alternatehistory.com

How differently would the following elections have turned out with these primary fields?

1988

Democrats:

Ted Kennedy
Mario Cuomo
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
Lloyd Bentsen
Jerry Brown
Dick Gephardt

Republicans:

George H. W. Bush
Bob Dole
Howard Baker
Jesse Helms
Tom Kean

1996

(Clinton still faces no serious primary challenge)

Republicans:

Colin Powell
Newt Gingrich
Pat Buchanan
Pete Wilson
Bill Weld
Peter DuPont
Carroll Campbell
John McCain

2004:

(Bush still faces no serious primary challenge)

Democrats:

Al Gore
Hillary Clinton
John Kerry
Howard Dean
Jesse Jackson
Bill Bradley
Joe Biden
Top