John and Joe. Now those are American names!

Both of your guys are Catholics in name only. You have your history out of order even if you are presenting parallells between the 2 men.
More likely the historical parallell which will be represented in the upcoming result will be more akin to Nixons dual terms when he won twice with a landslide for his second term.
A republican with a popular platform winning in a landslide is the probable outcome, not stupid out of order thinking as you propose anon.
You should maybe find out who created the situation for Nixon and what the greater details are to the man, it's quite shocking when you do. You may like me no longer believe what they told you to believe about him. I mean do you believe a President getting a Landslide second term equates to a politician who had no appeal to the masses?
The biggest crooks in American history are the ones who sell the country up the creek but they are probably your heroes as a result of the same naivety that your learning has given you so far.
P.s both those names are pretty Irish or English for sure.