0 Opinion: Which candidate had the best/worst campaign song?
1824 and 1828: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunters_of_Kentucky" (Samuel Woodworth)
1840: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too" (Alexander Coffman Ross)
1860: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln: "Lincoln and Liberty" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Hutchinson of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson_Family_Singers)
1864: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Cry_of_Freedom" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Root)
1928: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sidewalks_of_New_York"
1932: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days_Are_Here_Again"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry&qu;
1960: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Hopes_(1959_song)"
1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Herman)
1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater: "Go with Goldwater" (Tom McDonnell and Otis Clements)
1968: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon: "Nixon's the One" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Charlap and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Cooperman)
1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon: "Nixon Now"
1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon)
1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter: "Jimmy Carter Says Yes"
1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford: "I'm Feeling Good about America" (Robert K. Gardner)
1980: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan "California Here We Come"
1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mondale "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonna_Fly_Now"
1988: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie).
1988: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Neil_Diamond_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond)
1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_(Fleetwood_Mac_song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac)
1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Willie_Nelson_song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline)
1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Man_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_and_Dave)
1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton: "This is the Moment" (Frank Wildhorn)
2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Won%27t_Back_Down" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty) (Who threatened to sue Bush if he did not stop using the song. Petty then performed the song at Al Gore's home minutes after he conceded the election.),
"We the People" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Now_(Van_Halen_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen)[
2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Ain%27t_Seen_Nothin%27_Yet(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdri),
"Let the Day Begin" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_(band))
2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_in_America_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_on_Wave" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Green
2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Surrender_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen)
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son_(song)" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fogerty,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Day by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2
2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain: "Take Us Out" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith,
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_A_Chance_On_Me" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA),
"Our Country" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raisin%27_McCain&;amp;action=edit&redlink=1" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rich_(musician))
2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am featuring various artists),
"Better Way" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27; (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Blinding_Lights" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Your_Love_Keeps_Lifting_Me)_Higher_and_Higher" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(Aretha_Franklin_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rising_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_in_America_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn)
2008 primary candidates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton: "Blue Sky" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Head_Todd_and_the_Monsters), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenly_I_See" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT_Tunstall), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_and_I_(Celine_Dion_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takin%27_Care_of_Business_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdri), "9 to 5"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton) and "American Girl"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)" and "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_Out_I%27ll_Be_There" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Tops; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards: "Our Country" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Us_Out&action=edit&redlink=1 by Jerry Goldsmith (theme from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_(film)") and "Rudie Can't Fail" byhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Than_A_Feeling" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_(band) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scholz of Boston asked Huckabee to stop using the song),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
2008 Cynythia McKinney (Green Party Nominee): "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_to_the_People_(song)" by John Lennon
2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Free_(Kid_Rock_album) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_America by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Atkins
2012: Barack Obama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Take_Care_of_Our_Own by Bruce Springsteen
2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Song_(Rachel_Platten_song) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Platten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Day by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2
1840: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too" (Alexander Coffman Ross)
1860: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln: "Lincoln and Liberty" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Hutchinson of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson_Family_Singers)
1864: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Cry_of_Freedom" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Root)
1928: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sidewalks_of_New_York"
1932: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days_Are_Here_Again"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry&qu;
1960: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Hopes_(1959_song)"
1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Herman)
1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater: "Go with Goldwater" (Tom McDonnell and Otis Clements)
1968: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon: "Nixon's the One" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Charlap and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Cooperman)
1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon: "Nixon Now"
1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon)
1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter: "Jimmy Carter Says Yes"
1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford: "I'm Feeling Good about America" (Robert K. Gardner)
1980: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan "California Here We Come"
1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mondale "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonna_Fly_Now"
1988: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie).
1988: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Neil_Diamond_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond)
1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_(Fleetwood_Mac_song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac)
1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Willie_Nelson_song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline)
1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Man_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_and_Dave)
1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton: "This is the Moment" (Frank Wildhorn)
2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Won%27t_Back_Down" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty) (Who threatened to sue Bush if he did not stop using the song. Petty then performed the song at Al Gore's home minutes after he conceded the election.),
"We the People" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Now_(Van_Halen_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen)[
2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Ain%27t_Seen_Nothin%27_Yet(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdri),
"Let the Day Begin" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_(band))
2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_in_America_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_on_Wave" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Green
2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Surrender_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen)
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son_(song)" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fogerty,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Day by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2
2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain: "Take Us Out" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith,
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_A_Chance_On_Me" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA),
"Our Country" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raisin%27_McCain&;amp;action=edit&redlink=1" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rich_(musician))
2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am featuring various artists),
"Better Way" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27; (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Blinding_Lights" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Your_Love_Keeps_Lifting_Me)_Higher_and_Higher" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(Aretha_Franklin_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rising_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen),
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_in_America_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn)
2008 primary candidates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton: "Blue Sky" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Head_Todd_and_the_Monsters), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenly_I_See" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT_Tunstall), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_and_I_(Celine_Dion_song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion), "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takin%27_Care_of_Business_(song)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdri), "9 to 5"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton) and "American Girl"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)" and "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_Out_I%27ll_Be_There" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Tops; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards: "Our Country" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Us_Out&action=edit&redlink=1 by Jerry Goldsmith (theme from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_(film)") and "Rudie Can't Fail" byhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Than_A_Feeling" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_(band) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scholz of Boston asked Huckabee to stop using the song),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
2008 Cynythia McKinney (Green Party Nominee): "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_to_the_People_(song)" by John Lennon
2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Free_(Kid_Rock_album) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_America by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Atkins
2012: Barack Obama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Take_Care_of_Our_Own by Bruce Springsteen
2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Song_(Rachel_Platten_song) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Platten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Day by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2
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