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Slight Spin-Off Thread: Most Important Presidential Elections?
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:22 am
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:22 am
I've got to go with Lincoln/Breckenridge in 1860. I don't think you can overstate how huge the implications of a Republican winning the White House over a Southern Democrat were.
Others:
Kennedy/Nixon
Johnson/Goldwater
Others:
Kennedy/Nixon
Johnson/Goldwater
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:34 am to FT
1964 was a turning point election for the nation.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:51 am to Erin Go Bragh
Definitely, but was it bigger than the 1860 election? I can't imagine any election bigger than that one.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:56 am to FT
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Most Important Presidential Elections?
......The next Presidential Election will be the most important one ....EVER.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 10:01 am to FT
quote:
but was it bigger than the 1860 election?
Of course 1860 was a pivotal election since it possibly lead to war. I went with 1964 because the reverberations are still felt today.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 10:39 am to FT
1980 Reagan/Carter
Not often mentioned because it was a landslide, but... If Carter had won... *shudder*
Not often mentioned because it was a landslide, but... If Carter had won... *shudder*
Posted on 9/8/14 at 11:06 am to Erin Go Bragh
quote:And a big part of the reason 1964 was so pivotal was the end of the Civil War 99 years earlier. It's impossible to even guess what the '64 election would have looked like or been about had there not been a Civil War.
I went with 1964 because the reverberations are still felt today.
It was the single most defining event in American history, save for the Revolutionary War and the institution of the Constitution.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 11:27 am to Taxing Authority
quote:
1980 Reagan/Carter
Not often mentioned because it was a landslide, but... If Carter had won... *shudder*
Shudder yes but all it would have done was gotten us to where we are right now A LOT quicker.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 12:33 pm to Wtodd
Lincoln winning without question. After Kennedy you had Reagan, but every other President could of been replaced with the loser and it wouldn't have mattered much.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 2:34 pm to FT
1860, no question. Immediately led to secession.
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