The New Campaign Trail

[TheHegemonist]

My first attempt playing as Wilson in the 1996 End of History Director's Cut.

I lead for most of the race, and until the "October Surprise" was ahead in a landslide with over 400 electoral votes. After that (I think it was the Soviet Union Civil War?) I fell behind, but I was able to pull off a comeback and win narrowly. I spent all of my campaign visits in California which really paid off as you can see. I wasn't able to prevent Dornan from entering the race but did manage to hold onto enough of the South, while in the Midwest I barely clung to Ohio which proved to be the decisive state. I faired better out west, winning California and Oregon. I also won Maine, largely (I think) because I picked William Cohen as my running mate. This hurt me among conservatives but I do think I did enough to placate them just barely. I got Ending 39 which was a fun read.

I like the Director's Cut so far, the changes (especially on the Wofford side) are great and the new endings are fun to explore. Definitely high replay value.

Popular Vote Result:
Pete Wilson: 45,593,043 (47.3%)
Harris Wofford: 46,172,731 (47.9%)
Bob Dornan: 3,632,089 (3.8%)
Ralph Nader: 1,075,447 (1.1%)

Closest States

Ohio
Wilson: 2,147,353 (49.2%)
Wofford: 2,142,732 (49.09%)
Nader: 50,237 (1.15%)
Dornan: 24,197 (0.55%)

Alabama
Wofford: 657,503 (44.72%)
Wilson: 655,410 (44.58%)
Dornan: 148,173 (10.08%)
Nader: 9,153 (0.62%)

Arkansas
Wilson: 396,410 (44.72%)
Wofford: 393,491 (44.39%)
Dornan: 86,605 (9.77%)
Nader: 9,940 (1.12%)

Virginia
Wofford: 1,153,940 (48.53%)
Wilson: 1,145,655 (48.18%)
Dornan: 58,121 (2.44%)
Nader: 20,301 (0.85%)

South Carolina
Wilson: 539,301 (47.14%)
Wofford: 534,968 (46.76%)
Dornan: 59,509 (5.20%)
Nader: 10,335 (0.9%)

The South was closer than the Midwest, though it slightly broke for me. This plus my wins in California and Ohio put me over Wofford.

[ClassicElectionEnthusiast]

How things went when I decided to try the 1980 mod where John Connally is the Republican President who succeeded Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey survived his bout with cancer to give seeking the Presidency one more try, with former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew as the VP nominee.

During the campaign, Humphrey ended up with multiple coughing fits serious enough to require hospitalization (including one in a debate; and some of the potential answers include coughs in the answers) and when it looks like he was about to be bailed out by Watergate seemingly breaking later than in real life, Humphrey suffers a late-campaign stroke that leaves him in bed on Election Night, a blow which proves too much to overcome (though Humphrey did much better than Jimmy Carter in real life, for what it's worth).

[Steve from Lambeth]

I've played The Happy Warrior mod twice and I don't think I've ever contrived to lose.

[Sumner 1868]

Is it just me or did they used to have a LaFollette 1924 election you could play a couple of years ago? I tried to play it again lately, but couldn't find it. I remember being able to get him to pick up Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, and Montana as my peak

You can play as LaFollette on the Harding Lives mod.