Current Events > Past 8 Elections - Pick who you'd like to be president from the major parties

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Since 1988, there have been thirteen candidates that had a realistic chance to win the presidency at their respective election days: George H.W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton. These twelve major party nominees plus Perot all had realistic chances to win the presidency, though some were much more unlikely than others. Rank them by order for how much you'd prefer them to be president if an election was held today.

For the purposes of all candidates, consider them at what you consider to be their best as an actual major presidential candidate. In other words, if you prefer 2008 Obama over 2012 Obama, assume it's the 2008 Obama that's running. Same for 1988 Bush vs 1992 Bush, 1992 Clinton vs 1996 Clinton, 1992 Perot vs 1996 Perot, etc. And, for circumstances of candidates that ran previously, didn't win the nomination, and then ran again to win the nomination, you can only consider the version of them that won the nomination. In other words, 2000 McCain doesn't count, this is 2008 McCain that we're talking about. Same for 2008 Hillary not counting, this is the 2016 Hillary we're considering.

As for me, this is how I'd tier the candidates in the hypothetical 2017 election at their respected nominated party candidate bests, with the best at the top:

Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Al Gore
Bob Dole
John McCain
John Kerry
Michael Dukakis
Mitt Romney
Hillary Clinton
George W. Bush
Ross Perot
Donald Trump
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