Best Case and Worst Case Presidents Since WWII

POD: Henry Wallace remains FDR's running mate in 1944

33. Henry Wallace 1945-1953 Democrat
34. Adlai Stevenson 1953-1961 Democrat
35. Nelson Rockefeller 1961-1965 Republican
36. Eugene McCarthy 1965-1973 Democrat
37. George McGovern 1973-1981 Democrat
38. John B Anderson 1981-1985 Republican
39. Jesse Jackson 1985-1993 Democrat
40. Jerry Brown 1993-2001 Democrat
41. William Clinton 2001-2005 Republican [1]
42. Dennis Kucinich 2005- Democrat
 
My opinion

POD: Henry Wallace remains FDR's running mate in 1944

33. Henry Wallace 1945-1953 Democrat
34. Adlai Stevenson 1953-1961 Democrat
35. Nelson Rockefeller 1961-1965 Republican
36. Eugene McCarthy 1965-1973 Democrat
37. George McGovern 1973-1981 Democrat
38. John B Anderson 1981-1985 Republican
39. Jesse Jackson 1985-1993 Democrat
40. Jerry Brown 1993-2001 Democrat
41. William Clinton 2001-2005 Republican [1]
42. Dennis Kucinich 2005- Democrat


Here's how i classify these choices​

Good
Henry Wallace
Nelson Rockefeller
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
Jerry Brown
William Clinton
Dennis Kucinich

UHHH?!
Adlai Stevenson
John B Anderson
Jesse Jackson​
 
Worst Case

33. Harry Truman 1945-1953 Democrat
34. Dwight D Eisenhower 1953-1961 Republican
35. Richard Nixon 1961-1969 Republican
36. George Wallace 1969-1977 Democrat
37. Henry Jackson 1977-1981 Democrat
38. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 Republican
39. George HW Bush 1989-1997 Republican
40. Joseph Lieberman 1997-2005 Democrat
41. Mitt Romney 2005- Republican
 
POD: Taft gets GOP nomination in 1952, Truman runs for 3rd term

33. Harry Truman 1945-1956 Republican
34. Richard Nixon 1956-1964 Republican
35. Margaret Smith 1964-1968 Republican
36. George smathers 1968-1971* Democrat
37. Robert Kennedy 1971-1972 Democrat
38. Richard J. Daley 1972-1976 Democrat
39. John Ashbrook 1976-1982 Republican*
40. Gerald Ford 1982-1988 Republican
41. Pierre du Pont IV 1988-1996 Republican
42. Ross Perot 1996-2004 Democratic
43. Carol Braun 2004-2012

34. First woman president

36. Assassinated by a member of the Black Panthers

37. Died of a gastric hemorrhage

43. First african american woman president
 
Best Case (POD: Dewey Defeats Truman):

33. Harry Truman (D): 1945-1949
34. Thomas Dewey (R): 1949-1957
35. Estes Kevaufer (D): 1957-1961
36. Henry Cabot Lodge (R): 1961-1969
37. Margaret Chase Smith (R): 1969-1973
38. Robert Kennedy (D): 1973-1981
39. George H. W. Bush (R): 1981-1989
40. Paul Simon (D): 1989-1997
41. Colin Powell (R): 1997-2005
42. John McCain (R): 2005-Present

Worst Case (POD: Wallace Renominated for Vice President in 1944. Yes, I am aware this is unlikely and nightmarish.):

33. Henry Wallace (D): 1945-1949
34. Robert Taft (R): 1949-1953 (Died in office, 1953)
35. Joseph McCarthy (R): 1953-1957
36. Richard Russell (D): 1957-1965 [For those (like me) who don't know who he is without using Google, he was a leading segregationist who represented Georgia in the Senate.]
37. George Wallace (D): 1965-1968 (Assassinated 1968)
38. James Eastland (D): 1968-1973 [The Progressive Party, led by George McGovern, emerges in 1972.]
39. Phyllis Schlafly (R): 1973-1981 [Election of 1976, between Schlafly, Democrat Robert Byrd, and Progressive Robert Kennedy, is decided by the House of Representatives.]
40. John Rarick (D): 1981-1985 [OTL Congressman and American Independent Party Presidential Nominee in 1980. Escalates the Cold War and pushes to ban the Progressive Party for alleged "Soviet sympathy." Assassinated by a Socialist in 1985.]
41. Jesse Helms (D): 1985-1989 [Attempts to break up the Progressive Party using the National Guard in the aftermath of Rarick's assassination. American people finally reject the Democratic Party in 1988.]
42. Noam Chomsky (P): 1989-1995 [Elected as an avowed Socialist. Assassinated in 1995.]
43. Jesse Jackson (P): 1995-2001
44. Elizabeth Dole (R): 2001-2005 [Moderate, but generally incompetent.]
45. Hillary Rodham (P): 2005-Present
 
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