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[morgankingsley]

1860 if Douglas won his home state of Illinois

Abraham Lincoln - 158 electoral votes / 37.32 percent popular vote
John Breckenridge - 75 electoral votes / 18.1 percent popular vote
John Bell - 39 electoral votes / 12.61 percent popular vote
Stephen Douglas - 31 electoral votes / 31.96 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1856 if Fremont won his home state of California

John Fremont - 142 electoral votes / 48.11 percent popular vote
James Buchanan - 81 electoral votes / 30.28 percent popular vote
Millard Fillmore - 73 electoral votes / 21.53 percent popular vote

This becomes the first election since 1824 to get thrown to the house

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

1972: America puts the "Govern" in McGOVERN

Sen. George McGovern (D-SD): 273 votes, 49.1%
Pres. Richard Nixon (R-CA): 265 votes, 49.1%

Really interesting to see which states matched the popular vote (MD was the closest, being 49.7% to 48.9%) and which states were wildly different than they are now. Hard to imagine Florida voting to the right of Utah and Arkansas, while South Dakota and North Dakota both voted to the left of Colorado and New Hampshire.

[morgankingsley]

1852 if Scott won his home state of New Jersey

Winfield Scott - 175 electoral votes / 47.37 percent popular vote
Franklin Pierce - 121 electoral votes / 47.34 percent popular vote

[morgankingsley]

1844 if Polk won his home state of Tennessee

James Polk - 183 electoral votes / 50 percent popular vote
Henry Clay - 92 electoral votes / 47.6 percent popular vote

[OSR STANDS WITH PALESTINE]

Minimum Goldwater victory:

Goldwater/Miller 276
Johnson/Humphrey 262

Wish this happened....

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

[morgankingsley]

1840 if Buren won his home state of New York

William Harrison - 152 electoral votes / 51.37 percent popular vote
Martin Buren - 142 electoral votes / 48.32 percent

A swing of one state would have given Buren a narrow electoral victory despite losing the popular vote

[Lord Admirale]

2000

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) / Gov. George Allen (R-VA) - 317 EV (50.6%)
Vice Pres. Al Gore (D-TN) / Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) - 221 EV (46.4%)

2004

Pres. John McCain (R-AZ) / Vice Pres. George Allen (R-VA) - 491 EV (55.9%)
Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) / Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) - 47 EV (43.7%)

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

does anyone want to guess what this is?

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

does anyone want to guess what this is?

Arkansas Senator Hillary Clinton vs. CA Gov Ahnuld 2008

[WestVegeta]

does anyone want to guess what this is?

Arkansas Senator Hillary Clinton vs. CA Gov Ahnuld 2008

Looks like '92 with a heavy Perot swing

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

does anyone want to guess what this is?

Arkansas Senator Hillary Clinton vs. CA Gov Ahnuld 2008

Looks like '92 with a heavy Perot swing

Both of you are very incorrect.

[Nyssus]

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Hint: It has something to do with 2004 and 2016.

[OBD]

President Cheney accidentally detonates nukes in KS, NE, IA, MO

[Devout Centrist]

Hint: It has something to do with 2004 and 2016.

Reverse 2016 to 2004 swing? Maybe subtracting the 2004 to 2016 trend?

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Hint: It has something to do with 2004 and 2016.

Reverse 2016 to 2004 swing? Maybe subtracting the 2004 to 2016 trend?

Reverse 2004 to 2016 trend. Green are states where their 2016 results here have a single election PVI under 2, Light colors are under 6, Dark colors for anything higher.

[Nyssus]

President Cheney accidentally detonates nukes in KS, NE, IA, MO

That's a good explanation.

[Nyssus]

And in the end, the Texan did it

[Calthrina950]

United States presidential election, 2012

Governor William C. Rutherford (D-TX)/Senator Carlotta A. Sanchez (D-CA)-53.40%-385 EV

President W. Mitt Romney (R-UT)/Vice-President Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)-45.59%-153 EV

In an alternate 2012 election, incumbent President W. Mitt Romney of Utah is defeated for re-election by Governor W.C. Rutherford of Texas. Romney, who had won the Presidency in 2008 after defeating Vice-President John Kerry, subsequently had to confront the onset of economic recession, along with burgeoning military conflicts in Syria and Yemen, to say nothing of renewed tensions with Iran and North Korea. Romney had failed to adequately address these challenges, and the electorate had responded accordingly. In 2010, Democrats regained control of both Houses of Congress, in addition to capturing a majority of governorships and state legislatures. Romney's defeat by Rutherford, therefore, marked the culmination in the downturn of his fortunes. Nevertheless, by the time of the election, the economy had begun to recover, and Romney was able to keep his losing margin to a respectable 7.81%.

Closest States

States where the margin of victory was less than 1%

Florida, 0.85%

States where the margin of victory was 1-5%

Georgia, 1.33%

Nevada, 2.32%

Missouri, 2.92%

South Carolina, 3.08%

North Carolina, 3.52%

New Jersey, 4.49%

States where the margin of victory was 5-10%

Oklahoma, 5.55%

Maryland, 6.08%

Montana, 6.34%

New Hampshire, 6.34%

Arkansas, 7.09%

Tennessee, 7.15%

Louisiana, 7.67%

Oregon, 8.40%

South Dakota, 8.63%

Ohio, 8.66%

Wisconsin, 9.36%

Kentucky, 9.44%

[Calthrina950]

United States presidential election, 2016

President William C. Rutherford (D-TX)/Vice-President Carlotta A. Sanchez (D-CA)-62.24%-522 EV

Senator Thomas P. Leach (R-AZ)/Representative Todd Rokita (R-IN)-37.58%-16 EV

By 2016, the economy had recovered mightily from the "Romney Recession", American involvement in the Syrian and Yemeni Civil Wars had winded down, and the United States, along with the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea, were well on their way to reaching a Final Settlement with North Korea. The world was far more stable than it had been previously, and President Rutherford's popularity was correspondingly high. The President and the Democratic Congress had by this embarked upon what became known as the "New Frontier", an ambitious domestic policy agenda concerning education, healthcare, social services, infrastructure, criminal justice reform, and environmental policy, among other areas of concern. Rutherford's opponent this year was far-right Arizona Senator Thomas P. Leach. Leach's views on social programs and on foreign policy, combined with his extreme rhetoric and his vote against the Criminal Justice Reform Act, ultimately did him in. On Election Day, Rutherford won a landslide, beating Leach 62-38% and carrying 48 of the 50 states, as well as D.C. Leach won only the Republican strongholds of Alabama and Mississippi.

Closest States

States where the margin of victory was 1-5%

Idaho, 1.83%

Arizona, 2.30%

Alabama, 4.90%

States where the margin of victory was 5-10%

Nebraska, 5.22%

Virginia, 7.36%

Kansas, 9.03%

Utah, 9.73%

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

You really posted a very poorly designed county map for these scenarios on your fiction wikia page.
You have Rutherford winning in a landslide, but still losing a few counties that Clinton won in 2016 in real life.

[Calthrina950]

You really posted a very poorly designed county map for these scenarios on your fiction wikia page.
You have Rutherford winning in a landslide, but still losing a few counties that Clinton won in 2016 in real life.

This scenario is set within an alternate timeline, as I've made clear elsewhere (as on AlternateHistory.com). Party coalitions are different from those in our reality.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Kamala Harris or Cory Booker/Tim Ryan 309
Trump/Pence 229

AZ is gonna be the nxt VA