The Runner Up Thread, 1976-2012

 1976: Ford. 1980: Carter

 1980: Carter. 1984: Mondale

 1984: Mondale. 1988: Dukakis

 1988: Dukakis. 1992: Bush

 1992: Bush. 1996: Dole

 1996: Dole. 2000: Gore

 2000: Gore. 2004: Kerry

 2004: Kerry. 2008: McCain

2008: McCain. 2012: Romney

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1992

Clinton Gore '92

On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

Notice the union label is part of the display.

In 1992 I saw something I have never seen in a presidential election before or since. In McCleary, a town with a healthy chunk of 1938-1940 immigrants from Arkansas (I live in a part of town known as Arkie Hill), there were home-made signs for Clinton in front yards. In fact as I recall, in our town, George Herbert Walker Bush, the Republican incumbent, placed third behind Clinton and Perot in 1992.