Make a map between you and the previous poster

[Goldwater]

I know this thread exists somewhere, but apparently people stop posting in it years ago because I can't find it. So let's just make a new one.

[S019]

Goldwater vs. Me would be an interesting election, because I'd think we'd struggle with base turnout, though our VP picks would probably be tailored to fix that




Probably this, I get a narrow victory by holding PA, while I obviously collapsed elsewhere in the Midwest. I would probably be facing a Republican Congress to start my term though

S019 (D-NJ)/Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): 270 EV, 51%
Goldwater (R-CA)/Rick Scott (R-FL): 268 EV, 48%

[bagelman]

I feel confident against you in a GE atmosphere. You're a staunch Democrat who disrupted my thanksgiving thread to talk about vegetarianism. I'm not still angry about that but it shows that I would find it easier to be in touch with moderate and WCW voters. Conservatives don't bother of course.

[Dr. MB]

Unfortunately my hippie stoner pinko socialism is no match for the REAL AMERICAN VALUES of Mr. Bagelman. Oh well I win the best states anyway. Better luck next time.

[WD]

This race is more akin to a Primary than a General. Political coalitions as we know it are absolutely destroyed in this map. The race is close overall, but MB eeks out a win by narrowly carrying Oregon by 109 votes, mostly off of his strength in Portland and it’s surrounding suburbs.

[NewYorkExpress]

I assume I'd be the Republican, because I'm to MB's right...

[WD]

I assume I'd be the Republican, because I'm to MB's right...

You skipped me 

[NewYorkExpress]

I assume I'd be the Republican, because I'm to MB's right...

You skipped me 

Sorry, I accidentally thought MB was the previous poster.

The map is the same, just swap your name for MB's.

[Chips]

I'll do one in which NewYorkExpress wins and one in which I win.

I run as a moderate Republican in both instances.

NewYorkExpress victory:



Chips victory:



Ironically, both come out to 322-216 in the end.

[It’s so Joever]

It looks like it will be a tight Democratic (me) victory at the start of the race, but people quickly realize my Covid-19 positions (such as denying hospital coverage to those caught not wearing masks)
My social positions depress base turnout, my rhetoric outrages suburbanites, and swing voters are literally scared of my brand of politics.

I do overperform in a few select counties, but for the most part it is a Chips landslide as he runs as an inoffensive moderate with bipartisan ideas. A third party, socially liberal candidate gets at least 10% furthering my losses.

https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=5ayk

If I can tone it down and lie a bit, it would be a close race with chips over performing among rurals/WWC and me overperforming in traditionally red suburbs (trends continuation)

https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=5ayv

[Kuumo]

2020 Democratic Primaries

Forumlurker's authoritarian positions on COVID lockdowns are a bad fit for the West, Midwest, and Upper New England even in a Democratic primary, leading to all of these states except Forumlurker's home state of Colorado going to me. His COVID policies as well as his moderate views on abortion help him solidly win the Northeast megalopolis states, despite my relative strength in rural areas. The delegates are about evenly split in the Southern states due to neither candidate being a good fit and uncertainty about whether Forumlurker's COVID policies or my lack of religiosity would hurt more in the general election.

The final result is a narrow victory for me.

[Goldwater]

A #NeverTrump RINO doesn't stand much chance against a Democrat who is both (as far as I can tell) is liberal enough to energize his but also does relatively well with rural voters

[Xing]

I'm assuming that we keep the rule that the map should have the previous poster winning, correct?

Goldwater - 278 EV
Xing - 260 EV

[VAR]

[OBD]

Got sniped but here:

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

[PragmaticPopulist]

[Dr. MB]

I'm assuming that we keep the rule that the map should have the previous poster winning, correct?

that was never a thing

(Skip)

[Goldwater]

I'm assuming that we keep the rule that the map should have the previous poster winning, correct?

that was never a thing

(Skip)

Actually, the OP on the old thread might have said something like that, not that people really paid attention to it. In any case, I'm not making it a rule in this thread.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

I made this post without realizing that Goldwater beat me to the punch, but I decided that I wanted to share my work anyways. A Koopa v Goldwater map can be seen below.

Anyways, I decided to do a hotly contested Democratic Primary that lasted until late May. All schedules are the same as the OTL DNC primaries in 2020. I'm goofy with alt timeline stuff so bear with me.



I start off strong with good performances in Iowa (duh), New Hampshire, and Nevada. Prag's first victory is in South Carolina. Super Tuesday comes, and I do fairly well in New England and the West while Prag crushes the South. The March 10th primaries show promising for Corn Pop's chance at the nomination, with myself winning only two contests: Washington State and North Dakota. March 17th comes and goes, and while I still hold the lead, the gap shrinks as Prag performs a successful run in Arizona as well as a knockout in Florida, the largest prize that night. Following a Prag victory in Arkansas and a surprising Koopa victory in Alaska, Wisconsin is a giant shock as while I still win as expected, the margin of victory was only 44-40. This is when my campaign staff starts to worry. The rest of April sees Prag also winning Wyoming and Ohio, the latter of which alongside Wisconsin throw a wrench into me sweeping the rust belt, a critical area for me to win in order to win the nomination. This is further echoed throughout the first half of May where Prag picks up majorities in Kansas and Nebraska, two plains states which further hit my campaign hard. I win Oregon and Hawaii later in the month, although the former is won by a smaller margin than expected. Seeing this, my campaign concedes to Prag on May 24, 2 days after the Hawaii primaries, and shortly before the Maryland ones. I endorse him, and PragPop wins the Democratic nomination with 3,355 delegates to my 1,395 delegates at the national convention in Minneapolis. He will go on to defeat Incumbent President LouisvilleThunder by a margin of 306-232.


And as promised, here's Koopa (D-IA) vs. Goldwater (R-CA).

[Sirius_]

Democratic Primary vs. Koopa. Secretary of Transportation Ninja (D-SC) narrowly wins the primary despite losing the popular vote to Governor Koopa (D-IA) due to superdelegate votes, leading to widespread calls from progressives to abolish superdelegates. If superdelegate votes are not a thing than the primary would have been decided in Texas. Note that I didn't feel like doing proportions except for the superdelegates (70-30 for Ninja).

[tmthforu94]

Moderate Republican vs. Moderate Democrat. We both struggle with bringing out the base which leads to interesting trends, less partisanship and slightly more third party votes from dissatisfied voters on the far wings of each side.

[OBD]

Similar to the previous map, with a moderate Republican facing off against a suburbanite Democrat that has gradually shifted left. I would probably get outdueled in the suburbs, and tmth would probably survive a rural turnout drop to win narrowly. Arizona, the three Southeastern states, and Minnesota would all be decided by less than 1%, tipping the election to tmth. However, I do get an impressive performance in Hawai'i due to a strong performance with Asians (which also tightens Georgia significantly).

[OSR stands with Israel]

It would be really close and very well could result in a 269-269 tie but I think NE-2 being more winnable for the GOP than ME-2 is for the Dems gives me the slightest edge possible

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Rural and urban trends start to reverse, with Senator Scott outperforming previous Democratic candidates in traditional Republican states, particularly Montana and Alaska. The gaffe-prone Oregon Governor OSR struggled especially with college-educated voters, but non-college educated voters also trended toward the Democratic candidate this time, whose maverick positions on gun control and political correctness enabled him to sway WWC voters back to the Democratic Party.