Round 2, Wild card round

The losers of round 2 are as follows:
William Taft
Chester Arthur
Franklin Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Ronald Reagan
James Madison
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
Rutherford Hayes
James Polk
Andrew Johnson


From these 11 losers, I must select 5 wild cards.

Of these men, the top three from C-SPAN's 2009 presidential ranking list move on.

Taft (24)
Arthur (32)
FDR (3)
Harding (38)
Reagan (10)
Madison (20)
Carter (25)
Jefferson (7)
Hayes (33)
Polk (12)
A. Johnson (41)

And so Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Ronald Reagan are assigned the numbers 12, 13, and 14, respectively.

The final two spots will go to the two remaining candidates who had the closest Round 2 losses, according to my opinion.

Warren Harding is the only one left that is stated clearly in the blog to have a close election. He is assigned the number 15.

The number 16 then goes to either Hayes or Arthur, as they both lost by "comfortable margins" but weren't blown out. To be fair:

Rutherford Hayes vs. Chester Arthur (Victor will be assigned number 16)

Hayes may offend no one, but Arthur lives a high life and makes friends in the political arena that help further him. In the end, Arthur could just have a better campaign put together to outmanuvuer Hayes in an election.

Arthur wins by a less-than-comfortable margin.


And so the wild cards are set.

Round 3 matchups randomized and announced tomorrow.