NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/22/2020
Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson both were persuaded to run for the White House, but as the gloves come off this becomes a fierce battle for hearts and minds.
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6.9/1075 votesLoading...#2 - Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2016
Lincoln's oratory and underhanded tactics gave him the chance to beat Stephen Douglas, one of the most formidable politicians of his generation.
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7.1/1050 votesLoading...#3 - Truman v. Dewey
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2016
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7.2/1056 votesLoading...#4 - Jackson v. Adams
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/2016
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7.4/108 votesLoading...#5 - Carter vs. Ford
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/15/2020
The presidential election of 1976 pits the political establishment, personified by Republican President Gerald Ford, against the untainted idealism of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the relatively unknown governor of Georgia.
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7.5/1095 votesLoading...#6 - John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2016
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon have the first televised presidential debate; one where presentation made as much of an impact as message, and may have cost Nixon the election.
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7.6/1078 votesLoading...#7 - George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2016
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7.6/1061 votesLoading...#8 - Clinton v. Bush
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2016
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8.1/1010 votesLoading...#9 - Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2020
The 1912 race is an election between four remarkable candidates - former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, his anointed heir President William Howard Taft, scholarly and religious Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene Debs.
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8.2/1014 votesLoading...#10 - LBJ v. Goldwater
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2020
The 1964 race was held in a country still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and pits incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater.
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8.5/1016 votesLoading...#11 - Obama v. McCain
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2020
The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against “maverick” Republican Senator John McCain.
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8.6/1018 votesLoading...#12 - Reagan v. Carter
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2020
The 1980 race sees President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan having to fight off fierce challenges from within, as both parties struggle to re-invent themselves and use the global media spotlight to their advantage.
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The Worst Episodes of Race for the White House
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Eisenhower vs. Stevenson" is the worst rated episode of "Race for the White House". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/22/2020. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas".