The New Campaign Trail

[LAB-LIB]

did really well as Hayes/Bruce, y'all should try it on cakewalk and see how many southern states you can flip

And then see if you can win every state except Iowa the next time you play

[Independents for Nihilism]

With Apologies to Walter Mondale, or, Nader Does Another One: one EV win by McCain/Pawlenty over Obama/Biden, while losing the PV by 3 and a half points.



McCain/Pawlenty - 62,873,628 - 47.4%
Obama/Biden - 67,691,779 - 51.0%

[Mail-order President]

2000b - Gore vs Buchanan just came out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/van2aj/2000b_buchanan_v_gore_has_finally_been_finished/?ref=share&ref_source=link

Here's how I did as Buchanan/Santorum:


President Al Gore (D-TN)/Vice President Bob Graham (D-FL) - 49.1% 252 EV
Former WH Comm. Director Pat Buchanan (R-VA)/Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) - 48.3% 286 EV

Michigan and New Hampshire were the closest states.

[Politician]

1976 Reagan/Rockefeller win. MO was decided by 219 votes.

Ronald Reagan/Nelson Rockefeller: 319 EV, 49.4%
Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale: 219 EV, 48.9%

[Politician]

My new best performance as Carter, flipped WA. Hilariously I only win the PV by 4.

Carter/Mondale: 443 EV, 51.0%
Ford/Dole: 95 EV, 47.0%

[Independents for Nihilism]

"With Further Apologies to Walter Mondale," or, "Anderson does a Nader": victory as Carter/Kennedy in 1980 while losing the popular vote by, you guessed it, three and a half points. Michigan decided it for me by a margin of under 5000 votes (0.12%), and Pennsylvania was the next closest, which I won by about 21000 votes (0.49%). I won the first debate, lost the second, but the hostage rescue was successful, and I generally tacked toward's Kennedy's more liberal policies.



Carter/Kennedy - 44.8% - 38,744,140
Reagan/Bush - 48.3% - 41,724,188

Also, why on earth does the EV calc load Ed Clark as a default third party, and not Anderson? Weird.

[Independents for Nihilism]

"Al Gore is Cursed Across All Possible Universes" or "Perot Does a Nader": a bloody 271-267 loss as Gore/Bayh in 1996b, naturally while winning the popular vote (41.7-40.3). I was certain with Perot that strong, he would have taken more from Dole, but what can you do. Deciding state was WV, with a margin of about 5k votes.



Gore/Bayh - 267 - 43,341,439 - 41.7%
Dole/Kemp - 271 - 41,825,624 - 40.3%

[Vice President Christian Man]

Weird campaign trail result.



Hillary Clinton: 351 E.V./50.2%
Donald Trump: 187 E.V./44%

[LAB-LIB]

Weird campaign trail result.



Hillary Clinton: 351 E.V./50.2%
Donald Trump: 187 E.V./44%

Was McCaskill the running mate?

[Vice President Christian Man]

Weird campaign trail result.



Hillary Clinton: 351 E.V./50.2%
Donald Trump: 187 E.V./44%

Was McCaskill the running mate?

Yep

[Politician]

Mondale wins in 84!!!

Mondale/Cuomo: 307 EVs, 50.2%
Reagan/Bush: 231 EVs, 49.1%

[GregTheGreat657]

On my first Mondale game in a long while, I came quite close to winning

Reagan/Bush 287 EV 51.0%
Mondale/Bentsen 251 EV 48.3%

[Politician]

Rudy Giuliani victory in 2008

Giuliani/Pawlenty: 370 EV, 52.2%
Clinton/Bayh: 168 EV, 46.0%

[Vice President Christian Man]

Flip CO, IA, VA & FL and this is how I expect that a similar match would've taken place around 2020.

Closest States (<1%):
Colorado: 0.09%
Missouri: .56%
Florida: .69%
Arizona: .93%

Closer States: (1-5%):
Ohio: 1.86%
Nevada: 2.74%
Montana: 3.39%
Michigan: 3.52% (Tipping point victory: Buchanan victory)
Virginia: 4.61%
West Virginia: 4.61%

Close States (5-9%):
Pennsylvania: 5.05%
Wisconsin: 5.51%
New Hampshire: 5.64%
Tennessee: 6.08%
New Mexico: 6.31%
Kentucky: 7.26%
Minnesota: 7.9%
Arkansas: 8.03%
Texas: 8.43%
Iowa: 9.1%
Oregon: 9.34%

[GregTheGreat657]

My first run as Buchanan

President Al Gore (D-TN)/Vice President Bob Graham (D-FL) 275 EV 50.0%
Political Commentator Pat Buchanan (R-VA)/Senator John Danforth (R-MO) 263 EV 47.4%

[LAB-LIB]

You can now play as Michael Bloomberg in the 2001 NYC Mayoral Election!

[Independents for Nihilism]

"Walter Mondale Apologizes, Could Not Find Beef" or "Nobody does a Nader, sort of": A tie in 1984 as Mondale/Hart. The game was just as surprised as I was to get this - the end screen was just "undefined". Anybody know what would have happened in a contingent election like this?

Closest states were Missouri (where third parties weren't even on the ballot) by about 3300 votes, and Delaware by 400 or so which was just barely within the total for both third parties. Considering Maine doesn't allocate votes by congressional district in game, I wonder how that would have broken down, since the margin there was only about 4000 votes as well.



Mondale/Hart - 269 - 45,811,424 - 49.3%
Reagan/Bush - 269 - 46,568,850 - 50.1%

[illuminativampire]

Mondale/Clinton: Tough On Crime, Tough On The Causes Of Crime



Fmr. VP Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Gov. Bill Clinton: 294 EVs,  46,068,820 PVs
Pres. Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/VP George Bush (R-TX): 244 EVs,  44,924,609 PVs

Nail-biters (within 1%)
Georgia: 0.10% (1,813 votes)

Close states (within 5%)
Ohio: 1.13% (50,363 votes)
Missouri: 1.16% (25,052 votes)
Alabama: 1.28% (17,791 votes)
Delaware: 1.39% (3,673 votes)
New Jersey: 2.04% (53,514 votes)
Kentucky: 2.08% (29,502 votes)
New Mexico: 2.24% (11,816 votes)
Indiana: 2.47% (54,463 votes)
Michigan: 2.70% (101,165 votes)
California: 3.12% (287,220 votes)
Vermont: 3.19% (7,233 votes)
Montana: 3.28% (12,762 votes)
Maine (At-large): 3.52% (19,456 votes)
Mississippi: 4.22% (38,804 votes)
Connecticut: 4.27% (62,485 votes)
West Virginia: 4.48% (33,150 votes)
Arkansas: 4.87% (43,352 votes)
Louisiana: 4.89% (83,535 votes)

Competitive states (within 10%)
South Dakota: 5.27% (15,927 votes)
Colorado: 5.80% (76,270 votes)
North Carolina: 6.51% (144,258 votes)
Illinois: 6.66% (313,228 votes)
Hawaii: 6.93% (22,223 votes)
Oregon: 6.96% (81,382 votes)
Texas: 7.93% (428,391 votes)
Tennessee: 8.55% (143,834 votes)
South Carolina: 8.70% (82,480 votes)
Wisconsin: 8.94% (202,274 votes)
Pennsylvania: 9.04% (450,449 votes)
Florida: 9.20% (369,106 votes)
North Dakota: 9.34% (29,671 votes)
Washington: 9.44% (183,358 votes)
Iowa: 9.57% (127,720 votes)
Virginia: 9.82% (203,005 votes)
Kansas: 9.86% (97,598 votes)

[Independents for Nihilism]

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Gore/Bradley - 345 - 53,023,950 - 49.4%
Bush/Cheney - 193 - 51,103,352 - 47.6%

[Alben Barkley]

I think this is the first time I won as Stevenson/Barkley 1952 on Normal, no cheats. This was the map:



Closest state was Maryland, which I won by fewer than 400 votes. Tipping point state was New York, which I won by 0.68% and about 51,000 votes.

I lost the NPV 50.1-49.5%, about 437,000 votes.

[OSR stands with Israel]

I think this is the first time I won as Stevenson/Barkley 1952 on Normal, no cheats. This was the map:



Closest state was Maryland, which I won by fewer than 400 votes. Tipping point state was New York, which I won by 0.68% and about 51,000 votes.

I lost the NPV 50.1-49.5%, about 437,000 votes.

You also lost your most hated state as well so congrats lol

[OSR stands with Israel]

Won with Bloomberg by 161 votes in the 2001 election

[Vice President Christian Man]

Lost as Mastriano by 5 points

[Independents for Nihilism]

Tried the Mastriano mod, was winning until results from Philly came in. Ended up losing by about 9000 votes. Stop the steal!

[LAB-LIB]

If they ever do a remake of the Oz vs. Fetterman mod, they'll have to have a question about Crudité.