Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have the US Overton window shift as far to the left as realistically possible with a point of divergence no earlier than 2000. How much ground could the growing democratic socialist tendency have gained in the early 21st century, and what would it take for their ideas to have gained maximum popularity in the last 21 years?
Gore wins in 2000, after the SCOTUS decides to allow counting to continue in Florida. He doesn't cut taxes and while the Iraq War and 9/11 still happen, Gore does not escalate the Iraq War the way Bush does. McCain appeals to largely the same base as Bush '04 did in OTL. as he runs on a hawkish platform emphasizing his service in Vietnam. He loses re-election to John McCain with this map.
McCain loses re-election to a Nader/Sanders ticket to this map.
Nader greatly increases the corporate tax, and passes UHC and many more environmental regulations. He wins re-election with this map.
The Dems nominate Bernie in 2016, who pledges to continue the Nader agenda plus add in universal preschool, free school breakfasts and lunches, and free college. Trumps tries to paint Bernie as communist and fails. Sanders wins with this map.
COVID goes much better in this election. Bernie pledges to end systemic racism as his main agenda for 2020.
