OTL 2020 Interactive Election Game

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Trump/Pence: 306/46.1%
Clinton/Kaine: 232/48.2%



Result of 2018 Midterms

Republican Control of Senate: 54-46
Republican Control of House: 234-204

On November 8th, 2016, Donald J Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a Election result that is very reminiscent of 1948

Presidency of Donald Trump: January 2017-August 2019

- Trump pulls out of TPP (Jan 23rd, 2017)

- Neil Gorsuch appointment to Supreme Court (April 7, 2017)

- Trump pulls out of Paris Climate Agreement (June 1, 2017)

- Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel (December 6th, 2017)

- Tax Cuts passed (December 20th, 2017)

- Trump end STV (January 5th, 2018)

- Net Neutrality killed (March 17th, 2018)

- Obamacare total repeal (June 17th, 2018)

- Trump Border Wall begins Construction (September 9th, 2018)

- Russia investigation ended by Muller with no conclusive evidence. (October 12th, 2018)

- Trump Pulls out of NAFTA (November 8th, 2018)

- Dakota access pipeline begins being built (November 11th, 2018)

- US led coalition finds and kills Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (December 8th, 2018)

- DOW Jones reaches even higher record high and Unemployment reaches record low (December 23rd, 2018)

- North Korea and Iran ends their own Nuclear programs due to an unpredictable Trump (January 7th, 2019)

- Iranian citizens rise up against corrupt Government to start the 2nd Iranian Revolution or Anti-Islamic Revolution for a Democracy in Iran (March 12, 2019)

- North Korea enters Unification talks with South Korea due to pressure from China, Japan, Russia, and the United States on both countries (April 9, 2019)

- Trump announces US support in terms of Political Support to Iranian Rebels (June 12, 2019)

- ISIS on the Back end and nearing defeat after Baghdadi's death (July 2nd, 2019)

- Trump Border Wall 25% Complete (July 12th, 2019)

Trump Approval Rating: 58% - 32% - 10%

Trump Job Approval: 67% - 27% - 6%

Trump chances against Challengers: 87% - 10%

Polling:

Trump: 55%
Generic Democrat: 40%
Unsure: 5%

Important:

Phil Bredesen defeats Marsha Blackburn for TN Senate seat [+1 DEM gain]

GOP captures both Minnesota Senate Seats
[+2 GOP gain]


Current GOP Candidates:
President Donald Trump (R-NY) [Evans]
Mr. Ben Shapiro (R-CA) [x-Guy]
Mrs. Carly Fiorina (R-TX) [terp40hitch]


Current DEM Candidates:
Former Rep. Jason Kander (D-MO) [Grassr00ts]
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) [The Govanah Jake]
Mrs. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) [JasonHitchcock]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) [MB]
Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) [Bagel23]
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) [Attempting Life]
Mrs. Oprah Winfrey (D-CA) [NOTTYLER]


Possible GOP Candidates (Among others):
Former Governor John Kasich



Possible Democratic Candidates (Among Others)
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Former VPOTUS Joe Biden
Mrs. Oprah Winfrey
Senator Tim Kaine
Senator Kristen Gillibrand

OOC: this is going to be a Shared Election Game between me and Jaguar4life

Trump has a great Economy and a successful war behind him and usually, it's hard to defeat an incumbent with just one of those behind them, let alone both. This will be as fair and unbiased as possible, however.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Doug!

He is now in

[Huey Long is a Republican]

You know what? I'll try this for a bit.

Mark Cuban as a Republican, please.

Welcome

[Huey Long is a Republican]

You know what? I'll try this for a bit.

Mark Cuban as a Republican, please.

Welcome

Thanks

This is my first time doing an election game, so very sorry if I don't get it at first.

It's fine. Just think about what Cuban would speak about as Campaign issues and the like

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Trump

You have the best polls

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Game will start when we have at least 1 more Republican and 5 more Democrats

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Jason Kander

Welcome!!!

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Sherrod Brown

Welcome!

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Only 1 more Republican and 3 more democrats left until we start

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Was Jason Kander elected to the House in this tl? Not bein like an a55 I’m jw my dude, but this tl is interesting

It's OTL with a few future predictions so yes, he was elected to the house and served from 2009-2013.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Governor Gwen Graham is who I would like.

Actually, she isn't a governor. She lost to a surprise Republican candidate. I will create a list of the Most important governors to know in 2019. Still, you're in.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Sure

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Governor Gwen Graham is who I would like.

Actually, she isn't a governor. She lost to a surprise Republican candidate. I will create a list of the Most important governors to know in 2019. Still, you're in.

it isn't in writing anywhere. won't you prioritize people wanting a candidate over what you think the results are? Because otherwise, I am not playing.

Alright, it's fixed.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Governor Gwen Graham is who I would like.

Actually, she isn't a governor. She lost to a surprise Republican candidate. I will create a list of the Most important governors to know in 2019. Still, you're in.

it isn't in writing anywhere. won't you prioritize people wanting a candidate over what you think the results are? Because otherwise, I am not playing.

Alright, it's fixed.

thanks a lot! I wouldn't be so stubborn except I already wrote up an announcement speech

Kk.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

does everyone think we should start now?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

At least 2 more dems might make this better.

Maybe. If we don't get 2 more DEMs by 5 PM EST, I'll Post a News article and the first turn will begin today.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

you can Post Introduction campaign speeches, btw.

Here is the rules:

- 3-5 Endorsements per turn

- Turns 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be August, September October, and November respectfully. Turn 5 to the rest of the turns will be anywhere from a week to 2 weeks depending on the primaries before we stabilize at the General Election.

- Only 3-6 ads if you're polling at or above 10%

- Debates will be posted once the turns will be posted. There will be 4 Republican Debates and 8 Democratic debates

- Every action you do has a consequence, so be very careful with what you do. Do the wrong thing and you may fall in the polls and never recover.

-Debates can give a 5-15% polling boost for a candidate for 1-3 turns if they are perceived to have won the debate or place in 2nd (for the dems). Despite this, if you are hit enough times by attack ads, you don't campaign for a while, or you have a very big Gaffe, your boost may go down to zero and it may even be followed by a polling drain.

- A turn is 72-120 hours long, depending on if extension are needed.

Hope everyone is caught up now.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

TURN 1: WELCOME TO AUGUST 2019

IRANIAN REBELS SEIZE TEHRAN AFTER A BITTER FIGHT FOR THE NATION’S CAPITAL

As of last night on July 30th, Iranian rebels successfully captured the city of Tehran and raised their flag and declared the city the capital of the Republic of Persia, in reference to Iran’s name before the Islamic Revolution that deposed the shah in 1979. Casualties for the battle for the city that has been going on for a few weeks as of right now are unknown but it’s estimated to be in the tens of thousands. Without a capital, the Ayatollah has fled the country and found refuge in the stabilizing Syria as pro-ayatollah forces are decimated by the rebels.

TRUMP’S BORDER WALL IS 1/4TH OF THE WAY COMPLETE

Trump’s border Wall that he talked about on the campaign trail in 2016 is 25% of the way complete and so far has went from California to Arizona. The president hopes that Congress will sign the bill that allows the next quarter of the wall, which stretches from Arizona to New Mexico, to be built and a vote on that is will happen on the 15th.

ISIL ON LAST LEGS, EXPERTS SAY

Very recently, the battle against ISIL or ISIS  has shown much fruit with President Trump tweeting in 2018, “When you Democrats all said that I wasn’t a winner and that ISIS would actually win against us since I’m president, I ask you what do you think now.” and, in truth, ISIS has gone rather well with no major cities left under ISIL control in 2017 and ISIS fighters completely kicked out of Iraq in mid 2018. Russian and Syrian forces are converging on the last remnants of ISIS and experts say it’ll be a turkey shoot.

SENATOR PHIL BREDESEN VOTES YES ON NEW HEALTHCARE BILL

Senator Phil Bredesen, who defeated Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn with 20% more of the vote during the 2018 Race for former Senator Lamar Alexander’s seat, has voted Yes on the new Healthcare Bill, making it 51-49. The new bill, which will take effect in October, is a much more modified version of the previous Graham cassidy bill that failed to pass in 2017. Many Democrats have called senator Bredesen a traitor but his supporters in Tennessee say that it’s good to see a Senator actually do their job and work for america and not their party.

SYRIAN, IRAQI, IRANIAN, AND TURKISH KURDS DEMANDS REFERENDUM

A recent Kurdish Nationalist movement has taken the Middle east by storm as thousands march in the streets to demand their independence. The Republic of Persia, which holds the Iranian Kurds have announced they will be happy to allow this referendum and will not be against a successful referendum and allow the Kurds to leave peacefully if they want to while in Iraq, it seems that President Trump has kind of pressured the Iraq government into supporting this referendum as in the past the Iraqi government has not been keen on giving the Kurds any more Autonomy in the past. Surprisingly, even Syria is agreeing with this, most likely because Russia wants to stay on good terms with President Trump. So far, only Turkey has denounced the Movement and have even jailed several kurds because it is disrespectful of President Erdogan. The Referendum is Expected to take place on August 19th in Iran/Persia, August 23rd in Iraq, and on August 27th in Syria.

2019 PARTY PRIMARIES SET TO BEGIN TO GET READY FOR THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION

As of today, August 1st, the 2019 Republican and Democratic Primaries has officially begun. Despite some strong Democrats being floated around, President Trump boasts a strong economy, a successful foreign policy, successful tax reform, and even admittance from the Media that he is a legitimately good president and is the favorite to win both the primaries and the general in a landslide unless something dramatic really happens.

August 2019 GOP Primary: Businessman vs Business President

Instead of the expected challenge from former Ohio Governor John Kasich, the surprise challenge of Businessman Mark Cuban has appeared out of nowhere, stunning most Republicans and even some Democrats because there were thoughts that Cuban was either going to run as an independent or a Democrat. Still, this shock doesn’t affect much and Trump so far looks good in the polls against Cuban and, as of right now, is certainly the favorite to win.

GOP National Poll:
Trump: 80%
Cuban: 8%
Unsure: 12%

GOP Iowa Poll:
Trump: 70%
Cuban: 12%
Unsure: 18%

GOP Florida Poll:
Trump: 68%
Cuban: 24%
Unsure: 8%

GOP Nevada Poll:
Trump: 62%
Cuban: 13%
Unsure: 25%

GOP South Carolina Poll:
Trump: 87%
Cuban: 7%
Unsure: 6%

GOP New Hampshire Poll:
Trump: 56%
Cuban: 34%
Unsure: 10%

August 2019 DEM Primary: War for the Party

The Democratic Party of 2019 seems like it could be like the GOP in 2012 with a large plethora of Candidates running for the chance to challenge President Trump and unseat him from the Presidency. Of the current candidates, there is 2 year strong Senator Doug Jones of Alabama who, in the past year, has built himself up to be a prime Conservative Democrat. Next is Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio who has shown himself to be quite the Liberal and thus appeals to the many liberals in the Democratic Party. Then, we have Former Representative of Missouri Jason Kander who had been Secretary of State for Missouri for 4 years before his governor left office due to term limits and he hopes to appeal to both Liberals and Conservatives of the party. Finally, there is Newly elected Governor Gwen Graham of Michigan whom appeals to all the progressives of the Democratic Party as well as Blue Collar workers in the MidWest. So far, Sherrod Brown has taken an early lead with Gwen Graham Being at a Moderate Second.

DEM National Polling:
Brown: 34%
Graham: 26%
Kander: 18%
Jones: 7%
Unsure: 15%


DEM Iowa Polling:
Brown: 45%
Graham: 29%
Kander: 15%
Jones: 8%
Unsure: 3%


DEM New Hampshire Polling:
Brown: 52%
Graham: 36%
Kander: 6%
Jones: 4%
Unsure: 2%


DEM Nevada Polling:
Brown: 41%
Graham: 29%
Kander: 15%
Jones: 9%
Unsure: 6%


DEM Florida Polling:
Brown: 45%
Graham: 20%
Kander: 15%%
Jones: 15%
Unsure: 5%


DEM South Carolina Polling:
Graham: 47%
Jones: 30%
Kander: 10%
Brown: 10%
Unsure: 3%







PRESIDENT TRUMP V GENERIC DEMOCRAT IN 2020 AS OF AUGUST 2019

Trump: 53%
Generic Democrat: 35%
Independent: 7%
Unsure: 5%

[Huey Long is a Republican]

1st REPUBLICAN DEBATE



All Republican Candidates are invited to Attend. You Can reply to other Candidates but don’t make them 10 post arguments. Be sure to spell and reference everything carefully as any mistake you make will become a Gaffe. President Trump will be able to not attend the debate and not get a hit.


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Closing Statement

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1st DEMOCRATIC DEBATE



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Closing Statements

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Turn 1 starts from now till either Monday or (if an extension is needed) Wednesday

[Huey Long is a Republican]

bumping for the players

[Huey Long is a Republican]

ok then, but why is brown already have a fifty point ead in my home state?

He has more Name recognition than the other 3. If someone like Biden or Sanders were in, the race in Florida would be a bit closer (Like Brown would be in the 40 percentile while Biden or Benie wqould be 5 points above). the beginning really depends on Name recognition but as you campaign and do great in debates, you will see your poll numbers rise and your opponent's numbers fall.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

ok then, but why is brown already have a fifty point ead in my home state?

He has more Name recognition than the other 3. If someone like Biden or Sanders were in, the race in Florida would be a bit closer (Like Brown would be in the 40 percentile while Biden or Benie wqould be 5 points above). the beginning really depends on Name recognition but as you campaign and do great in debates, you will see your poll numbers rise and your opponent's numbers fall.

I gotta admit, Gwen Graham behind Brown by 50pts in a Florida primary is bs.

Hey man, could we like... I do believe Sherrod Brown would be ahead nationally too, but not by that much. I believe in SC, under these circumstances, it would be a Graham vs Jones race

Fixed and modified. Your criticism has been taken into account.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

One more day left in this turn unless anyone needs an extension (others can join, but they will be considered a late joiner)