2008: Al Gore/Joe Biden vs. John McCain/Joe Lieberman (no stock market crash)

[Torrain]

I think Gore/Biden wins. However, given both the lack of economic stress, and the media chatter about McCain's experienced, bipartisan ticket, it's close than in the real election, more like 2004 than 2008.

Something vaguely like this:



Obama overperformed in the Midwest, so I could see Gore-Biden targeting the South instead, deploying a strategy closer to the one used by Clinton and Bush.