The New Normal - A 2024 Election Game Sign-up, OOC, and Rules Thread

[Huey Long is a Republican]

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2020 Result:

Pres. Trump (R-NY)/VP Pence (R-IN): 350/48.7%
Gov. Cuomo (D-NY)/Sen. Booker (D-NJ): 188/46.3%[/center]

Closest states were Minnesota (within 3 points), Michigan (within 2.5 points), Nevada (within 3.1 points), New Hampshire (within .6 points), Colorado (within .4 points), and PA (within 2 points)

2022 Senate Results:

57-43

House

260-178

Summary: After the Election of 2016, the polls showed President Trump behind every Democratic candidate except for a few outliers. Andrew Cuomo of New York was said outlier and due to a terrible performance by him and his running mate, Cory Booker of New Jersey, they lost the 2020 Election in a landslide. With President Trump's second term finished, the Republican party are split between Trumpists, Never-Trumpers, and Hardcore Conservative, each of which supporting a candidate with varying results. For the Democrats, with Senator Bernie Sanders announcing that he won't run, they are scrambling to find a candidate that will carry the same success as Sanders did though the idea is lacking somewhat. Due to how unnormal the Trump Presidency has been and how each candidate is strange in their own way, Journalists have dubbed this election: The New Normal.

Rules: 1. You can get 3 endorsements per turn. A player endorsement does not count as an endorsement. these endorsements can boost your polling a tad bit but don't expect them to carry you over. (PM me for Endorsement confirmation)

2. You can air ads depending on the circumstances: If you are polling 8-10% Nationally, you can air one ad. If you are polling more than 11% Nationally, you can air 2-4 ads.

3. Just like every other game, this Election Game will have three phases:

Primary Phase: Assuming campaign announcements to have come earlier in the year, this primary season will take us from September 2023 to June 2024, with players from the Democratic and Republican Parties fighting to emerge as the frontrunner or even the nominee of their respective parties.

Convention Phase: Both main parties will enter this phase to decide on their eventual nominee, although the gameplay will be very limited if a player has already won his respective nomination. Should a party lack a clear nominee, a gameplay system encouraging backroom deals as the ballots move forward will be put in place. (Takes place in the month of July)

General Election Phase: Taking us from August 13th to November 4th, 2024, with eight turns of a week to account for the final stage of the campaign as players play the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates, and potentially some key surrogates for their campaigns.

4. Debates are very important and may hurt or help you in the polls depending on whatever happens

5. Until the Early primaries, a Turn lasts the length of a month In-Game and is 96 Hours IRL. If a candidate hasn't posted what they deem necessary, they will be affected greatly in polling.

6. Like other games, I will use a number randomizer to determine positive and negative news for the candidates. 1-5 will be positive experiences (1 being great news) and 95-100 will be negative experiences (100 being terrible news). 6-94 will be no news. Real life news will also feature as part of the game for players to exploit (or influence).

7. Third Party candidates are allowed to join, but their respective gameplay will be focused on the General Election. The only exception is the Americans Elect Primaries, which may be a factor if a player wants to run for their nomination (thus making them more successful and relevant than in OTL).

8. If your candidate is not included in the provided list below, make sure to personal message me so that I can approve/reject the candidate. Please make your candidates realistic (they must be real people who would plausibly seek the nomination in 2024, if you don't know if they could work, just ask). Wink

9. Have fun.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

CURRENT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES:
Senator Ben Shapiro (R-AZ) [x-guy]
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) [NOTTYLER]

POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES:
Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN)
Senator Bill Haslam (R-TN)
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Senator Charlie Baker (R-MA)
Governor Diane Black (R-TN)
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Secretary of State Nikki Haley (R-SC)

AMONG OTHERS

CURRENT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:

POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:
Senator Phil Bredesen (D-TN)
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)
Representative John Delaney (D-MD)
Mrs. Oprah Winfrey (D-CA)
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)

AMONG OTHERS

CURRENT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Primary Schedule: January 13th - Iowa Caucus

January 21st - New Hampshire Primary

January 27th - South Carolina Primary (R)

January 30th - Nevada Caucus (D)

February 4th - Nevada Caucus (R)

February 7th - South Carolina Primary (D)

February 11th - Tennessee Primary, Virginia Primary, Illinois Primary, Alabama Primary, Georgia Primary, MIssissippi Primary, Texas Primary, Colorado Primary (D), Minnesota Primary, Missouri Primary (R), Louisiana Primary, Arkansas Primary, Vermont Primary, Massachussetts Primary, Connecticut Primary (D), Oklahoma Primary (R)

February 14th - Hawaii Primary, Minnesota Primary, Colorado Primary (R), Missouri Primary (D), Guam Primary, U.S. Virgin Islands Primary, Oklahoma (D)

February 19th - Kansas Primary, Nebraska Primary, Michigan Primary, South Dakota Primary (D), Michigan Primary, Wisconsin Primary, Florida Primary, Pennsylvania Primary, New Jersey Primary, Delaware Primary, Maryland Primary, Connecticut Primary (R), Rhode Island Caucus, Maine Caucus

March 7th - Ohio Primary, South Dakota Primary (R), Idaho Primary (D)

March 16th - New York Caucus

March 21st - DC Primary (R), Montana Primary (R)

April 3rd - Montana Primary (D), Oregon Primary

April 23rd - Washington Primary, North Dakota Caucuses, Puerto Rico Primary

May 6th - Idaho Primary (R)

May 16th - Arizona Primary, New Mexico Primary, Kentucky Primary, Indiana Primary

May 23rd - West Virginia Primary, Alaska Primary

June 7th - Utah Primary, California Primary

June 17th - DC Primary (D)

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Phil Bredesen as a potential candidate?!

He is popular among the Conservatives in the party after he won the Senate seat in 2018

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I'll take Senator Shapiro! So what happens to him in this timeline? and how does he get so popular as a potential candidate?

McCain still retires in 2022 and Ben Shapiro, seeing a large amount of support by Never Trumpers, runs for Senate in Arizona and wins with 59.54% of the vote

[Huey Long is a Republican]

It isn't going to be played until after 2012 is either done or dead. I'm just taking players

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Phil Bredesen as a potential candidate?!

He is popular among the Conservatives in the party after he won the Senate seat in 2018

But he's 80.

Biden was closing in on 80 in 2020 but he was still a possible candidate in that Election. Does that mean he's a Front-runner choice or an actual Candidate? No, he's just being considered

[Huey Long is a Republican]

You should do 2020, not 2024, since 2024 is to far out to guess what will happen and it is basically more of a fantasy  game (PS: How could a Dem Lose in 2020 no matter how bad there campaign was)

I have a feeling that most people want a 2020 Game if only to simply crush Trump so I'm doing something different. (Trump running is a lot different than Trump in the white house. Being a Trump supporter and taking in a lot of factors, Trump wins Re-election. Also, deal with it for the scenario. Don't like, Don't try).

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I got Mike Pence

Granted but know I have the right to suspend your campaign incase you get questionable once the game starts.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

What happened during Trump's second term, and how did the Dems only pick up 1 Senate seat?

Jaguar4Life is writing the Timeline for this game. The senate was a really hard fought place in 2018 and 2020 with the dems just out of reach twice.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

May I switch to Paul Ryan?

granted

[Huey Long is a Republican]

May I switch to Paul Ryan?

granted

Should I go ahead and make my announcement speech?

yes

[Huey Long is a Republican]

What's Joe Kennedy's status? Beto O'Rourke? Did either of them ascend to statewide office?

Beto lost in a landslide in 2018 to Cruz and lost his house seat in 2020.

Joe Kennedy III is still a Senator though he is still seen as too young by many

[Huey Long is a Republican]

What's Joe Kennedy's status? Beto O'Rourke? Did either of them ascend to statewide office?

Beto lost in a landslide in 2018 to Cruz and lost his house seat in 2020.

Joe Kennedy III is still a Senator though he is still seen as too young by many

O'Rourke's district is D+17, I highly doubt he loses it under any circumstances (unless he lost the D primary).

Bingo

[Huey Long is a Republican]

What's Joe Kennedy's status? Beto O'Rourke? Did either of them ascend to statewide office?

Beto lost in a landslide in 2018 to Cruz and lost his house seat in 2020.

Joe Kennedy III is still a Senator though he is still seen as too young by many

O'Rourke's district is D+17, I highly doubt he loses it under any circumstances (unless he lost the D primary).

Bingo

Who won that primary?

Boris Miles