Post Random Maps Here 2.0.

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Donald J. Trump: Republican Nominee

Jon Huntsman: Runner-up

Barack Obama: 443 (51.7%)

Donald J. Trump: 89 (40.5%)

Jon Huntsman: 6 (3.3%)

Other: 0 (4.5%)

This is close to what would've happened if Trump had won the nomination in 2012, although I don't know for sure that another Republican would've ran third party. I think it depends on how Trump acts and what policy positions he espouses.

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Rocky nominated in 1968 and onward!

✓ Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY)/Governor Paul Laxalt (R-NV): 326 EV. (44.13%)
Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 148 EV. (40.83%)
Former Governor George Wallace (A-AL)/General Curtis E. LeMay (A-CA): 64 EV. (13.67%)


1972

✓ President Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY)/Vice President Paul Laxalt (R-NV): 535 EV. (61.59%)
Senator George McGovern (D-SD)/Ambassador Sargent Shriver (D-MD): 3 EV. (37.06%)


1976

✓ Vice President Paul Laxalt (R-NV)/Treasury Secretary John Connally (R-TX): 275 EV. (49.95%)
Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)/Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC): 263 EV. (47.76%)


1980

✓ Former Governor Reubin Askew (D-FL)/Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN): 456 EV. (54.21%)
President Paul Laxalt (R-NV)/Vice President John Connally (R-TX): 82 EV. (44.96%)


1984

✓ President Reubin Askew (D-FL)/Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN): 505 EV. (58.04%)
Former Secretary of State George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Representative John B. Anderson (R-IL): 33 EV. (41.64%)


1988

✓ Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA)/Governor Pete DuPont (R-DE): 315 EV. (51.01%)
Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA): 223 EV. (46.84%)


1992

✓ President Pete Wilson (R-CA)/Vice President Pete DuPont (R-DE): 297 EV. (50.17%)
Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY)/Governor William J. Clinton (D-AR): 241 EV. (48.24%)

Rockefeller makes the South competitive against George McGovern?

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2 point swing to Gore!

4 point swing to Gore!

This is basically what I thought would happen in 2000, although I was only 6 at the time.

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Fun little game I played.

Step 1: Use the EVC calculator or 270towin map.

Step 2: Find a website that gives you a random US state.

Step 3: Calculate two states at a time.

Step 4: The first random state will go Republican. The second state will go Democratic.

Step 5: Have fun with wacky results.

2060: Idaho Governor Larry Murray runs against Connecticut Senator Chuck Palmer.

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Hopping on the randomizer train

Gov. Daniella Cortez (R-CA)/Sen. Mitch Ryker (R-MN) - 331 EVs

Sen. Corey Daniels (D-GA)/Sen. Riley Mitchell (D-MI) - 207 EVs

What year is this set in?

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Since we're doing totally random maps...

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Since we're doing totally random maps...

Why does it look like there is actually some logic to how that map was created beyond randomness?

There really wasn't, I just colored states at random.

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Also, can anyone here guess what this map shows?

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Also, can anyone here guess what this map shows?

Nothing

It's not just a random map.

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Since we're doing totally random maps...

Alabama Senator Doug Jones/Utah Governor Jim Matheson (D)
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker/California Congressman Kevin Faulconer (R)
Businessman Tom Steyer/Professor Lawrence Lessig (I)

That's probably the most sensical scenario you could come up with for this map.

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These are some crazy results Ive gotten from 270towin's election simulator
http://www.270towin.com/maps/BRwr7
http://www.270towin.com/maps/DpXL8
http://www.270towin.com/maps/xJVdv
http://www.270towin.com/maps/1joV0
http://www.270towin.com/maps/LWyNx

The first map could be plausible in the future.

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These are some crazy results Ive gotten from 270towin's election simulator
http://www.270towin.com/maps/BRwr7
http://www.270towin.com/maps/DpXL8
http://www.270towin.com/maps/xJVdv
http://www.270towin.com/maps/1joV0
http://www.270towin.com/maps/LWyNx

The first map could be plausible in the future.

not true

Okay, let me clarify; if you flip North Dakota, it could be possible in the near future.

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Is this just 2016 but reversed?

Obviously. Maybe he wants us to imagine a scenario where these results are possible. If that's the case, I'd say Jimmy Carter/Frank Church vs. Nelson Rockefeller/Ronald Reagan and there's a massive farm crisis going on.
Also maybe there's two third party candidates who get ~3% of the vote each, which would explain some of the more wacky results.

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Charlie Baker/Susan Collins v. Joe Manchin/Zell Miller

I think that for this to have actually happened, this would've had to have happened in the 90's or earlier. The country is far too polarized for any Democrat to get over 60% in states like Wyoming, West Virginia, and Oklahoma. And it would require some really bizarre conditions for the plains states to be voting overwhelmingly Democratic while states like New York and Massachussets vote overwhelmingly Republican.

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294-244 DEM

Closest DEM state: NV

Closest GOP state: OH

Tipping point state: NV->MA->IL

Most GOP state: ND

Most DEM state: MS

With all that out of the way, can anyone guess who the GOP nominee is?

Jim Hood/John Bel Edwards versus John Hoeven/Susan Collins?

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I have 4 prediction Maps with the Candidates named:

2000:

Don Sundquist (R-TN)/Newt Gingrich (R-GA):
280/47.41%
Jerry Brown (D-CA)/John Kerry (D-MA): 258/48.44%

Election too close to call for several days because of Wisconsin being within 250 votes. It was originally a Electoral tie because WI went to Brown but on November 16th, it was decided that WI would go to Sundquist with just a 70 vote lead.



2004:

Sundquist/Gingrich: 370/56.7%
Kerry/Edwards: 168/43.3%

Closest state was Ohio but Sundquist had already won at that point. He would win Ohio on November 10th along with WI, MI, and PA by 2500, 4000, 5000, and 7000 votes respectfully.



2008:

Gingrich/John Hoeven (R-ND): 299/53.2%
Clinton/Strickland: 239/46.8%

Ohio and Florida determined winner and Gingrich would win both by 6300 and 540 votes respectfully.

2008:

Obama/Gore: 443/67.5%
Gingrich/Hoeven: 95/32.5%

Closest state was Florida. Obama would win it with 7% lead. Gingrich was behind by 12 points on Election day

One minor complaint: if Obama got 67.5% of the national PV he would obviously win every state.

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2000:

Don Sundquist (R-TN)/Newt Gingrich (R-GA):
280/47.41%
Jerry Brown (D-CA)/John Kerry (D-MA): 258/48.44%

Election too close to call for several days because of Wisconsin being within 250 votes. It was originally a Electoral tie because WI went to Brown but on November 16th, it was decided that WI would go to Sundquist with just a 70 vote lead.

Who was the third candidate in Wisconsin, and why did their campaign not register similar support (at least 20%, given that Sundquist carried it with >40% of the vote) in other states?

Nader still runs like in OTL, so it was him that took the remaining 4.15% of the NPV. Idk what you mean by Wisconsin though

You have it shaded as >30% which made him think there was a third candidate keeping Sundquist below 40%.

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1980

Rep. John Anderson (R-IL)/Fmr. Gov. Ronald Reagan (R-CA): 463 EVs (55% PV)
Pres. Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Vice Pres. Walter Mondale (D-MN): 75 EVs (42% PV)

I'd probably give Anderson Minnesota too. maybe give Tennessee and/or North Carolina to Carter.

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The democrats finally manage to win Alaska for the second time ever, but due to them trying so hard to win the state, the republican came in and swept every other state

I could see this happening in the future, if the election was between an extremely popular incumbent Republican president and a favorite son or daughter from Alaska who is popular there but unpopular everywhere else, ala Mondale '84.

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Looks like a generic modern election in an alternate timeline where the Solid South never breaks up.

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This is pretty much what happen when we adjust for Clinton '96 instead of '92

Sometimes you just have those depressing moments when you stare at your screen and wonder why you woke up that morning, other than to go to work.

swing:

I'm really confused. What do you mean by that?

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Dukakis '88 defeats Bush '92.

This is in terms of raw vote totals right?

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The Second Coming of Christ happens sometime in 2019, and he wins the Democratic nomination for President?

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I tried to imagine a scenario where a Democrat could win all 50 states in modern times, and this is what I came up with:

Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Evan Bayh (D-IN) 72.9% Popular Vote 537 EV
David Duke (R-LA)/Steve King (R-IA) 25.7% Popular Vote 1 EV

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I tried to imagine a scenario where a Democrat could win all 50 states in modern times, and this is what I came up with:

Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Evan Bayh (D-IN) 72.9% Popular Vote 537 EV
David Duke (R-LA)/Steve King (R-IA) 25.7% Popular Vote 1 EV

I don't think "corporatists" like Clinton and Bayh are the right fit for this scenario. I'd say that Doug Jones at the top of the ticket would be the likeliest candidate to have such a widespread appeal.

This happens in 2008, see my write-up on it in the Post Random US Election County Maps Here thread.