Post random maps here

[NHI]

√ Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL)/ Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) 285 (48.3%)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)/ Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 250 (46.7%)

Sen. Bernie Sanders/Dennis Kucinich: 3 (3.5%)

Other: 0 (1.5%)

√ Sen. Alison Lundergan Grimes: (D-KY)/Gov. Brian Schweitzer: 341 (51.5%)

Pres. Jeb Bush (R-FL)/ Vice Pres. Kelly Ayotte: 197 (46.4%)

Other: 0 (2.1%)

[NHI]

2012 (Rick Perry wins Republican nomination):

President Barack Obama (D-IL)/Senator Joe Biden (D-DE): 387 Electoral Votes (53.56%)
Governor Rick Perry (R-TX)/Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI): 151 Electoral Votes (44.44%)
Other (Libertarian, Green, etc.): 0 Electoral Votes (2%)

IN and SC possibly for Obama, otherwise looks about right.

[NHI]

2004

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani/Senator John McCain (R) - 376
Senator Joe Biden/Fmr. General Wesley Clark (D) - 162

Hmm...interesting map. :-)

[NHI]

√ Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) 281 (49.4%)

Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL) / Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE) 257 (49.2%)

√ Sec. of State. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 275 (49.3%)

Pres. Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Vice Pres. Paul Ryan (R-WI) 263 (49.3%)

√ Pres. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Vice Pres. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 310 (51.3%)

Vice Pres. Paul Ryan (R-WI) / Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) 228 (46.8%)

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) / Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 300 (50.8%)

Vice Pres. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) / Gov. Gavin Newsome (D-CA) 238 (47.7%)

√ Pres. Chris Christie (R-NJ) / Vice Pres. Marco Rubio (R-F) 324 (52.0%)

Sen. Martin Heinrich/ (D-NM) / Gov. Julian Castro (D-TX) 214 (46.8%)

√ Vice Pres. Marco Rubio (R-FL) / Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) 281 (49.5%)

Gov. Julian Castro (D-TX) / Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) 257 (49.4%)

[NHI]

√ Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) / Representative Jack Kemp (R-NY) 270 (47.3%)

President Bill Clinton (D-AR) / Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) 268 (46.6%)

Ross Perot (I-TX) / Pat Choate (I-DC) 0 (5.1%)

√ Pres. Bob Dole (R-KS) / Representative Jack Kemp (R-NY) 306 (50.9%)

Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) / Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) 232 (47.8%)

√ Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) / Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 391 (52.9%)

Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) / Senator John Edwards (D-NC) 147 (45.4%)

√ Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) / Governor Mark Warner (D-VA) 336 (51.7%)

President Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) / Vice President Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 202 (46.8%)

√ President Evan Bayh (D-IN) / Vice President Mark Warner (D-VA) 305 (51.3%)

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) / Senator John Thune (R-SD) 233 (47.4%)

[NHI]

Kerry: 277 (50.1%)

Bush: 261 (48.7%)

-- possible future timeline.

[NHI]

√ Mitt Romney: 270 (64,349,999) 49.6%

Barack Obama: 268 (63,785,666) 49.2%

Other: 0 (1,540,679) 1.2%

Ohio:

√ Mitt Romney: 49.6%

Barack Obama: 49.2%

Virginia:

√ Mitt Romney: 49.6%

Barack Obama: 49.4%

Florida:

√ Mitt Romney: 50.0%

Barack Obama: 49.1%

New Hampshire:

√ Mitt Romney: 50.1%

Barack Obama: 48.9%

[NHI]

2016

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)/Mark Warner (D-VA) 49.11% 299 EV
Paul Ryan (R-WI)/Rob Portman (R-OH) 49.08% 239 EV


Warren trails throughout the campaign until a video of Ryan condemning social security and medicare as "the two gravest mistakes our country has ever made" surfaces in late September.  Ryan appears to have won the popular vote until several weeks after the election and WI flips in a recount.

Closest States

WI
48.87%/48.85%

CO
48.6%/48.5%

PA
49.7%/48.9%

IA
50.0%/49.0%

VA
50.3%/48.6%

OH
50.5%/48.2%

FL
50.7%/48.0%


2020 

Pres. Elizabeth Warren/VP Mark Warner 56.1% 402 EV
Ted Cruz (R-TX)/Rand Paul (R-KY) 42.6% 136 EV

The grassroots take control of the primary this time, but the result is an Ike-level win for Warren in a relatively strong economy.  The House also flips to the Democrats for the first time since 2008.

Oh the horror! President Warren!

[NHI]

Governor Ann Richards/Senator Bob Kerrey: 384 (52.2%)

Vice President Dan Quayle/Senator Bob Smith: 154 (46.4%)

President Ann Richards/Vice President Bob Kerrey: 285 (49.1%)

General Colin Powell/Rep. John Kasich: 253 (49.0%)

Mayor Rudy Giuliani/Governor Tommy Thompson: 310 (50.9%)

Vice President Bob Kerrey/Governor Janet Napolitano: 228 (48.0%)

President Rudy Giuliani/Vice President Tommy Thompson: 360 (52.7%)

Governor Ed Randell/Governor Gavin Newsom: 178 (45.9%)

Governor Andrew Cuomo/Senator Mary Landrieu: 381 (50.5%)

Rep. Mike Pence/Governor Sarah Palin: 144 (35.5%)

Governor Jon Huntsman/Governor Angus King: 13 (13.0%)

[NHI]

President Barack Obama/Vice Pres. Joe Biden: 357 (53.0%)

Senator Rick Santorum/Rep. Newt Gingrich: 181 (45.1%)

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton/Senator Sherrod Brown: 277 (49.5%)

Governor Chris Christie/Senator Rand Paul: 261 (49.4%)

Governor Susanna Martinez/Senator Kelly Ayotte: 272 (49.3%)

Vice President Sherrod Brown/Senator Tammy Baldwin: 266 (49.2%)

[NHI]

√ Vice President Joe Biden/Senator Elizabeth Warren: 285 (49.8%)

Governor Jeb Bush/Senator Kelly Ayotte: 253 (48.6%)

Other: 0 (1.6%)

√ Attorney General Kirsten Gilibrand/Governor Julian Castro: 368 (53.2%)

Senator Ted Cruz/Governor Mike Pence: 170 (45.3%)

Other: 0 (1.5%)

[NHI]

√ Governor Jeb Bush/Secretary Elizabeth Dole: 273 (48.9%)

Vice President Al Gore/Senator Joe Lieberman: 265 (48.7%)

Other: 0 (2.4%)

√ President Jeb Bush/Vice President Elizabeth Dole: 342 (53.0%)

Senator Joe Biden/Governor Howard Dean: 196 (45.5%)

Other: 0 (1.5%)

√ Senator Hillary Clinton/Governor Bill Richardson: 277 (49.29%)

Vice President Elizabeth Dole/Senator George Allen: 261 (49.20%)

Other: 0 (1.6%)

√ Governor Chris Christie/Senator Judd Gregg: 311 (50.9%)

President Hillary Clinton/Vice President Bill Richardson: 227 (47.5%)

[NHI]

Savior of the Republican Party

√ Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV)/ Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR): 275 (49.5%)

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD)/ Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) 263 (49.4%)

√ Pres. Brian Sandoval (R-NV)/ Vice Pres. Tom Cotton (R-AR) 326 (52.9%)

Gov. Gavin Newsom/ (D-CA)/Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA) 212 (45.3%)

[NHI]

No economic crisis in 2008

√ Sen. John McCain/Gov. Sarah Palin: 276 (49.4%)

Sen. Barack Obama/Sen. Joe Biden: 262 (49.3%)

√ Pres. John McCain/Vice Pres. Sarah Palin: 296 (50.9%)

Sen. Russ Fieingold/Gov. Martin O'Malley: 242 (47.9%)

Vice President Sarah Palin/Gov. Jon Huntsman: 269 (49.8%)

Sen. Hillary Clinton/Sen. Sherrod Brown: 269 (49.8%)*

*House Elects Clinton 26-23

√ Pres. Hillary Clinton/Vice Pres. Sherrod Brown: 299 (50.7%)

Gov. Jon Huntsman/Sen. Charlie Crist: 239 (48.0%)

[NHI]

Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV)/Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) 291 (50.5%)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)/Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 247 (48.1%)

[NHI]

The Duke Wins

√ Gov. Michael Dukakis/Sen Lloyd Bentsen: 272 (49.6%)

Vice Pres. George H.W. Bush/Sen. Dan Quayle: 266 (49.5%)

Dukakis Thwarts off Economic Crisis

√ Pres. Michael Dukakis/Vice Pres. Lloyd Bentsen: 337 (52.4%)

Sen. Dan Quayle/Rep. Jack Kemp: 201 (45.4%)

History Made

√ Gov. Ann Richards/Attorney General Bill Clinton: 411 (55.8%)

Sen. Philip Graham/Sen. Richard Lugar: 127 (43.9%)

Straight Talk Express

√ Sen. John McCain/Gov. John Engler: 291 (50.4%)

Pres. Ann Richards/Vice Pres. Bill Clinton: 247

McCain! McCain! McCain!

√ Pres. John McCain/Vice Pres. John Engler: 427 (57.8%)

Vice Pres. Bill Clinton/Sen. John Kerry: 11 (40.9%)

Republican Dominance

√ Mayor Rudy Giuliani/Gov.Tim Pawlenty: 373 (53.9%)

Gov. Roy Barnes/Sen. Diane Feinstein: 165 (44.7%)

√ Pres. Rudy Giuliani/Vice Pres. Tim Pawlenty: 337 (51.4%)

Sen. Russ Feingold/Gov. Deval Patrick: 201 (46.9%)

[NHI]

√ John McCain/Tim Pawlenty: 272 (49.3%)

Hillary Clinton/Joe Biden: 266 (49.2%)

possible future timeline...

[NHI]

The Election of 2092- Extreme Climate Change Scenario

Isabel Martinez (TX-GOV)/Calvin Brown (IL-SEN)  56.7% 390 EV
J. A. "Jeff" Kearney (MI-GOV)/Sarah Fitzpatrick (CT-GOV)  42.5% 148 EV

Thoughts?   

Good lord!

[NHI]

√ Frm. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton/Sen. Tim Kaine: 423 (55.0%)

Sen. Ted Cruz/Sen. Rand Paul: 115 (43.6%)

√ Sen. Brian Sandoval/Sen. Pat Toomey: 303 (50.1%)

Pres. Hillary Clinton/Vice President Tim Kaine: 235 (48.7%)

[NHI]

√ Moderate Republican Governor: (R-NY) 389 (55.8%)

Divisive Incumbent Democratic President: (D-IL) 149 (42.8%)

Other: 0 (1.4%)

√ Popular Incumbent Republican President (R-NY)): 538 (64.9%)

Extreme gaffe-prone Democratic Congressman (D-CA): 0 (33.6%)

Other: 0 (1.5%)

[NHI]

Battle of the Brians

√ Brian Sandoval/Pat Toomey: 289 (50.7%)

Brian Schweitzer/Sherrod Brown: 249 (47.9%)

√ Kirsten Gilibrand/Martin Heinrich: 304 (50.0%)

Brian Sandoval/Pat Toomey: 234 (48.5%)

[NHI]

McCain's One Term Pledge:

√ John McCain/Joe Lieberman: 285 (49.6%)

Barack Obama/Joe Biden: 253 (49.5%)

Battle Royal

√ Hillary Clinton/Jay Nixon: 281 (50.5%)

Tim Pawlenty/Jon Huntsman: 257 (48.4%)

[NHI]

√ Sen. John McCain/Sen. John Engler: 295 (50.0%)

Vice Pres. Al Gore/Sen. Joe Lieberman: 243 (47.9%)

√ Pres. John McCain/Vice Pres. John Engler: 342 (53.6%)

Sen. Joe Biden/Sen. Dick Durbin: 196 (44.9%)

√ Sen. Hillary Clinton/Sen. Evan Bayh: 272 (49.7%)

Vice Pres. John Engler/Gov. Jeb Bush: 266 (49.0%)

√ Gov. Rudy Giuliani/Sen. John Thune: 320 (51.1%)

Pres. Hillary Clinton/Vice Pres. Evan Bayh: 218 (47.4%)

√ Pres. Rudy Giuliani/Vice Pres. John Thune: 356 (52.8%)

Sen. Jack Conway/Sen. Amy Klobuchar: 182 (45.0%)

[NHI]

1996: Constitutional Crisis

President Bill Clinton/Vice President Al Gore: 269 (47.1%)

General Colin Powell/Representative Jack Kemp: 269 (48.0%)*

Ross Perot/Pat Choate: 0 (4.0%)

*General Powell is elected President by the House of Representatives. There are immediate calls for abolishing the Electoral College. President-Elect Powell pledges to unite the country.

2000: Gore v. Powell

√ President Colin Powell/Vice President Jack Kemp: 349 (53.4%)

Vice President Al Gore/Senator Diane Feinstein: 189 (43.1%)

Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke: 0 (2.5%)

Democrats win back control of the Senate and increase their numbers in the House in 1998 midterms. Efforts begin to repeal the Electoral College. Aided by a strong economy and bipartisan support Colin Powell faced no strong opposition from Former Vice President Al Gore and crushed him in his reelection.

2004: America at War

√ Vice President Jack Kemp/Senator Judd Gregg: 532 (63.9%)

Representative Dennis Kucinich/Representative Ron Paul: 6 (35.1%)

The US War in Afghanistan, following the 9/11 Terrorist Attack saw President Powell's approval ratings skyrockets. Coupled by a strong economy and a nation at war, Americans rallied around President Powell and Vice President Kemp easily defeated Congressman Dennis Kucinich, (who selected fellow Republican Ron Paul as his running mate) in the greatest landslide in American history. Kucinich carried only the state of Vermont by 0.01%.

2008: Going for Broke

√ Governor Rudy Giuliani/Senator John McCain: 300 (49.3%)

Governor Christine Gregoire/Senator Jeanne Shaheen: 238 (48.9%)

President Kemp presided over an end to the War in Afghanistan and received praises for his handling of the conflict, but his focus on the economy faltered. Democrats regained control of the House in 2006, effectively preventing Kemp from getting any of his economic programs through Congress. Citing his health and age President Kemp announced in early 2007 that he would not be a candidate for President in 2008. Vice President Judd Gregg initially considered a run, but decided against it, leaving the field wide open. Governor Rudy Giuliani (who succeeded Pataki, after he ran for the Senate and won in 2000) and Senator John McCain were the Republican Ticket against Democrats Governor Christine Gregoire and Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Despite the economic crash Giuliani managed to prevail in another closely divided election.

2012: Clinton Returns

√ Former President Bill Clinton/Governor Brian Schweitzer: 425 (57.7%)

President Rudy Giuliani/Senator Jim DeMint: 133 (41.1%)

Democrats nominated Former President Bill Clinton to challenge President Giuliani, who was still dealing with the aftermath of the Great Recession and with Democrats firmly in control of Congress, he was powerless and his approval rating dipped into the 40s. In the wake of a conservative backlash, John McCain stepped aside and Jim DeMint was nominated to run for Vice President on the ticket. Clinton rode in wave, crushing Giuliani in the popular and electoral vote; winning the second term he never got and breaking Republican's sixteen year lock on the White House. (The Electoral College was effectively abolished in the spring of 2012, via the 28th Amendment and would go into effect for the 2016 Presidential Election)

2016: Popularly Elected

√ Vice President Brian Schweitzer: 52.7%

Senator Rick Perry: 31.5%

Governor Gary Johnson: 13.4%

Other: 2.5%

Vice President Brian Schweitzer rode into the White House with his folksy charm and no-nonsense approach (and with some help from Bill Clinton). In the first election with the electoral college, Schweitzer won decisively defeating Texas Senator Rick Perry. (Under the old system Schweitzer would have won 457 electoral votes to Perry's 76; a devastating landslide). This election assure Democrats twelve more years in power, with the election of Kirsten Gillibrand in 2020 (Schweitzer chose not to run) and reelection in 2024.

[NHI]

2020: Democrats Again

√ Vice President Kirsten Gillibrand: 47.7%

Governor Jon Huntsman: 30.5%

Governor Gary Johnson: 20.8%

2024: Close One

√ President Kirsten Gillibrand: 47.1%

Governor Chris Christie: 46.9%

Other: 6.0%

2028: The Republicans Return

Governor Mia Love: 48.9%

Vice President Julian Castro: 47.0%

Other: 4.0%

2032: Republican Landslide

√ President Mia Love: 50.1%

Senator Gavin Newsom: 45.0%

Other: 4.9%