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Here are the last several presidential elections with winners' initials and their opponents' last names spelled out. Following is a + showing elections with strong practical effect, or - showing no or lower practical effect IMHO.
FDR vs Hoover +
FDR vs Landon +
FDR vs Willkie -
FDR vs Dewey -
HST vs Dewey +
DDE vs Stevenson -
DDE vs Stevenson -
JFK vs Nixon +
LBJ vs Goldwater +
RMN vs Humphrey -
RMN vs McGovern -
JEC vs Ford -
RWR vs Carter +
RWR vs Mondale +
GHWB vs Dukakis -
WJC vs Bush 41 -
WJC vs Dole -
GWB vs Gore +
GWB vs Kerry +
The totals are 9 +'s and 10 -'s. So, nearly half of the elections have had strong practical effect.
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You can see that there are a lot of differences in the results. Most recently, the Authoritarians, led by George W. Bush, caused a drastic shift for the worse away from democracy. And great differences are found in many previous selections, such as the others marked '+' above.
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whether you prefer the color red or blue
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is essentially the only difference between the two
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parties, Democrats and Republicans is not accurate.