1952:
Thomas E. Dewey (NY)/Earl Warren (CA) (Republican) 403 evs 42.52% pvRichard Russell Jr. (GA)/John Sparkman (AL) (Democratic) 65 evs 26.62% pvAdlai E. Stevenson II (IL)/Robert S. Kerr (OK) (Progressive) 63 evs 30.86% pvThere are some regional third parties running, but the third party vote is so insignificant it barely registers. Due to general satisfaction with the Dewey administration, the GOP wins a landslide.
1956:
Lyndon B. Johnson (TX)/Ronald Reagan (CA) (Democratic) 280 evs 36.23% pvAdlai E Stevenson II (IL)/Nelson Rockefeller (NY) (Progressive) 156 evs 33.43% pvHenry Cabot Lodge Jr. (MA)/Richard M. Nixon (CA) (Republican) 95 evs 30.34% pvThird party vote is almost nil. Democrats win campaigning on the economy (unemployment growing, plus selling the Democratic position as the rational position compared to the laissez faire philosophy of the Republican Party and the staunch government interventionalist Progressive Party) and the need for a big military budget (GOP and Progressive Parties are both historically anti big military budget). The presence of New York Progressive Senator Nelson Rockefeller helps the Progressive Party win New York and Illinois for the first time since 1940.
1960:
Nelson Rockefeller (NY)/Hiram Fong (HI) (Progressive) 299 evs 33.89% pvLyndon B. Johnson (TX)/Ronald Reagan (CA) (Democratic) 148 evs 33.45% pvWilliam Scranton (PA)/Margaret Chase Smith (ME) (Republican) 91 evs 32.66% pvAlthough the Progressive ticket of Nelson Rockefeller and Hiram Fong won a decisive electoral victory over the Democratic and Republican tickets, the popular vote was very close between all three tickets. The popularity of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the previous administrations failure to end the job slump started during the Dewey administration, helped the Progressives win their first presidential election in 20 years.
1964:
Richard M. Nixon (CA)/John Chafee (RI) (Republican) 456 evs 49.72% pvBarry Goldwater (AZ)/John G. Tower (TX) (Democratic) 42 evs 26.21% pvMichael Mansfield (MT)/William Proxmire (WI) (Progressive) 40 evs 24.07% pvRockefeller become involved in an affair with a woman named Happy and it destroys his marriage, as well as any chance of him winning re-election. Revelations about vice president Hiram Fong's past as a transexual hooker come to light also, dooming any chance he has of succeeding Rockefeller. Instead the quite leftist ticket of Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana and fellow Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin win the nod. The conservative faction wins over the moderate faction in the Democratic party. The end result: Two extremist tickets against the quite moderate Republican ticket of former Senator Richard M. Nixon of California and Governor John Chafee of Rhode Island.
1968:
Eugene McCarthy (MN)/George McGovern (SD) (Progressive) 229 evs 35.79% pvRonald Reagan (CA)/Robert F. Kennedy (MA) (Democratic) 227 evs 36% pvRichard M. Nixon (NY)/John Chafee (RI) (Republican) 82 evs 28.21% pvNone of the candidates get an electoral majority. It is revealed that Nixon ordered political opponents to be wiretapped and this annhilates the GOP's chances at election. The election goes to the House and Senate 24 years after the last time this situation occured. It would all depend on the makeup of Congress after the election:
Senate:
The Senate ends up with a Republican minority (about 31 seats), a Democratic medium (33 seats), and a Progressive majority (36 seats). Since most of the nation is already pissed at Nixon, enough Republicans go over to the McGovern camp to get a majority rule. George McGovern, via the Senate (53-42-5), is now Vice President elect of the United States.
House:
The House ends up having a Republican minority, a Progressive medium, and a Democratic majority. Like the Senate, it all depends on who the GOP representatives decide who is the lesser evil between Ronald Reagan and Eugene McCarthy. The end result is shocking:
Ronald Reagan 27 statesEugene McCarthy 14 statesRichard Nixon 9 statesWith a very slim majority, Ronald Reagan is elected by the House as the next President of the United States of America. This would mean that the executive branch would have the Democrat Ronald Reagan, who is the face of the new conservative movement, as president and his vice president would be Progressive George McGovern, who is nicknamed "Mr. Progressive". The next four years would be VERY interesting. People are surprised at how resistant some of the GOP was to voting for either Reagan or McCarthy, voting Nixon (alot of the congressmen who voted so later said they personally didn't like Nixon, but couldn't stomach voting for either Reagan or McCarthy) instead of voting for either of the lesser of two evils.
