beauty and charisma in US presidential elections

Originally posted by zeeblebot
McCain wasn't much on charisma or good looks, either.

let's see. Charisma, Beauty, Winner, Year, Republican Contender, Democratic Contender (R = Repub., D = Dem)

C B W YYYY Republican/Democrat

D D D 2008 McCain/Obama
R R R 2004 Bush/Kerry
R R R 2000 Bush/Gore
D D D 1996 Gore/Clinton
D D D 1992 Bush/Clinton
R R R 1988 Bush/Dukakis
R R R 1984 Reagan/Mondale
? ? R 1980 Reagan/Carter
D D D 1976 Ford/Carter
R R R 1972 Nixon/McGovern
R R R 1968 Nixon/Humphrey
D D D 1964 Goldwater/Johnson
D D D 1960 Nixon/Kennedy

take yer best shot!

some interesting notes.

a sea of red in the Nixon vs. McGovern match:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1972prescountymap2.PNG


what cost Goldwater, vs. LBJ:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_presidential_election#Campaign

Although Goldwater had been successful in rallying conservatives, he was unable to broaden his base of support for the general election. Shortly before the Republican Convention, he had alienated most moderate Republicans by his vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[3] which Johnson championed and signed into law. The Johnson camp used this to paint Goldwater as a racist (despite the fact that Goldwater supported the civil rights cause in general, and voted in favor of the 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts). Goldwater argued that it was a matter for the individual states rather than federal legislation. Goldwater was famous for speaking "off-the-cuff" at times, and many of his former statements were given wide publicity by the Democrats.

i count Reagan vs. Carter as a tossup on beauty and charisma.

Originally posted by zeeblebot
Originally posted by zeeblebot
[b]McCain wasn't much on charisma or good looks, either.

let's see. Charisma, Beauty, Winner, Year, Republican Contender, Democratic Contender (R = Repub., D = Dem)

C B W YYYY Republican/Democrat

D D D 2008 McCain/Obama
R R R 2004 Bush/Kerry
R R R 2000 Bush/Gore
D D D 1996 Gore/Clinton
D D D 1992 Bush/Cl ...[text shortened]... cGovern
R R R 1968 Nixon/Humphrey
D D D 1964 Goldwater/Johnson
D D D 1960 Nixon/Kennedy[/b]

Originally posted by Melanerpes
whose judgment did you use to determine the beauty and charisma of the various candidates?

do you see any links attached to the OP?

good thing i'm not no1marauder or i'd be tossing out the M word here.

just kidding 🙂

anyone feel like modifying the list to fit their perceptions, and reposting it?

Originally posted by zeeblebot
ahem.

note that these are the elections held since the start of the Television Age, minus the first one or two.

Originally posted by Melanerpes
some reviewers of your findings might have some question about the objectivity of your method of gathering data.

i'm not greedy that way.

1996 Gore/Clinton?