theres a trend over on the other place thats sorta that trend we had a while ago - this is less based on my own personal politics, and more based on what i felt would happen at each presidential election i can remember
2001-2005:
George W. Bush (Republican) [1]
2000 (with Dick Cheney) def. Al Gore (Democratic)
2005-2008:
John Kerry (Democratic) [2]
2004 (with John Edwards) def. George W. Bush (Republican)
2008-2013:
Barack Obama (Democratic) [3]
2008 (with Joe Biden) def. John McCain (Republican)
2013-2017:
Joe Biden (Democratic) [4]
2012 (HUNG); Barack Obama / Joe Biden (Democratic), Sarah Palin / Rick Santorum (Republican), Jesse Ventura / Buddy Roemer (Independent)
2017-2017:
Evan McMullin (Independent) [5]
2016 (with Michael Flynn) def. Donald Trump (Republican), Joe Biden (Democratic), Bernie Sanders (Independent)
2017-2021:
Evan McMullin (Democratic)
2021-0000:
Michael Flynn (Republican) [6]
2020 (with Louie Gohmert) def. Evan McMullin (Democratic), Jesse Ventura (Green)
[1] Doylist: i had no idea who these people were, but i do remember a man dressing as a cowboy on newsround
[2] Doylist: I was convinced that John Kerry would win, the Iraq War was just too nasty, Bush was so obviously an imbecile, there's no way anyone would vote for him?
Watsonian: In the aftermath of the worsening charnel house of the Middle East, it came as no surprise when Kerry triumphed over the moribund Republican campaign.
[3] Doylist: I was smitten with Obama the moment he appeared on TV screens.
Watsonian: Kerry's Presidency proved less than what people expected - the Middle East conflict dragged out, and then the financial crash struck in 2007. It seemed likely the Democrats would lose re-election, so the prospects of a primary challenger appeared plausible. Obama ultimately triumphed, and upon his election, Kerry organised to have the President-elect be made Speaker of the House in order to expedite his accession.
[4] Doylist: I was in my first year at university, and was convinced that a third party would get a big chunk of the vote and complicate matters. i also was getting into parks and rec, and my disenchantment with obama was joined with a sort of celebrity fascination with biden.
Watsonian: A hung electoral college led to Biden's accession to the Presidency. Obama conceded his claim in order to not complicate his successor's term.
[5] Doylist: I thought both Trump and Clinton were disastrous, and that McMullin stood a real chance of winning at least Utah - and I grasped onto straws of an electoral college rebellion or Congress locking behind a centrist.
Watsonian: Between an incoherent hard-right populist and a centrist who seemed the apotheosis of everything people had grown tired of in the Democrats since 2005, McMullin managed to worm his way through a series of constitutional hoops. Things were more smooth for his Vice President who shot into power with the backing of a Republican Congress with little to convince them to vote for a Democrat instead.
[6] Doylist: Instinct says Biden will win, but I can't help feeling that Trump has more motivated voters and might still pull the cat out of the bag.
Watsonian: The 'corrupt bargain' of 2016 was seized upon by Vice President Flynn, and my an emergent conspiratorial, quasi-religious movement. McMullin won the Democratic nomination, signalling the party's transformation since its election 2004 on a platform of peace. With a strong left-wing movement stealing the wind from the Democratic campaign, the Republicans won an outright electoral majority; the first since 2008.