STARTING FROM THE FUTURE

[PRESIDENT STANTON II]

In 2056, American politics zigged and then zagged between Democrats and Republicans; this was never more clearer, than after 12 years of Republican control of the White House, that voters were willing to try change in multiples and opted to elect not only a Democrat, but a woman as well. So by electing Kay Alexander, the fifty something Senator from Massachusetts, she and her running mate, dispatched President Landon Howell and Vice President John Berglund and so Kay Alexander or as KJA made the best of her two terms, her Vice President Roger Peterson, a California Democrat failed to overcome the appeal of Stephen Burke, former Secretary of State under Howell; this Ohio Republican and Senator Sandra Hawkins of Arizona, ushered in eight years of Republican stewardship.
This map of the 2056 Presidential election, demonstrates the popularity of Burke's policies.

[PRESIDENT STANTON]

So any ideas 💡 on what a narrow Democratic victory in 2056 might look like, in which a relatively okayish Republican manages to somehow lose reelection. Throw in climate change,  automation technology issues which have led to chronic job displacement, and which the Republican's can't seem to offer solutions to the Democrat attacks. I searched throughout the forum to find a plausible electoral map. Anyone got ideas, Democrats are less progressive and have pivoted to a more centrism left ideology (think Andy Beshear in Kentucky), Republican's have dumped the America first, anti immigration policies and effectively are competing with Democrats for the same ideological real-estate. Using that as the metric any ideas (to make it more interesting, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin are firmly Republican, but they can compete with Democrats for sun belt and East Coast support. California goes the way of the nation and Texas has become the swingiest electoral prize. So Anyone want to take the challenge and offer up possible maps based on everything you have just read.