Warner/Bayh vs. Giuliani/McCain

[Speed of Sound]

I thought this would be an interesting clash in '08

[MasterJedi]

Guiliani/McCain

[ian]

I would vote for Giuliani/McCain.

[opebo]

Warner/Bayh    - 291
Giuliani/McCain - 247

[bgwah]

Warner/Bayh    - 291
Giuliani/McCain - 247

I dunno, would the entire South really support the "anti-family" former NYC mayor over one of their own?

[PBrunsel]

Don't really like the GOP ticket or the Democratic one.

I'll vote "other" for Dr. Charles Baldwin/Mr. Lon Mabon [Const.]

[Moooooo]

Giuliani/McCain would start off with a huge lead, but it would gradually diminish and Warner/Bayh would come out on top, IMO.

[Defarge]

Given the choice I'd probably vote for Rudy. 

[FerrisBueller86]

The maps look too similar to Bush vs. Gore and Bush vs. Kerry.

Guiliani would be a big liability, as he's too liberal for the Republicans and blamed the the troops for the 380 tons of stolen explosives.  (This would make for quite an attack ad.)  Guiliani would be toast in the South against a moderate Democratic ticket, and McCain wouldn't help much because of the 2000 experience.  McCain wouldn't help the ticket much because the running mate doesn't really matter.  Dan Quayle proved this.

The map would look something like:


Warner-Bayh wins with 433 electoral votes.  The best McCain can do is win the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states, and I'm being generous to the Republican ticket.  A moderate, inoffensive Democrat with rural appeal running against Guiliani (too liberal, too much baggage) would offer the chance for a 50-state Democratic landslide.

[No more McShame]

Don't really like the GOP ticket or the Democratic one.

I'll vote "other" for Dr. Charles Baldwin/Mr. Lon Mabon [Const.]

Ugh, please don't vote for a ticket that has Lon Mabon on it!  But PBrunsel has a point about Giuliani being the Republican nominee.  There will be a strong 3rd party candidate from the right.  I don't care what Pat Robertson is saying right now, he will be abandoned in favor of a candidate who actually is against infanticide.

[skybridge]

Why would Bayh take the back seat for a one-term governor?

[Democratic Hawk]

Given the choice I'd probably vote for Rudy. 

Surely, you don't mean that

Dave

[Moooooo]

Why would Bayh take the back seat for a one-term governor?

Simple.  He'd want to be part of a winning team.

[jokerman]

There would be a Roy Moore-type third party candidate.  He would get about 8% of the vote nationally and about 19% on average in the south.  It would be enough to flip several states.

[Joe Republic]

With a pair of moderates versus a pair of moderates, I think we could expect third and fourth party challenges from both the far left and far right respectively.  Now THAT would be interesting.

[Defarge]

Given the choice I'd probably vote for Rudy. 

Surely, you don't mean that

Dave

First and foremost I'm a New Yorker. 

[ian]

There would be a Roy Moore-type third party candidate.  He would get about 8% of the vote nationally and about 19% on average in the south.  It would be enough to flip several states.

I think this map is good, but I do think that many of the northern states would probably vote Republican, ie Connecticut has a strong favorability for moderate Republicans over any Democrat, as one can see by looking at their legislature.  I also think Maine, New Hampshire, and possibly Vermont could swing their way.  Oh, and I think we could maybe get South Dakota; MissCatholic, do you think that SD would support a moderate Democrat over a moderate Repub and extreme 3rd party?

[Beet]

TOUGH choice! Both great candidates, but I think I'd have to settle for Warner/Bayh in the end. After having Republican presidents for 28 of the past 40 years and one-party Republican rule for the past eight years it would be time for a change.

[Akno21]

Given the choice I'd probably vote for Rudy. 

Surely, you don't mean that

Dave

First and foremost I'm a New Yorker. 

Kinda like States endorsing Harry for President back in October I suppose.