1972- Change. Again. (General Election TL)

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

This election was indeed, an interesting one. President King has had a great legacy with Civil Rights and such, yet his war in Vietnam has caused rifts among the American Public. Both major party candidates are vehemently against the war, though Bayh is more experienced, the public loves McCloskey. Let's see if the GOP can take the White House in November.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Bayh/Carter as a protest vote.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bayh!

[Intell]

Still don't think King would enter Vietnam.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Still don't think King would enter Vietnam.

[Mr. Smith]

McCloskey

I like both sides for once, so I'm tactically voting to keep the GOP from going to the right.

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

30 minutes left!

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

1 hour whoops I accidentally blocked it XD

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

The U.S Presidential Election of 1972:

Senator Birch Bayh/Governor Jimmy Carter: 328 Electoral Votes 53.8%
Representative Pete McCloskey/Governor Nelson Rockefeller: 210 Electoral Votes
46.2%

The 1972 Campaign was fiercely interesting. President King's unpopular war in Vietnam dominated the campaign, with both candidates fiercely opposing it. The anti-war rhetoric of both parties in the war nearly drafted Secretary of State Dean Rusk to enter the race, at which for a short period he explored, then denied to run. The campaign was mostly decided by experience and personality. Bayh of course won this by a close, yet decisive margin.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I'm confused... given the results of the popular vote, how is it possible (mathematically) for Bayh to have carried most of his states with pluralities of less than 50% (and less than 40% in SD)? According to the above post, the two major parties won roughly 100.0% of all ballots cast. This means that the most any third party candidate could have won is .04% of the national popular vote (any more would round up to .1%, which would yield a cumulative total of 100.1% nationally when added to the totals for Bayh and McCloskey). The above map, however, suggests an unusually strong third party bid, one strong enough to keep the winning candidate under 50% in 19 states and with remarkable cross-regional strength. Unless you're using a different shading key than most of the maps on Atlas, I just don't see how that adds up.

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

I'm confused... given the results of the popular vote, how is it possible (mathematically) for Bayh to have carried most of his states with pluralities of less than 50% (and less than 40% in SD)? According to the above post, the two major parties won roughly 100.0% of all ballots cast. This means that the most any third party candidate could have won is .04% of the national popular vote (any more would round up to .1%, which would yield a cumulative total of 100.1% nationally when added to the totals for Bayh and McCloskey). The above map, however, suggests an unusually strong third party bid, one strong enough to keep the winning candidate under 50% in 19 states and with remarkable cross-regional strength. Unless you're using a different shading key than most of the maps on Atlas, I just don't see how that adds up.

sry I accidentally messed it up XD