It's January 20, 2025. What happened if the previous poster's person is president megathread?

[Terlylane]

She wins the 2022 Iowa senate election in a major upset against Steve King. She then runs in the 2024 primary against Biden and surprisingly wins the Iowa caucus. Her momentum continues and she wins the nomination and the general election.

Doug Ducey

[Utah Neolib]

She wins the 2022 Iowa senate election in a major upset against Steve King. She then runs in the 2024 primary against Biden and surprisingly wins the Iowa caucus. Her momentum continues and she wins the nomination and the general election.

Doug Ducey

Somehow COVID goes on for 2 more years and Ducey still refuses to lockdown again or new mask mandates. This bolsters his conservative credentials ahead of 2024, and runs on an anti lockdown typical Trump Republican platform. He wins the primary and wins the presidency over Kamala Harris in a narrow election.

Blake Moore

[NewYorkExpress]

Blake Moore runs an Independent campaign for President and forces a race against Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to the House by winning Utah.

The House chooses Moore, after Trump is indicted by the Justice Department for treason before the electors meet, and Attorney General Garland announces the intent to pursue the Death Penalty against him.

Matt Gaetz

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Enorsed by Trump early. Avoids all criminal charges related to his current investigation. Inflation and the border crisis get out of control, and blue collar/Rust Belt centrists flock to Gaetz/Ernst ticket in droves.

Marco Rubio

[Terlylane]

He announces quickly after DeSantis passes and gets his endorsement plus that of Rick Scott. He is the only challenger to Trump and thus gets months of positive press for him and negative press for Trump, making him appear much more electable. He then wins the primary and defeats Biden in November after the economy starts to go downhill during the summer.

Doug Collins

[Utah Neolib]

He announces quickly after DeSantis passes and gets his endorsement plus that of Rick Scott. He is the only challenger to Trump and thus gets months of positive press for him and negative press for Trump, making him appear much more electable. He then wins the primary and defeats Biden in November after the economy starts to go downhill during the summer.

Doug Collins

Runs for governor in Georgia, wins the R primary, and with both Collins and Herschel Walker winning their races. He becomes a Republican star, because of how trumpy he is and how he beat a great D candidate, Stacey Abrams. He runs in 2024, beating other generic Trump Rs in the primary, and beats Harris in the general election.


Tim Scott

[McGarnagle]

Former Vice President Mike Pence wins the Republican nomination after a contentious and crowded GOP primary, selecting Senator Tim Scott as his running mate. Pence dies unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 24, 2024 at the age of 65. Ballots have been printed and distributed in most states already. Scott assumes the role of Republican nominee, urging voters to still cast their ballots for Pence/Scott, indicating that if he wins, he will appoint a Vice President after January 20.

While Pence was trailing Biden by about four or five points in most polling, sympathy votes for the recently deceased former VP allow Scott to win a narrow electoral college victory over Biden, despite losing the popular vote. Tim Scott becomes the second African-American President, and the first from the Republican Party. President Scott appoints Senator Rick Scott as Vice President, marking the first time the President and Vice President have the same surname.

What happened if Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is President on January 20, 2025?

[Utah Neolib]

Former Vice President Mike Pence wins the Republican nomination after a contentious and crowded GOP primary, selecting Senator Tim Scott as his running mate. Pence dies unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 24, 2024 at the age of 65. Ballots have been printed and distributed in most states already. Scott assumes the role of Republican nominee, urging voters to still cast their ballots for Pence/Scott, indicating that if he wins, he will appoint a Vice President after January 20.

While Pence was trailing Biden by about four or five points in most polling, sympathy votes for the recently deceased former VP allow Scott to win a narrow electoral college victory over Biden, despite losing the popular vote. Tim Scott becomes the second African-American President, and the first from the Republican Party. President Scott appoints Senator Rick Scott as Vice President, marking the first time the President and Vice President have the same surname.

What happened if Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is President on January 20, 2025?

Runs as a joke, yet somehow wins the New Hampshire, Nevada, and other caucuses over Harris in the D primary. He picks up steam, and runs as a progressive. Harris tries and tries to fight back, but she is unable to. He wins the D primary, and wins over Ron DeSantis.

Ritchie Torres

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Joe Biden does not run for re election. AOC thinks of running in 2024 but ultimately does not, she then appoints Torres to carry on the progressive torch, and as a result serves as the Bernie Sanders of 2024, only unlike Bernie wins as Harris falters through the primaries. The republicans nominate Kristi Noem, who goes on to lose fairly comfortably

LeVar Burton

[Torrain]

LeVar Burton is drafted by a non-profit to conduct a national campaign to strengthen childhood literacy, to celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of Reading Rainbow's first episode.

The campaign is so noteworthy, and successful, that when Miguel Cardona resigns as Secretary of Education after a small scandal, Biden decides to cash in on the good publicity and appoint Burton.

Burton is named designated survivor for the 2023 State of the Union, and after a catastrophe, ends up as the incumbent. A year later, his calm stewardship through the ensuing chaos leads to his landslide re-election.

Or, if that's too extreme, I don't know, maybe he somehow ends up being appointed to Feinstein's seat after she resigns due to ill health, then challenges Harris for the nomination or something?

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Dr Jill Biden

[Pink Panther]

After Biden dies in mid-2023, his widow runs and wins the Democratic Nomination. Trump is nominated for the GOP, and insults the Biden's. Due to widows always doing well in their spouse's seats, along with Trump being even more unpopular due to his rhetoric, loses in a landslide. Biden is inaugurated.

Don Blankenship

[Terlylane]

Trump doesn't run, so Blankenship does and surges with rural whites by attacking Cocaine Mitch constantly. After getting the nomination, Mitch resigns.

Kim Reynolds

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Trump does not run. Runs as a fresh/new face due to low name recognition and surges due to a great campaign. Biden does not run. Democrats nominate Harris who goes on to lose as she falters in the general election.

Hunter Biden

[Terlylane]

Joe retires and immediately endorsed Hunter. He trails early on, but since he’s not Trump he wins.

Mark Moores

[Utah Neolib]

Joe retires and immediately endorsed Hunter. He trails early on, but since he’s not Trump he wins.

Mark Moores

Somehow it’s found that Melanie Stansbury committed mass voter fraud and that Mark Moore’s truly won. After this investigation, it raises Moores national profile and name recognition. He wins re-election in 2022 by a narrow, narrow margin, and goes on to become the GOP nominee, defeating Ted Cruz in the primary. He goes on to win the general over Harris.



Katie Hobbs

[Terlylane]

Wins the governorship in 2022 and comes out of a contested convention with the nomination. She then defeats Trump in November.

Kay Ivey

[Torrain]

The GOP do a ton of the market research for the 2024 election, and the results are clear - they need a woman on the ticket to keep middle-class suburban woman in play. After an extended period of vetting (and refusals from Haley and Noem), the RNC directs Trump’s campaign to pick Gov. Ivey.

Unfortunately for the GOP, just as the campaign is building steam, Trump is incapacitated by a heart attack that leaves him bedridden. Ivey gives a fiery speech, pledging to fight for the party that Trump built (etc etc etc).

After a surprisingly strong debate performance against Biden (who had been preparing to debate Trump, and thus comes off as unprepared and unfocused), Ivey ekes out a narrow win.

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Elizabeth Dole

[Roll Roons]

The GOP do a ton of the market research for the 2024 election, and the results are clear - they need a woman on the ticket to keep middle-class suburban woman in play. After an extended period of vetting (and refusals from Haley and Noem), the RNC directs Trump’s campaign to pick Gov. Ivey.

Unfortunately for the GOP, just as the campaign is building steam, Trump is incapacitated by a heart attack that leaves him bedridden. Ivey gives a fiery speech, pledging to fight for the party that Trump built (etc etc etc).

After a surprisingly strong debate performance against Biden (who had been preparing to debate Trump, and thus comes off as unprepared and unfocused), Ivey ekes out a narrow win.

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Elizabeth Dole

Bob Dole passes away in early 2024. Since he never realized his dream of becoming president despite having run 3 times, Liddy runs in his honor and the rest of the field stays aside in deference.

In the general, the memory of Bob Dole carries her to victory.



Bob Dold.

[Pink Panther]

In a shock move, Dold runs for and unseats Pritzker in 2022. After Trump declines to run in 2024, and since every Trumpist candidate possible runs and splits the vote, allowing Dold to get the nomination. As an appeal to Trumpists, he selects DeSantis as his Veep. Since Harris is the nominee and is a bad campaigner, Dold wins and is inaugurated.

Todd Nathanson(AKA Todd in the Shadows)

[Terlylane]

Runs as an independent and gets the votes of everyone who is dissastified with the current party structure.

Chris McDaniel (the state senator from Mississippi)

[MR DARK BRANDON]

He decides to run for president and wins the election.


Sony Bono

[NewYorkExpress]

Somehow is resurrected from the dead, and runs an Independent campaign with John Kasich as his running mate, defeating Trump and AOC in the electoral college November, despite finishing third in the popular vote.

Adolf Hitler

[Terlylane]

Some internet troll changes his name to Adolf Hitler and somehow gets ballot access in all 50 states. The election is tied  at 269-269 and one faithless elector puts in Adolf Hitler. He is then chose as a comprise candidate in congress and sworn in.

Jim Demint

[Utah Neolib]

Someone named “Jim Demint” randomly runs for president, and is able to fool conservatives into thinking he’s the real Jim DeMint. He chooses the real Jim DeMint as his running mate, (and in the Republican primaries he runs), wins the nomination, and defeats Kamala Harris in the general election.









Spencer Cox

[Terlylane]

Runs as the “Morman man” and stresses reform in the primary. Before running, he passes a race neutral bill for scholarships to gain credibility back after the Jazz scholarship thing. He then gains support to defeat Biden by improving in the suburbs.

George Stephanopoulos