President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

[LLR]

Tried to make the best third party runs possible

1968:
Chisholm
Rockefeller (inc.)
Wallace

Status of nation absolutely horrible

Chisholm 342 EVs 35%
Wallace 148 EVs 34%
Rockefeller 48 EVs 30%

This one is absurd but
1964:
Chisholm
McGovern (inc.)
Johnson

Everything is horrible

Johnson 417 EVs, 44%
Chisholm 35 EVs, 36%
McGovern 86 EVs, 20%

Tried to get a liberal third-party, but I'll have to try harder for that one

[LLR]

I can't even play the game. It just makes the computer play as Nixon in 1960. Any help?

Are you selecting the 1960 demo? Press 1 for all scenarios, should be better

[LLR]

The thing where you have to have the manual is still coming up, I know what to do, but it isn't accepting the word, how can I fix this?

write "start"

[LLR]

Quick TL, based on WI: Humphrey wins nomination in '60.

1960: Humphrey vs. Nixon

One of the most thrilling election nights ever, it was 4:30 AM and California and New York were both completely up for grabs. Humphrey needed just one to take the election. At 4:32, California was called for Nixon, by a margin of 18,000 votes. Eight minutes later, Nixon took New York, and the election, though he had lost the popular vote.

Humphrey 258 EVs, 45%
Nixon 279 EVs, 44%
Wallace-like Southern Dixiecrat 0 EVs, 10%

SoDem's best states
AL: 38%
AR: 28%
TX: 23%
VA: 22%
FL: 21%
LA: 21%


1964: Nixon Challenged by Muskie

Heralded as a "re-aligning election", President Nixon's "Southern Strategy" paid off immensely. The president won re-election in a landslide fashion, with Muskie having lost by 9:11, at which point the electoral count read 274-7. Muskie was eventually held to his home state, DC, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts in a humiliation for his party.

Sen. Muskie 25 EVs, 43%
Pres. Nixon 513 EVs, 57%


1968: Scranton vs. (Robert) Kennedy: A Broken Party in Repair

After 16 years of Republican rule, with the economy in a mess and an unpopular war in Vietnam, it was supposed to be easy for Kennedy to win. However, Scranton made a race out of it. It took Kennedy an hour to get from 266 to 270, with the call of Oregon at 11:48 finally doing it.

Scranton 49%
Kennedy 43%
Wallace 8%

[LLR]

1960:

Hubert Humphrey/Lyndon Johnson 134 EVs, 47%
Richard Nixon/Gordon Allott 403 EVs, 52%

Nixon won with the calling of New York at 10:48 PM, but it was obvious long before that.

1964:

John Kennedy/Stu Symington 135 EVs, 46%
Richard Nixon/Gordon Allott 393 EVs, 51%
George Wallace/Somebody Somebody 10 EVs, 3%

It took until 11:23 PM this time, and Pennsylvania was what pushed Nixon over.


1968:

Ed Muskie/George Smathers 481 EVs, 48%
Nelson Rockefeller/George Romney 47 EVs, 40%
George Wallace/Somebody Somebody 10 EVs, 11%

[LLR]

Ran an interesting election in 1976

LLR/Southern Gothic 68 EVs, 36%
Gerald Ford/Bob Dole 470 EVs, 44%
Leinad/Ted Bessell 0 EVs, 19%

Leinad was initially favored in Georgia, but it returned to a tossup by Election Day.

By 9:00, Ford had a significant PV lead and had won many key states. It was looking like LLR's coalition would have to be significantly more Western than the typical Democratic one for him to have any chance.

At 9:49, Ford hit 200 EVs while LLR was stuck with 21. Just four minutes later, Texas pushed Ford to 270. LLR and SG cried a lot that night.

Leinad's Best States
Georgia 37%, 2nd place
DC 30%, 2nd place
Arkansas 25%
Louisiana 24%
North Carolina 24%
Texas 24%
Virginia 24%
California 24%

Leinad's Worst States
Utah 10%
Idaho 11%
Nebraska 11%
Kansas 12%
Arizona 12%
Oklahoma 12%
Wyoming 12%

The irony being that this is probably a reverse of Johnson's performance in 2016