The New Campaign Trail

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The 2020 election is now on the OG site

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2020 game on the OG site as Trump/Pence

President Donald Trump (R-FL)/Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN) 275 EV 47.7%
Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)/Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) 263 EV 50.6%

NPV: Biden + 2.9
States within 1%: Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania
States within 5%: Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Arizona, NE-02, Minnesota
Tipping Point State: Wisconsin
Closest State by Percentage: Wisconsin - Trump + 0.23% (+ 7,637 votes)
Closest State by Raw Votes: Nevada - Trump + 0.39% (+ 5,478 votes)

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1996 Dole is now in the mod loader with Kemp, McCain, Cheney, Buchanan, and Weld as the possible running mate choices

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Played Bush/Eastwood 1988 and got this (kind of) cursed map:

Vice President George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Mayor Clint Eastwood (R-CA) 442 EV 51.0%
Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) 96 EV 46.8%

Popular vote: Bush + 4.2
States within 1%: New York, Washington
States within 5%: New York, Washington, Louisiana, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, Arkansas, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Hawaii, North Carolina, Colorado
Tipping Point State: Texas
Closest State by Percentage: New York - R + 0.38% ( + 23,710 votes )
Closest State by Raw Votes: New Mexico - R + 1.37% ( + 7,239 votes )

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There's now a 2018 Senate mod for Tennessee as Bredesen

I've played 3 times on normal so far, and my best game was losing by 4.2% and winning Knox and Montgomery on top of the OTL map

Here is the county map: https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=f5dt

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Finally managed to win as Oz, with Oz getting 48.2% of the vote to Fetterman’s 47.8%. I won Bucks, Northampton, and Centre counties, lost Dauphin by 0.05%, and got within 3% in Chester. I ran a center-right campaign.

Here is the link: https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=faik

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Cursed 2000 map as Bush/Pataki

Vice President Al Gore (D-TN)/Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) 270 EV 48.2%
Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)/Governor George Pataki (R-NY) 268 EV 48.8%

NPV: Bush + 0.6
States within 1%: Washington, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon
States within 5% Washington, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, Iowa, New Mexico, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Missouri, Tennesee, New Jersey
Tipping Point State: Michigan
Closest State: Washington
State closest to the NPV: New Hampshire

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Old site no longer works

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Came 1,500 votes in Vermont and Hawaii from tying, and 3,700 votes in Vermont, Hawaii, and New Mexico from outright winning

Vice President George HW Bush (R-TX)/Senator Dan Quayle (R-IN) 276 EV 51.2%
Reverend Jesse Jackson (D-SC)/Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) 262 EV 47.8%


NPV: Bush + 3.4
Biggest Bush wins: Utah (Bush 72.46% - Jackson 25.47%), New Hampshire (63.67% Bush - 34.93% Jackson), Wyoming (Bush 61.80% - Jackson 36.52%), Idaho (61.56% Bush - 36.49% Jackson), Florida (Bush 60.65% - Jackson 38.68%)
Biggest Jackson wins: Washington D.C. (Jackson 90.18% - Bush 7.90%), Rhode Island (58.09% Jackson - 41.48% Bush), Minnesota (Jackson 56.64% - Bush 42.18%), Massachusetts (55.56% Jackson - 43.06% Bush), Wisconsin (54.10% Jackson - 45.07% Bush)
States within 5%: Vermont (Bush - 49.41%, Jackson - 49.22%), Hawaii (Bush - 49.58%, Jackson - 49.31%), Ohio (Jackson - 49.75%, Bush - 49.39%), New Mexico (Bush - 49.58%, Jackson - 49.17%), Maryland (Jackson - 50.03%, Bush - 49.23%), Missouri (Jackson - 50.89%, Bush - 48.79%), California (Jackson 50.56% - Bush 48.13%), Michigan (Jackson - 50.98%, Bush - 48.27%), Iowa (Jackson 51.11% - Bush 48.00%), Pennsylvania (Jackson - 51.17%, Bush - 47.94%), Connecticut (Bush - 51.34%, Jackson - 47.47%), Montana (Bush - 51.36% - Jackson 46.83%)
State Closest to the NPV: Connecticut
Tipping Point State: New Mexico

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County Map Link

Mehmet Oz 49.8% - 2,747,791 votes
John Fetterman 48.9% - 2,697,908 votes

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1972 RFK vs. Reagan mod (played as Reagan, with this being my first attempt)

Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Senator Hiram Fong (R-HI) 274 EV 48.8%
President Robert F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Vice President Terry Sanford (D-NC) 264 EV 50.0%

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On my first Mondale game in a long while, I came quite close to winning

Reagan/Bush 287 EV 51.0%
Mondale/Bentsen 251 EV 48.3%

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My first run as Buchanan

President Al Gore (D-TN)/Vice President Bob Graham (D-FL) 275 EV 50.0%
Political Commentator Pat Buchanan (R-VA)/Senator John Danforth (R-MO) 263 EV 47.4%

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Won as Mastriano on the first try by 7,000 votes

I focused as much on gas prices and inflation as humanly possible

The results by counties

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Business Donald Trump (R-NY)/Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) 319 EV 47.3%
Fmr. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) 219 EV 46.8%

Outran Trump's real life performance by several points throughout the Rust Belt, but underperformed his real life performance in the South. Ran slightly ahead of Trump's real life performance in states Hillary won in both

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Jeb!slide



Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL)/Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) 356 EV 50.8% PV ✔️
Fmr. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) 182 EV 43.9% PV