The Campaign Trail: Post Your Maps!

[Former President tack50]

First election I manage to win at this, and even then it's an extremely close one:

https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/535752

Clinton: 279 (50.0%)
Trump: 259 (47.3%)

Closest state was Pennsylvania, decided by a 49.22-48.75 margin.

[Former President tack50]

Played as Clinton in 2016, picked Sherrod Brown for VP and took almost all the progressive options, while attacking Trump roughly 50% of the time.

Ended up with exactly Obama's 2012 map somehow.

Clinton: 332
Trump: 206

Surprisingly though, Utah was very close (39.9% Trump, 38.5% Clinton, 20.9% Johnson). Same with Montana (44.1% Trump, 41.2% Clinton, 14.8% Johnson)

[Former President tack50]

Played 1916 as Wilson in normal and tried to be as progressive as possible. Won the popular vote but ended up losing the election.

https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/726414

Charles Evans Hugues (R): 276 EV (46.87%)
Woodrow Wilson (D): 255 EV (48.35%)

[Former President tack50]

Using the trick from page 34 (with a 10 multiplier instead of 1000) I managed to throw the 2000 election into the House playing as Ralph Nader. It was also an extremely close election, with less than 1 point separating Gore from Bush and less than 10 EVs separating Gore from winning outright (I guess I attacked Bush too much?)

The game does claim the house will simply elect Bush anyways. Oh well.

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https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/755067

Al Gore: 261 EVs (39.4%)
George W. Bush: 178 EVs (38.7%)
Ralph Nader: 99 EVs (21.7%)

[Former President tack50]

Managed to win the popular vote but lose the election as Woodrow Wilson in 1916:

Charles Evans Hugues - 294 EVs - 46.8%
Woodrow Wilson - 237 EVs - 48.4%

Tipping point state was apparently North Dakota, which I lost by around 1%

https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/775590

[Former President tack50]

Managed to win as Gerald Ford in 1976 in normal while losing the popular vote by 22 000 votes:

Gerald Ford / Howard Baker: 304 EVs (48.98%)
Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale: 234 EVs (49.01%)

https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/782867

Basically played as a moderate in almost everything and didn't attack Carter much.

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Republican operatives, upon hearing of the "Southern Revolt" from the Democrats due to Bryan's comments, declared to McKinley that "The election has already been decided. Bryan has lost much of the south's support, and is likely to scramble and save himself there rather than focus on the midwestern strongholds."

As it turns out, they were wrong:

William Jennings Bryan/Horace Boies: 260 EV, 47.9%
William McKinley/???: 187 EV, 46.9%
John Palmer/???: 0 EV, 5.1%

Actually, one of the things I've been trying to do with that scenario is try to create a no electoral majority scenario in 1896 through that choice just to see what happens. Thing is, I either win regardless as Bryan or McKinley wins a landslide.

Here's one attempt where I actually rejected the first civil rights question and waited for a second one, then I got no extra questions as they are randomized. (so no civil rights). Bryan wins the popular vote but loses the election:

https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/824150

William McKinley           232   6,859,139   48.98
William Jennings Bryan   215   7,007,057   50.03

I wonder if it's possible at all to get no electoral majority. Get too much of the vote and you win, get too little and you lose a landslide.