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tara gilesbie
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 13, 2015, 06:36:23 PM » |
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« edited: December 13, 2015, 07:22:53 PM by tara gilesbie »
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After three calm yet divisive years, Bush is easily renominated by his party, while the Democratic Party runs Rhode Island governor Myrth York, who was elected in the 2002 wave which saw the Democratic Party retake Congress.
Then, on October 17, 2004 a major terrorist attack occurs that topples the World Trade Center by al-Queda. Both parties suspend their campaigns, and Bush's response is universally praised. With 57 percent of the popular vote, Bush carries 531 electoral votes 49 states, while just barely losing York's home state and Democratic bastion Rhode Island, and becoming the first Republican to hit twenty in DC since Nixon. York wins 41 percent of the popular vote, but only seven electoral votes and barely wins RI, while receiving a mere 18 percent in Utah.
The Democratic Party is humiliated at having yet another landslide loss. Al From, York's campaign manager, is blamed for not creating an effective response to the attacks. Fortunately for them, Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2006 repolarizes the nation just in time for the 2008 economic crash.
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