american politics

Perhaps over time becoming more of a mainstream social democratic party. My ideas that I previously discussed in other threads centered around a stronger union movement and socialists who were more willing to work with other parties in Congress (and hence seen as less of a threat). Let me know...

This timeline hinges on a very simple question:what if the Great Depression never happened? This happens through a variety of factors [which we will explore further in Part I,which is coming out as soon as i can write it],but the main one is Hoover being more interventionist. The ramifications...

Obviously a little ASB but I was thinking about ways if the dust bowl was compacted to during Hoover years how much that would change things to the American political landscape and economy. But in particular how much more it would hurt republicans and if democrats would do even better in 1932...

Monday, February 16th, 1920. New York Governor's Mansion. Governor Roosevelt was sitting in his office in the mansion in the middle of his second two-year term as Governor of New York. He thought about his options. "I could run for a third term." The Governor said to himself. "I could hand it...

William Randolph Hearst is often remembered for helping to make the American newspaper industry what it would eventually become, for both good and ill. Often cited as the pioneer of what would become known as "yellow journalism" Hearst would forgoe the more factual headlines of men like Joseph...

Could the Federalist Party return to the presidency after Thomas Jefferson's victory over John Adams in 1800, or were they fated to die a slow death after that and especially the Louisiana Purchase? Perhaps if they retain the governorship of New York in 1801, or take it back in 1810 or 1813...

The loss of presidential candidate George Stanley McGovern to incumbent President Richard Milhous Nixon during the 1972 United States presidential election remains one of the most embarrassing defeats of any presidential candidate to this date, and the margin of victory for President Nixon was...

Suppose that Lyndon Johnson, assuming he fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960 just like IOTL, remembers John Nance Garner's words about the vice presidency not being worth "a bucket of warm piss", and so he decides to stay in the Senate rather than be the running mate to...

Obviously a successful democratic 1980s is a scenario that is interesting to me and a lot of people on the site. Realistically for it to happen the POD is a Republican whether it’s Ford or Reagan wins in 1976 and their term is a disaster where the economy is in the tank by election time ( for...

We Want Hubert! An alternate timeline by Allegheny Aspy Hubert Horatio Humphrey, an orator, leader, and politician, described by both friend or foe as one of the greatest politicians of the twentieth century. His politics were that of principle, and issues were of utmost importance. The man...

Despite his unpopularity at the time of the election, and Harrison's comfortable victory in the electoral college and popular vote, Martin Van Buren came very close to winning Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Had he won those five states, he would've gotten 153 votes in...

Stories in various parts of various issues of the New York Times: November 9, 2016 Hillary Clinton Elected President, Last Glass Ceiling Shattered Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected as the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday, chosen by the country to overcome the final gender...

A Parliamentary America by Records This thread is primarily for me to post things about this timeline. However, I do invite constructive criticism and suggestions. The Governmental System of the United States In this timeline, the United States of America has a single legislative house, the...

So let's go with a Fatherland/AANW/Thousand Week Reich esque semi-plausible(ish) scenario where the Axis Powers more or less win in Europe, Germany somehow conquers all of Russia up to the urals, and the Western Allies prove unwilling to bear the cost of continuing the war, with peace being made...

Your challenge is to come up with a POD that would reverse the political orientations of California and Texas, and have the former be solidly Republican and the latter strongly Democratic.

In light of the current as of this writing nail-biter of an election, I'd like to propose a challenge for something that's basically the polar opposite: a presidential candidate who carries all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

As the title says. Make the Kennedys as powerful and enduring a political dynasty as possible! Bonus points if you get Joe Jr. to survive WW2 and make him president too.

Welcome to 'Legacy of the Bull Moose' a timeline I hate rebooting but feel myself constantly going back to. Legacy of the Bull Moose is a timeline in which Theodore Roosevelt is elected in 1912 under the Progressive ticket. While rather improbable and I would say generally unlikely I chose a PoD...

October 16, 1909 A day that would leave in its wake 4 years of chaos at home in the U.S. and many years of chaos in Mexico. The first time a United States president would visit Mexico, with an end result flaring the tensions between the two nations drastically. A monumentous occassion, but that...

With the results of the 2016 presidential election in showing the 22nd consecutive Democratic win in a Presidential election, one starts to wonder if this was an inevitable path for American politics. Democrats have continuously held the presidency since 1932, and, with only a few exceptions...