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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 26, 2023, 06:21:14 AM » |
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In 2024 Donald Trump upsets Biden and defeats him on a ticket with Tulsi Gabbard.
While he gets much more done in his second term compared to his first, he's quite unpopular by the end.
In 2028 former VP Kamala Harris barely defeats Gov. Gavin Newsom in an incredibly crowded field including Fetterman, Warnock and Pritzker, mostly due to the order of the primaries. On the GOP side, Donald Trump Jr wins the primary with his father's support, defeating VP Tulsi Gabbard in a battle between conspiracy MAGAists vs the "New Right". Failed 2024 candidate Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tom Cotton also ran but fizzled out after Super Tuesday.
The general election is tough and hard-fought, Harris proves to be a Hillary-level unlikeable politician who the public dislikes the more they see her. Meanwhile Trump Jr is saddled with the unpopularity of his father, and can't seem to gather the same energy he did (or convince former Republicans to rejoin the party). The election ends up close but Harris narrowly wins by flipping North Carolina (the tipping point state) by 8,000 votes. Notably, Trump Jr. narrowly won the popular vote due to urban areas trending right in blue states.
Harris's first term doesn't go well. She has a Republican Senate and house, and a red ripple occurs that has Republicans gaining a couple Senate seats and a dozen house seats. She is unable to get much done and remains relatively unpopular, but she doesn't get into any major scandal either.
The Democratic party shuts down any primary challenge to Harris, but the Republican primary is wide open and this is seen as a year Republicans can win.
North Carolina governor Mark Robinson is seen as a strong candidate, as is Florida Governor Matt Gaetz, former Press Secretary Kari Lake and the only major moderate candidate Texas Senator Dan Crenshaw. With Trump withdrawn from politics due to age and the conspiratorial Trumpist base split between multiple candidates, many see this as the perfect opportunity for a New Right candidate.
J. D. Vance has made a name for himself for being both a populist warrior and a close Trump ally, extremely conservative while getting stuff done in the Senate. He won re-election to his Senate seat by 36.8% in 2028 while Trump Jr. only won it by 20.1%, getting many crossover democratic voters. After Josh Hawley dropped out before Iowa and Gabbard ruled out a second run, he had the populist lane to himself and ended up winning the primary, having the nomination wrapped up after Super Tuesday where his main opponent Gaetz underperformed expectations.
He chose Sen. Katie Britt as his running mate hoping to win back enough suburban voters to win back Arizona and North Carolina as well as hold onto Texas and Utah (which was won by under 5% in 2028). However Vance supporters make the claim that he would be the strongest in the rust belt, where his focus on economic issues and ability to speak to the working class can make him easily win MI, PA and WI as well as potentially take Maine or Minnesota.
Who wins?
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