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Governor of Tennessee Hercules Taffs (1920-2021) runs as a liberal populist, supporting a Department of Education, drilling in Alaska, reducing consumption and signing peace deals to avoid another oil shock, expanding Medicare to cover all Americans, government reforms, a pragmatic foreign policy which took into account human rights, and repealing the Taft-Hartley Act. Instead of the playboy interview, Taffs said "I'll get back to you on that one" when asked about his achievements as governor other than "not being corrupt", and narrowly lost the first debate.

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Ed Donnell, US Senator for Virginia runs a campaign supportive of green energy, campaign finance reform, free and fair trade, healthcare reform, and tax cuts.

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Imaginary politician and Paleoconservative governor of Iowa (1981-1989) who later became Senator (2003-)

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Another fictional character, economically centre-left and socially centre-right populist and US Senator for Iowa matched against Charlie Baker

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Edwards won SC

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Lmao

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Fictional governor of New Jersey who supported limited silver coinage, low tariffs on most products, a flat income tax, limited regulation of monopolies, and leaving workers' rights up to the states.

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Timeline where Sleepy Joe is a moderate Republican

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Former US Senator for Virginia. His Administration was extremely popular before COVID, but he took a libertarian stance, but still focused on media campaigning and wore a mask at all times.

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1940 in a timeline where Democrats are classical liberals and Republicans are progressive. Both major candidates were supportive of the Allies.

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Possible spoiler for my timeline

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Paleoconservative governor of Alabama

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1968 in a timeline with fictional characters where Democrats are rightwing and Republicans are progressive

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If Ed Donnell was the Republican nominee in 2012 (he was eligible due to being born on June 5, 1978)

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My two most well known fictional characters against eachother

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One term Governor of Tennessee and liberal populist

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Taffs failed to win reelection 

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If populist US Senator for Iowa Todd Edwards ran as an independent in 2016

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My two most well known fictional characters against eachother

Texas is a misclick

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During his second campaign for the US Presidency, former State Representative for Michigan and "American Socialist" activist Gregory Moore won 1,181,569 votes, or 3.01% of the ballots cast. In Minnesota and North Dakota, he was the nominee of the Farmer-Labor and Nonpartisan League parties, respectively.

On Thanksgiving 1931, Moore – who had heavily campaigned for American Socialist local candidates in major cities that fall – announced his candidacy for President, hitting an optimistic tone of change and American renewal. The progressive activist promised:

- The nationalization of the energy, heavy manufacturing, mining and transportation industries;
- The creation of farm subsidies, and a $5 billion land reclamation project to end the Dust Bowl;
- Corporate, wealth and capital gains taxes;
- A minimum wage, paid maternity leave, unemployment benefits, public pensions for the elderly and paid sick leave;
- Ending prohibition while leaving alcohol up to the states (a change in views);
- An end to military interventions in Latin America, and cuts to foreign aid;
- A housing bill, and Department of Housing and Urban Development;
- Creating a Department of Education to provide free school textbooks, high pay for teachers and tuition-free trade schools;
- A civil rights bill to end segregation, and enforcement of voting rights;
- Collective bargaining for all public and private sector employees;
- Public works projects such as dams and highways.

Moore refrained from directly campaigning (other than advertising) until July 1932, when began a 48-state tour to promote his candidacy, directly meeting with local people and discussing their issues. He spoke to segregated audiences in the South, often being heckled and called a "n----- lover". His campaign employed sound trucks and radio ads, but was pretty underfunded. On August 2 of that year, Moore confirmed Francis Townsend as his running mate (after Governor of Louisiana Huey Long refused his request); Townsend campaigned for the Michigander in the west coast. Moore was in the ballot in every state but Vermont, Maine and Rhode Island; in Minnesota and North Dakota, the Farmer-Labor and Nonpartisan League parties gave him a ballot line.

His attacks focused on large corporations instead of any candidate, but Moore denounced the failures of the Hoover Administration while saying FDR's proposals were too moderate.

When the former State Representative hit 5% of the vote in a poll, major newspapers reported on his "flip-flopping" over Prohibition and wealth taxes, which he had supported and opposed, respectively in the 1920s. Moore failed to properly address these attacks, causing him to lose many votes to Roosevelt; Democratic strategists began to accuse Moore of causing a split in the left-wing vote, allowing Hoover to win reelection.

On October 30 1932, Moore held a large rally in the Madison Square Garden, where he gave a "heavenly" speech to 20,000 people. In the speech, he attacked Hoover and Roosevelt as "Wall Street lackeys" while calling himself "the only candidate who stands for the American worker", and mentioning his story of struggles for the American worker.

In the end, Moore won three percent of the vote, and enough in his home state to allow for a Hoover victory in Michigan.

**Greg Moore's statewide percentages**

Michigan: 8.42%

Minnesota: 6.34%

Wisconsin: 6.16%

North Dakota: 5.83%

Montana: 5.21%

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Indiana: 4.87%

Wyoming: 4.66%

Idaho: 4.57%

South Dakota: 4.49%

Nebraska: 4.45%

Colorado: 4.42%

Iowa: 4.34%

Kansas: 4.20%

Ohio: 4.14%

Pennsylvania: 3.98%

West Virginia: 3.87%

Oregon: 3.85%

Massachusetts: 3.99%

Illinois: 3.76%

Utah: 3.67%

Arizona: 3.64%

Nevada: 3.60%

New Mexico: 3.46%

Oklahoma: 3.41%

Washington: 3.38%

Tennessee: 3.35%

California: 3.32%

New Hampshire: 3.28%

Texas: 3.25%

Missouri: 3.15%

Kentucky: 3.09%

Arkansas: 2.98%

Mississippi: 2.82%

Louisiana: 2.78%

New York: 2.67%

Alabama: 2.64%

New Jersey: 2.45%

Maryland: 2.39%

Connecticut: 2.34%

Virginia: 2.23%

North Carolina: 2.87%

South Carolina: 2.24%

Florida: 2.06%

Georgia: 1.98%

Delaware: 1.76%

Rhode Island (write-in): 0.76%

Maine (write-in): 0.73%

Vermont (write-in): 0.64%

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My main OC faces Sleepy Joe in 2016

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Ferdinand was an US Senator for Michigan who ran as an independent in 1980

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Low effort Texas 1995 Referendum. The more interesting idea in hindsight would have been to imagine Texas with a Spanish speaking majority and go from there, so I might do that at some point.

Interesting map

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2018 midterms during the Presidency of Ed Donnell

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If Bernie Sanders was nominated against Ed Donnell in 2020