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[JonathanSwift]

1956:

264-259-8

1952:

285-246

1948:

299-182-50

1944:

311-220

1940:

318-213

1936:

305-226

1932:

272-259

1928:

304-227

1924:

228-216-87

1920:

283-248

[JonathanSwift]

Nixon '72 vs. Reagan '84

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I see what you did there.

[JonathanSwift]

The Reign of the Kingfish

1936

Governor Alf Landon (R-KS) / Publisher Frank Knox (R-IL): 35%; 269 Electoral Votes
President Franklin Roosevelt (D-NY) / Vice President John Garner (D-TX): 34%; 198 Electoral Votes
Senator Burton Wheeler (P-MT) / Senator William Borah (P-ID): 30%; 64 Electoral Votes

1940

Senator Huey Long (D-LA) / Senator Burton Wheeler (D-MT): 59%; 503 Electoral Votes
President Alf Landon (R-KS) / Vice President Frank Knox (R-IL): 40%; 28 Electoral Votes

1944

President Huey Long (D-LA) / Vice President Burton Wheeler (D-MT): 62%; 528 Electoral Votes
Governor Thomas Dewey (R-NY) / Governor John Bricker (R-OH): 37%; 3 Electoral Votes

1948

President Huey Long (D-LA) / Vice President Burton Wheeler (D-MT): 56%; 463 Electoral Votes
Former Governor Harold Stassen (R-MN) / Governor Earl Warren (R-CA): 42%; 68 Electoral Votes

1952

President Huey Long (D-LA) / Senator Estes Kefauver (D-TN): 53%; 420 Electoral Votes
Senator Robert Taft (R-OH) / Senator William Knowland (R-CA): 46%; 111 Electoral Votes

1956

President Huey Long (D-LA) / Vice President Estes Kefauver (D-TN): 50%; 283 Electoral Votes
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) / Governor Goodwin Knight (R-CA): 49%; 248 Electoral Votes

President Long dies of natural causes in September 1957.

[JonathanSwift]

2000

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) / Representative John Kasich (R-OH): 301 Electoral Votes
Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) / Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT): 237 Electoral Votes

2004

President John McCain (R-AZ) / Vice President John Kasich (R-OH): 446 Electoral Votes
Former Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) / Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL): 92 Electoral Votes

2008

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Former Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA): 390 Electoral Votes
Vice President John Kasich (R-OH) / Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA): 148 Electoral Votes

2012

President Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Vice President Sam Nunn (D-GA): 413 Electoral Votes
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) / Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN): 125 Electoral Votes

[JonathanSwift]

Businessman Donald Trump (R-NY) / Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL): 43%; 271 Electoral Votes
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA): 41%; 261 Electoral Votes
Former Vice President Dick Cheney (I-WY) / Former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT): 15%; 6 Electoral Votes

After a vicious Primary struggle, Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, much to the horror of that party's leadership. Elements within the Republican establishment then draft former Vice President Dick Cheney to run as an independent. Cheney manages to gain ballot access in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Cheney's platform combines a very hawkish foreign policy with a moderate stance on social issues; he attacks Trump from the left on immigration while denouncing both Trump and Clinton as "dangerously naïve" on national security issues. In a show of bipartisanship, he selects former Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate.

With the Republican camp so divided, the Clinton camp takes it for granted that victory is inevitable, and most political analysts agree with this assessment. Consequently, Clinton runs the most cautious and inept campaign in recent memory, refusing to put forward any controversial issue positions, or even any clear positions at all; as a result, the Democratic candidate solidifies the public perception that she is an aloof, entitled, dishonest person who is running just because she wants to be President. Because of this, many Democrats stay home due to a combination of dissatisfaction with all three candidates and general apathy resulting from the widespread media narrative that Clinton is guaranteed to win in a landslide.

On Election Day, Donald Trump, who had been pronounced toast by every "credible" observer, shocks the world by winning both the popular and electoral votes. Clinton wins the lowest percentage of the popular vote for a Democrat since Walter Mondale. Cheney gets a respectable 15% of the vote, coming in first in Utah and in second in D.C., Idaho, and Wyoming, but in third everywhere else.

[JonathanSwift]

2000

Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) / Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT): 48%; 271 Electoral Votes
Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) / Former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (R-WY): 48%; 267 Electoral Votes

2004

President Al Gore (D-TN) / Vice President Joe Lieberman (D-CT): 51%; 286 Electoral Votes
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) / Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC): 48%; 252 Electoral Votes

2008

Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Former Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN): 53%; 365 Electoral Votes
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) / Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA): 46%; 173 Electoral Votes

2012

President Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Vice President Fred Thompson (R-TN): 51%; 332 Electoral Votes
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) / Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM): 47%; 206 Electoral Votes

[JonathanSwift]

What are the circumstances that led to this?

Donald Trump is elected President in 2016, with Ted Cruz as his running mate. After President Trump implements Single-Payer Health Care in 2019, Cruz resigns and unsuccessfully challenges Trump in the Primary, before launching an Independent bid with Utah Senator Mike Lee as his running mate. On Election Day, he carries his home state of Texas; in Idaho and Utah, Lee is at the top of the ticket and is listed as the official Republican nominee.

Trump chooses former New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez to be his new Vice President and makes a play for the Hispanic vote.

Meanwhile, the Democrats nominate former Virginia Senator Jim Webb. Webb improves a bit in the South compared to previous Democratic nominees, but severely depresses liberal and minority turnout and ends up losing swing states like Colorado and New Hampshire. Kanye West runs as an Independent and wins a great deal of support from African-Americans, allowing him to win D.C.

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Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN): 52%; 306 Electoral Votes
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) / Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA): 47%; 232 Electoral Votes

Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN): 50%; 296 Electoral Votes
President Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Vice President Evan Bayh (D-IN): 47%; 242 Electoral Votes

President Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Vice President Tim Pawlenty (R-MN): 52%; 353 Electoral Votes
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) / Former Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD): 46%; 185 Electoral Votes

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Kennedy vs. Dukakis

Kennedy vs. Dukakis vs. Kerry

Kennedy vs. Dukakis vs. Kerry vs. Romney

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Highest percentage winners in each state, post-WWII.

Johnson '64: 17 States
Nixon '72: 11 States
Reagan '84: 10 States
Eisenhower '52: 4 States
Obama '08: 3 States + D.C.
Thurmond '48: 3 States
Eisenhower '56: 2 States

[JonathanSwift]

Highest percentage winners in each state, post-WWII.

Johnson '64: 17 States
Nixon '72: 11 States
Reagan '84: 10 States
Eisenhower '52: 4 States
Obama '08: 3 States + D.C.
Thurmond '48: 3 States
Eisenhower '56: 2 States

Extremely interesting.

Thanks.

[JonathanSwift]

A map of the fifty states as they voted in the first (contested) presidential election they were eligible to participate in:

Democratic Republican   15 States
Republican   12 States
Democratic   11 States + DC
Federalist   9 States
Populist   2 States
Whig    1 States

Oregon should be blue here. It became a state in 1859, and voted for Lincoln in 1860.

EDIT: Additionally, Utah voted for Bryan in 1896, and hence should be red.

[JonathanSwift]

Oregon should be blue here. It became a state in 1859, and voted for Lincoln in 1860.

EDIT: Additionally, Utah voted for Bryan in 1896, and hence should be red.

Thanks, fixed.

You're welcome. I'm glad that I could be of assistance.

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Number of mosques in each state as of 2011, per this report.

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Freiwal 272, LAST RODEO before Reapportionment

CLinton-CASTRO: 272
TRUMP-Brown: 266

CLINTON-Castro: 272
Cruz-Ernst: 266

Ryan-HAley: 270
CASTRO-Murphy: 268

[JonathanSwift]

No one could possibly have foreseen the manner in which history would unfold in 2016. After TRUMP failed to win the GOP nomination on the first ballot, and Cruz failed to win on the second, the establishment was able to ram through the nomination of John Kasich, with RNC chairman Reince Priebus in the VP slot. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden were all unexpectedly incapacitated in June, and the DNC had no choice but to turn to former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee as its dark horse savior. As an olive branch to the progressive base, the fiscally moderate ex-Republican chose NYC mayor Bill de Blasio to be his running mate.

Former Governor Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) / Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY): 49.2%; 272 Electoral Votes
Governor John Kasich (R-OH) / RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (R-WI): 49.3%; 266 Electoral Votes

On election night, West Virginia, a state which had not been polled beforehand due to its alleged lack of competitiveness, flipped to the Democrats in a fit of righteous populist anger against the GOP establishment, thus delivering the White House to Mr. Chafee.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Unable to handle the shame of having been defeated by Lincoln Chafee, the RNC gathered one week after the election and voted unanimously to formally dissolve the Grand Old Party. The Democratic triumph seemed absolute, but it was not to be.

Most former Republican voters soon made their way to the Libertarian Party. The party's ego had been bruised in 2016, when its nominee Gary Johnson had failed for the second time to crack 1% of the national popular vote. By 2020, however, they had learned from their past mistakes and quickly coalesced behind the banner of DW PERRY.

By the time the Democratic convention rolled around, the unpopular President Chafee was trailing Mr. Perry by an enormous margin in national polls. More disturbingly, he was trailing in the normally safe Democratic stronghold of New Hampshire. In a last desperate move, President Chafee threw Vice President de Blasio under the bus and replaced him on the ticket with New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan. The gamble paid off in the Granite State, boosting turnout enough among the key angry white female demographic for the President to hold the state. Unfortunately for him, angry NYC Italians defected en masse to Perry, who ended up winning the Empire State by exactly 5 votes.

Statesman, Author, and Poet D. W. Perry (L-NH) / Activist Adam Kokesh (L-NM): 54.8%; 353 Electoral Votes
President Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) / Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH): 44.7%; 185 Electoral Votes

Shortly thereafter, the Democratic Party followed its longtime foe and voluntarily disbanded. Thus was ushered in the new and perpetual Era of Good Feelings, in which everyone became fiscally conservative, but socially liberal. And so they all lived happily ever after.

THE END