Resonance of Character Type and Public Mood, 1908-1998
(Nelson, p. 216)
| Year | Public Mood | Resonant Character | Winning Candidate | Type |
| 1908 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Taft | PP |
| 1912 | Conflict | AN/AP | Wilson | AN |
| 1916 | Conscience | PN/AP | Wilson | AN |
| 1920 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Harding | PP |
| 1924 | Conflict | AN/AP | Coolidge | PN |
| 1928 | Conscience | PN/AP | Hoover | AN |
| 1932 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Roosevelt | AP |
| 1936 | Conflict | AN/AP | Roosevelt | AP |
| 1940 | Conscience | PN/AP | Roosevelt | AP |
| 1944 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Roosevelt | AP |
| 1948 | Conflict | AN/AP | Truman | AP |
| 1952 | Conscience | PN/AP | Eisenhower | PN |
| 1956 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Eisenhower | PN |
| 1960 | Conflict | AN/AP | Kennedy | AP |
| 1964 | Conscience | PN/AP | Johnson | AN |
| 1968 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Nixon | AN |
| 1972 | Conflict | AN/AP | Nixon | AN |
| 1976 | Conscience | PN/AP | Carter | AP |
| 1980 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Reagan | PP |
| 1984 | Conflict | AN/AP | Reagan | PP |
| 1988 | Conscience | PN/AP | Bush | AP |
| 1992 | Conciliation | PP/AP | Clinton | AP |
| 1996 | Conflict | AN/AP | Clinton | AP |