While you stew in anxiety, why not read about six elections with parallels to today's contest?
Historical Elections I’ll Be Thinking About On Election Day 2024
Tag: democrats
Grover Cleveland’s Nonconsecutive Terms
Cleveland's two nonconsecutive terms are an inconvenience for historians, but they also tell us a lot about the Democratic Party of the Gilded Age.
Presidents Who Stepped Aside
Why do you ask?
1828: John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson, II
President John Quincy Adams faced an angry Democratic Party ready for a rematch. Was there anything he could have done to stop them?
1824: John Quincy Adams vs. William H. Crawford vs. Henry Clay vs. Andrew Jackson
To Jackson supporters, this election represented everything that was wrong with the corrupt government. Could there have been another outcome?
Facts vs. Feelings
In 2016, Newt Gingrich said that feelings were more important than facts... and I'm still thinking about that!
The Whig Party, Pt. II: Log Cabins & Hard Cider
The Whigs' foundational principles united their factions, but they still needed a presidential candidate they could all agree on. Here's how they (eventually) found that candidate.
The Whig Party, Pt. I: The Era of Bad Feelings
The National Republicans needed a fresh start in order to unite opposition forces against President Andrew Jackson. As the Whig Party, they learned to appeal to voters with broad ideological principles.
Theodore Roosevelt, Pt. II: The Radical
In Theodore Roosevelt's later years, he became more extreme in his views. His eventual break from the Republican Party had massive effects on the political alignment of the nation. But was this sudden shift motivated by principle... or ego?
Theodore Roosevelt, Pt. I: The Moderate
President Theodore Roosevelt is remembered as a progressive hero, but that only tells half the story. His legacy is best understood as a series of moderate advances meant to keep true "radicals" at bay.
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