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« on: December 20, 2009, 02:46:19 PM »
Taft wins.
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2009, 03:05:32 PM »
« Edited: December 21, 2009, 05:59:17 PM by Northeast Representative-elect ZombieLibertas »


Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio/ General Douglas MacArthur of Arkansas 360 electoral votes
President Harry S. Truman of Missouri/ Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky 133 electoral votes
Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina/ Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi 38 electoral votes
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2009, 03:06:15 PM »
Quote from: Rochambeau on December 20, 2009, 03:01:07 PM

Why? If Truman could beat Dewey (who was much more moderate on economic and foreign policy), then why would Taft beat Truman when Truman could have a much easier time tying him to Hoover's failed economic policy (which caused the Great Depression) and to the failed policy of isolationism? To me, it seems that this factor would make Truamn's victory even larger than it was in RL.

Sorry, but I'm not going to answer questions rooted in false pretenses.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2009, 03:09:11 PM »
Quote from: Mideast Assemblyman Ben on December 20, 2009, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: ZombieLibertas on December 20, 2009, 03:05:32 PM


Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio/ General Douglas MacArthur of Arkansas 356 electoral votes
President Harry S. Truman of Missouri/ Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky 137 electoral votes
Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina/ Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi 38 electoral votes

Yeah, no way.  Not only was Taft very charismatically challenged, but Truman did spend three months running against him IRL in 1948, and he won.  Taft actually being the nominee would just make things much worse.

Yeah, way. Truman was cruising for a bruising if Dewey weren't a suckass candidate. Your map is hackish nonsense.
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2009, 02:42:30 AM »
Quote from: ♠♠♠Giovanni♠♠♠ on December 20, 2009, 03:16:55 PM
Dewey stood back and took Truman's sh**t, and barely lost to him. Taft was not a pushover. Taft would have given all of Truman's crap and more, and probably win. Libertas's map might be too generous to Taft, but I agree Taft would have won.
Yep, there's no way Taft does worse than Dewey.
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2009, 06:09:29 AM »
Well I went with a semi-realistic running mate choice...
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2009, 04:29:09 PM »
Quote from: SOEA HappyWarrior on December 21, 2009, 09:28:14 AM
Taft likly would have won because much like Truman he was not afraid to get down and dirty.  Dewey had simply hoped to coast to the presidency which obviously failed.  Sadly for the country, Taft was a much better campaigner.
Wow, someone who actually thinks that war criminal Truman made a better president than Robert A. Taft would? Shocked
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 04:31:10 PM »

I think Virginia, Tennessee, and possibly Florida would have flipped before Oklahoma.
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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2009, 01:31:07 PM »
Quote from: SOEA HappyWarrior on December 22, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Quote from: Northeast Representative ZombieLibertas on December 21, 2009, 04:29:09 PM
Quote from: SOEA HappyWarrior on December 21, 2009, 09:28:14 AM
Taft likly would have won because much like Truman he was not afraid to get down and dirty.  Dewey had simply hoped to coast to the presidency which obviously failed.  Sadly for the country, Taft was a much better campaigner.
Wow, someone who actually thinks that war criminal Truman made a better president than Robert A. Taft would? Shocked

Thats me, actually I think the majority of people would.

I guess we could have gathered that from your user name...
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