Race for the White House - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Barack Obama vs. John McCain
The 2008 race sees freshman Democratic Senator Barack Obama go up against "maverick" Republican Senator John McCain.
Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter
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.
Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater
The 1964 race is 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.
Woodrow Wilson vs. Theodore Roosevelt vs. William Howard Taft vs. Eugene Debs
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.
Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford
The presidential election of 1976 pits the political establishment, represented by Republican President Gerald Ford, against the idealism of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the relatively unknown governor of Georgia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson
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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