I see you fixed your writeup to put the correct date in, TwiliAlchemist. You're welcome!
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Whoa! I want to know more about this! How's Mushroom Kingdom politics for instance?
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I remember seeing a while back a post in which Joseph Lane became President and a Civil War broke out with northern states seceding from the Union. I believe it was made by Reagant, however, I can't find it despite a few months looking. Anyone who can help?
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Similarly, I saw a wikibox where it was a list of Prime Ministers of the United States and I distinctly remember there being one Republican Prime Minister, and then Pete Buttigieg becoming Prime Minister later down the line serving non-consecutive terms. Another distinct detail was that the Communist Party was a consistent member of the Confidence and Supply. It's probably in Current Politics, but I thought I would say something in here.
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You are a godsend! Thank you! It's been nagging me for weeks!
Well my initial idea was that Peach was an elected monarch, I quite like that idea so I might expand on it. God now I'm imagining Toads in business suits debating on the floor of the senate. Imagine that screeching voice debating an infrastructure bill, whew.
I have ideas for more of this world though, so hopefully I can answer some burning questions soon!
They also reached out to many within the large cities, with President Washington able to effectively mobilize his voting base in a mass drive for "popular democracy" Of no small note is the inclusion of previously excluded women, initially taking inspiration from the women bread rioters within the bloody events in Paris at the time. These women would be one of the first major political groups of the nation, championing causes such as education and social changes including the right to speak in public and eventually the right to run for public office.
The Anarchist Presidencies of John C. Calhoun and Davey Crockett championed the ideas of Individualism, arguing strongly against government intervention by the Federalist Party. It would be the shocking assassination of Crockett in 1865 that would lead to a woman being elevated to the position of commander in chief (Lucretia Mott).
However, it is after the election of Southern Unionist Andrew Johnson in 1867 that a period of stagnation for both political parties begins, known as the "Unbecoming". This was marked by Johnson's fierce opposition to southern Federalists and Anarchists, along with his forcible and brutal methods in reconstructing the American south. While Johnson was able to keep a stranglehold on political power, it would only last until his retirement after winning a second 7 year term of office. This gave rise to the "Bolters", members of the one party Southern Unionists that "bolted" to form a more left-leaning party based on rights for African Americans and fierce rhetoric against immigration. In order to avoid splitting the vote and handing the Federalists a victory, the Anarchists would quietly go unnoticed in at least major federal politics, not running (and winning) a presidential election from 1874 until the turn of the 20th Century.
It was then that the Anarchists sought revenge for the "far-left shift" that the Bolters had incurred on the nation (though most complaints and grievances were with the "southern way of life" in mind). They hoisted on President Benjamin Tillman, famous for his fiery speeches against political boss Grover Cleveland. In order to better appeal to a series of "stateless" anarchists that were more radical, the governor that pardoned members convicted in the assassination of Queen Victoria was nominated. The Tillman Presidency was a series of increasing attacks on former Bolters and a rise of anti-unionist sentiment, at least in the northeast. This attitude in favor of outright anarchy worked until the 1927 Big Sad, which saw the rejection of "hands off government" in favor of the Federalist policies of a working wage and minimal safety requirements.
The Anarchists would be at their lowest political power, shutoff completely from even one house of government, with the Federalist Trifecta occurring from 1930 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt until disagreements with President Tugwell and Vice President Wallace lead to the "Anarchist Revolution" of 1965, seeing the election of Anarchist Presidents Barry Goldwater for three terms and followed by Fritz Hollings until the turn of the 21st Century. Generally today, the Anarchist party enjoys high support among a base of urban whites, poor suburbanites and members of the anti gay community. They currently hold the Presidency and narrow control of both houses of Congress as of 2020.
The Federalist Party is the oldest political party still active in the United States, founded with supporters of the economic policy of the General Secretary of Monetary Ways and Means Alexander Hamilton. Initially a patchwork of various pro-british, mercantile interests, the Federalists would see initial support when George Washington announced his candidacy for the Federalists during the first "Partisan" election, the election of 1797-98. The Federalists would see opposition in the form of the Anarchist party, frequently fighting with them.
While initially the two parties could be described as "right wing to center-right", the Federalists over two hundred years, has decidedly shifted leftwards, helped with the Presidential administrations of Federalists Theodore Roosevelt and anti-interventionist leaning Arthur Vandenberg. They enjoy a strong-pro union political foundation, with their mainstays being members of the persecuted LGBT community, well to do residencies along the American coast and a large lock on the indian-american and mexican-american voting blocs which guarantee southern states such as Texas in Presidential elections, along with their traditional northeastern strongholds which have , with rare exception, consistently voted in favor of Federalist policies and politicians.
While the Federalist Party has had little luck on the Presidential level since the controversial incumbent Wayne Allen Root's 2007 election defeat to Florida Anarchist Governor Charlie Crist, they are rewarded with token presidents in the form of Shadow-Presidents. The currently serving Shadow President and Vice-President are the former Federalist Party nominees for the White House during their failed 2014 Presidential bid.
In case anyone wants to return the favor, I'm trying to find a parody wikibox that had ContraPoints as Secretary of Social Justice and Angela Davis as Secretary of State or something like that. It started a debate about Contra being enbyphobic (lol) and led to a mod intervening after.
That's fun! I've occasionally wondered if the Anti-Federalists had stuck around instead of fading and being replaced by the Democratic-Republicans and this gives me those sorts of vibes. I'm curious about the Shadow-Presidents 🤔The United States political scene has, largely since the establishment of political parties, been largely controlled (though not totally) by two large parties. While in the begining there were numerous political camps comprised of varying competing factions, by the time of the 1797-98 Presidential election, two parties emerged. These were the Anarchists and the Federalists. The anarchist factions garnered much of their initial backing with the merchants and businessmen of the northeastern states, buoyed by their promises of "Stable Governance".
They also reached out to many within the large cities, with President Washington able to effectively mobilize his voting base in a mass drive for "popular democracy" Of no small note is the inclusion of previously excluded women, initially taking inspiration from the women bread rioters within the bloody events in Paris at the time. These women would be one of the first major political groups of the nation, championing causes such as education and social changes including the right to speak in public and eventually the right to run for public office.
The Anarchist Presidencies of John C. Calhoun and Davey Crockett championed the ideas of Individualism, arguing strongly against government intervention by the Federalist Party. It would be the shocking assassination of Crockett in 1865 that would lead to a woman being elevated to the position of commander in chief (Lucretia Mott).
However, it is after the election of Southern Unionist Andrew Johnson in 1867 that a period of stagnation for both political parties begins, known as the "Unbecoming". This was marked by Johnson's fierce opposition to southern Federalists and Anarchists, along with his forcible and brutal methods in reconstructing the American south. While Johnson was able to keep a stranglehold on political power, it would only last until his retirement after winning a second 7 year term of office. This gave rise to the "Bolters", members of the one party Southern Unionists that "bolted" to form a more left-leaning party based on rights for African Americans and fierce rhetoric against immigration. In order to avoid splitting the vote and handing the Federalists a victory, the Anarchists would quietly go unnoticed in at least major federal politics, not running (and winning) a presidential election from 1874 until the turn of the 20th Century.
It was then that the Anarchists sought revenge for the "far-left shift" that the Bolters had incurred on the nation (though most complaints and grievances were with the "southern way of life" in mind). They hoisted on President Benjamin Tillman, famous for his fiery speeches against political boss Grover Cleveland. In order to better appeal to a series of "stateless" anarchists that were more radical, the governor that pardoned members convicted in the assassination of Queen Victoria was nominated. The Tillman Presidency was a series of increasing attacks on former Bolters and a rise of anti-unionist sentiment, at least in the northeast. This attitude in favor of outright anarchy worked until the 1927 Big Sad, which saw the rejection of "hands off government" in favor of the Federalist policies of a working wage and minimal safety requirements.
The Anarchists would be at their lowest political power, shutoff completely from even one house of government, with the Federalist Trifecta occurring from 1930 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt until disagreements with President Tugwell and Vice President Wallace lead to the "Anarchist Revolution" of 1965, seeing the election of Anarchist Presidents Barry Goldwater for three terms and followed by Fritz Hollings until the turn of the 21st Century. Generally today, the Anarchist party enjoys high support among a base of urban whites, poor suburbanites and members of the anti gay community. They currently hold the Presidency and narrow control of both houses of Congress as of 2020.
The Federalist Party is the oldest political party still active in the United States, founded with supporters of the economic policy of the General Secretary of Monetary Ways and Means Alexander Hamilton. Initially a patchwork of various pro-british, mercantile interests, the Federalists would see initial support when George Washington announced his candidacy for the Federalists during the first "Partisan" election, the election of 1797-98. The Federalists would see opposition in the form of the Anarchist party, frequently fighting with them.
While initially the two parties could be described as "right wing to center-right", the Federalists over two hundred years, has decidedly shifted leftwards, helped with the Presidential administrations of Federalists Theodore Roosevelt and anti-interventionist leaning Arthur Vandenberg. They enjoy a strong-pro union political foundation, with their mainstays being members of the persecuted LGBT community, well to do residencies along the American coast and a large lock on the indian-american and mexican-american voting blocs which guarantee southern states such as Texas in Presidential elections, along with their traditional northeastern strongholds which have , with rare exception, consistently voted in favor of Federalist policies and politicians.
While the Federalist Party has had little luck on the Presidential level since the controversial incumbent Wayne Allen Root's 2007 election defeat to Florida Anarchist Governor Charlie Crist, they are rewarded with token presidents in the form of Shadow-Presidents. The currently serving Shadow President and Vice-President are the former Federalist Party nominees for the White House during their failed 2014 Presidential bid.
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A Different 1980
4 More Years
As election night began Americans flicked through the channels or turned their tuning knob to find their preferred news provider, most wanted to find results from TV coverage, some from Radio.4 More Years
NBC News
We've been polling around the country in the key states, NBC News and the Associated Press, and what we're learning in the key states is that makes us believe that Jimmy Carter will win an astounding re-election tonight, astounding, that's our belief at the moment based on polls in key states.
We can already say that in Kentucky NBC news can project that Jimmy Carter will win Kentucky, On our map we color Kentucky in Red for those watching in Color and Light Gray for those watching in Black & White...
ABC News
... We project that New Hampshire will be won by Mr. Bush, his first electoral votes on our board, and you can see on our graphic that New Hampshire goes into the Blue Column. Blue is Bush, that's why we picked blue. Although I suppose we could've also chose Cyan for Carter but there you go...
The NBC map as of 11pm EST
NBC News
Jessica Savitch: Its looking like a Carter inferno has ignited across the Country! *both laugh*
The election was a bloodbath. George Bush had lost the electoral college just before midnight and had already called to concede to Carter.
"We claim victory tonight, knowing that our team can take give us 4 more years, 4 more glorious years!"
- Jimmy Carter in his victory Speech, November 4th 1980
Carter won 443 electoral votes and almost 10 million more votes than George Bush, he became the first democratic president to be re-elected since FDR. George Bush stayed under 100 electoral votes. While carter got 5 Million more votes than he did in 1976 Bush got about 5 million less votes than Geral Ford did. Republican turnout was low in key areas leading to a low turnout election. Carter was the first democrat to win White voters in over 20 years while Bush lost some suburban support- Jimmy Carter in his victory Speech, November 4th 1980
For Carter, with a massive mandate he was well and truly to be the president for the 80s and he was confident his agenda would play out over the next 4 years.
Part 5
Part 4: Deceit and Diffusion
Part 3: The Conventions
Part 2: Operation Eagle Claw
Part 1: The San Vincente Car Crash
Thank you guys for the interest you've shown in my first attempt at a series, I will keep doing updates hopefully but I will not post every little event on here, I will do that on my main forum on another website when it comes to the 1984 elections and onwards I may post just the election results here aswell.Part 4: Deceit and Diffusion
Part 3: The Conventions
Part 2: Operation Eagle Claw
Part 1: The San Vincente Car Crash
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