President Forever results thread...

[Ben Meyers]

Electoral College
McCain (me) - 535
Kerry - 3

Popular Vote
McCain (me) - 71.1%
Kerry - 28.8%

Best States (including D.C.)
McCain - Utah - 91.3%
Kerry - D.C. - 51.4%

Closest State (including D.C.)
D.C. - Kerry - 51.4%, McCain - 48.5%

[Gabu]

Kerry (me) vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Badnarik:



Kerry: 522 EVs (51% PV)
Bush: 16 EVs (30% PV)
Nader: 0 EVs (6% PV)
Badnarik: 0 EVs (11% PV)

Best states:

Kerry: Massachusetts (71.6%)
Bush: South Dakota (44.8%)
Nader: Connecticut (18.0%)
Badnarik: California (32.9%)

Worst states:

Kerry: Washington (34.7%) (yes, his worst state was one he won)
Bush: Rhode Island (21.7%)
Nader: Tennessee (2.6%)
Badnarik: West Virginia (0.0% - 188 votes)

Closest states:

1. Wisconsin (Bush wins over Kerry, 40.6-39.5)
2. South Dakota (Bush wins over Kerry, 44.8-43.7)
3. California (Kerry wins over Badnarik, 35.9-32.9)

The massive Badnarik vote was mainly because we both got hit with pretty bad scandals and for quite a while we both had massive negative momentum - I just had less negative momentum than Bush did.  Badnarik was actually ahead in California for a moment, although my massive barrage of ads at the end won it back.

[ilikeverin]

I won as Taft, easily defeating TR, Wilson, and debs:



William Taft (R): 35% of the Pop. Vote; 331 Electoral Votes

Woodrow Wilson: 27% of the Pop. Vote; 142 Electoral Votes

Theodore Roosevelt: 23% of the Pop. Vote; 58 Electoral Votes

Eugene Debs: 13% of the Pop. Vote; 0 Electoral Votes

That's nothing Once, I won the entire solid south as Taft

[Colin]

Best result ever as an independent: Bush vs. Kerry vs. Wixted vs. Nolan



Bush: 26% PV 119 EVs
Kerry: 24% PV 21 EVs
Wixted: 32% 356 EVs
Nolan: 16% PV 42 EVs

Best State:

Bush: Utah 44.9%
Kerry: New Mexico 49.5%
Wixted: Oregon 46.2%
Nolan: Marland 35.6%

Worst State:

Bush: New York 18.1%
Kerry: Alaska 15.6%
Wixted: New Mexico 13.7%
Nolan: Oregon and Kentucky 8.0%

DC Results:

Bush: 9.2%
Kerry: 47.1%
Wixted: 30.6%
Nolan: 12.9%

Tennessee Results (Craziest State):

Bush: 29.3%
Kerry: 22.2%
Wixted: 19.3%
Nolan: 29.0%

More maps soon.

[TheWildCard]

1912 as Taft



RED Taft 469 EVs 39% 22,506,061
BLUE Wilson 36 EVs 22% 12,890,639
Dark Green TR 13 EVs 20% 11,677,588
Light Green Debs 13 EVs 17% 10,203,660

[Lt. Gov. Immy]

Light Green Debs 13 EVs 17% 10,203,660

Bandit would be proud.

[Gabu]

Light Green Debs 13 EVs 17% 10,203,660

Bandit would be proud.

Not as proud as how he would be with what I just got:

Taft vs. Wilson vs. Roosevelt vs. Debs (me):



Wilson: 176 EVs (25% PV)
Roosevelt: 152 EVs (25% PV)
Taft: 146 EVs (26% PV)
Debs: 57 EVs (23% PV)

Best states:

Wilson: Arkansas (44.5%)
Roosevelt: Washington (40.2%)
Taft: Utah (56.6%)
Debs: South Dakota (39.8%)

Worst states:

Wilson: Montana (8.9%)
Roosevelt: Utah (4.8%)
Taft: Texas (6.9%)
Debs: Colorado (7.9%)

Closest states:

1. Oregon (Taft wins over Roosevelt, 31.0-30.8 )
2. Wisconsin (Taft wins over Wilson, 31.2-30.9)
3. Indiana (Wilson wins over Taft, 33.0-32.4)

I basically did absolutely nothing the entire time except for making ads and fundraising to put out as many ads as possible.  I also was successful in unearthing power 9 scandals on both Wilson and Roosevelt, who were for the longest time by far the frontrunners.  Taft picked up some of the slack, and I picked up the rest, successfully winning 4 states for Debs and nearly winning him the popular vote.

[It's morning again in America]

Kucinich/Dean vs. Bush/Cheney again:





Kucinich
PV: 53%
EV: 397

Bush
PV: 41%
EV: 141

[Ben Meyers]

Bush (me) vs. Kerry

Electoral Vote
Bush - 531
Kerry - 7

Popular Vote
Bush - 67.1%
Kerry - 32.8%

Best States
Bush - Utah - 87.4%
Kerry - Rhode  Island - 52.7%

Closest States
Bush - Massacheusetts - 50.9%
Kerry - Rhode Island - 51.3%

[nini2287]

Myself (Stevenson) vs. Eisenhower

Stevenson--360 EV 54%
Top States:
North Carolina 73.8%
Mississippi 73.6%
Arkansas 70.0%
New Jersey 68.8%

Eisenhower--171 EV 45%
Top States:
Vermont 61.6%
Ohio 58.2%
Texas 57.4%
Indiana 57.3%

Close states:
Rhode Island (Stevenson wins 50.1-49.8, or 1044 votes)
Nevada (Eisenhower wins 51.3-48.6, or about 3300 votes)
Illinois (Stevenson wins 50.4-49.5, or about 30000 votes)

[Gabu]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys get such massive landslides where you get 60+% of the popular vote?  I've done everything I can think of and have never gotten out of the fifties.

[Gustaf]

I'm disappointed every time I get below 55%...I post every time I play, so my results here aren't the best of the best. If you want to win big you need to produce a lot of negative momentum for your opponent. Hold attack-speeches - they almost always make the papers (more frequently than the positive ones) and can have a good effect early on on your opponent's momentum. Never touch an issue if it isn't at least on medium, preferably on high or very high.

[Colin]

Party by party results for the election above:

[Jake]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys get such massive landslides where you get 60+% of the popular vote?  I've done everything I can think of and have never gotten out of the fifties.

I use leadership ads in the last seven days. Usually four of them running in every state for a week.

[Gabu]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys get such massive landslides where you get 60+% of the popular vote?  I've done everything I can think of and have never gotten out of the fifties.

I use leadership ads in the last seven days. Usually four of them running in every state for a week.

How do you afford running four ads in every state for a week?  The money I have in the 2004 scenario only lasts three days.

[Jake]

All I do during the campaign is fundraise and win the endorsement money. Running the ads is enough to gain enormous momentum.

[Gabu]

All I do during the campaign is fundraise and win the endorsement money. Running the ads is enough to gain enormous momentum.

Hmm, I may try that, just to see what happens.

[nini2287]

I won as George Wallace!

Nixon--31% PV 61 EV
Humphrey--36% PV 208 EV
Wallace--31% (about 500000 more votes than Nixon) 270 EV

Nixon's best states:
Idaho-59.5%
Arizona-57.6%
South Dakota-57.0%
Maine-52.6%
Oklahoma-51.6%

Humphrey's best states:
Nevada--66.8%
DC--63.5%
Connecticut--60.6%
New Mexico--60.4%
Alaska-60.0%

Wallace's best states:
Mississippi--71.1%
Louisiana--68.3%
West Virginia--67.2%
Alabama--67.2%
Texas--65.3%

[Gabu]

I'm disappointed every time I get below 55%...I post every time I play, so my results here aren't the best of the best. If you want to win big you need to produce a lot of negative momentum for your opponent. Hold attack-speeches - they almost always make the papers (more frequently than the positive ones) and can have a good effect early on on your opponent's momentum. Never touch an issue if it isn't at least on medium, preferably on high or very high.

Actually, I found my problem: I was playing with two other people.  Once I made it only me and Bush, I won with 60% of the vote.

[It's morning again in America]

My new personal record with the 1976 scenario:





Carter
Popular Vote: 55%
Electoral Vote: 462

Ford
Popular Vote: 41%
Electoral Vote: 76

[Erc]

Obviously, my strategy didn't work:



P.G. Talbott (R): 229, 49%
John Kerry (D): 309, 50%

The PV was actually really close...I was ahead until Kerry won Washington, actually...

Overall, the campaign didn't do so well...bounced back in the last few days (from down 6 in the polls), taking states like Louisiana, Missouri, Hawaii...but it was just too late.

States decided within 5:

Florida: 51.2-48.7
Pennsylvania: 51.2-48.7
New York: 52.3-47.6

Flip those three states, and I win.


Not my best day.

[Erc]

Take 2:

Was down by nine points a week before the election.  Mississippi was a swing state.  Wyoming was looking shaky.  Damned Power 6 scandal just sat there for a couple weeks and wouldn't go away.  And then came the ad blitz.

And here was the final result:



P.G. Talbott (R-NY): 280, 51%
John Kerry (D-MA): 258, 48%

My unexpected win in VA handed me the election.

Closest states:
Maryland: 50.5-49.4 (Kerry camped out here the last couple days)
Rhode Island: 50.5-49.4
California: 50.8-49.1 (I camped out here the last couple days)
Hawaii: 51.5-48.4
Virginia: 51.9-48.0

[It's morning again in America]

1980 election:





Carter
Popular Vote: 53%
Electoral Vote: 444

Reagan
Popular Vote: 40%
Electoral Vote: 94

Anderson
Popular Vote: 4%
Electoral Vote: 0

Clark
Popular Vote: 1%
Electoral Vote: 0

[It's morning again in America]

And now 1992:





Clinton
Popular Vote: 49%
Electoral Vote: 486

Bush
Popular Vote: 36%
Electoral Vote: 52

Perot
Popular Vote: 12%
Electoral Vote: 0

[Ben Meyers]

My best record as Kerry (who I did not support, for the record).



I spent a whole lot of time fundraising, got over $100,000,000 near the end.  I camped out in Texas for a while, and had Edwards go all over.

I made a last minute run at Utah, and got it so close - 50.0% to 49.9%.

Anyways

Electoral Vote
Kerry - 518
Bush - 20

Popular Vote
Kerry - 65%
Bush - 34%