On the Campaign Trail Showcase fork of the game, I’ve quite liked Mouths of the South, which is a Ted Turner 1996 TL after HW Bush was reelected in ‘92. It’s another very narrative and character-driven one, and quite a unique one at that.
Oh yeah. I’ve found that the best way to win as Nixon in 1960 is to go full Rockefeller Republican, including picking Rocky himself as your running mate. Go all-in on supporting civil rights, praise Eisenhower and his policies as much as possible, and show Ike-style moderation on economic...
The mod community recently had their very own version of the Turtledoves, and gave awards for their favorite mods! Check them out and see if you agree.
The threshold is 3% to get three faithless electors.
But…it’s also possible in some cases (on Normal, at least) to clear another threshold: 5% of the popular vote. And the endings are different in that case as well…
One of the coolest, most world-building-heavy mods was released recently. Basically, it’s an alt-1972 election where George Wallace dies from his assassination and John Connolly gets the Dem nomination, so with extra tensions and both parties circling the wagons around conservatives/centrists...
According to the folks I’ve talked to on the mod community’s Discord server when I asked about that Debs thing, it’s an in-joke at the expense of a mod maker who was notorious for being terrible at coding and making broken mods.
It’s Doom. So it’s probably just a silly meme about how people...
Foreign Policy recently re-posted this article from 2018 saying that Jimmy’s foreign policy legacy deserves more credit than it gets. I hadn’t known the detail about how the Soviets wanted Ford to win in 1976...
If these are to be the last days Jimmy’s with us, it’ll be sad, but he lived a long life of admirable public service. All the more reason to reflect on and appreciate his legacy.
The mods are getting sillier and memier, and I love it. The most recent one lets you finally give Jeb his due in 2016. And then, there’s the Chris-Chan one. And let’s not forget Patrick Bateman’s memorable run for the White House.