Constitution)
David Cobb (Green)
2008 Barack Obama† John McCain Ralph Nader (Independent)
Bob Barr (Libertarian)
Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)
Cynthia McKinney (Green)
Looking back I should have voted for Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin I hated pulling the tab for Bomb bomb bomb Iran McCain.
2012 Barack Obama† Mitt Romney Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Mitt Romney what a terrible candidate and Obama was even worse!
2016 Hillary Clinton‡ Donald Trump† Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Evan McMullin (Independent)
Darrell Castle (Constitution)
2020 Joe Biden† Donald Trump Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)
Howie Hawkins (Green)
2024 Kamala Harris Donald Trump†