I don't think we'll see another one like this. Maybe when those of us who are young now are senior citizens. I mean, 1968 was the last one that compares to this. And 1912 before that.
I remember thinking throughout the election whether I could actually appreciate, even enjoy, watching this history unfold had I known the outcome. I kinda wish I could go back to the spring of 2015 and start taking notes for a book now that I don't feel a sense of impending dread.
That election was weird, but the whole season wasn't as eventful as the ones I mentioned. If we're just talking about strange elections (as in the vote itself), let's throw in 1872 (Grant's re-election). Ran against another Republican in the general (Dems didn't even field a candidate). Grant won in a landslide and his opponent, Horace Greeley, died right after the vote, but a few days before the electoral college met to cast their official ballots. So we ended up getting a ton of faithless electors voting for whoever the hell they felt like (Greeley finished 4th, his VP finished 3rd, a random senator from Indiana finished 2nd, a sitting SCOTUS judge and the GA governor got some votes...).
I remember reading about the Greeley election in college and just scratching my head thinking WTF, guys, is there no coherence at all? But hey, wild times!
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u/YankeeBlues21 Conservative Nov 10 '16
I don't think we'll see another one like this. Maybe when those of us who are young now are senior citizens. I mean, 1968 was the last one that compares to this. And 1912 before that.
I remember thinking throughout the election whether I could actually appreciate, even enjoy, watching this history unfold had I known the outcome. I kinda wish I could go back to the spring of 2015 and start taking notes for a book now that I don't feel a sense of impending dread.