Post Random Maps Here 2.0.

[Sirius_]

This is the result of the race w/ all Democratic candidates on and with every Republican that ran IRL 2016 off and all other Republicans on. Mitt Romney swept almost every state in the GOP primaries. Gillibrand was the dark horse of the primary, winning on the 11th DNC ballot. Gillibrand went on to win the election against the popular vote.
Highlights:
NM was 50.2-38.5
CO was R+0.4, won by <9000 votes
RI was R+0.2, won by <1000 votes
MT was 51.7-35.8-12.5
IA, VA were ~ R+2
NH was ~ R+4
FL was ~ R+8
In Indiana, Dems took a majority and won by 11% w/ Johnson at 7%

I would question Romney winning Oregon and Gillibrand winning Indiana but I've seen stranger results from this game.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

President, 2016

Fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) / Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) - 347 votes, 53.9%
Donald Trump (N.Y.) / Gov. Mike Pence (Ind.) - 191 votes, 43.0%

Senate, 2016

Democrats - 55 (+9)
Republicans - 45 (–9)

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Kamala!

Senator Kamala Harris/Fmr. Governor John Hickenlooper: 334 Electoral Votes, 49.6%
President Donald Trump/Vice President Mike Pence: 204 Electoral Votes, 44.3%

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Senate, 2016

Democrats - 55 (+9)
Republicans - 45 (–9)[/center]

Lee switches parties? Poor Misty Snow...

[DPKdebator]

Just a random set of maps that go from 2020 to 2052.

2020:

2024:

2028:

2032:

2036:

2040:

2044:

2048:

2052:

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Senate, 2016

Democrats - 55 (+9)
Republicans - 45 (–9)[/center]

Lee switches parties? Poor Misty Snow...

seems like a mistake to me.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Senate, 2016

Democrats - 55 (+9)
Republicans - 45 (–9)[/center]

Lee switches parties? Poor Misty Snow...

seems like a mistake to me.

I assumed as much, but I wanted to make the joke.

[Dr. MB]

Sherrod Brown/John Bel Edwards (D) – 426
Kris Kobach/Ben Carson (R) – 112

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

[snip]

Lee switches parties? Poor Misty Snow...

seems like a mistake to me.

I assumed as much, but I wanted to make the joke.

Oops! Haha

[wxtransit]

Marco Rubio (R-FL) - 305 EV, 72,920,445 (54.5%) PV
Bernie Sanders (D-VT) - 233 EV, 60,844,201 (45.5%) PV

Please help me explain how the heck this happened.

[West_Midlander]

Mulcair is the PM leading a coalition of 170 seats with the Greens. I suppose ITTL Harper brought Conservatives down a lot in the polls before resigning the party leadership (but not the Prime Ministership until Mulcair takes office). Trudeau is forced out as Liberal leader in favor of a more liberal alternative following his major upset loss to Mulcair, leading to an effective supermajority for the left and the NDP Government in the Parliament (with NDP+Liberal+Green+2 Independents cooperating most of the time, controlling over 80% of the chamber's seats).

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Marco Rubio (R-FL) - 305 EV, 72,920,445 (54.5%) PV
Bernie Sanders (D-VT) - 233 EV, 60,844,201 (45.5%) PV

Please help me explain how the heck this happened.

After successfully hacking the DNC's email servers, Russian agents (or maybe a three-hundred-pound guy in his basement, who knows?) move on to their next target: Atlas forum. In the media fallout resulting from the release of logs dating back to 2004, the public is transfixed by the posting history of one man, bronz4141, who becomes seen as a voice of reason in turbulent times. At last able to see that "both sides do it," the enlightened masses stride boldly to the polls on election day, scrawl "I am an independent" across their ballots, then close their eyes and mark a box at random. The result is a large electoral majority for Rubio, to whose name the voters' pens were magnetically drawn by the choice of Soothing Midwesterner Harold Stassen (RIP-MN) for vice president.

[Skill and Chance]

2018

House: 234D/201R (D+40)

Senate: 51R/49D (D+1 Net, MO, AZ, and NV flip)


2020

Donald Trump/Mike Pence 50.2%
Chris Murphy/Catherine Cortez Masto 48.5%

House: 223D/212R (R+11)
Senate: 50R/50D (D+1, CO flips)

Feb 2022: US stock market loses 65% of its value, recession begins

2022

House: 278D/157R (D+55)
Senate: 60D/40R (D+10, AK, AZ, LA, FL, GA, SC, NC, PA, and KS flip, UT flips to an Independent who caucuses with Democrats)

2024

Danica Roem (VA-GOV, elected 2021)/Beto O'Rourke (TX-GOV, elected 2022) 53.5% 430ish EV
Tom Cotton (AR-SEN)/Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) 37.4% 98ish EV
Evan McMullin (UT-SEN, elected 2022)/Ben Sasse (NE-SEN) 8.8% 10ish EV

House: 293D/142R (D+15)
Senate: 60D/40R (EVEN)

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

2024

Danica Roem (VA-GOV, elected 2021)/Beto O'Rourke (TX-GOV, elected 2022) 54.5% 430ish EV
Tom Cotton (AR-SEN)/Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) 38.4% 98ish EV
Evan McMullin (UT-SEN, elected 2022)/Ben Sasse (NE-SEN) 8.8% 10ish EV

House: 293D/142R (D+15)
Senate: 67D/33R (D+7, AK, MT, MS, NC, GA, KS flip, 2nd UT seat flips to Independent caucusing with Dems)

The BRIGHTEST timeline of all.

[Skill and Chance]

2024

Danica Roem (VA-GOV, elected 2021)/Beto O'Rourke (TX-GOV, elected 2022) 54.5% 430ish EV
Tom Cotton (AR-SEN)/Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) 38.4% 98ish EV
Evan McMullin (UT-SEN, elected 2022)/Ben Sasse (NE-SEN) 8.8% 10ish EV

House: 293D/142R (D+15)
Senate: 67D/33R (D+7, AK, MT, MS, NC, GA, KS flip, 2nd UT seat flips to Independent caucusing with Dems)

The BRIGHTEST timeline of all.

Basically assuming we're in a repeat of the 1920's right now, but with more polarization.  Maybe I should have Pence win in 2024 and then get destroyed in 2028 with a deep recession in progress to be more faithful to it?

Major mistake with the senate cycles here.  I should have Pence win narrowly in 2024 if I want that to be the result.

Edit: Senate cycle error corrected now.

[wxtransit]

Trump/Pence wins re-election in 2020 (2016 + MN, VA, ME, NH, minus MI and AZ). For the 2024 elections, Democrats are obviously favored. Bernie Sanders, who is somehow still alive, decides to launch yet another campaign. However, Cory Booker narrowly wins the Democratic nomination with the help of superdelegates, similar to the situation in 2016. Sanders realizes that 2024 might be the last chance for a win due to his age, and he launches an Independent campaign. Booker leads in the polls post-convention, however, Sanders' movement begins to gain steam. The following ensues:

Nikki Haley (R-SC) - 412 EV - 43.6% PV
Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 98 EV - 32.1% PV
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - 28 EV - 24.3% PV

Total "conservative-leaning" vote: 43.6%
Total "progressive-leaning" vote: 56.4%

Sanders over performs all predictions, and yet, falls short of winning in states that he polled close in. This lead to heavy vote-splitting between the two progressive factions, handing the Republicans the presidency yet again. Nikki Haley is inaugurated as the first female and Indian-American president.

[Skill and Chance]

Trump/Pence wins re-election in 2020 (2016 + MN, VA, ME, NH, minus MI and AZ). For the 2024 elections, Democrats are obviously favored. Bernie Sanders, who is somehow still alive, decides to launch yet another campaign. However, Cory Booker narrowly wins the Democratic nomination with the help of superdelegates, similar to the situation in 2016. Sanders realizes that 2024 might be the last chance for a win due to his age, and he launches an Independent campaign. Booker leads in the polls post-convention, however, Sanders' movement begins to gain steam. The following ensues:

Nikki Haley (R-SC) - 412 EV - 36.1% PV
Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 98 EV - 34.6% PV
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - 28 EV - 29.3% PV

Total "conservative-leaning" vote: 36.1%
Total "progressive-leaning" vote: 63.9%

Sanders over performs all predictions, and yet, falls short of winning in states that he polled close in. This lead to heavy vote-splitting between the two progressive factions, handing the Republicans the presidency yet again. Nikki Haley is inaugurated as the first female and Indian-American president.

So reverse 1912?  I don't think the PV would be anywhere near that close, though.  Haley would be over 40% with both left wing candidates in the 20's. 

[wxtransit]

Trump/Pence wins re-election in 2020 (2016 + MN, VA, ME, NH, minus MI and AZ). For the 2024 elections, Democrats are obviously favored. Bernie Sanders, who is somehow still alive, decides to launch yet another campaign. However, Cory Booker narrowly wins the Democratic nomination with the help of superdelegates, similar to the situation in 2016. Sanders realizes that 2024 might be the last chance for a win due to his age, and he launches an Independent campaign. Booker leads in the polls post-convention, however, Sanders' movement begins to gain steam. The following ensues:

Nikki Haley (R-SC) - 412 EV - 36.1% PV
Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 98 EV - 34.6% PV
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - 28 EV - 29.3% PV

Total "conservative-leaning" vote: 36.1%
Total "progressive-leaning" vote: 63.9%

Sanders over performs all predictions, and yet, falls short of winning in states that he polled close in. This lead to heavy vote-splitting between the two progressive factions, handing the Republicans the presidency yet again. Nikki Haley is inaugurated as the first female and Indian-American president.

So reverse 1912?  I don't think the PV would be anywhere near that close, though.  Haley would be over 40% with both left wing candidates in the 20's. 

Pretty much.

I was thinking that about the PV when I was writing that, but I was too tired

[Kamala]

2008: Total Eclipse of the Right

Obama/Biden break the 400 ceiling, being the first Dem ticket to do so in nearly 45 years.

Senate

Georgia: Jim Martin defeats Saxby Chambliss, 50.3-47.9
Kentucky: Bruce Lunsford defeats Mitch McConnell, 48.9-46.8
Mississippi Special (represented by DC): Ronnie Musgrove defeats Roger Wicker, 50.9-49.1

Specter switches parties in November 2008. Senate is 63-37 D-R.

House

AL-03: Joshua Segall unseats Mike Rogers
AK-AL: Ethan Berkowitz unseats Don Young
AZ-03: Bob Lord unseats John Shadegg
CA-03: Bill Durston unseats Dan Lungren
CA-04: Charles Brown defeats Tom McClintock
CA-44: Bill Hedrick unseats Ken Calvert
CA-46: Debbie Cook unseats Dana Rohrabacher
CA-50: Nick Leibham unseats Brian Bilbray
FL-25: Joe Garcia unseats Mario Diaz-Balart
IL-06: Jill Morgenthaler unseats Peter Roskam
IL-10: Daniel Seals unseats Mark Kirk
IL-13: Scott Harper unseats Judy Biggert
IL-18: Colleen Callahan defeats Aaron Schock
KY-02: David Boswell defeats Brett Guthrie
LA-02: Karen Carter unseats Bill Jefferson in the runoff
LA-04: Paul Carmouche defeats John Fleming
LA-06: Don Cazayoux holds off Bill Cassidy
MI-11: Jospeh Larkin unseats Thaddeus McCotter
MN-03: Ashwin Madia defeats Erik Paulsen
MN-06: Elwyn Tinklenberg unseats Michele Bachmann
MO-06: Kay Barnes unseats Sam Graves
MO-09: Judy Baker defeats Blaine Luetkemeyer
NE-02: Jim Esch unseats Lee Terry
NV-02: Jill Derby unseats Dean Heller
NJ-07: Linda Stender defeats Leonard Lance
NY-26: Kathy Hochul defeats Christopher Lee
OH-02: Victoria Wulsin unseats Jean Schmidt and David Krikorian
PA-06: Bob Roggio unseats Jim Gerlach
SC-01: Linda Ketner unseats Henry E. Brown Jr.
SC-02: Robert Miller unseats Joe Wilson
TX-07: Michael Skelly unseats John Culberson
TX-10: Larry Joe Doherty unseats Michael McCaul
TX-22: Nick Lampson holds off Pete Olson
WA-08: Darcy Burner unseats David Reichert
WV-02: Anne Barth unseats Shelley Moore Capito
WY-AL: Gary Trauner defeats Cynthia Lummis

House is balanced at 293-142 D-R. Democrats hold a supermajority.

[Kamala]

Just for fun; percentage of members of party from each state. Florida's gerrymander is powerful.




Compared to the 111th Congress in real life:

[bagelman]

Mitt Romney 287

Liz Warren 251

2016

[NHI]

1984: A Different Country

Sen. Gary Hart/Rep. Geraldine Ferraro: 283 (49.52%)

Vice Pres. George H.W. Bush/Gov. Tom Kean: 255 (49.37%)

Morning Again in America

Pres. Gary Hart/Vice Pres. Geraldine Ferraro: 327 (51.70%)

Sen. Bob Dole/Rep. Jack Kemp: 211 (46.98%)

History Made

Vice Pres. Geraldine Ferraro/Sen. Al Gore: 280 (49.27%)

Rep. Jack Kemp/Sen. John McCain: 258 (49.44%)

Pitchfork Revolution

Speaker Newt Gingrich/Gov. Lamar Alexander: 472 (47.04%)

Pres. Geraldine Ferraro/Vice Pres. Al Gore: 66 (38.78%)

Gov. Jerry Brown/Rep. Bernie Sanders: 0 (13.10%)

The Republican Revolution

Pres. Newt Gingrich/Vice Pres. Lamar Alexander: 516 (51.44%)

Sen. John Kerry/Gov. Ann Richards: 19 (31.66%)

Rep. Bernie Sanders/Mr. Ralph Nader: 3 (15.89%)

The Upset

Gov. Howard Dean/Gov. Mark Warner: 277 (48.70%)

Vice Pres. Lamar Alexander/Gov. Jeb Bush: 261 (47.79%)

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

2008

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) / Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del) - 401 votes, 56.4%
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark) / Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) - 137 votes, 40.9%

2012

Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass) / Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) - 377 votes, 54.1%
Pres. Barack Obama (D-Ill) / Sec. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) - 161 votes, 44.7%

2016

Gordon Douglas Jones (D-Ala) / Gov. Gwen Graham (D-Fla) - 454 votes, 50.1%
Donald Trump (R-NY) / Benjamin Carson (R-Md) - 58 votes, 29.1%
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) / Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz) - 26 votes, 21.0%

[Dr. MB]

2020 Presidential Election (if Hillary were elected in 2016 and is forced to resign in 2018)

President Tim Kaine/Vice President Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic) – 156
Senator Shelley Moore Capito/Senator Tim Scott (Republican) – 68
Senator Jeff Sessions/Representative Jody Hice (Party of the South) – 38
Governor John Morgan/Governor Jesse Ventura (Populist) – 276

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and Jeffrey Alan Merkley (Democratic) 341 electors, 53.0% votes
Donald John Trump and Michael Richard Pence (Republican) 197 electors, 44.2% votes
Others (Various) 0 electors, 2.8% votes