How I Would Vote in Every Presidential Election in American History

Mr. Beat pretends like he was alive for all of American history and explains how he would vote in every Presidential election up to the year he actually first did vote, 2000.

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[iammrbeat]

Which election pick upset you the most? 😬

[timothymoore]

Imagine having a hard time picking a candidate because they’re both good instead of them both being awful that must be nice.

[ashtoncollins]

I’ll do it myself
6:55 1788-89
12:06 1792
14:20 1796
18:40 1800
22:50 1804
24:07 1808
26:09 1812
28:36 1816
30:41 1820
32:27 1824
37:47 1828
41:44 1832
46:19 1836
50:34 1840
52:09 1844
56:16 1848
59:44 1852
1:02:48 1856
1:06:16 1860
1:10:04 1864
1:13:18 1868
1:15:52 1872
1:18:57 1876
1:22:44 1880
1:24:28 1884
1:27:23 1888
1:29:22 1892
1:33:05 1896
1:35:38 1900
1:38:53 1904
1:41:46 1908
1:45:17 1912
1:49:45 1916
1:52:57 1920
1:57:50 1924
2:01:08 1928
2:03:48 1932
2:06:18 1936
2:09:25 1940
2:13:19 1944
2:17:52 1948
2:24:17 1952
2:27:10 1956
2:31:33 1960
2:35:54 1964
2:40:37 1968
2:45:38 1972
2:49:37 1976
2:53:59 1980
3:00:19 1984
3:04:44 1988
3:09:25 1992
3:15:52 1996

[sealmango]

TIME STAMPS:

1788 - 1789. George Washington vs. George Washington 9:42
1792. George Washington vs. George Washington 12:05
1796. John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson 15:06
1800. John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson 20:05
1804. Thomas Jefferson vs. Charles C. Pinckney 22:47
1808. James Madison vs. Charles C. Pinckney 24:06
1812. James Madison vs. DeWitt Clinton 26:08
1816. James Monroe vs. Rufus King 28:36
1820. James Monroe vs. James Monroe 30:40
1824. Henry Clay vs. William Crawford vs. John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson 32:26
1828. John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson 37:47
1832. Henry Clay vs. Andrew Jackson vs. William Wirt vs. John Floyd 41:43
1836. Martin Van Buren vs. A bunch of whigs 46:18
1840. Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison 50:33
1844. Henry Clay vs. James Polk 52:08
1848. Zachary Taylor vs. Lewis Cass vs. Martin Van Buren 56:14
1852. Franklin Pierce vs. Winfield Scott vs. John Hale 59:42
1856. James Buchanan vs. John Frémont vs. Millard Fillmore 1:02:47
1860. Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas vs. John Breckinridge vs. John Bell 1:06:15
1864. Abraham Lincoln vs. George McClellan 1:10:03
1868. Ulysses Grant vs. Horatio Seymour 1:13:16
1872. Ulysses Grant vs. Horace Greeley 1:15:50
1876. Rutherford Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden 1:18:56
1880. James Garfield vs. Winfield Scott Hancock 1:22:43
1884. Grover Cleveland vs. James Blaine 1:24:27
1888. Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison 1:27:23
1892. Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison vs James Weaver 1:29:20
1896. William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan 1:33:03
1900. WIlliam McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan 1:35:37
1904. Theodore Roosevelt vs. Alton Parker 1:38:52
1908. William Taft vs. William Jennings Bryan 1:41:46
1912. Woodrow Wilson vs. Theodore Roosevelt vs William Taft vs. Eugene Debs 1:45:16
1916. Woodrow Wilson vs. Charles Evans Hughes 1:49:44
1920. Warren Harding vs. James cox 1:52:57
1924. Calvin Coolidge vs. John Davis vs Robert La Follette 1:57:49
1928. Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith 2:01:07
1932. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) vs. Herbert Hoover 2:03:46
1936. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) vs. Alf Landon 2:06:17
1940. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) vs. Wendell Willkie 2:09:23
1944. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) vs. Thomas Dewey 2:13:19
1948. Harry Truman vs. Thomas Dewey vs. Strom Thurmond 2:17:52
1952. Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson 2:24:16
1956. Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson 2:27:09
1960. John Kennedy (JFK) vs. Richard Nixon 2:31:32
1964. Lyndon Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater 2:35:53
1968. Richard Nixon vs. Hubert Humphrey vs George Wallace 2:40:37
1972. Richard Nixon vs. George McGovern 2:45:38
1976. Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford 2:49:37
1980. Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter vs John Anderson 2:53:58
1984. Ronald Reagan vs. Walter Mondale 3:00:18
1988. George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis 3:04:43
1992. Bill Clinton vs. George H.W. Bush vs. Ross Perot 3:09:24
1996. Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole vs. Ross Perot 3:15:52

[hughjack]

a list for anyone wondering

1789: (Vice President) John Adams
1792: (Vice President) George Clinton, I think
1796: Thomas Jefferson
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: Madison/George Clinton
1812: DeWittt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: William Wirt
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: WHH
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Van Buren
1852: John Hale
1856: John Fremont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: U.S Grant
1872: Victoria Woodhole (Protest vote)
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: James Garfield
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: James Weaver
1896: William Jennings Bryan
1900: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft
1912: Eugene Debs
1916: Charles Evan Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Robert La Fallete
1928: Al Smith
1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: Wilkie
1944: FDR
1948: Henry Wallace
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Lyndon Banes Johnson
1968: Would have voted RFK but Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: John Anderson
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W Bush
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bob Dole

[analien]

You're not fooling anyone, Mr. Beat, we know that secretly you're immortal and you've voted in every election.

[Itgetsbetterofficial]

"I promise I won't get political"

Me after two drinks:

[jackespinos]

Walter Mondale passed away today unfortunately. In the stream Mr. Beat talked about how Mondale was still alive, but that was only true for a few more hours. RIP :(

[uRDM]

One of the many things I appreciate about Mr. Beat is that he doesn't just copypaste the same couple of reaction faces for his thumbnails. Even if they come out super awkward and weird like this one, it just makes him seem more authentic. Love it

[saucepirate]

I like imagining Mr.Beat as a 250 year old immortal that was around for all of these elections.

[lildreadnaughtstarwar]

Funny fact: Calvin Coolidge talked so little, he got the nickname Silent Cal. At one point, someone made a bet that he could get Silent Cal to say at least 3 words by the end of a meeting. Silent Cal headers about this and only at the end of the meeting did he finally say to the man, “You lose!” Everyone burst out laughing.

[SufficientlyCaffeinated]

Fun Fact: In the election of 1920, Eugene Debs, an openly socialist third party candidate, ran most of his presidential campaign from a jail cell and got over 3% of the popular vote. For reference, Jo Jorgensen only managed to get about 1% of the popular vote in the 2020 election. Why was Debs in jail? Because he dared to speak out against the WW1 draft.

[karensimon]

I really like how all of your picks were very well reasoned and based on policy instead of emotion.

[Paranoid_Found]

That’s 3 and a half hours not wasted. What a fun stream! I’m looking for more of these in the future.

[kobcritic]

Very surreal thing just happened, I was at 1984 and I went to Wikipedia to see if Walter Mondale was still around and that’s how I found how he literally died TODAY

[MrIAMTHESIR]

I'm so glad that you are a US Historian. I've been studying the Presidents ever since I was in the 2nd Grade (1968-68). I discovered your YouTube work over a year ago. I also was a Public Librarian from 1981-2011... Keep up the GREAT WORK. We have so much in common...

[kcc-karenschroniccorner]

I’m Australian, so I don’t know much US history. Your videos are so informative and entertaining!

[bondwiththebroccoli]

McClellan didn’t loose, he merely failed to win

[the_random]

I watched the whole stream! Also thanks for voting for me in the hypothetical scenario! I was surprised at the amount of support I had in the chat lol

[HenryA.Wallace]

Thank you for the kind comments! This was a creative idea for a video and it was a-lot of fun in the live chat :)