Race for the White House

Season 2

6 episodes · Feb 16, 2020

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  • Obama v. McCain
    S2E1

    Obama v. McCain

    Feb 16, 202043m

    The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against “maverick” Republican Senator John McCain.

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  • Reagan v. Carter
    S2E2

    Reagan v. Carter

    Feb 23, 202043m

    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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  • LBJ v. Goldwater
    S2E3

    LBJ v. Goldwater

    Mar 1, 202043m

    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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  • Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft
    S2E4

    Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft

    Mar 8, 202043m

    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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  • Carter vs. Ford
    S2E5

    Carter vs. Ford

    Mar 15, 202043m

    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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  • Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
    S2E6

    Eisenhower vs. Stevenson

    Mar 22, 202043m

    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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