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Carla Simpson (IN)/John Mallard (WV) - 321 EVs

Harry Johnston (NC)/Huey McVille (NJ) - 161 EVs

Steph Chen (NV)/Joanna Allison (AZ) - 56 EVs

The Parties

Whigs represent classical liberals, industrialists, burgeoning capitalists, and economic modernizers. They originate from the upper middle classes and merchant castes and find their strongest support in cities and suburbs. They believe a free market economy boosts national strength and social unity and see feudalism as ancient and inefficient.

Feudalists represent conservatives, aristocracy, landed gentry, and the wealthy old money of society. They believe in serfdom and strict class systems. They believe a strict caste-based way of life leads to social harmony and godliness. Very religious and socially conservative. They believe in a manorial economy and find their biggest support in the plantation south.

Pastoralists represent freemen, independent farmers, herders, steppe people, and Rocky mountain people. They believe in individualism and self-sufficiency and see feudalism and capitalism as predatory economic models that feast upon the toils of working people and serfs. Strongest in the mountain west.

Closest states

Virginia: 44.56% vs. 44.06%

Missouri: 42.92% vs. 42.00%

Arizona: 40.32% vs. 39.31%

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

2008: The Start of a New Political Era

Sen. Joe Lieberman/Fmr. House Min. Ldr. Dick Gephardt: 202 Electoral Votes, 30.0%
Gov. Sarah Palin/Rep. Hal Rogers. 210 Electoral Votes, 29.8%
Sen. Russ Feingold/Sen. Bernie Sanders:  90 Electoral Votes*, 25.6%
Mayor Michael Bloomberg/Sen. Chuck Hagel: 36 Electoral Vites, 14.3%


*Nebraska and it’s 1st Congressional District went to Bloomberg/Hagel (same with Maine and it’s first), also the Feingold/Sanders ticket won Vermont with 60.7% of the vote

The House selects Michael Bloomberg as President, the Senate selects Hal Rogers as VP

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Another map.  This time, we come to the 1996 election. 

Having been elected to two terms in office, incumbent President Dick Gephardt (D-MO) is ineligible to run again.  At the party convention, Democrats select VP Bruce Babbitt (D-AZ) to head their ticket; he subsequently chooses Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) as his running mate. 

On the other side of the aisle, Republicans are looking to bounce back from a historic defeat.  To accomplish this, the GOP goes with a relative unknown in Mr. Steve Forbes, a businessman from New York.  Forbes, a proponent of the "flat tax", selects Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) to be the Republican Party's nominee for VP.  Can the Forbes/Lugar ticket wrest control of the White House away from the Democrats?

To wit:

VP Bruce Babbitt/Senator Bob Kerrey: 287 EVs
Mr. Steve Forbes/Senator Richard Lugar: 251 EVs

In a result that is much closer than the 1992 election, Forbes and Lugar take a wide swath of the West; the South goes to the GOP ticket as well.  However, larger states such as California go into the column of Democrats Babbitt and Kerrey.  The two Republicans close the gap somewhat by taking Florida (with twenty-five electoral votes), but in the end, it is not enough.  As such, Democrats retain the White House with a small mandate, and will remain in power until at least the turn of the century. 

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2020: Trump doesn't seek reelection, opts to run Republican grassroots via New York and Mar-a-lago, Fla., Ryan-Pence wins election

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)/Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN)-333 EV/50.3%
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)/Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT)-205 EV/48.5%

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2020: Trump doesn't seek reelection, opts to run Republican grassroots via New York and Mar-a-lago, Fla., Ryan-Pence wins election

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)/Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN)-333 EV/50.3%
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)/Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT)-205 EV/48.5%

Harris/Bullock is a great ticket that is much more powerful than Ryan/Pence. Trump's base is not a fan of Ryan's and I don't see Ryan having an easy time with Michigan, Minnesota, or Pennsylvania.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

My #take on the above contest

Harris/Bullock
Ryan/Pence

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

My #take on the above contest

Harris/Bullock
Ryan/Pence

Montana won't flip before Georgia even with Bullock on the bottom of the ticket.

[WestVegeta]

Power Vaccuum: The 2028 Republican Primaries

Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska (25 contests won)

Gov. Carlos Curbelo of Florida (12 contests won)

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas (8 contests won)

Sen. Justin Amash of Michigan (6 contests won)

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

that's really cool! ^

[WestVegeta]

that's really cool! ^

Thanks fam, I'm considering writing a timeline for it

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

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Bit of a project I've been working on

Wiki Infobox (not sure if it goes here, but oh well ) :




The map itself:

The scenario is a world where the Americas are colonized by many more nations, and thus falls into a lot of sectarian and regional wars between colonial states. This hinders the democratic and social progress in the West, with a lot of anti-reformist and arch-conservative movements being prevalent.

Hudsonia is relatively prosperous, but has rampant electoral corruption. It's a noble republic, with many seats being inherited, as well as oddly populated (ranging from an unpopulated Central Park district to working class districts populated near 200,000 – though the median population in a district is about 40,000). Political machines, voter intimidation, bribery, and electoral fraud are all rampant, as well as an instituted non-secret ballot. The three largest parties are led by the landed class.

On a political compass, the parties are as follows. Authoritarian infers a pro-nobility and anti-democracy stance; libertarian refers to pro-democratization.


All in all, a very dreary scenario. I might make more of these countries, if there is any interest.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

There's an election inbox thread somewhere in the recent pages of this board! @Hcp

[Progressive Pessimist]

Power Vaccuum: The 2028 Republican Primaries

Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska (25 contests won)

Gov. Carlos Curbelo of Florida (12 contests won)

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas (8 contests won)

Sen. Justin Amash of Michigan (6 contests won)

Senator Justin Amash? I hope we're spared of that in real life.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

8:30 calls of the gubernatorial races of 2018.

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2016

Gov. Dan Farber (R-NH)/Sen. Melissa Sumner (R-ND) - 532 EVs - 43%

Vice Pres. Max Carter (D-TX)/Fmr. Sen. Maria Bosch (D-NY) - 3 EVs - 34%

Sen. Matt Vanderson (Democratic Labor-IL)/Sen. John Maher (DL-NV) - 3 EVs - 23%

2020

Sen. Stella Connally (D-NY)/Fmr. Sec. Josh Marquez (D-NC) - 533 EVs - 49%

Ret. Gen. Tom Easton (American-LA)/Ms. Amy DiRomeo (A-CT) - 5 EVs - 26%

Pres. Dan Farber (R-NH)/Vice Pres. Melissa Sumner (R-ND) - 0 EVs - 25%

2024 Election

Pres. Stella Connally (D-NY)/Vice Pres. Josh Marquez (D-NC) - 477 EVs - 48%

Mr. Gerry Douglas (A-KY)/Mr. Nate Goussier (A-WV) - 60 EVs - 35%

Fmr. Sen. Alice McMurrow (R-NE)/Fmr. Sec. John Goodwin - 1 EV - 17%

2028

Vice Pres. Josh Marquez (D-NC)/Sen. Toni Sheridan (D-NM) - 399 EVs - 52%

Sen. Patrick Hill (A-TX)/Sen. Trish Stevensen (A-MI) - 139 EVs - 43%

Fmr. Gov. Harrison Roland (R-OR)/Rep. Cindy Morris (R-FL) - 0 EVs - 5%

[WestVegeta]

Nice McAmerica map there

[Sir Mohamed]

2016: Drumpf runs as Democrat on Bernie's platform.

Democratic nomination:

✓ Businessman Donald Trump (D-NY): 53.4%
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY): 45.0%

General election against Lyin' Ted:

✓ Businessman Donald Trump (D-NY)/Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH): 354 EVs.; 52.8%
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)/Businesswoman Carly Fiorina (R-CA): 184 EVs.; 45.8%

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To quote Monty Python, "and now for something completely different", LOL. 

This is a "what-if" with a re-imagined CSA.  Virginia is defined as a Confederate state, but not West Virginia.  Texas is split in two, with the eastern portion being Confederate, and having fourteen electoral votes.  Please ignore the non-southern states, LOL. 

There are one hundred and thirty votes in the CSA electoral college; sixty-eight votes are needed for a majority. 

No big intro to this (1976) race.  To wit:

George Wallace (D-AL): 65 EVs
X Strom Thurmond (R-SC): 70 EVs

X = winner

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

To quote Monty Python, "and now for something completely different", LOL. 

This is a "what-if" with a re-imagined CSA.  Virginia is defined as a Confederate state, but not West Virginia.  Texas is split in two, with the eastern portion being Confederate, and having fourteen electoral votes.  Please ignore the non-southern states, LOL. 

There are one hundred and thirty votes in the CSA electoral college; sixty-eight votes are needed for a majority. 

No big intro to this (1976) race.  To wit:

George Wallace (D-AL): 65 EVs
X Strom Thurmond (R-SC): 70 EVs

X = winner

So this?

[FairBol]

Yeah, that works, LOL

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

why does Thurmond lose SC?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Even after the edits, it makes no sense.

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)/Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - 358 EVs - 49.67%

Pres. Donald Trump (R-NY)/Vice Pres. Mike Pence (R-IN) - 174 EVs - 41.33%

Mr. Evan McMullin (I-UT)/Rep. Mia Love (R-UT)- 6 EVs - 8.31%

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Another try with the CSA.  This time, it's 1980.  Democrats nominate Cliff Finch (former governor of Mississippi), and President Strom Thurmond (R-SC) runs for re-election as a GOPer.  (Note to self: you might want to rename the parties, LOL)

Anywho....

X Gov. Cliff Finch (D-MS): 90 EVs
Pres. Strom Thurmond (R-SC): 45 EVs

X = winner

To paraphrase Brock Lesnar, it's landslide city, baby.