President Forever results thread...

[DabbingSanta]

Hubert H. Humphrey (Dem) - 20,054,968 47.8%; 327 EV  ✓
George C. Wallace (Rep/AIP)-  21,890,159 52.2% 211 EV


Goldwater Republicans managed to take over the 1968 RNC convention and nominate Wallace, also nominee of the AIP.

Wallace was trailing by double digits until a scandal broke in the final 48 hours. Despite losing, he managed to win the popular vote and carry states outside the south, beating all expectations.

The closest state was Michigan, which was decided by under 1,200 votes.

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There was a huge fissure in the southern base, so much so Goldwater carried several states in 1964. In this scenario, Wallace and other pro segregation Dems switch parties as the national Dems become more about civil rights and left wing ideology.

[DabbingSanta]

What would happen if the Democrats and Republicans didn't exist? o_o

Johnson/Weld (Libertarian) 429 electoral votes and 55.7% popular vote
Stein/Baraka (Green) 103 electoral votes and 41.6% popular vote
McMullin/Finn (Independent) 6 electoral votes and 0.6% popular votes
Bloomberg/Hagel (Independent) 0 electoral votes and 2.1% popular vote

A few things hard to explain:

- Greens with over 60% of the vote in Texas
- Kentucky is the closest state, with both Greens and Libertarians at 47% popular vote
- Libertarians have over 70% of the vote in neighboring Indiana, Tennessee
- Libertarians have over 60% of the vote in Maryland, New Jersey
- other Northeastern states with large cities vote Green (PA with Philly, NY with New York, DC with Washington) or have a much closer margin (MA with Boston)
- Virginia goes Green? Richmond, Hampton Roads, DC suburbs...

Overall a fun experiment, tho

[DabbingSanta]

Managed to get 5.7% of the vote as Bloomberg. Didn't win any states. Trump won the game in an unrealistic landslide, including California. o_o

light shade = under 5% of the vote
medium shade = 5-10% of the vote
dark shade = over 10% of the vote.

Best states were AZ, CA, DC, and VA.

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I just ran as John McCain in the 2008 election and here are the results of this close race :

John McCain/Mitt Romney : 314 electoral votes, 66 918 234 votes and 50.1 % of the vote
Barack Obama/Kathleen Sebelius : 224 electoral votes, 66 749 154 and 49.9 % of the vote[/center]

Super messed up. I've been having the same troubles with this game. Someone needs to make a new one!