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: republicans
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?
Facts vs. Feelings
In 2016, Newt Gingrich said that feelings were more important than facts... and I'm still thinking about that!
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.
2003 CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR RECALL — GRAY DAVIS VS. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (kind of)
In the far away time of 2003, Democratic Governor Gray Davis faced a recall attempt. The race to be his replacement quickly devolved into a media circus. Candidates included Davis' own Lieutenant Governor, a pornstar, and, of course, The Terminator.
The Know Nothing Party
That time a conspiracy-filled nationalist organization almost took over America.
Chester A. Arthur: Great Emergencies
In 1881, the most corrupt politician in the country had a change of heart.
2020 – DONALD TRUMP VS JOE BIDEN, pt. I
TL;DR: Orange man bad
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