There's not really a pattern here, is there?

Rico says he had to go back and look, just to be sure, but this is his pattern since he could vote:
1972 Democratic McGovern rather than Nixon
1976 Democratic Carter rather than Ford
1980 Democratic Carter rather than Reagan
1984 Democratic Mondale rather than Reagan
1988 Democratic Dukakis rather than Bush the First
1992 Independent Perot rather than Bush the First
1996 Democratic Clinton rather than Dole
2000 Republican Bush the Second rather than Gore
2004 Republican Bush the Second rather than Kerry
2008 Democratic? Republican? Obama rather than McCain, but Palin rather than Biden

Rico says it's going to be a hard decision this year...