Post random maps here

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1968: George Wallace does not run.

Former Vice-Presdient Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 456 (56.9%)
Vice-President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 82 (42.7%)

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Anybody want to guess this (easy) one?

1984: President Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Vice-President George H.W. Bush (R-TX) vs. Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY)?

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1948

Fmr. Gov. Harold E. Stassen (R-MN)/Gov. Earl Warren (R-CA): 325
Pres. Harry S Truman (D-MO)/Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY): 168
Gov. Strom Thurmond (SRD-SC)/Gov. Fielding Wright (SRD-MS): 38

1952

Pres. Harold E. Stassen (R-MN)/Vice Pres. Earl Warren (R-CA): 462
Gov. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL)/Sen. John Sparkman (D-AL): 69

1956

Vice Pres. Earl Warren (R-CA)/Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-IL): 362
Fmr. Gov. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL)/Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN): 169

1960

Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN): 393
Pres. Earl Warren (R-CA)/Vice Pres. Everett Dirksen (R-IL): 144

Those look to be pretty accurate maps overall, although I doubt that Lyndon Johnson would have received 70% of the vote in West Virginia. While West Virginia mostly voted Democratic on the presidential level between 1932 and 2000, President Eisenhower won it by a comfortable margin when he was re-elected in 1956 and John F. Kennedy won it by a somewhat slim margin against Richard Nixon in 1960. That being said, Johnson would have probably only received 60% of the vote in West Virginia in 1960.

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Should be fairly obvious.  Reps 261, Dems 277.

2016: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Former Governor Mike Beebe (D-AR) vs Senator John Hoeven (R-ND)/Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX)?

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Chris Christie: 517 (60.8%)

Bernie Sanders: 21 (38.6%)

That map actually looks pretty accurate, although Bernie Sanders might carry New York and California even against Chris Christie.

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Here's a weird 2016 map where Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders both mount third-party bids when Chris Christie wins the Republican nomination and when Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination.

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ)/Senator Marco Rubio(R-FL): 270 Electoral Votes
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Mark Warner (D-VA): 169 Electoral Votes
Senator Ted Cruz (TeaParty-TX)/Former Governor Mike Huckabee (Tea Party-AR):89 Electoral Votes
Seantor Bernie Sanders (Progressive-VT)/Mayor Rocky Anderson (Progressive-UT): 3 Electoral Votes

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Here's a weird 2016 map where Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders both mount third-party bids when Chris Christie wins the Republican nomination and when Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination.

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ)/Senator Marco Rubio(R-FL): 270 Electoral Votes
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Mark Warner (D-VA): 169 Electoral Votes
Senator Ted Cruz (TeaParty-TX)/Former Governor Mike Huckabee (Tea Party-AR):89 Electoral Votes
Seantor Bernie Sanders (Progressive-VT)/Mayor Rocky Anderson (Progressive-UT): 3 Electoral Votes

Looks like Bernie spoiled.

Correct. Ted Cruz played as a spoiler as well, but not as much as Bernie Sanders did.

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Sometimes it skips a generation:

Gov. Jason Carter/Sen. Amy Klobuchar 290 (50.3%)
Pres. Chris Christie/VP Scott Walker 248 (48.0%)

Nice Map! It would not surprise me if this actually occured in 2020.

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1984 Election held one year earlier:

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Vice President George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 348 Electoral Votes, 52% PV
Senator Gary Hart (D-CO)/Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC): 190 Electoral Votes, 47% PV

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2000

VP Al Gore/Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo: 273 EV, 43%

Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson/Former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole: 265 EV, 41%

Billionaire Donald Trump/Former Minnesota Governor Tim Penny: 10%

Minnesota Activist Winona LaDuke/Texas Activist David Cobb:3.2%

2002 Senate:

Democrats (Led By Tom Daschle):52 Seats(+2), 48%

Republicans(Led by Trent Lott):48 Seats(-2), 48%

Key Races:

GA:Max Cleland def. Saxby Chambliss, 50% to 48%

MN:Paul Wellstone def. Norm Coleman 54% to 44%

LA:Suzanne Terrell def. Mary Landreiu, 51% to 47%

CO:Tom Strickland def. Wayne Allard and Ken Buck, 48% to 40% to 10%

NH:Jeanne Shaheen def. Bob Smith, 50% to 47%

MO:Jean Carnahan def. Jim Talent, 49% to 48%

NC:Erskine Bowles def. Elizabeth Dole, 49% to 49%



2002 House:
Democrats(Led by Dick Gephardt):216 Seats(+4), 47%

Republicans(Led by Dennis Hastert:217 Seats(-4), 49%

I like these results a lot!

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2044 Presidential Election:

Gov. Elizabeth Nunn (D-GA) / Rep. Caspian Polis (D-CO) - 55.36% - 345

Sen. Charles Ryan (R-WI) / Rep. Eliza Lee (R-UT) - 44.64% - 193

State Map:

County Map:

That actually looks like a pretty realistic potential map for 2044, though I think that Arkansas and Oklahoma will go 70% Republican and feel that Virginia and Maryland will be about 60% Democratic.

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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%)

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2012 (Obama vs. Santorum):

President Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice-President Joe Biden (D-DE): 389 Electoral Votes 52.5%
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)/Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-MN): 145 Electoral Votes 44.7%
Other (Libertarian, Green, Constitution, etc.) 0 Electoral Votes 2.8%

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2016:

Governor Scott Walker (R-WI)/Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM): 283 Electoral Votes 51%
Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)/ Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY): 255 Electoral Votes 48%
Others (Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Etc.): 0 Electoral Votes 1%

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1992 (Michael Dukakis runs again):

Former Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR): 279 Electoral Votes 40%
President George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Vice-President Dan Quayle (R-IN): 235 Electoral Votes 35.5%
Businessman Ross Perot (I-TX)/Retired Admiral James Stockdale (I-CA): 24 Electoral Votes 23.9%
Others (Libertarian, Socialist, Etc.) 0 Electoral Votes 0.6%

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2012: Dixie Begins

√ Barack Obama (D-IL) / Joe Biden (D-DE) {Democrat} EV=374

Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Paul Ryan (R-WI) {Republican} EV=93

Jeff Sessions (DX-AL) / Louis Gohmert (DX-TX) {Dixiecrat} EV=71

Does Obama win MS, GA and SC due to the GOP and Dixiecrat tickets splitting the white vote?

Also, I think Sessions would win those states before he won NC.

That's what I think as well. I feel that Obama would end up carrying North Carolina and Jeff Sessions would have an edge in South Carolina. In addition, a split white vote might have been enough to flip Missouri, Kentucky and Texas to Obama's way, albeit barely.

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1976:

Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA)/Former Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 361 Electoral Votes 53%
Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Senator Richard Schweiker (R-PA): 177 Electoral Votes 45%
Others (Libertarian, American Independent, Communist, Socialist Workers, Etc.): 0 Electoral Votes 2%

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1984 (George Wallace somehow gets the Democratic nomination):

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Vice-President George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 467 Electoral Votes 59.5%
Governor George Wallace (D-AL)/Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC): 71 Electoral Votes 39.1%
Others (Libertarian, Communist, Socialist Workers, New Alliance, Etc.): 1.4%

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A Different World

1964: Rematch

√ John F. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson: 327 (51.8%)

Richard Nixon/William Scranton: 211 (48.0%)

1968: LBJ v Goldwater

√ Barry Goldwater/Nelson Rockefeller: 323 (50.9%)

Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey: 215 (48.1%)

1972: It's Barry in a Landslide

√ Barry Goldwater/Nelson Rockefeller: 379 (56.9%)

Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie: 159 (42.8%)

You maps look pretty good actually, though I think that in 1964, the Deep South would likely go unpledged or vote for a Dixiecrat candidate if the matchup turned out to be Kennedy vs. Nixon.

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1964 (Nelson Rockefeller gets the Republican nomination):

President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN): 448 Electoral Votes (56.8%)
Governor Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Former Governor Cecil Underwood (R-WV): 73 Electoral Votes (39.5%)
John Kasper (National States Rights-NY)/J. B. Stoner (National States Rights-GA): 17 Electoral Votes (3.4%)
Others (Communist, Socialist Workers, Prohibition, Etc.): 0 Electoral Votes (0.2%)

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Here's a series of maps based off of this timeline http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=1754:

1960:

Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA): 276 Electoral Votes
Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (D-TX): 253 Electoral Votes
Unpledged Electors: 8 Electoral Votes

1964: (note: The Civil Rights Act isn't passed until late 1966 and the Voting Rights Act is not passed until 1973. The reason why the passage of The Civil Rights Act is delayed is because Lyndon Johnson refuses to work with President Nixon on the civil rights issue and returns to his Dixiecrat roots in order to appeal to voters in the Deep South in 1964)

President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Vice President Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA): 293 Electoral Votes
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Congressman James Roosevelt (D-CA): 245 Electoral Votes


1968:

Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY)/Senator George McGovern (D-SD): 305 Electoral Votes
Vice President Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)/Governor Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): 81 Electoral Votes
Governor George Wallace (Dixiecrat-AL)/Senator Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat-SC): 152 Electoral Votes

1972:

President Robert Kennedy (D-NY)/Vice President George McGovern (D-SD): 276 Electoral Votes
Governor Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 246 Electoral Votes
Unpledged Electors: 16 Electoral Votes

1976:

Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/House Speaker Gerald Ford (R-MI): 371 Electoral Votes
Vice President George McGovern (D-SD)/Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 167 Electoral Votes

1980:

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Vice President Gerald Ford (R-MI): 386 Electoral Votes
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-WV)/Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC): 152 Electoral Votes

1984:

Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Senator Gary Hart (D-CO): 285 Electoral Votes
Vice President Gerald Ford (R-MI)/Senator George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 253 Electoral Votes

1988:

Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)/Congressman Jack Kemp (R-NY): 325 Electoral Votes
President Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Vice President Gary Hart (D-CO): 213 Electoral Votes

1992:

Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Congressman Dick Gephardt (D-MO): 299 Electoral Votes
President Bob Dole (R-KS)/Vice President Jack Kemp (R-NY): 239 Electoral Votes

1996:

President Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Vice President Dick Gephardt (D-MO): 379 Electoral Votes
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)/Senator Dan Quayle (R-IN): 159 Electoral Votes

2000:

Senator John McCain (R-AZ)/Governor John Engler (R-MI): 272 Electoral Votes
Vice President Dick Gephardt (D-MO)/Senator Bill Clinton (D-AR): 266 Electoral Votes

2004:

President John McCain (R-AZ)/Vice President John Engler (R-MI): 394 Electoral Votes
Governor Howard Dean (D-VT)/Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH): 144 Electoral Votes

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2004 (Bush vs Edwards):

President George W. Bush (R-TX)/Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY): 323 Electoral Votes (51.7%)
Senator John Edwards (D-NC)/Former General Wesley Clark (D-AR): 215 Electoral Votes (47.3%)
Others (Libertarian, Green, Socialist Workers, etc.) 0 Electoral Votes (1%)

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1968 (Robert Kennedy Lives):

Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 259 Electoral Votes (44.5%)
Former Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 220 Electoral Votes (40.7%)
Former Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/General Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 59 Electoral Votes (14.5%)
Others (Socialist Labor, Peace and Freedom, etc.): 0 Electoral Votes (0.3%)

The election then goes onto the House of Representatives, where George Wallace gets to play the role of kingmaker.

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1980 (John Anderson doesn't run):

Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Former Ambassador George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 375 Electoral Votes (52.7%)
President Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN): 163 Electoral Votes (45.1%)
Others (Libertarian, Citizens, Communist, etc.): 0 Electoral Votes (2.2%)

Still a decent margin of victory for Ronald Reagan, though Jimmy Carter does gain a good amount of support in the Northeast and the South.

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Possible 2016 Democratic Primary Map:

Red: Hillary Clinton
Blue: Jim Webb
Green: Bernie Sanders
Yellow: Martin O'Malley

Possible 2016 Republican Primary Map:

Red: Jeb Bush
Blue: Chris Christie
Yellow: Scott Walker
Green: Ted Cruz
Grey: Rand Paul