2016: Bernie Sanders vs. Mitt Romney after 8 years of McCain

[Dr. MB]

What would a Senator Bernie Sanders vs. Vice President Mitt Romney (selected instead of Palin) map look like after a two-term McCain presidency?

[bagelman]

McCain/Romney vs. Clinton/Edwards Bayh

Clinton comes close to winning the EV despite losing the PV, but the only states really in doubt are her close wins in WI and OH. The worst of the bad news from Wall St., luckily for McCain, is delayed until later in November ITTL.

2012:

McCain/Romney (I) vs. Menendez/Crist.

McCain smashes his scarface wannabe opponent 339-199. The Democrats need to go back to the drawing board...

Republicans remain popular in VA and NV - even if the former is showing signs of going DEM Sanders is the wrong fit for the state. As such this election is decided by my own home state of Ohio...

[Mr. Smith]

Sanders/Fairfax
Romney/Kasich


After 16 years of GOP reign, the electorate is fatigued and ready for a change. This momentum allows Sanders to dig into the Sun Belt by really chugging out the minority vote in places like Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami.

In order to pacify any concerns, he taps Justin Fairfax, who probably became Governor, because Virginia usually votes in opposition, and after Creigh Deeds beat Bob McDonnell, where else could things go anyway?

After that he really goes after Romney on his Bain Capital record.

[NewYorkExpress]

McCain was far more likely to actually turn around and pick Lieberman if he wasn't convinced Palin was a quality option.

Of course, failing that, there's always Lindsey Graham...

[The Govanah Jake]

After 16 years of Republican rule? I would expect a Democratic wipeout (between Obama 2008 and Obama 2012 levels).

[Kingpoleon]

276: Bernie Sanders/Carol Moseley Braun*
262: Mitt Romney/Gabriel Gomez**

*Elected Senator in 2010
**National Security Advisor


Romney does not do too well in the Northeast, as Governor Richard Tisei declines to campaign with him to better his chances at re-election. Secretary of State Richard Grenell, Senator Mia Love, who was elected in 2012, Treasury Secretary Mitch Daniels, and Governor Jay Dardenne are some of his main surrogates. Sanders, meanwhile, gains broad support from Governor Obama, Senator Landrieu, Senator Clinton, and Senator Warren, seen as the other 3-4 leaders of the Democratic Party.

[Chips]

2008: A huge bombshell against Obama was released on October 30th which made the election swing McCain's way. Obama still picks up NV and NM though McCain picks up PA and NH.



John McCain: 301 electoral votes
Barack Obama: 237 electoral votes

2012: Hillary is the nominee. McCain is able to win back NM and NV as well as pick up ME-02 very narrowly. WI remains stubbornly out of reach though, Going to Clinton by just under half a point.



President McCain: 317 electoral votes
Hillary Clinton: 221 electoral votes

2016: It's Sanders vs. Romney. After four straight terms of Republican control, The American people have had enough and Sanders wins by a landslide margin. Texas is within 4% but Romney wins it.



2020: Incumbent Sanders runs against Ted Cruz. The race is very close but Sanders wins despite narrowly losing the popular vote.

[Agonized-Statism]

It's really hard to see McCain winning and getting reelected in the first place, but this could only be a Sanders win.

[darklordoftech]

If McCain won in 2008, I’m assuming that either Gore won in 2000 and got re-elected in 2004 or Kerry won in 2004.