Anyone here get politically themed dreams?

[bagelman]

Usually my dreams are in two halves, and the first one had nothing to do with politics and focused on me exploring a community college that was as tall as a skyscraper.

The second half of the dream included a 2016 race between Al Gore and John E. "Jeb" Bush. At one point I saw a recap of the democrat primary showing that Al Gore came in as an establishment hero after Clinton's collapse. O'Malley managed to get second place, with Sanders getting lots of support but withdrawing in spring.

Most of the dream wasn't about the election, but about me trying to vote. The polls closed at 7PM and I woke up just before 6:30 PM. It was dramatic trying to get there as the church I went to for some reason decided to invest in a bowling ally and pizza place for the kids and the parking lot was crowded. I could see high school seniors, an African American woman in particular, voting for the first time on a large television like machine mounted on the wall. I also remember fretting over if I would vote downballot because I didn't do my research on who was running against Rep. Joyce. In the end, I believe I failed to get there on time to vote.

That didn't really mean much however, in a car ride with my dad it was revealed that Gore was pretty much a shoe in to win the election. Very successful in the south, he won Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, and possibly even MS. I had some paranoia that Gore would lose because Democrats stayed home being secure in knowing they would win but I doubt that was the case. Bush ran a boring an uninspired campaign and was the surefire loser by September.

At one point I had an argument with the "pastor" at the "church" about me being too late to vote. The "pastor" was dressed in a green business suit and looked like a stereotypical boss with a big stomach and a cigar. He gave exactly zero f**ks about my whining and had his goons force me out of the building and intimidate me physically. I could see a snack bar inside the building.

Here's what a map of the election might have looked like. Even though I only knew of the results from North Carolina and Arkansas, I also know that Gore won with 39X EVs:



✓ Fmr. Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) 393 EV

Fmr. Gov John E. "Jeb" Bush (R-FL) 145 EV

[bagelman]

I had a dream that the modern state boundaries of New Hampshire, Maine, and New York only came into effect for the 2004 election.

The area that is now part of upstate New York (northeastern area bordering Vermont) was the most heavily conservative state in the country. It had a name that started with a B and included the letter i, Blaid or something, or Blaide. A much larger state that would later be reduced to New Hampshire was known as the state of Manchester. I remember it clearly being more than twice the size of Vermont, and it even included part of was it now northwestern Massachusetts. The remainder was northern Maine and I don't remember what it's name was other than it wasn't Maine.

[bagelman]

I had a politically themed dream once, many years ago, and shared it with the Forum.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=142754.0

Do you think the map for such a dream election would look like this?



✓ Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) / Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) 408 EV

President Barack Obama (D-IL) / Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) 129 EV

Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel (I-AK) / Sen. Angus King (I-ME) 1 EV

[bagelman]

Mitt Romney appeared in a dream about two nights ago. I made friends with him, and he was so nice I felt guilty that I voted for Obama in the election.

[bagelman]

Had a dream where I wasn't able to vote in the GE because of work BS. I looked at the results later.



Basically a Clinton landslide, but with Ohio voting for Trump. I don't remember most of the specific states, but I do know Kentucky moved away from being south of Ohio to being south of Maine, which is one reason why it voted Dem.

The Ohio County map featured Cuyahoga, Hamilton, and Franklin counties voting ~90% D, rural counties voting ~90% R, and Summit and it's neighbors voting ~50% D or R. Turns out that I live in an area of powerful Polish influence and when I left to go to a county fair in rural western Ohio I found the area to be alien, backwards, and depressing. Like I was going back in time to a foreign country. Things I had previously associated with the American nation were actually the product of a Polish immigrant culture confined to a small region of Ohio.

[bagelman]

I request this thread be merged with this one, as it's the one people have been replying to these past 4-5 years. I don't like the other title as much, but what can you do?

I dreamed last night that Clinton won the popular vote 46-31.  I have no idea who won the remaining 23%.

Using a uniform shift from 2012 (D -5, R -16):
[snip]

Peep's shift from 2016:



Actual 2016 results adjusted for D −2, R −14:

I had one last night where it was Election Night.  Like almost every similarly themed dream I have, I was not able to watch the results come in for some reason (I think I wanted to watch a football game- yes, I know it was a Tuesday night- and then fell asleep).  But, I checked the results later, and Clinton won comfortably, narrowly winning Georgia and also picking up Arizona and (I think) North Carolina.  The rest of the map was a little fuzzy.  As for the Senate, I remember that Rubio won by a very underwhelming margin, and that the "Middle Six" had split 2-2, with two that were too close to call.  I never found out which were which.

Yes, Rubio vs. Clinton. It was supposed to be close/slight Clinton advantage, but then Rubio won in a landslide. All I know is that Clinton carried PA 56-44 or so.

This was the map, IIRC: [snip]

I fell asleep during CNN's election night coverage (the last thing I remember is the PA call for Clinton) and all I know is that this site had totally crashed on election night. It looked like the 2002 version when I logged in the morning after the election LOL.