I just finished reading this TL. Drew, you are brilliant.
Indeed he is.
I just finished reading this TL. Drew, you are brilliant.
And I see, the movies for your Oscar update will be the best of 1979?
I don't think the Wiki people would approve if they knew, though. This is, while very good, not a book or anything.
I'm so pumped up for election 1980... gahh! The clusterfuck is gonna be glorious.
I think what will happen is that Koufax and the third parties won't carry any states (maybe a couple of small or unusually-minded ones) but they will carry enough of the vote that some states that normally vote Democratic flip Republican and vice versa, so we end up with a very unlikely looking electoral map, where (if you use the Dave Leip system) everything is in really pale shades of red or blue, sort of like a more extreme version of the OTL 1992 election. Carey or Rumsfeld (I'm guessing probably the latter) will win based on only like 30% of the vote, and this will spark calls for reforming the voting system.
That seems likely. Though Im sure, as you said, a few small states might go for the third parties. Also you should keep in mind that with so many sort of viable candidates, we could end up with one of the major parties winning the electoral college, while losing the popular vote by millions and millions....
However congressional and gubernatorial elections...those could get ugly, ugly, ugly.
(I should think they are also doing well in state legislatures, but of course that's not a level of detail that even this TL would go into...OTL barely does, after all ).
I think what will happen is that Koufax and the third parties won't carry any states (maybe a couple of small or unusually-minded ones) but they will carry enough of the vote that some states that normally vote Democratic flip Republican and vice versa, so we end up with a very unlikely looking electoral map, where (if you use the Dave Leip system) everything is in really pale shades of red or blue, sort of like a more extreme version of the OTL 1992 election. Carey or Rumsfeld (I'm guessing probably the latter) will win based on only like 30% of the vote, and this will spark calls for reforming the voting system.
I just finished reading this timeline, and I can't say anything but "Holy shit."
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My prediction is that Carey is defeated by losing his home state -- New York City will have it's revenge.
(Especially since Koufax is himself a New Yorker.)
My prediction is that Carey is defeated by losing his home state -- New York City will have it's revenge.
(Especially since Koufax is himself a New Yorker.)
Yes, the streets of New York are mean, but the blood sport is coming out in Jersey. This election will be ... well, I don't want to give it away. I hope to have it all done by June 5.
Personally I'm looking forward to the Senate races, particularly as they regard Jimmy Carter (D-GA) and Jacob Javits, who will certainly be primary-challenged as per OTL (and perhaps not by D'Amato this time...)