1972 United States Presidential Election

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

The Universal Party having received no vote, it shouldn't be included in the general ballot.

And I voted for McGovern

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

63% McGovern (5/8), 13% each for Wallace, McCloskey, and Flying Saucer Man. (1/8 each)

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

That wasn't the reason I don't vote for McGovern.  The reason is he would be a terrible president, IMO.

That's fine. FWIW I hope McGovern wins but seeing as he'll probably do so easily I voted for McCloskey because I think he's a good guy and doesn't deserve to get blown out as it looks like he will. I don't encourage that other leftists do the same, obviously

You scare me. Who knows how many Dems had the same reasoning...

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Don't vote for the evil people because you think the good guys will win anyway. Look at 1960.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Oh my. Biggest margin since Seward, fourth-biggest in history behind Jefferson, Seward, and Adams.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

To quote Cath in IRC last night: "McGovern may even get a majority"

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well its not like Nixon or Ashbrook would have done any better honestly.  

Maybe 1976 will be fun.  I'm for Jerry Brown/Birch Bayh.  Anyone with me?

Sure, though frankly I'd prefer if the ticket was reversed. We shall see, though.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well its not like Nixon or Ashbrook would have done any better honestly.  

Maybe 1976 will be fun.  I'm for Jerry Brown/Birch Bayh.  Anyone with me?

I'd prefer Frank Church/Walter Mondale, but I could definitely support a Frank Church/Birch Bayh ticket.

Frank Church was a phenomenal Senator and 1976 is really his only shot, but with Birch Bayh as Church's VP, Bayh could then have a shot in 1984 if Church wins (plus Birch Bayh is younger so that ticket order would make more sense).  Plus, while I can't say I'd support him, Jerry Brown will have another shot in 1992 (whereas Church only ran in 1976 and Bayh never got enough support to qualify for the primaries, IIRC).  Thoughts?

Sure, I'd support Church-Bayh-Brown.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Whoa. That's the largest majority for anyone in the series thus far, isn't it? Or at least in sometime. Good on McGovern for winning ITTL by basically the margin he lost by IOTL.

Largest margin since 1856.

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So are we going to do '76?

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I am finally available to get to this from my own computer. Been out of the house late for the last few nights. Obviously, McCloskey has won. As for his Vice Presidential choice, I apologize. I was so bogged down by all the tiresome McGovern posts in the primaries thread that I was like "Well, there's no frickin' McCloskey voters posting except Oldiesfreak, and a McCloskey/Nixon ticket wouldn't work!" So, thinking myself bereft of votes for McCloskey's VP, I went with the real life nominee.

There's Cath for ya, always biased against heroes of the left . And I think history will remember McCloskey's picking Agnew, a relative political neophyte who was later revealed to have taken over $100,000 in bribes as Governor of Maryland, for VP as one of the dumbest moves in political history.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Ooh! Now the longest Republican streak goes to Utah, which has voted Republican since 1948.