Map of Preceding 4 Posters with 2 tickets

[Maxwell]

1948
Following the death of FDR, Harry Truman was expected to win his parties nomination easily. However, the progressive wing of the Democratic Party criticized the Presidents action on Japan and his cuts to the Federal Budget. Congressman Sanders Emanuel of New York's campaign caught on fire when Truman's approvals fell through the floor. Emanuel picked Thomas Fieldman of Wyoming, a fiery yet well-regarded Senator, certainly of the left and with a heavy union background.

Republicans had an inspiring primary season too. The moderate, internationalist wing of the Republican party scored a big win with a surprising Governor John Wind to win the nomination. Conservatives considered walking out and running a third party candidate, but instead knocked out Wind's VP pick, Attorney General Benjamin Constine, a very noted internationalist, and instead put in Oklahoma Congressman George Maxwell, a libertarian Republican. Wind and Maxwell disagreed on just about every issue, but united under the banner of knocking out the Democrats and against left extremism.

The Republican ticket won strongly, but Emanuel did stronger than expected, with most polling having him trailing Wind by over 20 points.

Governor John Wind (R-VT)/Congressman George Maxwell (R-OK) - 51.8%, 301 EV's
Congressman Sanders Emanuel (D-NY)/Senator Thomas Fieldman (D-WY) - 45.3%, 171 EV's
Southern Candidates - 2.4%, 0 EV's
Others - 0.5%, 0 EV's

[Maxwell]

Imaginary Time!

After 8 years of prosperity under Republican President Duke Kennedy, Americans were hoping to stay the course. Republicans led originally on the ballot by over 20 points over a potential Democrat, but things changed as soon as the Republican primary went underway. Conservatives, angry at the President's expanding deficits and his ban on high fructose corn syrup, Senator Donald Goldwater of Arizona beat Vice President Roger Cinci for the nomination, and to spite the moderates, picked anti-union Governor John Maxwell to the ticket. This enraged the moderates and forced them to vote Democratic. Luckily for the Democrats, they went through a process and nominated Former Republican (switched parties in Congress) and Governor of Missouri Charles Gauss as the nominee, and he picked the incumbent Defense Secretary Michael Beans to be his VP. What was supposed to be an easy win for Republicans turned into an easy win for Democrats, even after their offensive comment about Coloradans.

Governor Charles Gauss (D-MO)/Secretary of Defense Michael "Mung" Beans (D-CA) - 55.4%, 402 EV's
Senator Donald Goldwater (R-AZ)/Governor John Maxwell (R-OK) - 42.3%, 136 EV's
Others - 2.3%