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Democratic: John Kerry (Massachusetts)/John Edwards (North Carolina) - 55.26%, 365 EVs Republican: Barry Goldwater (Arizona)/William Miller (New York) - 44.04%, 173 EVs

For the electoral vote, I just plug the results in to the EVC, using the map from the later election. For example, if I have Truman (1948) vs. Bush (1988), I'd use the 1988 map. The popular vote is a bit more complicated. I divide the total votes in any state from the later election (1988) by...

A very weird-looking map: Republican: Richard Nixon (California)/Henry Cabot Lodge (Massachusetts) - 49.50%, 294 EVs Democratic: Al Gore (Tennessee)/Joe Lieberman (Connecticut) - 48.33%, 241 EVs

Republican: Bob Dole (Kansas)/Jack Kemp (New York) - 48.86%, 292 EVs Democratic: Adlai Stevenson (Illinois)/Estes Kefauver (Tennessee) - 46.06%, 236 EVs

Exact same states, just with different percentages for some: Democratic: Adlai Stevenson (Illinois)/John Sparkman (Alabama) - 44.49%, 274 EVs Republican: George H.W. Bush (Connecticut)/Dan Quayle (Indiana) - 46.42%, 253 EVs

Now it's time for the inverses: Democratic: Michael Dukakis (Massachusetts)/Lloyd Bentsen (Texas) - 48.80%, 315 EVs Republican: Thomas Dewey (New York)/Earl Warren (California) - 48.19%, 213 EVs

Democratic: Adlai Stevenson (Illinois)/John Sparkman (Alabama) - 47.38%, 316 EVs Republican: Bob Dole (Kansas)/Jack Kemp (New York) - 47.58%, 212 EVs

Here's Dole vs. Stevenson: Democratic: Adlai Stevenson (Illinois)/John Sparkman (Alabama) - 49.50%, 390 EVs Republican: Bob Dole (Kansas)/Jack Kemp (New York) - 45.46%, 138 EVs I'll post another one with Perot factored out, benefiting Dole.

I'll try to put two variants of this up shortly. Maybe later with the Bryans. I might do the Stevensons tomorrow or so.

Obama (2012) vs. Nixon (1972): Republican: Richard Nixon (California)/Spiro Agnew (Maryland) - 53.37%, 402 EVs Democratic: Barack Obama (Illinois)/Joe Biden (Delaware) - 44.91%, 136 EVs

1952 or 1956 Stevenson? Obama (2008) vs. Nixon (1968): Democratic: Barack Obama (Illinois)/Joe Biden (Delaware) - 47.68%, 284 EVs Republican: Richard Nixon (California)/Spiro Agnew (Maryland) - 45.26%, 254 EVs

Bush (2004) vs. LBJ (1964): Democratic: Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas)/Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota) - 54.24%, 380 EVs Republican: George W. Bush (Texas)/Dick Cheney (Wyoming) - 45.07%, 158 EVs

Bush (2000) vs. JFK (1960): Democratic: John F. Kennedy (Massachusetts)/Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) - 49.84%, 275 EVs Republican: George W. Bush (Texas)/Dick Cheney (Wyoming) - 47.99%, 260 EVs

Rematch: Republican: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Kansas)/Richard Nixon (California) - 48.97%, 358 EVs Democratic: Bill Clinton (Arkansas)/Al Gore (Tennessee) - 45.95%, 170 EVs

Eisenhower (1952) vs. Clinton (1992): Democratic: Bill Clinton (Arkansas)/Al Gore, Jr. (Tennessee) - 44.59%, 275 EVs Republican: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Kansas)/Richard Nixon (California) - 46.32%, 253 EVs

Historical matchups, this time it's the first Cold War election (1948) and the last (1988): Republican: George H.W. Bush (Connecticut)/Dan Quayle (Indiana) - 50.30%, 369 EVs Democratic: Harry S. Truman (Missouri)/Alben W. Barkley (Kentucky) - 46.70%, 159 EVs

For starters, Arkansas swung hard against Obama in 2008. If Clinton is the nominee, she'd probably win it easily, but would do worse in some Obama states.

Yeah, I think it would've been easier for Hillary Clinton to win Georgia over Virginia.

It still says Obama, and I think Clinton would've still lost North Dakota, in addition to probably also losing North Carolina and maybe even Virginia.

2004: Republican: Dennis Hastert (Illinois)/Tom DeLay (Texas) - 49.22%, 310 EVs Democratic: Nancy Pelosi (California)/Steny Hoyer (Maryland) - 46.60%, 225 EVs Independent: Bernie Sanders (Vermont)/various - 0.18%, 3 EVs