Post-War Presidential Elections
Tuesday, 5 August 2008| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Affiliation | Name | Affiliation | |
| 1948 | Truman | Yeehaw-Midwesterner | Dewey | Yankee |
| 1952 | Eisenhower | Midwesterner | Stevenson | Yankee-Midwesterner |
| 1956 | Eisenhower | Midwesterner | Stevenson | Yankee-Midwesterner |
| 1960 | Kennedy | Yankee | Nixon | Californian |
| 1964 | Johnson | Cowboy-Yeehaw | Goldwater | Cowboy |
| 1968 | Nixon | Californian | Humphrey | Yankee-Midwesterner |
| 1972 | Nixon | Californian | McGovern | Yankee-Midwesterner |
| 1976 | Carter | Yeehaw | Ford | Midwesterner |
| 1980 | Reagan | Faux-Cowboy Midwesterner-Californian | Carter | Yeehaw |
| 1984 | Reagan | Faux-Cowboy Midwesterner-Californian | Mondale | Yankee-Midwesterner |
| 1988 | Bush, GHW | Wannabe-Cowboy-Yeehaw Yankee | Dukakis | Yankee |
| 1992 | Clinton | Yeehaw | Bush, GHW | Wannabe-Cowboy-Yeehaw Yankee |
| 1996 | Clinton | Yeehaw | Dole | Midwesterner |
| 2000 | Bush, GW | Cowboy-Yeehaw | Gore | Faux-Yankee Yeehaw |
| 2004 | Bush, GW | Cowboy-Yeehaw | Kerry | Yankee |
McCain has chosen to be a Cowboy, and Obama a Yankee-Midwesterner, though neither of them seems to have been raised thus. Nancy Pelosi is pressing Obama to accept a Cowboy-Yeehaw as running-mate.
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