Post Random Maps Here 2.0.

[morgankingsley]

1952 if Stevenson won his home state of Illinois

Dwight Eisenhower - 295 electoral votes / 50.18 percent popular vote

Adlai Stevenson - 236 electoral votes /  49.33 percent popular vote

Funny enough, in both 1952 and 1956 in this timeline, Eisenhower is the one that loses his home state. This was also what the polls were predicting the race to be actually in 1952. The race was expected to be decided by one point unlike the 10 point it was in real life

[bagelman]

Trump wins all states in blue where he did at least 7 rallies. He loses all states were he did less than 6, leaving TX too close to call.

[morgankingsley]

1944 if Dewey had won his home state of New York

Thomas Dewey - 281 electoral votes / 48.49 percent popular vote
Franklin Roosevelt - 250 electoral votes / 50.79 percent popular vote

Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first candidate since 1876 to win an absolute majority of the popular vote but lose the electoral college

[alancia]

United States Presidential Election, 2016 (My Campaign Trail Game)

Businessman Donald Trump / Fmr. Senator Scott Brown: 357 EV's / 68,938,994 / 52.82%
Fmr. SOS Hillary Clinton / Sen. Cory Booker: 181 EV's / 57,727,431 / 44.23%
Others: 0 EV's / 3,858,537 / 2.95%

The 2016 election is remembered as one the biggest turnarounds in American politics. Donald Trump won the Republican nomination after a campaign marked by his divisive statements. However, once the general election started Trump struck a moderate tone to his campaign without leaving some conservative credentials, centering his message on a populist, anti-establishment message.

His opponent, Hillary Clinton, had also just won a long primary with populist senator Bernie Sanders. Clinton, seemingly destined to be the first female president, faltered to her Republican challenger. Hillary's long history in politics made her an easy target, along with her scandals and past actions. Furthermore, a poor debate perfomance, several terrorist attacks in Europe and fainting on stage contributed to a defeat that is widely seen as a rebuke to Obama's presidency.

Donald Trump managed to flip the Rust Belt by double digits, and score victories in leaning states like Colorado and Nevada. The biggest surprises were Minnesota and Connecticut, which gave their electors for a Republican for the first time in decades. Trump also got close in NJ, OR and DE.

Swing State Results

Ohio: 3,095,424 / 56.23% /// 2,289,487 / 41.59%

Florida: 4,718,288 / 55.24% /// 3,730,813 / 43.68%

Wisconsin: 1,657,332 / 55.23% /// 1,292,478 / 43.07%

New Hampshire: 398,492 / 54.91% /// 314,738 / 43.37%

Pennsylvania: 3,325,531 / 54.22% /// 2,666,303 / 43.47%

Virginia: 2,136,561 / 54.19% /// 1,736,033 / 44.03%

Iowa: 878,064 / 54.15% /// 704,863 / 43.47%
 
Michigan: 2,568,449 / 54.13% /// 2,099,876 / 44.26%

Minnesota: 1,540,563 / 49.84% /// 1,404,311 / 45.44%

Connecticut: 788,374 / 49.52% /// 782,791 / 49.17%

Nevada: 530,185 / 49.44% /// 509,692 / 47.53%

Colorado: 1,341,469 / 49.28% /// 1,198,915 / 44.04%

Maine-AL: 356,852 / 48.07% /// 348,256 / 46.91%

Oregon: 887,056 / 46.87% /// 875,458 / 46.26%

New Jersey: 1,890,650 / 49.79% /// 1,845,377 / 48.70%

Delaware: 200,814 / 49.47% /// 194,185 / 47.84%

Illinois: 2,715,740   / 49.31% /// 2,613,990   / 47.46%

You should make a timeline out of this

Mmm, I probably should haha. Perhaps soon.

[mcmikk]

Allow me to flood your screen with various random Wisconsin maps:



GOP Senate Primary Results, Red = Vukmir, Yellow = Nicholson



Dem Gov Primary Results, Blue = Evers, Green = Vinehout, Orange = Mitchell



Dem Lt Gov Primary Results, Green = Barnes, Blue = Kober



1992 Dem Senate Primary Results, Blue = Feingold, Green = Joe Checota

[morgankingsley]

1940 if Willkie had won his home state of New York

Franklin Roosevelt - 361 electoral votes / 52.94 percent popular vote
Wendell Willkie - 170 electoral votes / 46.58 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1936 if Landon won his home state of Kansas

Franklin Roosevelt - 510 electoral votes / 56.8 percent popular vote
Alf Landon - 21 electoral votes / 40.54 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

2016 if Johnson had won his home state of New Mexico

I wasn't originally planning to do this map, but since I was asked to, I will do it here. Despite what I said about the five percent threshold, I will do the maps if I am directly directly to do so.

For this map, instead of the swing formula I do for the normal maps, I am adding 35 percent to every single state for Johnson, taking 20 from Trump and 15 Clinton. Johnson obviously wins the popular vote in this case, but the electoral I am not so sure.

Gary Johnson - 304 electoral votes / 38.28 percent popular vote
Hillary Clinton - 160 electoral votes / 33.18 percent popular vote
Donald Trump - 74 electoral votes / 26.09 percent popular vote

Gary Johnson becomes the first ever third party candidate to win the election.

I bet people would be shocked at this. Would make the results in our timelime seem normal

[morgankingsley]

1932 if Hoover won his home state of California

Herbert Hoover - 306 electoral votes / 50.20 percent popular vote
Franklin Roosevelt - 225 electoral votes / 46.86 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1928 if Smith won his home state of New York

Herbert Hoover - 399 electoral votes / 56.7 percent popular vote
Al Smith - 132 electoral votes / 42.3 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1924 if Davis won his home state of West Virginia

Calvin Coolidge - 344 electoral votes / 51.34 percent popular vote
John Davis - 165 electoral votes / 31.52 percent popular vote
Robert La Follette - 22 electoral votes / 16.61 percent popular vote

Despite LaFollette having the same percent popular vote, the swing for Davis gave him those extra two states as a result of those being under the amount the swing was.

[morgankingsley]

1920 if Cox won Ohio

Warren Harding - 296 electoral votes / 50.32 percent popular vote
James Cox - 235 electoral votes / 44.15 percent popular vote

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Minimum Dukakis victory map (assuming uniform improvement nationwide):

Dukakis/Bentsen 280
Bush/Quayle 258

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Minimum Mondale victory map (assuming uniform improvement nationwide):

Mondale/Ferraro 275
Reagan/Bush 263

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Minimum Goldwater victory:

Goldwater/Miller 276
Johnson/Humphrey 262

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Stephenson 1956:

Stephenson/Kefauver 272
Eisenhower/Nixon 259

[morgankingsley]

1916 if Wilson won his home state of New Jersey

Woodrow Wilson - 476 electoral votes / 55.2 percent popular vote
Charles Huges - 55 electoral votes / 40.1 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1912 if Taft won his home state of Ohio

Woodrow Wilson - 276 electoral votes / 34.09 percent popular vote
William Taft - 180 electoral votes / 30.67 percent popular vote
Theodore Roosevelt - 75 electoral votes / 27.4 percent popular vote
Eugene Debs - 0 electoral votes / 6 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1912 if Roosevelt won his home state of New York

Theodore Roosevelt - 306 electoral votes / 36.4 percent popular vote
Woodrow Wilson - 221 electoral votes / 32.84 percent
William Taft - 4 electoral votes / 23.17 percent popular vote
Eugene Debs - 0 electoral votes / 6 percent popular vote

I was honestly expecting that victory to be way bigger. Even in a Roosevelt victory, Wilson still gives it a good run for their money.

[morgankingsley]

1904 if Parker won his home state of New York

Theodore Roosevelt - 275 electoral votes / 50.42 percent popular vote
Alton Parker - 201 electoral votes / 43.59 percent popular vote

Despite losing the election, Parker is considered to put up one hell of a fight despite impossible odds and some thought for a early couple hours on election night that he might be able to pull off an upset after all.

[morgankingsley]

1900 if Bryan had won his home state of Nebraska

William McKinley - 281 electoral votes / 49.89 percent popular vote
William Jennings Bryan - 166 electoral votes / 47.27 percent popular vote.

[morgankingsley]

1892 if Harrison won his home state of Indiana

Grover Cleveland - 247 electoral votes / 45.37 percent popular vote
Benjamin Harrison - 174 electoral votes / 43.66 percent popular vote
James Weaver - 23 electoral votes / 8.51 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1980 if Hancock won his home state of Pennsylvania

Winfield Hancock - 244 electoral votes / 50.5 percent popular vote
James Garfield - 125 electoral votes / 46.02 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1872 if Greeley won his home state of New York

Ulysses S Grant - 205 electoral votes / 52.1 percent popular vote
Horace Greeley - 147 electoral votes / 47.3 percent popular vote

[DPKdebator]

An idea I had for a John McCain 2000 scenario:

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) / Senator John Warner (R-VA) - 293 EV, 49.1%
Vice President Albert Gore (D-TN) / Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) - 245 EV, 47.0%

Although Texas governor George W. Bush, son of former president George H.W. Bush, was considered by many pundits to be a shoo-in for the nomination, the moderate Senator John McCain of Arizona launched an insurgent campaign, using his status as a "maverick" to appeal to moderate and independent voters. In a heated primary race, McCain narrowly beat Bush to clinch the 2000 GOP nomination. McCain picked another moderate, Senator John Warner of Virginia, as his running mate, further emboldening his maverick status. This move also helped balance the ticket with a Southerner, a region that would surely be competitive with the Democrats' nomination of Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee.

McCain's branch of conservatism was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, a political idol of his, which is considered by political scientists as a huge repudiation of the religious right that had been increasingly dominant in the Republican Party since the 1980s. Al Gore, despite being the vice president of Bill Clinton, distanced himself from the president who was dogged with the Monica Lewinsky scandal. This hurt the Democratic ticket in the devoutly religious South, both due to the scandalous nature of Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky and Gore's distancing from the popular president.

On election night, McCain won with a closely contested election with 293 electoral votes to Gore's 245. McCain's moderate views played well in suburban areas, which he tended to win by decent margins. Gore eked out a win in his home state of Tennessee, but McCain washed away the rest of the South by varying margins. McCain also did well in the Northeast and Midwest, flipping Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Iowa. McCain's strongest regions were the Great Plains and Mountain West, where he got over 60% of the vote in many states there. On the West Coast, Gore won California and Washington, but McCain flipped Oregon. Many of Gore's supporters blamed the loss on Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, who was accused of siphoning votes off Gore in states like Florida, Maine, and Oregon.