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William McKinley               232    6,247,937    44.72%
William Jennings Bryan           215    7,293,151    52.20%
John Palmer                          0      431,690    3.09%


I played as McKinley and lost the PV by 8%. I decided to let Palmer run against Bryan in the south, hence why it was so low. He ended up with only 3% nationally, Bryan powned him everywhere, the most he got was around 24%. That was a major bust for sure.

I lost Indiana and Kentucky out of nowhere and thought I was going to lose, but I held on and won somehow.

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Here's another 2012 scenerio, really close margin:

Barack Obama    285    65,543,358    50.21%
Mitt Romney    253    62,633,715    47.98%
Gary Johnson 0       1,886,580     01.45%
Jill Stein           0       483,155        00.37%


Played as Romney, made him more center based and less distant. Picked Pawlenty as the VP, and stood more of a chance in the mid west.  Made some gaffes which prob cost me the election, but I managed to win two of the big power states thanks to a campaign that was promising change and attacking Obama for his errors more than in RL.

I focused on the southern states and Ohio.  I went to Pennsylvania a couple of times and Minnesota/Nevada once.  On election day I focused on Florida,Virginia, and NC, but I lost Virgina while winning the rest, including Ohio by 2% and Florida by less than a point. 

Despite making errors with Penn and Virginia, Gary Johnson in particular cost me Colorado, Iowa, and Nevada. Nevada in particular was won by Obama by less than 1,000 votes.  Colorado was won by Barry by 56,000 and Iowa by 44,002 votes.  Johnson in at least two had enough votes that I could have won with. Johnson is regarded as the ultimate Ralph Nader figure in this election, and the Libertarians are enemies of the Republicans.

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Congrats! The webmaster still hasn't e-mailed me back about whether any new election years will be added.

I would love '92 with all 3 options, 2000, 1980, and 1912.

Those will be killer for sure. Especially if the option to run as an Independent is included more, 1968 was the only one where you could do so.

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Nixon/Dirksen-295   32,918,439  49%
Kennedy/Johnson-228  33,951,381 50.5%
Byrd-14   349,538  0.5%

I won with Nixon/Dirksen in normal mode by losing the P vote by 1,032,942 votes or a whole 1.5 percent. How in the world I managed to lose by that much who knows. I led the entire time pretty much, skipped the debates and stayed away from crazy comments. Oh well.

First time I have ever lost by the PV that much in any election game I'm still rolling.

Gonna try with Kennedy in normal mode, both JFK and Ford in that mode has been impossible to win with.

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2000 (A Mixed Gore:)

Gore/Kerry-370 EV's   54,591,720   51.6%
Bush/Cheney-168 EV's  48,635,499 46.0%
Nader/LaDuke-0 EV's  2,263,922   2.1%



Started off as the "I'm my own man Liberal," but halfway I took Clinton's side and became center-left. Picked the affection with Tipper choice but I defended Bill's record and took his side when it came to everything else including Hillary. Just didn't have him flat out campaign for me.

Came close to attacking Bush when the DWI came out but chose the "I know nothing pass the buck," route.  Campaigned hard for Louisiana, Virginia, Georgia, WV, Tennessee and Florida but only got the last 3. Made one trip to Arizona the whole time near the end and I won it somehow.

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Carter/Mondale-  284 EV's,   40,987,171   50.1%
Ford/Baker- 254 EV's,   39,073,090  47.8%



Closest I have come to winning with Ford in normal mode so far.  Picked Baker due to his moderate side and it helped me more than with Dole or Anderson. Anderson in particular splits the party up. 

Had the gaffe with Eastern Europe and that hurt; you can actually get away with it but it's a luck of the draw choice as it's random. Focused hard on Iowa-Ohio but went to Missouri and Wisconsin too, it didn't help. Went to VA and MS once and split, oddly I lost Oklahoma somehow. Still don't get that.

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Gore/Graham-345 EV's,  53,158,892    49.7%
Bush/Cheney-193 EV's,  50,897,905  47.6%
Nader/LaDuke-0 EV's,      2,654,492  2.5%



First time as Gore in hard mode. Focused on being moderate with Clinton helping; led after the first couple of rounds. Attacked Bush for his in-experience and bragged about Clinton's accomplishments. Didn't attack his DUI though. On election day I was risky so I stayed in Florida with Graham instead of hitting Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee like I wanted. I was lucky though.

Focused on Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Lost Colorado close after fighting for it but I won Ohio to make up for it despite not going there much. Won Ohio by 1,070 votes or 00.03%.  Lost Nevada by 7,103 votes which was the closest Bush state.

Surprised I did this well but I'll take it lol.

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I've thought about donating some dough but IDK if so now.

If they get consistent on updating I'll consider it. Still got many elections to get through.

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Obama/Biden- 272 EV's,   64,341,950    49.7%
Romney/Pawlenty-266 EV's,  63,951,708   49.4%



Decided to go old school with Romney. Got Pawlenty and decided to go as centrist as I could go. Usually I stay center right fully and have Pawlenty for the liberal Rep vote but I went hard center mostly except core issues.

Took forever to declare a winner, lost thanks to Iowa and less than 6,000 or so votes. Lost Virginia closely too.  Campaigned solidly for Virginia but Iowa was a surprise.

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I wish the guy would go ahead and do the next update already. I hope he isn't trying to hold the donate BS on our heads because I don't see it working.

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Trump/Brown-  63,574,875,  322 EV's          48.5%
Hillary/?-          63, 328,872  216 EV's           48.3%
Johnson-           2,783,677       0 EV's            02.1%
Stein-                1,307,927       0 EV's            01.0%




Played as Trumpy on Easy. Picked Brown and went on a more moderate way. Attacked Hillary every chance I got but was respectful to Obama and apologized for some stuff. Destroyed her in the debates across the board.

Focused hard on Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.