The Campaign Trail: Post Your Maps!

[Enderman]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

That's wierd, because it's working on my device perfectly.

The weird thing is I could get through and finish a 25-question game in 1896 as Bryan a couple hours ago (I lost), but I've gotten nothing since then.

I call trolling!

What the hell? I'm not making anything up, I really can't get through.



Make no mistake, I took this screenshot just a few minutes ago.

Oh carp, no I meant on RR1997, not you. I got the same message too, that's why I said that. Sorry for the confusion...

It's working on my device! See this for proof:

Hmm... Could it be only working on laptops?

[RR1997]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

That's wierd, because it's working on my device perfectly.

The weird thing is I could get through and finish a 25-question game in 1896 as Bryan a couple hours ago (I lost), but I've gotten nothing since then.

I call trolling!

What the hell? I'm not making anything up, I really can't get through.



Make no mistake, I took this screenshot just a few minutes ago.

Oh carp, no I meant on RR1997, not you. I got the same message too, that's why I said that. Sorry for the confusion...

It's working on my device! See this for proof:

Hmm... Could it be only working on laptops?

It's also working on my Samsung tablet.

[Enderman]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

That's wierd, because it's working on my device perfectly.

The weird thing is I could get through and finish a 25-question game in 1896 as Bryan a couple hours ago (I lost), but I've gotten nothing since then.

I call trolling!

What the hell? I'm not making anything up, I really can't get through.



Make no mistake, I took this screenshot just a few minutes ago.

Oh carp, no I meant on RR1997, not you. I got the same message too, that's why I said that. Sorry for the confusion...

It's working on my device! See this for proof:

Hmm... Could it be only working on laptops?

It's also working on my Samsung tablet.

.... Ugh stupid iPads

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Hmm... Could it be only working on laptops?

Nope, I'm using a laptop and I'm getting the busted message too.

[RR1997]

.... Ugh stupid iPads

I don't think that's the problem.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Went from active -> inactive for me.

[RR1997]

Went from active -> inactive for me.

That's weird. It seems like it isn't working for anyone except me.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I rebooted my computer and now the game is working on Chrome but not Firefox.

[RR1997]

I rebooted my computer and now the game is working on Chrome but not Firefox.

It's working on both Firefox and Chrome on my laptop.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Now it's down on Chrome again!

[badgate]

Yay! I just played! I like the new method for deciding where to campaign

edited to add And on my first game, an Obama/Clinton game on hard, I lost with 266 electoral votes...and 50.1% of the popular vote.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Went on 1968, won 7 states as George Wallace, but a narrow loss in NC kept me from actually deadlocking the EC. Then went on 1896 as Bryan and won the popular vote 50%-49%, but came up 18 votes short in the electoral college.

[NHI]

Narrow Romney/Rubio victory of 272-266, lost the popular vote by 0.3% (49.7%-49.4%)
Closest State was Colorado: 49.22%-49.17% (D-R)

[Senator Cris]

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) 301 (50,6%)
President Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) 237 (48,5%)

Played as Romney/Pawlenty

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Heh.

President Barack Obama (D-IL) / Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) - 4 EVs (38%; 48,571,962)
Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) - 534 EVs (60.7%; 77,555,125)

I advocated for the repeal of Obamacare, the removal of Eric Holder as Attorney General, and the defunding of Social Security in its entirety. I only campaigned in Missouri, Utah and Washington D.C. (which I still got 82% of the vote in). Yet somehow I managed to keep one of Maine's districts (it appears that Maine and Nebraska split votes now, not sure if this was the case before). Closest state was Hawaii, which I lost 51-46.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Bryan(D-NE)/Boies (D-IA) - 50.7% / 234 EV
McKinley(R-OH) /Hobart (R-NJ) - 48.3% - 213 EV

Indiana was the tipping point: 560 vote margin (0.09%)

[badgate]

I got the same map, with some different percentages. What difficulty setting did you choose? I was on 'hard'

William Jennings Bryan    234    7,086,327    50.9%
---- William McKinley    213    6,711,630    48.2%
---- John Palmer    0    134,653    1.0%


CLOSEST STATE: MINNESOTA
William McKinley   164,010   49.63
William Jennings Bryan   162,223   49.09
John Palmer   4,222   1.28

[DKrol]

√ President Barack Obama/Vice President Joe Biden (D) - 384
Governor Mitt Romney/Senator Rob Portman (R) - 154

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Moderate hero Nixon mopped the floor with HHH...

√ Former Vice Pres. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 431 EVs, 45.6% PV (33,545,398)
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 54 EVs, 40.0% PV (29,476,625)
Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Former Gen. Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 53 EVs, 14.4% PV (10,603,472)


Close States (within 5%)

• South Carolina: .15%, 1,003 votes
• Texas: .55%, 17,379 votes
• West Virginia: 1.16%, 9,003 votes
• Michigan: 1.24%, 39,972 votes
• Washington: 2.49%, 34,593 votes
• New York: 2.69%, 189,211 votes
• Pennsylvania: 2.77%, 125,189 votes
• Maine: 2.91%, 11,519 votes
• Tennessee: 3.70%, 44,706 votes
• Maryland: 3.74%, 46,886 votes

[badgate]

OBAMA/CLINTON MAKES HISTORY

---- Barack Obama    347    66,827,418    51.9%

---- Mitt Romney    191    60,742,308    47.2%

---- Gary Johnson    0    863,733    0.7%

---- Jill Stein    0    303,551    0.2%

CLOSEST STATES: NORTH CAROLINA
Barack Obama   2,229,143   49.80

Mitt Romney   2,223,000   49.67

Gary Johnson   23,821   0.53


FLORIDA
Barack Obama   4,182,932   50.56

Mitt Romney   4,037,645   48.80

Gary Johnson   36,457   0.44

Jill Stein   16,343   0.20



Difficulty Level: Hard

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Impossible Difficulty: Obama/Biden Squeaks Through

Obama/Biden:  270    63,508,398    49.2%
Romney/Ryan: 268    64,313,797    49.8%


5 Closest States

Ohio
D: 2,860,331 - 49.82%
R: 2,836,669 - 49.41%

Wisconsin
D: 1,519,350 - 49.26%
R: 1,536,933 - 49.83%

Colorado
D: 1,319,954 - 49.52%
R: 1,298,842 - 48.73%

Pennsylvania
D: 3,011,489 - 50.00%
R: 2,963,231 - 49.19%

Nevada
D: 492,877 - 50.09%
R: 474,418 - 48.21%

Impossible is an apt description for that difficulty level. Took me over a dozen tries. Came close several times once I got the hang of what Obama should generally be saying, usually losing a state that should be lean D while picking up a swing state (e.g. lose PA but win VA). I know it's supposed to be favorable to the other guy but some states tilt absurdly close to Romney: New York and Delaware were 5 point margins while New Jersey was 12 points; Iowa is virtually unwinnable.

My advice for Obama Impossible attempts:
- Stay with Biden. Picking Clinton seems to start you off in a worse position.
- Going full moderate hero will get you close but not over the line. Staking out some liberal positions (gay marriage, wealthy tax cuts, Arizona immigration law) are necessary to prevent some tilt-D states from hemorrhaging voters.
- Focus the fast majority of your state visits on one swing state. I picked Ohio which worked out, visiting PA and CO once each to shore up Dem support.

Now to do it with Romney...

[badgate]

Romney + Rubio win squeaker!

Mitt Romney    281    63,375,249    49.2%
Barack Obama    257    64,183,771    49.9%
Gary Johnson    0    873,393    0.7%
Jill Stein    0    305,675    0.2%


Closest States
Colorado
Mitt Romney   1,320,143   49.22%
Barack Obama   1,318,756   49.17%
Gary Johnson   36,604   1.36%
Jill Stein   6,660   0.25%

Ohio
Mitt Romney   2,795,528   49.80%
Barack Obama   2,777,674   49.48%
Gary Johnson   28,831   0.51%
Jill Stein   11,714   0.21%

North Carolina
Mitt Romney   2,260,694   50.24%
Barack Obama   2,215,146   49.23%
Gary Johnson   23,713   0.53%

[badgate]

The Impossible: Humphrey/Harris in '68!

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey climbed from the ashes of the crumbling Johnson administration to a resounding victory tonight. After six brutal months in which Richard Nixon refused to debate the incumbent Vice President, the Democratic party was fractured by Alabama segregationist Governor George Wallace's in depending campaign for President, the election ended tonight with victory for Hubert Humphrey, and the young Senator from Oklahoma, Fred Harris.

In a stunning twist just last week, the Nixon campaign was revealed to have interfered and thwarted peace talks being negotiated by the Johnson administration. Humphrey seized on this and barnstormed the entire country this last week, and it paid off. We go now to the map.

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey / Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris - 331 33,095,832 45.1%
Frmr. Vice President Richard Nixon / Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew - 153 30,341,042 41.3%
Alabama Governor George Wallace / Curtis LeMay - 53 10,017,525 13.6%

Difficulty Level: Impossible

CLOSEST STATES

New Jersey
Richard Nixon   1,342,828   44.68
Hubert H. Humphrey   1,341,075   44.62
George Wallace   321,338   10.69

South Carolina
George Wallace   230,849   33.96   8
Richard Nixon   226,999   33.39
Hubert H. Humphrey   221,975   32.65

Tennessee
Richard Nixon   428,531   33.85
George Wallace   418,822   33.08
Hubert H. Humphrey   418,631   33.07

Kentucky
Hubert H. Humphrey   428,697   41.50
Richard Nixon   420,120   40.67
George Wallace   184,264   17.84

[Vern]

Impossible Rate: Obama wins

This was a toss-up all the way to the end. But at the last second the President got a small bump in the polls.

Barack Obama/Joe Biden           280    65,335,941    50.1%
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan           258    63,778,895    48.9%

Closest States

New Hampshire
Mitt Romney   365,125   49.89   
Barack Obama   361,554   49.40   

Iowa
Mitt Romney   769,865   49.91   
Barack Obama   759,804   49.26

Ohio
Barack Obama   2,688,672   49.96   
Mitt Romney   2,652,362   49.29

Wisconsin   
Barack Obama   1,564,333   49.95   
Mitt Romney   1,540,224   49.18

[Maxwell]

Liberal Mitt Romney loses in a landslide!

President Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) - 62.3%, 531 EV's
Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) - 36.5%, 7 EV's

Only Utah held on, as Romney ran on a platform of banning fracking, wanting to do something about global warming, supporting healthcare, and taxing the rich. I tried to run to Obama's left if it was possible, like negiotiating with the protesters in Egypt.