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Salami Tactics
1929-1933: Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1928 def. Al Smith / Joseph T. Robinson (Democratic)
1933-1934: Huey Long / vacant (Democratic)
1932 def. Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1934-1939: SECOND AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
FASCISTS
1934-1939: Hugh S. Johnson / Henry Ford (National Union --- Independent / 'National' Republican)
CONSTITUTIONALISTS
1934-1936: Huey Long / Smedley Butler (Constitutional Union --- Democratic / Independent 'Anti-Capitalist')
1936-1937: Smedley Butler / vacant (Independent 'Anti-Capitalist)
1937-1939: Smedley Butler / Upton Sinclair (Constitutional Union --- Independent 'Anti-Capitalist / Democratic)
1936 def. Henry S. Breckinridge / Alf Landon (Peace Coupon --- 'Peace' Democratic / 'Constitutional' Republican)
1939-1940: Smedley Butler / Upton Sinclair (Constitutional Union --- Independent 'Anti-Capitalist' / Democratic)
1940-1941: Upton Sinclair / vacant (Democratic)
1941-1945: Upton Sinclair / Alger Hiss (Democratic)
1940 def. Robert M. La Follette Jr. / Alf Landon (Republican), Charles Coughlin / Joe McWilliams (National)
1945-1951: Alger Hiss / Earl Long (Democratic)
1944 def. Douglas MacArthur / Earl Warren (Republican), Harry F. Byrd / John H. Bankhead II ('Conservative' Democratic)
1948 def. Earl Warren / Harold Stassen (Republican)
1951-1953: Alger Hiss / vacant (Democratic)
1953-1961: Alger Hiss / Earl Browder (Democratic)
1952 def. Joe McCarthy / various (Republican)
1956 def. unopposed
The first part of the list is fairly self explanatory. At the 1936 presidential election, held part way through the war, Butler invited Upton Sinclair, a 'Left' Democrat, to his presidential ticket rather than a 'Progressive' Republican. This prevents the catastrophic collapse of the Republicans due to splits after the civil war. When Butler dies, Sinclair takes his place and wins the 1940 presidential election in a landslide against a united Republican ticket and a continuity Fascist ticket. As his Vice President, Sinclair selects a prominent bureaucrat from Long's New Deal, who is endorsed by the Anti-Capitalists associated with Butler.
Sinclair stands down in 1944, citing his age, after having overseen a 'socialisation' of New Deal with the objective of 'End Poverty In America', as well as taking America into war against the Axis. Hiss narrowly wins the Democratic presidential nomination, which conservatives in the party don't take well, and stand their own candidate against him. The Republicans meanwhile nominate popular general Douglas MacArthur. The National Party had been banned during Sinclair's time on grounds of their association with the Fascist Directorate during the Civil War. The result was a victory for Hiss, though the Conservatives won a few states in the South.
Over the following years, Hiss and Long progressively eliminate their opposition by associating them with fascism, first by purging the pro-segregation group within the Democrats, then influencing the Republican nomination process in 1948. In 1951, Long suffers a severe heart attack and he is permanently hospitalised. Hiss goes without a VP, and extends his anti-fascist campaign, using the HUAAC to purge opposition in various fields across the United States.
In 1952, the Republicans nominated Robert A. Taft, who ends up being arrested on grounds of fascist sympathy on the basis of his long-term opposition to Long's New Deal as well as his opposition to involvement in the war against fascism in Europe. McCarthy's VP nominee Joe McCarthy takes his place on the ticket and does not have time to appoint a VP before the election, and there ends up being various VP nominations in various states. Hiss appoints former Communist leader Earl Browder as his VP nominee. McCarthy is successfully lambasted as a fascist infiltrator, and is encumbered by a divided an disorganised campaign. The Democrats win in a renewed landslide. By the time 1956 rolls around, the Republicans have been sufficiently eviscerated that there is no cogent opposition to a thoroughly Bolshevised Democratic Party.
Salami Tactics
1929-1933: Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1928 def. Al Smith / Joseph T. Robinson (Democratic)
1933-1934: Huey Long / vacant (Democratic)
1932 def. Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1934-1939: SECOND AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
FASCISTS
1934-1939: Hugh S. Johnson / Henry Ford (National Union --- Independent / 'National' Republican)
CONSTITUTIONALISTS
1934-1936: Huey Long / Smedley Butler (Constitutional Union --- Democratic / Independent 'Anti-Capitalist')
1936-1937: Smedley Butler / vacant (Independent 'Anti-Capitalist)
1937-1939: Smedley Butler / Upton Sinclair (Constitutional Union --- Independent 'Anti-Capitalist / Democratic)
1936 def. Henry S. Breckinridge / Alf Landon (Peace Coupon --- 'Peace' Democratic / 'Constitutional' Republican)
1939-1940: Smedley Butler / Upton Sinclair (Constitutional Union --- Independent 'Anti-Capitalist' / Democratic)
1940-1941: Upton Sinclair / vacant (Democratic)
1941-1945: Upton Sinclair / Alger Hiss (Democratic)
1940 def. Robert M. La Follette Jr. / Alf Landon (Republican), Charles Coughlin / Joe McWilliams (National)
1945-1951: Alger Hiss / Earl Long (Democratic)
1944 def. Douglas MacArthur / Earl Warren (Republican), Harry F. Byrd / John H. Bankhead II ('Conservative' Democratic)
1948 def. Earl Warren / Harold Stassen (Republican)
1951-1953: Alger Hiss / vacant (Democratic)
1953-1961: Alger Hiss / Earl Browder (Democratic)
1952 def. Joe McCarthy / various (Republican)
1956 def. unopposed
The first part of the list is fairly self explanatory. At the 1936 presidential election, held part way through the war, Butler invited Upton Sinclair, a 'Left' Democrat, to his presidential ticket rather than a 'Progressive' Republican. This prevents the catastrophic collapse of the Republicans due to splits after the civil war. When Butler dies, Sinclair takes his place and wins the 1940 presidential election in a landslide against a united Republican ticket and a continuity Fascist ticket. As his Vice President, Sinclair selects a prominent bureaucrat from Long's New Deal, who is endorsed by the Anti-Capitalists associated with Butler.
Sinclair stands down in 1944, citing his age, after having overseen a 'socialisation' of New Deal with the objective of 'End Poverty In America', as well as taking America into war against the Axis. Hiss narrowly wins the Democratic presidential nomination, which conservatives in the party don't take well, and stand their own candidate against him. The Republicans meanwhile nominate popular general Douglas MacArthur. The National Party had been banned during Sinclair's time on grounds of their association with the Fascist Directorate during the Civil War. The result was a victory for Hiss, though the Conservatives won a few states in the South.
Over the following years, Hiss and Long progressively eliminate their opposition by associating them with fascism, first by purging the pro-segregation group within the Democrats, then influencing the Republican nomination process in 1948. In 1951, Long suffers a severe heart attack and he is permanently hospitalised. Hiss goes without a VP, and extends his anti-fascist campaign, using the HUAAC to purge opposition in various fields across the United States.
In 1952, the Republicans nominated Robert A. Taft, who ends up being arrested on grounds of fascist sympathy on the basis of his long-term opposition to Long's New Deal as well as his opposition to involvement in the war against fascism in Europe. McCarthy's VP nominee Joe McCarthy takes his place on the ticket and does not have time to appoint a VP before the election, and there ends up being various VP nominations in various states. Hiss appoints former Communist leader Earl Browder as his VP nominee. McCarthy is successfully lambasted as a fascist infiltrator, and is encumbered by a divided an disorganised campaign. The Democrats win in a renewed landslide. By the time 1956 rolls around, the Republicans have been sufficiently eviscerated that there is no cogent opposition to a thoroughly Bolshevised Democratic Party.
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