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Oppo - Nixon/Morton '60
I once played some games of President Elect, where I gave any politician that could have been elected during that election a chance, and anyone considered for VP. The results were, interesting.....

1961-1969: Richard Nixon/Thruston Morton (Republican)
1960: Hubert Humphrey/Herschel Loveless (Democrat)
1964: Robert Byrd/Robert Kennedy (Democrat)
1969-1977: John Glenn/Fred Harris (Democrat)
1968: Paul Laxalt/Robert Finch (Republican), George Wallace/Ezra Taft Benson (American Independent)
1972: Howard Baker/George Bush (Republican), John G. Schmitz/Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent)
1977-1985: Dale Bumpers/Peter Rodino (Democrat)
1976: Gerald Ford/Bill Simon (Republican)
1980: Richard Nixon/Bill Simon (Republican), John B. Anderson/Edward Brooke (National Unity)*

1985-1989: Edmund Muskie/Bill Bradley (Democrat)
1984: Paul Laxalt/Lynn Morley Martin (Republican)
1989-Present: Richard Nixon/Paul Laxalt (Republican)
1988: Edmund Muskie/Bill Bradley (Democrat)

* 22nd Amendment repealed prior to election.

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