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McAllistair: An Infobox Series
(Part 1)

The 2016 Elections in the United States were special for two particular reasons. The first was that a Democratic landslide in the Presidential election which lead to Hillary Rodham Clinton being elected the first female President in the history of the United States, and the second being the first time a third party candidate had ever won a State's Electoral votes in the modern Two Party Era. Polls in many of the mid-western states had predicted it was a tight race between Clinton and Trump up until the first and only debate, with some even predicting Trump could edge out an electoral college victory. The Libertarian Party had managed to, in the weeks leading up to the debate, climb into the 15% threshold and so were allowed into both the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates; however many in the Clinton and Trump campaigns complained this was manipulation of the polling data by some major networks looking to boost the ratings of the debates as much as possible.

The debate was a disaster for both Trump and Johnson. Clinton came out of the debate with a 8 point poll jump having "castrated" Trump and "relegated Johnson to the sidelines" according to the major networks. After that debate the Trump campaign went into internal party infighting and their defeat was all but assured. While the Libertarian Party ticket suffered from Johnson's debate performance, it was boosted by the support of Frm. GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, Frm. Democratic Vice Presidental Nominee Joe Lieberman and Mayor of Chicago Robert McAllistair, allowing it to maintain some momentum into Election Day. Come Election Day it was a landslide win for Hillary Clinton, winning traditional red states from all across the country. The victory was so emphatic that networks were able to call the election for Clinton very early on in the evening. While Republican's watched their party fall to another defeat by the Democrats, Libertarian's were elated with Johnson and Weld's performance, holding a massive election night celebratory party in Utah. After it was announced that the party had won both Utah's and Wyoming's Electoral Votes the whole gathering of over 20,000 people erupted and was covered on all networks. The announcement of Alaska's Electoral Votes going to Johnson was subject to a recount and was not confirmed until the following day.

In Trump's speech he refused to concede the election claiming that the Clinton-Obama machine had rigged the election and that American's had been "stupid" to vote for Crooked Hillary. While this made alot of noise on Election Night, Trump's threat's of legal action quickly died away as the political reality of Hillary Clinton being the next president started to settled into the minds of the American people, even if it hadn't in Trumps'.

Clinton's 12 point victory over her Republican opponent not only had effects in the Presidential race but also down ballot. Democrats out performed all expectations and gained 7 seats in the Senate, awarding them a majority regardless of how Independent Senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King would choose to caucus. The only good news for Senate Republicans was their shock hold of Missouri's Senate seat, after the Democratic candidate's campaign imploded in on itself in the final days. Libertarian's increased their share of the vote but were relatively insignificant to the final results. On the night both Kelly Ayotte and Marco Rubio laid the blame for the Republican's crushing Senate defeats firmly at the door of the Party's Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, which drew severe criticism from the RNC and Trump's campaign. Following Harry Reid's decision to retire from the Senate, Democrat's elected New York Senator Chuck Schumer to replace him as the Senate's new Majority Leader.

In the House things ended a little better for the Republican's as they were able to hold onto their majority, but only with a razor thin margin likely leaving Speaker Ryan at the mercy of the Trump supporting Republican Freedom caucus. Libertarian's offered the real shock on the night in terms of the House of Representative's, beating out the Republican's Mia Love in Utah's 4th district to secure the Party's first nationally elected congressman. After the election, following her failure to retake the House, Nancy Pelosi announced she would step down as the Party's Minority Leader and following a short contest was succeeded by her fellow Californian; the Chair of the House Democratic Conference, Congressman Xavier Becerra.

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wolfram said:
Whence the 2012 results?
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No Wikibox, but I made a map for 2012.
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Evil Establishment- 335 seats, 52.1%
Tea Party- 74 seats, 20.4%
Moonbase Party- 24 seats, 14.2%
Paulbot Party- 2 seats, 10.9%
Not sure if I should make a series out of this.
 
True Grit

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True Grit said:
So I was thinking about what the worst case scenario would be for the presidential election...
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So that worst-case scenario I made? Turns out I’m not done with it!

I apologize for the lack of detail on Trump’s first term in advance, but the basic gist here is that Trump’s first term is basically as disastrous as you might expect (things I had in mind: nuclear weapons in the Middle East, an alliance with Russia, and state-funded attacks in Mexico; thinking it out in my head, I pictured it as Donald Rumsfeld’s first term in Rumsfeldia – political opponents shamed, domestic tensions rising to an all-time high, plummeting relationships with the country’s traditional allies – that sort of thing). During the course of Trump’s first term, the Republicans effectively die off; maybe not on a state level, but definitely nationally. To try to win back supporters who had since defected to the Libertarians or the Americans, the party tries to walk the fine line between being pro- and anti-Trump, but this basically blows up in their face as they basically alienate everyone: Trump friendly nationalists go to the Americans, moderates go to the Libertarians, and many of the rest go to the Democrats.

Come 2024, Trump is more unpopular than ever among his critics, but the fact is not only is he incredibly popular with his base and most of his past voters, but he’s also done enough to both tilt the election in his favour (“rig is a strong word” his supporters would say) through heavily restrictive ballot laws and smear his the reputations of his opponents. In 2024, Trump enters the election race against Kamala Harris (yeah, I know, overused, but still she makes sense) for the Democrats and Jeff Flake (a former Republican) for the Libertarians (the two parties failing to agree to a joint-ticket). The Republicans are divided once again; they eventually opt not to field a candidate of their own, and endorse Flake at their convention. The decision, however, further dooms the party to the history pages, as it causes an exodus of Trump-friendly members from the party. Harris chooses Montana Senator (and former Governor) Steve Bullock as her running-mate, in attempt to appeal to Libertarian voters, while Flake chooses Senator Rob Portman (also a former Republican) of Ohio. Polls show the election to be a relatively close three-way-race, with each party having a chance at victory, though Harris is routinely shown with a moderate lead over Trump. Harris almost certainly would’ve been elected, too, had the election been held fairly. Instead, the convenient “disappearance” of thousands of votes (let alone the restrictive laws preventing many from voting in the first place) allowed Trump to win re-election despite losing to Harris in the popular vote by over two-points (a figure which the administration would frequently label as false – according to them, it was the Democrats trying to rig the election against Trump, and he was the innocent victim in all this).

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Trump’s re-election, despite clear evidence of voter fraud and suppression, proves to be the last straw for the anti-Trump faction of the country, and Civil War breaks out when California Governor Gavin Newsom blasts Trump as an illegitimate President, declaring that his state will not listen to his administration and ordering the California National Guard to take control of Federal Government buildings and military bases within the state, with many other states (all states west of Texas, plus a spattering of others across the country) with anti-Trump forces in power eventually following Newsom’s lead, while rebellions (some more successful than others) rise up in states with pro-Trump governments in power. Fighting quickly begins between pro- and anti-Trump forces, with the Rebels easily maintaining control of the west and maintaining control (thin as it occasionally is) in much of the Midwest. The Trumpists easily crush rebellions in the south (save for Georgia, where the anti-Trump government of Jason Carter is able to surprisingly beat back Trumpist forces, despite initially being outnumbered, before Trumpists ultimately seize control of the state and Carter is forced to flee to Nevada). While fighting occurs all across the country, the West and the South, ultimately escape the worst parts of the conflict. The bulk of the fighting, however, occurs in New England, the Upper South, and the Rust Belt, the latter suffering the worst of the fighting.

It should be noted, though, that no actual secession takes place. The Trumpists naturally have no need, while the Rebels decry the Trump administration as illegitimate and ineffective, and establish their own provisional government out of Denver, with both the Democrats and the Libertarians (united on the anti-Trump side) agreeing to appoint Patty Murray (between the two parties, the most senior member of the Senate) as Acting President. Come 2028, with fighting still at its lowest point, both the Trumpists and the Rebels still plan to have elections, each trying to assert themselves as both democratic and the legitimate government of the country. For the Rebels, the election is restricted to the areas they control, namely all states west of Texas, much of the Midwest, and some of New England. The Trumpist government, publicly trying to deny the strength of the Rebel Government and the territory it is in control of, announces the election will be held not only in the territory they clearly are in control of, but states deep within Rebel control as well. The move is mostly an attempt to overemphasize their power, and nobody expects the votes in much of these states to be legitimate (or even actually happen).

On the Trumpist side, with Trump himself barred from seeking a third-term, the Americans nominate Secretary of State Michael T. Flynn (a Trump ally if there ever was one, clearly signaling no shift in strategy) over Vice President Katrina Pierson (who had seen her future in the party plunge after a public break with the Trump administration). The Democrats and the Libertarians had been banned at the start of the war (due to their support for it), and over the course of Trump’s second-term most of the additional opposition parties had been banned as well (save for a few more extreme parties, such as the Communists, in order to contrast Trump favourably with them). With Flynn effectively the only candidate running, combined with mass voter fraud (particularly in Rebel-controlled states, where Flynn was declared the winner despite in all likelihood no votes actually ever having been cast), Flynn sweeps what’s left of the Electoral College and is elected President – though, naturally, the Rebels decry him as illegitimate as well.

In the Rebel election, the Democrats and the Libertarians both field candidates of their own, though it’s clear that the two parties will in many ways work in tandem throughout most of the war. The Democrats initially plan on fielding former Georgia Governor Jason Carter, now in exile in Nevada, as their nominee, with Carter having become a Rebel hero after his surprisingly enduring leadership in the heart of the Deep South, managing to keep Georgia in the hands of the Rebels for far longer than anyone had anticipated. Carter runs in the primaries virtually unopposed and looks set for the nomination, until he is assassinated in June 2028 by a Trumpist spy while campaigning in New Mexico. With the Democrats suddenly without a nominee (and both Murray and Harris making their lack of interest in the job clear), the party turns to Harris’ former running mate Steve Bullock, nominally still Montana’s Senator though effectively a private citizen as a result of the war effectively crippling congress. Bullock agrees and is drafted at the party’s convention, choosing Vermont Governor Tim Ashe as his running mate to shore up support among progressives. Jeff Flake runs once again for the Libertarians, picking Massachusetts Governor Karyn Polito (very popular at home thanks to her wartime leadership) as his running mate.

While the Democrats should normally have expected a win, Flake is ultimately able to eke out a narrow victory. Part of this is simply due to a geographic advantage, with most of the Rebel territory being strong Libertarian states, and with many of the states not participating in the election (such as New York, where the Rebels have the edge despite not being able to establish control) being more likely to have voted for Bullock. Flake’s already established prominence (as a result of his 2024 run) further helps the ticket, especially given Bullock’s late start to the race, while the choice of running mates further contributes to Flake’s win: Politio strong personal popularity allows Flake to win her home-state of Massachusetts (of all places!), while Ashe proves to be somewhat controversial as a result of his association with Tulsi Gabbard (somewhat reviled after helping throw the 2020 election to Trump) and statements drifting away from the wartime consensus amongst the Rebels. Though Democrats leave the election somewhat disappointed, having expected a win, the party quickly unites behind Flake’s leadership of the Rebels, though the war looks far from over at this point.

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Alright, this time I mean it when I say I’m not going any farther with this, but I envision the war eventually ending in somewhat of a stalemate and the Rebels establishing a separate country of their own.

Also, just a note about the Trumpist/Rebel states: the map in the Rebel election box is basically accurate, with the Rebels controlling everywhere where there was an election. Although the Trumpist’s hold most of the remaining states, they don’t really hold all of them. For instance, the fighting in New York at this point has gotten so bad that really nobody has any definitive control in the state.

I hope this doesn't come true, but hey at least I live in Canada, right? Right!?
 

Sporian

People actually like Bullock here, even though he hasn't been the most productive.

But nowhere as much as BRIAN SCHWEITZER

SCHWEITZER 2016
 
LeinadB93

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The Professor said:
Is there a thread on this?
Interested in how the world looks and how the flags and arms developed!
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No there isn't, I keep thinking about spinning it off into it's own thread but for now all the information is stored here.

There's no world map yet, as I'm in the process of redesigning Africa to be less colonial in origin (WIP map). But the map here shows how North America looks.

Well in California the blue represents ether the sky or the seas, the gold is for the richness of the land (and the gold rush certainly helped), with red representing the blood spilled for independence, whilst the star symbolises unity (one star representing many).
 
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