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1924 if Davis won his home state of West Virginia

Calvin Coolidge - 344 electoral votes / 51.34 percent popular vote
John Davis - 165 electoral votes / 31.52 percent popular vote
Robert La Follette - 22 electoral votes / 16.61 percent popular vote

Despite LaFollette having the same percent popular vote, the swing for Davis gave him those extra two states as a result of those being under the amount the swing was.

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1920 if Cox won Ohio

Warren Harding - 296 electoral votes / 50.32 percent popular vote
James Cox - 235 electoral votes / 44.15 percent popular vote

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1916 if Wilson won his home state of New Jersey

Woodrow Wilson - 476 electoral votes / 55.2 percent popular vote
Charles Huges - 55 electoral votes / 40.1 percent popular vote

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1912 if Taft won his home state of Ohio

Woodrow Wilson - 276 electoral votes / 34.09 percent popular vote
William Taft - 180 electoral votes / 30.67 percent popular vote
Theodore Roosevelt - 75 electoral votes / 27.4 percent popular vote
Eugene Debs - 0 electoral votes / 6 percent popular vote

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1912 if Roosevelt won his home state of New York

Theodore Roosevelt - 306 electoral votes / 36.4 percent popular vote
Woodrow Wilson - 221 electoral votes / 32.84 percent
William Taft - 4 electoral votes / 23.17 percent popular vote
Eugene Debs - 0 electoral votes / 6 percent popular vote

I was honestly expecting that victory to be way bigger. Even in a Roosevelt victory, Wilson still gives it a good run for their money.

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1904 if Parker won his home state of New York

Theodore Roosevelt - 275 electoral votes / 50.42 percent popular vote
Alton Parker - 201 electoral votes / 43.59 percent popular vote

Despite losing the election, Parker is considered to put up one hell of a fight despite impossible odds and some thought for a early couple hours on election night that he might be able to pull off an upset after all.

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1900 if Bryan had won his home state of Nebraska

William McKinley - 281 electoral votes / 49.89 percent popular vote
William Jennings Bryan - 166 electoral votes / 47.27 percent popular vote.

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1892 if Harrison won his home state of Indiana

Grover Cleveland - 247 electoral votes / 45.37 percent popular vote
Benjamin Harrison - 174 electoral votes / 43.66 percent popular vote
James Weaver - 23 electoral votes / 8.51 percent popular vote

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1980 if Hancock won his home state of Pennsylvania

Winfield Hancock - 244 electoral votes / 50.5 percent popular vote
James Garfield - 125 electoral votes / 46.02 percent popular vote

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1872 if Greeley won his home state of New York

Ulysses S Grant - 205 electoral votes / 52.1 percent popular vote
Horace Greeley - 147 electoral votes / 47.3 percent popular vote

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1860 if Douglas won his home state of Illinois

Abraham Lincoln - 158 electoral votes / 37.32 percent popular vote
John Breckenridge - 75 electoral votes / 18.1 percent popular vote
John Bell - 39 electoral votes / 12.61 percent popular vote
Stephen Douglas - 31 electoral votes / 31.96 percent popular vote

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1856 if Fremont won his home state of California

John Fremont - 142 electoral votes / 48.11 percent popular vote
James Buchanan - 81 electoral votes / 30.28 percent popular vote
Millard Fillmore - 73 electoral votes / 21.53 percent popular vote

This becomes the first election since 1824 to get thrown to the house

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1852 if Scott won his home state of New Jersey

Winfield Scott - 175 electoral votes / 47.37 percent popular vote
Franklin Pierce - 121 electoral votes / 47.34 percent popular vote

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1844 if Polk won his home state of Tennessee

James Polk - 183 electoral votes / 50 percent popular vote
Henry Clay - 92 electoral votes / 47.6 percent popular vote

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1840 if Buren won his home state of New York

William Harrison - 152 electoral votes / 51.37 percent popular vote
Martin Buren - 142 electoral votes / 48.32 percent

A swing of one state would have given Buren a narrow electoral victory despite losing the popular vote

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politicians with celebrity running mates.

Blue - Donald Trump/Kid Rock

These are two celebrities.

In all fairness, I think its safe to call him a politician now

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1912 if Debs, Taft and Roosevelt only won their strongest state.

Nevada is Debs, just in dark red

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1924 if Davis won Charles Bryan’s home state of Nebraska:

• John Calvin Coolidge/Charles Dawes (Republican): 44.9 percent, 282 EV
• John William Davis/Charles Bryan (Democratic): 38.0 percent, 212 EV
• Robert Marion La Follette/Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive): 16.6 percent, 37 EV

I honestly believe that if the election went to the house in 1924, lafollette would be president

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A 76 year old at the top of the ticket would be……historic, to say the least

I was about to mention Parker's 81 year old running mate until I saw the words 'top'

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United States Presidential Election, 2016 (My Campaign Trail Game)

Businessman Donald Trump / Fmr. Senator Scott Brown: 357 EV's / 68,938,994 / 52.82%
Fmr. SOS Hillary Clinton / Sen. Cory Booker: 181 EV's / 57,727,431 / 44.23%
Others: 0 EV's / 3,858,537 / 2.95%

The 2016 election is remembered as one the biggest turnarounds in American politics. Donald Trump won the Republican nomination after a campaign marked by his divisive statements. However, once the general election started Trump struck a moderate tone to his campaign without leaving some conservative credentials, centering his message on a populist, anti-establishment message.

His opponent, Hillary Clinton, had also just won a long primary with populist senator Bernie Sanders. Clinton, seemingly destined to be the first female president, faltered to her Republican challenger. Hillary's long history in politics made her an easy target, along with her scandals and past actions. Furthermore, a poor debate perfomance, several terrorist attacks in Europe and fainting on stage contributed to a defeat that is widely seen as a rebuke to Obama's presidency.

Donald Trump managed to flip the Rust Belt by double digits, and score victories in leaning states like Colorado and Nevada. The biggest surprises were Minnesota and Connecticut, which gave their electors for a Republican for the first time in decades. Trump also got close in NJ, OR and DE.

Swing State Results

Ohio: 3,095,424 / 56.23% /// 2,289,487 / 41.59%

Florida: 4,718,288 / 55.24% /// 3,730,813 / 43.68%

Wisconsin: 1,657,332 / 55.23% /// 1,292,478 / 43.07%

New Hampshire: 398,492 / 54.91% /// 314,738 / 43.37%

Pennsylvania: 3,325,531 / 54.22% /// 2,666,303 / 43.47%

Virginia: 2,136,561 / 54.19% /// 1,736,033 / 44.03%

Iowa: 878,064 / 54.15% /// 704,863 / 43.47%
 
Michigan: 2,568,449 / 54.13% /// 2,099,876 / 44.26%

Minnesota: 1,540,563 / 49.84% /// 1,404,311 / 45.44%

Connecticut: 788,374 / 49.52% /// 782,791 / 49.17%

Nevada: 530,185 / 49.44% /// 509,692 / 47.53%

Colorado: 1,341,469 / 49.28% /// 1,198,915 / 44.04%

Maine-AL: 356,852 / 48.07% /// 348,256 / 46.91%

Oregon: 887,056 / 46.87% /// 875,458 / 46.26%

New Jersey: 1,890,650 / 49.79% /// 1,845,377 / 48.70%

Delaware: 200,814 / 49.47% /// 194,185 / 47.84%

Illinois: 2,715,740   / 49.31% /// 2,613,990   / 47.46%

County map for this.

That was one of my favorite timelines on this site