The New Campaign Trail

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Trump v. Hillary (played as Trump on Hard):

Trump/Sessions: 44.3%
Clinton/Sanders: 49.6%

Election hinged on 500 votes in MI... or 2,000 votes in WI... or 8,500 in PA.

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Okay, normally I don't post on here but this was remarkable. I tried to get Trump to win the EC while losing the popular vote by the maximum number possible. Got Trump to win while losing the PV by 50.6-45.0.

And the map for those wondering:

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Seems like a 1996 mod is being worked on and could potentially be added to the base game if it receives enough support.

How do the mods work? I don't see the 1996 mod at all, and when I click on one and try to load it, it doesn't do anything.

Okay. So first, Here's the link to the 1996 mod. https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/o14bcg/improved_1996_mod/

You have to click "Mod Loader" And it'll put 2 code sets. You have to put code 1 into "Code Set 1" and code 2 into "Code Set 2". In order to make it easier. It's 2 long Google Docs documents but you can click Edit and then select all. You can then copy the codes into their proper places and when you click here to begin, you should see the 1996 mod is ready to play. You have to do this every time you want to play the mod. When you begin to play It'll be on a normal version but you just have to bring up the map and exit out and you'll be as Clinton or Dole. (Note, When you play as Dole it'll still show you as playing as Clinton but you are in fact playing Dole so don't worry)

There are 1980, 2004 and 2020 mods available and more are being worked on.

All right, thanks.

My first map as Clinton:



Now that's the kind of landslide some people thought would happen in 1996! If the polls weren't off, could have been pretty close to reality.

People legit thought Bill would win a 500 EV landslide?

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Possibly the weirdest map ever, but I played as Gore on normal and tied myself to Clinton.


Gore/Graham (D): 384 EV/52.5% PV
Bush/Cheney (R): 154 EV/44.9% PV

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In 1980, Debate went well, Eagle Claw succeeded and no gaffes. I picked John Glenn to consolidate the midwest. Ran a 'Reagan is a dangerous extremist' campaign and actually won:

Ironically I only won the popular vote by four points.

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In 1984 with Mondale on hard I can't seem to get anything much better than this:

Lost the PV 54-44.

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Oh how the turntables.

How?

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Wtf is this new meme scenario with Adele running against Jimmy Carter?

I think it's a joke. There's no way the maps are realistic.

As someone who views the subreddit of the game quite frequently, they can get quite meme-ish in there sometimes and this meme culture often finds it's way into mods. For example, in a 1996 mod version that makes the game more competitive Bill Clinton gets impeached for having sexual relations with a soccer ball. It's best not to question or try to take these kinds of mods seriously.

Also some of the mods are aesthetically bad or feel incomplete. Do any that you know of feel exactly like the base game?

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I don't know what the hell to say:

Romney/Rubio: 46.6% PV
Obama/Biden*: 52.9% PV (+6.5M)

Five different states (NH, VA, NM, CO, and NV) were within 1%. Four were within 0.5%. The tipping point state was New Mexico, which Romney won by ~1,000 votes.

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Won 279-259 with Clinton/Kaine. Election pivoted on PA, which was only 2,000 votes (or less than 0.1%). Hillary won the PV by 4,000,000, however.