List of Alternate Presidents 2.0.

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Presidents

Bill Clinton
41st President of the United States
January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1997
_{def 1988: George H.W. Bush / Dan Quayle
def 1992: Bob Dole / Jack Kemp}

Rush Limbaugh
42nd President of the United States
January 20, 1997 - January 20, 2001
_{def 1996: Al Gore / Jerry Brown}

Tom Harkin
43rd President of the United States
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
_{def 2000: Rush Limbaugh / Trent Lott
def 2004: George W. Bush / Dick Cheney}

John McCain
44th President of the United States
January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013
_{def 2008: Hillary Clinton / Joe Lieberman}

Donald Trump
45th President of the United States
January 20, 2013 - January 20, 2021
_{def 2012: John McCain / Tom Ridge
def 2016: Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan}
President John McCain faces strong disapproval for his response to a slow recovering economy, with wages shrinking for the middle and working class, rising for the wealthy, and no sign of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ending. President McCain's approval falls to 26% during the summer 2011 troop surge in Iraq. Trump, campaigns with the moniker "Make America Great Again" looking to end the wars and American imperialism overseas, holding big corporations accountable, cutting taxes for the middle class, and shaking up Washington DC. Trump's populist message resonates across party lines, he gains the support of former Presidents Limbaugh, Clinton, and Harkin, wins in a 398-135 landslide in 2012, 425 to 108 in 2016, as the Republican party fails to let go of it's white collar, country club, corporate image, and neoconservative foreign policy.

Rand Paul
46th President of the United States
January 20, 2021 - January 20, 2029
_{def 2020: Barack Obama / Gretchen Whitmer
def 2024: Joe Biden / Kamala Harris}
President Trump has near universal approval from Democrats and strong approvals from Republicans through 2019, but faces backlash inside the Democratic party for allowing states to dictate COVID-19 mitigation policies. Incumbent VP and Dem nominee Barack Obama campaigns on the administration's vaccine development, while slightly distancing himself from his boss on mitigation. On the Republican side, Rand Paul pleads for the Republican Party to lose unpopular tired policies, campaigns on shaking up DC, cutting taxes, regulations, and being a Trump ally in the Senate. Paul wins the nomination over Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, and Jeb Bush. The general election is close, with PA and Arizona results not coming in for days. Paul is projected to win PA to pass 270 electoral votes at 11:30pm ET on November 6, 2020, and be elected the nation's 46th President.

Josh Shapiro
47th President of the United States
January 20, 2029 - January 20, 2033
_{def 2028: Ron DeSantis / Nikki Haley}

Lee Zeldin
48th President of the United States
January 20, 2033 - January 20, 2041
_{def 2028: Josh Shapiro / Kirsten Gillibrand
def 2032: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / Raphael Warnock}  


Vice Presidents
1989 - 1997: Al Gore
1997 - 2001: Trent Lott
2001 - 2009: Dennis Kucinich
2009 - 2013: Tom Ridge
2013 - 2021: Barack Obama
2021 - 2029: Kristi Noem
2029 - 2023: Val Demings
2033 - 2041: Tulsi Gabbard