2004: Governor of Oregon Steve Welch the Democratic nominee

[MATTROSE94]

lol this person sucks hopefully he'd lose all 50 states + DC

I think Steve Welch could win narrowly, maybe with around 283 Electoral Votes. Steve Welch would definitely be the popular vote loser however. As President, I think that Steve Welch will be pretty ineffective and will lose big to Mitt Romney in 2008 due to the financial crisis, maybe only winning 144 Electoral Votes and 47% of the popular vote. I don’t even think he would win his home state after the financial crisis in this scenario.

[MATTROSE94]

He'd probably lose narrowly due to the abortion scandal and Bin Laden video

Steve Welch I think would do well in some pro choice states like Nevada and also in the Rust Belt due to his running mate Dick Gephardt. 

[MATTROSE94]

I can see Nevada narrowly flipping

Yeah. Nevada was a very pro-choice state prior to 2021 with the exception of the areas of the state with a high population of Basque-Americans, so it likely flips to Steve Welch by a 51-48 margin ITTL’s 2004 election.