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theev - Shuffling the Deck with Upside Down Cards
Shuffling the Deck with Upside Down Cards
1945-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt/Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 1944: Thomas Dewey/John W. Bricker (Republican) 1945-1949: Lyndon B. Johnson/Vacant (Democratic) [1]
1949-1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) [2] 1948: Harold Stassen/Arthur Vandenberg (Republican) , Strom Thurmond/Fielding L. Wright (States' Rights) , Henry A. Wallace/Glen H. Taylor (Progressive) 1952-1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Vacant (Democratic) 1953-1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Harry Truman (Democratic) 1952: Robert A. Taft/Charles A. Halleck (Republican) , Harry F. Byrd/Richard Russell Jr. (States' Rights) 1956-1957: Harry Truman/Vacant (Democratic) [3]
1957-1965: Richard Nixon/Walter Judd (Republican) [4] 1956: Harry Truman/Estes Kefauver (Democratic) , Harry F. Byrd/J. William Fulbright (States' Rights) 1960: Adlai Stevenson/John F. Kennedy (Democratic) , Strom Thurmond/James O. Eastland (States' Rights) 1965-1969: Richard Nixon/Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) 1964: Hubert Humphrey/George Wallace (Democratic) , Barry Goldwater/Herman Talmadge (States' Rights) 1969-1973: Gerald Ford/James A. Rhodes (Republican) [5] 1968: John Wayne/John Tower (States' Rights) , Richard Nixon/Margaret Chase Smith (Independent) , Edmund Muskie/Robert F. Kennedy (Democratic) 1973-1979: Ronald Reagan/John F. Kennedy (Democratic) [6] 1972: Richard Nixon/Ed Brooke (National Union) , John G. Schmitz/Lester Maddox (States' Rights) , Gerald Ford/James A. Rhodes (Republican) 1976: Robert Dole/George H. W. Bush (Republican) , Richard Nixon/Elliot Richardson (National Union) , John Rarick/Jesse Helms (States' Rights) 1979-1979: John F. Kennedy/Vacant (Democratic) [7]
1979-1981: John F. Kennedy/Terry Sanford (Democratic) 1981-1989: George H. W. Bush/James B. Edwards (Republican) [8] 1980: Terry Sanford/Edward M. Kennedy (Democratic) , Richard Nixon/John B. Anderson (National Union) , Jesse Helms/Evan Mecham (States' Rights) 1984: Alan Cranston/Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) , Richard Nixon/Ed Brooke (National Union) , Jesse Helms/Larry McDonald (States' Rights) 1989-1993: William J. Clinton/Jack Kemp (Republican) [9] 1988: Walter Mondale/John C. West (Democratic) , Ron Paul/Dick Mountjoy (States' Rights) , John B. Anderson/Ed Zschau (National Union) 1993-2001: James E. Carter/Joseph Biden (Democratic) [10] 1992: William J. Clinton/Jack Kemp (Republican) , Ron Paul/Bob Barr (States' Rights) 1996: Dan Quayle/Richard B. Cheney (Republican) , Ron Paul/Various (States' Rights) 2001-2009: George W. Bush/John Ashcroft (Republican) [11] 2000: Joseph Biden/Skip Humphrey (Democratic) 2004: Al Gore/Howard Dean (Democratic) 2009-2013: Donald Trump/Sam Brownback (Republican) [12] 2008: Bill Richardson/Russ Feingold (Democratic) 2013-0000: Barack Obama/Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) [13] 2012: Donald Trump/Sam Brownback (Republican) 2016: Chris Christie/Ben Carson (Republican)
[1]A young man in over his head
[2]A military man's administration plagued by war and instability
[3]A political insider finally given his chance to shine
[4]A modern day Founding Father revered for his commitment to serving the people
[5]An ardent opponent of his predecessor who made the worst of a good situation
[6]A stiff politician hardened by years of experience
[7]A tired old man who couldn't wait to leave
[8]A charismatic man who saved his party's electoral chances
[9]An inexperienced man who quickly found himself unpopular
[10]An experienced statesman who came in to save the day
[11]A man universally known for his popularity and political success
[12]A boring suit with decades of political experience and a seemingly inevitable victory
[13]A basic and average politician with few distinguishable qualities