Alternate Electoral Maps
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Yeah, sorry about that.
And now that I think about it, it is kind of stupid that Obama won South Dakota but not Montana.
So an American map, but not a Trump one - the Senate in my alternate timeline.
In dark orange States with 2 People's Alliance (Socialist, Green, Solidarity-Reform, Progressive, MN FL, WI Progressive, Republican) Senators, light orange States with 1 Senator. Dark grey States with 2 Democratic senators, middle grey with 1 Senator. In light green states with 1 Concertación (minority and regional interests) Senator.
In dark orange States with 2 People's Alliance (Socialist, Green, Solidarity-Reform, Progressive, MN FL, WI Progressive, Republican) Senators, light orange States with 1 Senator. Dark grey States with 2 Democratic senators, middle grey with 1 Senator. In light green states with 1 Concertación (minority and regional interests) Senator.
Looks like Illinois and Massachusetts are swingier (and more likely to be outlined) than Minnesota or North Carolina. Though I recognize that's probably a technical limitation.
Yeah that was an issue for me; everything else bar the 'tipping points states' was rather easy to alter.
Not my most refined work, but here's an attempt at a county map of the vote for the Judicial Council of "TCUS".
Spectrum: Left, Stronger on Gender and Sex Issues.
Justice: Center - Left, Stronger on Race Issues
Libertarian: Minimalist, Left on Social Issues.
American Worker's: Economic Leftist, varies on Social Issues
Center: Centrist / Moderate
Conservative: Center-Right / "Establishment" Conservative
Business: Pro-Business, varies on Social Issues
Constitution: Christian Right, "Compassionate" or "Bleeding Heart" Conservative
TEA: Minimalist Government, Center-Right on Social Issues.
Great America: Far Right
Spectrum: Left, Stronger on Gender and Sex Issues.
Justice: Center - Left, Stronger on Race Issues
Libertarian: Minimalist, Left on Social Issues.
American Worker's: Economic Leftist, varies on Social Issues
Center: Centrist / Moderate
Conservative: Center-Right / "Establishment" Conservative
Business: Pro-Business, varies on Social Issues
Constitution: Christian Right, "Compassionate" or "Bleeding Heart" Conservative
TEA: Minimalist Government, Center-Right on Social Issues.
Great America: Far Right
Nice work, but Franklin and Hampshire Counties in MA should be pink. Probably Berkshire County as well.
Thanks for the critique! I definitely need to clean up the map in a lot of places, such as what's going on in the North-East.
If the non-voters would have counted for anything then it would have been a landslide victory for President Didnot Vote:
(also interesting how the few states in which the republicans/democrats managed to get more votes than the respective non-voters are lumped together and not spread out)
(also interesting how the few states in which the republicans/democrats managed to get more votes than the respective non-voters are lumped together and not spread out)
Yeah, upstate New York is not that far left by a long shot, especially after this year. I'd also argue the Conservatives should be doing better in Texas, depending on who the party leaders are. Plenty of "establishment" Republicans hail from there.
What is Palm Beach doing as conservative? And Jacksonville as Libertarian? Also what made you choose M-D as Spectrum, just curious.
JJohnson
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Electoral College (Wahlmännerkollegium) of Germany.
This map shows the number of electors in each federal state (Bundesstaat) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Each state has 3 Bundesrat members (total: 108) who can vote separately (not en bloc), and at least 1 Bundestag member per state (total: 679, including 1 Speaker, voting only in ties). Bavaria (and the Palatinate) has 102 electoral college votes, while the city-state of Lübeck has 5 (3 Bundesrat members, 2 Bundestag members). The overseas territories are under the administration of the Ministry of Overseas Territories, but in practice, they often manage their own internal affairs for the most part. They are not represented in the Bundestag, but per an amendment to the constitution, passed in 1977, they have electors for President of Germany (36 in total).
For the numerous candidates to attain the presidency, they must have 412 electoral votes. Given the use of Single Transferable Vote, People have three choices for President, and can choose the same person thrice.
The current parties of Germany:
National Liberal Party (NLP)
Christian Democrat Union (CDU)
Social Democrat Party (SDP)
Progressive People's Party (FVP)
Usually, the FVP and SDP vote together on a number of issues, while the CDU and NLP vote together, and often form a coalition.
Minor parties in the Reichstag (the name for both the Bundesrat and Bundestag) without a presidential candidate this year:
Free Democrat Party (FDP)
Free Conservative Party (FKP)
Die Grünen (DGP)
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
Die Linke (DLP)
Current Bundestag composition after the 2016 election:
Parties:
National Liberal Party: 195 seats
Christian Democrat Union: 148 seats
Social Democrat Party: 112 seats
Progressive People's Party: 89 seats
Free Democrat Party: 25 seats
Free Conservative Party: 38 seats
Die Grünen: 21 seats
Ecological Democratic Party: 22 seats
Die Linke: 29 seats
NLP, CDU, FDP form the governing coalition, since the 2012 elections. (Blue, black, other blue)
Bundesrat:
Parties:
National Liberal Party: 44 seats
Christian Democrat Party: 7 seats
Social Democrat Party: 18 seats
Progressive People's Party: 15 seats
Free Democrat Party: 4 seats
Free Conservative Party: 18 seats
Die Grünen: 1 seat
Ecological Democratic Party: 1 seat
A short history of this Germany:
-1500s - the Protestant Reformation is much more thorough, leading to a deeper protestantism throughout all German lands. Even Austria and Bavaria do not escape. The Counter-Reformation fails horribly in the HRE, Czech lands, and Poland, and barely gains any ground in France. French Protestants in the north and east make up most of the eventual colonists in Quebec and French Guiana and overseas. Irish Protestantism quickly becomes the majority due to quick translation of the Bible into Irish, and vibrant missionaries from England and Wales.
-1914 - Germany dragged its feet entering WW1, only entering after France attacked it. It tried diplomacy with the UK to join in its defense, but was rebuffed.
-1919 - WW1 ends 11-11 with the armistice. Wilhelm II abdicates per the Treaty of Versailles, and his brother Heinrich becomes Kaiser Heinrich I, and is a focal point of unity for the country. The country pays reparations in the form of outright payments, along with discounted exports to the Allies. Alsace-Lorraine is transferred to France, but no Polish Corridor is granted to the new Second Polish Republic. Emperor Henry I enacts reforms that give greater cultural autonomy to German Poles. German Austria is formed, and even includes Teschen Silesia, Ödenburg, Preßburg, and several other German-majority towns from Hungary. Germany loses no African colonies to France, angering the French.
-1920-1929 - Kaiser Heinrich promotes stability and modernization in his country. French politicians see the growing German economy with envy, and extremist parties start forming and growing. Croix-de-Feu, one such fascist party, grows rapidly, worrying many in the current government
-1933 - Croix-de-Feu gains a majority in the Third Republic's national legislature, and begins harassment against minorities in France. It also cultivates a stand-down by the USSR, and
-1939 - France, Spain, Italy, and Poland form the Axis, and attack Germany, planning on wiping it from the face of the Earth. They begin by capturing the royal family, and have a very public execution of the German Emperor in 1942 along with his family.
-1940 - UK joined the fight on Germany's side
-1941 - USA joins the fight in December
-1945 - the Treaty of Paris ends the second World War. France loses all overseas colonies, ceding Guiana, Mauritius, Reunion, and Rodriges to Germany; Alsace-Lorraine, Briey, and Belfort are ceded in perpetuity to Germany. Spain cedes its 'plazas de sobereina' to Germany, as well as the Canary Islands. Austria is allowed to merge with Germany due to the losses it bore during the war. Germans outside the new Germany were transferred to this new Germany in population exchanges, 3,568,000 Germans were brought in, starting in West Prussia and Posen, and the Polish populations were expelled into the third Polish Republic. French speakers are also expelled from Alsace-Lorraine and German refugees from France are resettled there.
-1946 - Germany is declared a republic, and Prussia is broken up into its constituent provinces, and the borders thereof are altered slightly, merging some smaller states together, and restoring Silesia as one state. The Bundeskanzler is given slightly different powers and is no longer a member of the Reichstag, but directly part of the President's government.
-1957 - Final Settlement with regards to France - France signs an agreement with Germany in the formation of the European Economic Community ceding Alsace-Lorraine and renouncing all claims to the territory.
-1961-1983 - decolonization proceeds slowly in German Africa (Tanzania, Southwest Africa, Kamerun, Prussian Gold Coast), ensuring their stability afterwards. Their currencies are still based on the German Mark, and each has between 5% and 35% ethnic-German populations. To this day, they are some of the highest GDP countries in Africa. Desegregation legislation passes the Reichstag in 1963, allowing African Germans to gain citizenship in mainland Germany, and vote in elections. Acceptances takes a while, but by the 1980s, Black Germans are an accepted and welcomed part of everyday life in Germany (about 8% of European Germany's population).
-2011 - France and Poland make their final reparation payments to Germany from WW 2.
This map shows the number of electors in each federal state (Bundesstaat) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Each state has 3 Bundesrat members (total: 108) who can vote separately (not en bloc), and at least 1 Bundestag member per state (total: 679, including 1 Speaker, voting only in ties). Bavaria (and the Palatinate) has 102 electoral college votes, while the city-state of Lübeck has 5 (3 Bundesrat members, 2 Bundestag members). The overseas territories are under the administration of the Ministry of Overseas Territories, but in practice, they often manage their own internal affairs for the most part. They are not represented in the Bundestag, but per an amendment to the constitution, passed in 1977, they have electors for President of Germany (36 in total).
For the numerous candidates to attain the presidency, they must have 412 electoral votes. Given the use of Single Transferable Vote, People have three choices for President, and can choose the same person thrice.
The current parties of Germany:
National Liberal Party (NLP)
Christian Democrat Union (CDU)
Social Democrat Party (SDP)
Progressive People's Party (FVP)
Usually, the FVP and SDP vote together on a number of issues, while the CDU and NLP vote together, and often form a coalition.
Minor parties in the Reichstag (the name for both the Bundesrat and Bundestag) without a presidential candidate this year:
Free Democrat Party (FDP)
Free Conservative Party (FKP)
Die Grünen (DGP)
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
Die Linke (DLP)
Current Bundestag composition after the 2016 election:
Parties:
National Liberal Party: 195 seats
Christian Democrat Union: 148 seats
Social Democrat Party: 112 seats
Progressive People's Party: 89 seats
Free Democrat Party: 25 seats
Free Conservative Party: 38 seats
Die Grünen: 21 seats
Ecological Democratic Party: 22 seats
Die Linke: 29 seats
NLP, CDU, FDP form the governing coalition, since the 2012 elections. (Blue, black, other blue)
Bundesrat:
Parties:
National Liberal Party: 44 seats
Christian Democrat Party: 7 seats
Social Democrat Party: 18 seats
Progressive People's Party: 15 seats
Free Democrat Party: 4 seats
Free Conservative Party: 18 seats
Die Grünen: 1 seat
Ecological Democratic Party: 1 seat
A short history of this Germany:
-1500s - the Protestant Reformation is much more thorough, leading to a deeper protestantism throughout all German lands. Even Austria and Bavaria do not escape. The Counter-Reformation fails horribly in the HRE, Czech lands, and Poland, and barely gains any ground in France. French Protestants in the north and east make up most of the eventual colonists in Quebec and French Guiana and overseas. Irish Protestantism quickly becomes the majority due to quick translation of the Bible into Irish, and vibrant missionaries from England and Wales.
-1914 - Germany dragged its feet entering WW1, only entering after France attacked it. It tried diplomacy with the UK to join in its defense, but was rebuffed.
-1919 - WW1 ends 11-11 with the armistice. Wilhelm II abdicates per the Treaty of Versailles, and his brother Heinrich becomes Kaiser Heinrich I, and is a focal point of unity for the country. The country pays reparations in the form of outright payments, along with discounted exports to the Allies. Alsace-Lorraine is transferred to France, but no Polish Corridor is granted to the new Second Polish Republic. Emperor Henry I enacts reforms that give greater cultural autonomy to German Poles. German Austria is formed, and even includes Teschen Silesia, Ödenburg, Preßburg, and several other German-majority towns from Hungary. Germany loses no African colonies to France, angering the French.
-1920-1929 - Kaiser Heinrich promotes stability and modernization in his country. French politicians see the growing German economy with envy, and extremist parties start forming and growing. Croix-de-Feu, one such fascist party, grows rapidly, worrying many in the current government
-1933 - Croix-de-Feu gains a majority in the Third Republic's national legislature, and begins harassment against minorities in France. It also cultivates a stand-down by the USSR, and
-1939 - France, Spain, Italy, and Poland form the Axis, and attack Germany, planning on wiping it from the face of the Earth. They begin by capturing the royal family, and have a very public execution of the German Emperor in 1942 along with his family.
-1940 - UK joined the fight on Germany's side
-1941 - USA joins the fight in December
-1945 - the Treaty of Paris ends the second World War. France loses all overseas colonies, ceding Guiana, Mauritius, Reunion, and Rodriges to Germany; Alsace-Lorraine, Briey, and Belfort are ceded in perpetuity to Germany. Spain cedes its 'plazas de sobereina' to Germany, as well as the Canary Islands. Austria is allowed to merge with Germany due to the losses it bore during the war. Germans outside the new Germany were transferred to this new Germany in population exchanges, 3,568,000 Germans were brought in, starting in West Prussia and Posen, and the Polish populations were expelled into the third Polish Republic. French speakers are also expelled from Alsace-Lorraine and German refugees from France are resettled there.
-1946 - Germany is declared a republic, and Prussia is broken up into its constituent provinces, and the borders thereof are altered slightly, merging some smaller states together, and restoring Silesia as one state. The Bundeskanzler is given slightly different powers and is no longer a member of the Reichstag, but directly part of the President's government.
-1957 - Final Settlement with regards to France - France signs an agreement with Germany in the formation of the European Economic Community ceding Alsace-Lorraine and renouncing all claims to the territory.
-1961-1983 - decolonization proceeds slowly in German Africa (Tanzania, Southwest Africa, Kamerun, Prussian Gold Coast), ensuring their stability afterwards. Their currencies are still based on the German Mark, and each has between 5% and 35% ethnic-German populations. To this day, they are some of the highest GDP countries in Africa. Desegregation legislation passes the Reichstag in 1963, allowing African Germans to gain citizenship in mainland Germany, and vote in elections. Acceptances takes a while, but by the 1980s, Black Germans are an accepted and welcomed part of everyday life in Germany (about 8% of European Germany's population).
-2011 - France and Poland make their final reparation payments to Germany from WW 2.
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but this option seems utterly pointless.
Challenge: Electoral Map out of this map
I think the most obvious way would be for some kind of primary map, but doing it in the general is more fun.
1988 Democratic Presidential Primaries:
Dick Gephardt
Paul Simon
Jim Traficant
Al Gore
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