United States presidential election, 2060
Tuesday, November 2, 2060
Electoral Map
Candidates
House Speaker Peanut (D-IL)/Senator Southern A. Charismatic (D-MO): 51.5%
Senator Optimistic E. Midwest (R-MI)/Senator Older C. Politician (R-UT): 48.5%
Others: 2.3%
Context
The previous few decades had brought profound change to the American political landscape.
The South was a Democratic stronghold, while the Republicans had managed to capture the hearts and minds of Midwesterners, who felt that they had largely been abandoned by the federal government in the capital city of Washington. However, the "Northern Strategy" would cost the GOP in the long term, as they failed to adapt to the needs of former minorities such as Hispanics and African-Americans (now largely majorities by plurality) and their so-called "blue wall" states crashed in terms of population and economic stability and significance.
Peanut had promised to fix the problems of each American: the disadvantaged inner-city African-American woman, the Iowan farmer struggling to pay the bills or even put food on the table, and others. Despite the constant Republican attacks on him and his record as a congressman, he pulled through, and was elected in a relative landslide.
