Election 2020: The Game!

[LLR]

Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the future. The date is September 21st, 2019, and America's president is Hillary Clinton. Following the disaster that was Donald Trump's candidacy, the GOP must decide which way to turn.

2016 Election Result:

Hillary Clinton/Timothy Kaine 423 EVs/48.5%
Donald Trump/Michael Pence 102 EVs/35%
Gary Johnson/William Weld 13 EVs/17.5%


The Game

Post your campaign announcements here, that will constitute turn 1. After that, I will release polls and we will being turn 2 from 9/21/19 to 9/28/19. Y'all know the drill, let's go!

I will be using DKrol's rules

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Candidates

Democrats:
President Hillary Clinton (Pericles)
Representative Tim Ashe (Kingpoleon)

Republicans:
Senator Cory Gardner (Cris)
FBI Director James Comey (NeverAgain)
Speaker Paul Ryan (Branden Cordeiro)
Representative Mia Love (AuH2O Republican)
Senator Tom Cotton (Spark498)
Senator Joni Ernst (MikeWells)
Senator Marco Rubio (UWS)
Senator and Former Governor John Kasich (Heisenberg)
Senator Tim Scott (TedBessell)

Third Party:
[Libertarian] Former Governor William Weld (Haslam2020)

All announcements must be done by the end of Monday, July 25th, 2016. Have fun!

[LLR]

I'll be Colorado Senator Cory Gardner.

If it wasn't clear, you should make your announcement speech too.

[LLR]

Fmr. (unless Hillary keeps him on LOL) FBI Director James Comey. 4dalulz.

What party?

[LLR]

Is it possible for me to primary Hillary by running as Alvin Greene?

If that is too much of a joke candidate...

Then I'd like to run Mia Love for the Republican nomination.

Will put up a speech once I know which candidate I can be.

I'd prefer Mia Love

I think that a recap of 2016/2018 Senate and Gubernatorial elections would be helpful!

I'll get on it eventually...

[LLR]

Is it too late to join?

Not at all!

[LLR]

I'd like to join as Marco Rubio. To join the game, do we just have to start it by make an announcement speech?

Yes, that's correct.

[LLR]

America in 2020: The State of the Union

President Clinton Job Approval
Approve 45%
Disapprove 47%

CPI: 315.12
Unemployment rate: 7.3%


2016/2018 Senate Results

2016:

Pickups

Indiana (Bayh)
Wisconsin (Feingold)
Illinois (Duckworth)
Pennsylvania (McGinty)
New Hampshire (Hassan)

51-49

2018:

Pickups

Florida
Missouri
Indiana
North Dakota
West Virginia
Ohio (Kasich)
Virginia

56-44


2020 GOP Primary Schedule

Jan 14: Iowa
Jan 21: New Hampshire
Feb 4: South Carolina and Nevada
Feb 8: Tennessee
Feb 11: Alaska, Montana, and Washington
Feb 22: Arizona
March 3 (Super Tuesday): Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont, Wyoming
March 10: Idaho, Hawai'i, Mississippi, Louisiana
March 14: Puerto Rico, American Samoa
March 17: Guam
March 20: Virgin Islands
March 31: Colorado, Kentucky, and Virginia
April 7: Michigan and Northern Mariana Islands
April 14: Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia
April 21: Illinois, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio
April 28: New York
May 12: DC, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
May 16: Connecticut, Rhode Island
May 19: Utah
June 2: California, Indiana, New Mexico, Oregon
July 20-23: RNC 2020

If you want any more information, tell me, I'll be happy to post it

[LLR]

Just wondering, who are the new Republican Senators from Florida, Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota, West Virginia and Virginia elected in 2018?

FL: Jeff Atwater
MO: Ann Wagner
IN: Todd Young
ND: Drew Wrigley
WV: Evan Jenkins
VA: Ken Cuccinelli

[LLR]

Also, who is the Governor of Ohio?

Mike DeWine

[LLR]

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You're right about the RNC, thanks!

As to delegates, I haven't figured it out, I'll work it out when the primaries draw closer - but about the standard amount, in the 1,000-1,400 range.

[LLR]

I'll take President Hillary and do an announcement later. Can you sign me up for her?

Yes. You don't have to ask twice, will ya let a man sleep?

[LLR]

Are the debates included in that game? If yes, when and where will the next debate be held?

Just to be sure, is PM (procedure to get endorsements) an abbreviation of « Private Message »? If that's the case, must these messages be sent only to the Game Moderator?

PM does stand for private message, and you should PM only me.

Debate schedule:

October 8, 2019 in Texas
November 13, 2019 in Ohio
December 2, 2019 in California
December 18, 2019 in Tennessee
January 9, 2020 in Iowa
(there may be a couple more)

[LLR]

Is it too late to join?

Nah. Just get your sh*t done by the morning.

[LLR]

Is it too late to join?

Nah. Just get your sh*t done by the morning.

Is there a synopsis version of just how exactly it works? Can I be any candidate I want?

First post for synopsis, be whoever you want to be.

[LLR]

I don't think I have time to process this turn until this afternoon, but I haven't abandoned y'all, don't worry!

[LLR]

If anyone, for any reason, wants to take over for me, please do.

[LLR]

Just to be sure, if we don't have enough place to write all our schedule in only one post, is that possible to divide it on two posts for one turn? For example : Schedule part 1 and Schedule part 2?

Sure

[LLR]

Turn 2: September 21 to 28

Democratic Primary Polling
Hillary Clinton 77%
Tim Ashe 6%

Iowa Democratic Caucus Polling
Hillary Clinton 74%
Tim Ashe 10%

NH Democratic Primary Polling
Hillary Clinton 53%
Tim Ashe 33%


Republican Primary Poll
Paul Ryan 20%
Marco Rubio 16%
Joni Ernst 14%
Tim Scott 13%
Cory Gardner 9%
John Kasich 7%
James Comey 4%
Tom Cotton 3%

Iowa Republican Primary Poll
Ernst 25%
Ryan 16%
Scott 11%
Rubio 11%
Gardner 6%
Comey 4%
Kasich 3%
Cotton 3%

New Hampshire Republican Primary Poll
Marco Rubio 23%
Paul Ryan 16%
John Kasich 15%
Tim Scott 11%
Joni Ernst 10%
Cory Gardner 8%
James Comey 6%
Tom Cotton 2%


Do your stuff for this turn by the end of Monday, August 1. Thanks!

[LLR]

« Stuff », you mean our schedule?

And also, you mean that the third turn will begin at August 1?

Sure, kid, whatever.

[LLR]

Announcement: Ted Bessell is an amazing person and he agreed to take this over so he is the game leader now, not me.

[LLR]

I didn't expect Tim Scott to drop out so early. So must the responses to these breaking news be included in our original schedules?

Maybe Ted Bessell is doing it so he can focus on being the leader of the game?

Yes, if it wasn't clear, Ted is replacing me. And thus, in order to remove bias and focus on leading, his candidate is dropping out.

[LLR]

If ya want me to lock the thread, let me know.