New Campaign Trail: How would you do in 1968?

[GregTheGreat657]

Basically, answer the questions and pick the running mate you would have


Here is my result (on normal):

[Schiff for Senate]

Who can win the most states playing as George Wallace? (Normal mode)

[LAB-LIB]

I played Humphrey on normal a week or two ago:

1968 Presidential Election

Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 459 electoral votes/35,583,160 votes (48.7%)
Fmr. Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 40 electoral votes/28,462,381 votes (39.0%)
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (I-AL)/Ret. General Curtis LeMay (I-OH): 39 electoral votes/9,002,103 votes (12.3%)

I had so much fun making this map, so wish it was the map IRL. It's about as perfect as 1968 can realistically get, having Humphrey win by the widest margin possible but without giving Wallace the distinction of coming in second.

[ModerateRadical]

Played as Humphrey w/ Connally as VP (played this scenario quite a lot, and sometimes luck with the RNG lets me pick off a Southern state like NC if I have Connally on the ticket). Maybe it's just me imagining things, but I think this scenario was a bit easier to win in a landslide when playing as Humphrey back when it was on the old Campaign Trail site.

Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/ Gov. John Connally (D-TX): 348 electoral votes/33,955,590 votes (46.6%)
Fmr. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Gov. Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 145 electoral votes/29,475,717 votes (40.5%)
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (AIP-AL)/Ret. General Curtis LeMay (AIP-CA): 45 electoral votes/9,424,624 votes (12.9%)

[GregTheGreat657]

I played Humphrey on normal a week or two ago:

1968 Presidential Election

Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 459 electoral votes/35,583,160 votes (48.7%)
Fmr. Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 40 electoral votes/28,462,381 votes (39.0%)
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (I-AL)/Ret. General Curtis LeMay (I-OH): 39 electoral votes/9,002,103 votes (12.3%)

I had so much fun making this map, so wish it was the map IRL. It's about as perfect as 1968 can realistically get, having Humphrey win by the widest margin possible but without giving Wallace the distinction of coming in second.

How?

[Schiff for Senate]

I played Humphrey/Connally, difficulty regular, and did pretty well.

For reference, this is the real 1968:


And this is what the results in the game were:

[LAB-LIB]

I played Humphrey on normal a week or two ago:

1968 Presidential Election

Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 459 electoral votes/35,583,160 votes (48.7%)
Fmr. Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 40 electoral votes/28,462,381 votes (39.0%)
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (I-AL)/Ret. General Curtis LeMay (I-OH): 39 electoral votes/9,002,103 votes (12.3%)

I had so much fun making this map, so wish it was the map IRL. It's about as perfect as 1968 can realistically get, having Humphrey win by the widest margin possible but without giving Wallace the distinction of coming in second.

How?

I picked the answer about running to the right of Wallace on economic issues gives you a big boost. It's sort of like Dukakis '88 "As President I will do anything to cut income taxes further" Pick Muskie as your running mate. Some others have pushed Nixon below Wallace in electoral votes, but that's very difficult.

Also, how do you make the maps that you do? I can only make them with the electoral college calculator on Atlas, and I like the way the other way looks better.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Possibly the weirdest map I've ever seen:

[GregTheGreat657]

I played Humphrey on normal a week or two ago:

1968 Presidential Election

Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 459 electoral votes/35,583,160 votes (48.7%)
Fmr. Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 40 electoral votes/28,462,381 votes (39.0%)
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (I-AL)/Ret. General Curtis LeMay (I-OH): 39 electoral votes/9,002,103 votes (12.3%)

I had so much fun making this map, so wish it was the map IRL. It's about as perfect as 1968 can realistically get, having Humphrey win by the widest margin possible but without giving Wallace the distinction of coming in second.

How?

I picked the answer about running to the right of Wallace on economic issues gives you a big boost. It's sort of like Dukakis '88 "As President I will do anything to cut income taxes further" Pick Muskie as your running mate. Some others have pushed Nixon below Wallace in electoral votes, but that's very difficult.

Also, how do you make the maps that you do? I can only make them with the electoral college calculator on Atlas, and I like the way the other way looks better.

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?action=evcalc

I don't use PV shading and usually switch to traditional colors

[Schiff for Senate]

Possibly the weirdest map I've ever seen:

Who were you playing as? If as Wallace, good job. If not, then I'm surprised how well Wallace was able to do.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew: 354 E.V./45%
Christian Man/John Connelly: 139 E.V./41.4% P.V.
George Wallace/Curtis LeMay: 45 E.V./13.5% P.V.

I managed to lose two swing states (Washington which I lost by just under 14,300 votes/New York which I lost by around 22,800 votes). I also switched Maine and New Mexico, because it would've geographically made more sense because Muskie was not on the ticket.

I managed to only win Maryland by 283 votes.

[bagelman]

Hump 348 EV 45.9% PV

Nixon 145 EV 41.3% PV

Wallace 45 EV 12.9% PV

I played as Hump and played very well. I'm usually bad at this game lol.

Closest state was KY at D+0.3, by raw votes AK at D+887 (which is still about D+1.1).