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Mumby - Happy Days Are Here Again
Riffing on @shiftygiant gimmick of the same people serving roughly the same terms, but in wildly different circumstances.
Happy Days Are Here Again
1933-1941: Franklin D. Roosevelt / John N. Garner (Democratic)
1932 def. Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1936 def. Alf Landon / Frank Knox (Republican)
1941-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt / Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)
1940 def. Wendell Willkie / Charles L. McNary (Republican)
1945-1953: Harry S. Truman / Arthur H. Vandenburg (Anti-Roosevelt Democrat / Republican)
1944 def. Franklin D. Roosevelt / Henry A. Wallace (Democratic), Thomas E. Dewey / Arthur H. Vandenburg (Republican)
1948 def. Henry A. Wallace / William O. Douglas (Democratic), Strom Thurmond / Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat), Robert A. Taft / John W. Bricker (Independent Republican)
1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower / J. William Fulbright (Democratic)
1952 def. Robert A. Taft / Earl Warren (Republican)
1956 def. Douglas MacArthur / Richard Nixon (Republican)
1961-1963: John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1960 def. Nelson Rockefeller / Richard Nixon (Republican), Harry F. Byrd / Strom Thurmond (States Rights)
1963-1965: Lyndon B. Johnson / vacant (Democratic)
1965-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson / Pat Brown (Democratic)
1964 def. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. / Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1969-1972: Richard Nixon / John G. Tower (Republican)
1968 def. Lyndon B. Johnson / Pat Brown (Democratic)
1972-1974: Richard Nixon / Gerald Ford (Republican)
1972 def. Robert F. Kennedy / George Wallace (Democratic)
1974-1977: Gerald Ford / vacant (Republican)
1977-1981: Jimmy Carter / Elliot Richardson (Conservative Democrat / Republican)
1976 def. Frank Church / Walter Washington (Democratic), Gerald Ford / Elliot Richardson (Republican)
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan / Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1980 def. Jimmy Carter / John B. Anderson (Conservative Democrat / Republican), Elliot Richardson / Harold Stassen (Independent Republican)
1984 def. Phil Crane / John Connally (Republican)
1989-1993: George H. W. Bush / Joe Biden (Democratic)
1988 def. Bob Dole / Donald Rumsfeld (Republican)
1993-1997: Bill Clinton / Harold Stassen (Republican)
1992 def. George H. W. Bush / Joe Biden (Democratic), Ross Perot / James B. Stockdale (Independent)
1997-2001: Bill Clinton / Pat Buchanan (Republican)
1996 def. Jimmy Griffin / Bob Casey (Democratic), Dick Lamm / Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Real Deal)
2001-2005: George W. Bush / Bill Bradley (Democratic)
2000 def. Pat Buchanan / Orrin Hatch (Republican)
2005-2009: George W. Bush / Barack Obama (Democratic)
2004 def. Lincoln Chafee / Dick Cheney (Republican)
2009-2017: Barack Obama / John Edwards (Democratic)
2008 def. Mike Huckabee / Tommy Thompson (Republican)
2012 def. Mitt Romney / Rick Perry (Republican)
2017-2021: Donald Trump / Sherrod Brown (Democratic)
2016 def. Rick Santorum / Chris Christie (Republican)
In this world, FDR isn't convinced to take Wallace off the ticket, and the growing resentment in the party bursts forth as the Truman/Farley ticket seeks to unseat Frank from his position of power. FDR is a bit healthier in this world and dies in the 1960s, really smug. The result of the Truman's independent run is that there is a hung electoral college and the compromise that results is Truman in the White House, with a Republican Veep. 1948 is if anything even more chaotic as Truman/Vandenburg win the Republican nomination, but only narrowly and the arch-conservatives in the party make their own run. The nomination of a solidly liberal ticket for the Democrats leads to the southern segregationists breaking away. This time, Truman enjoys a solid victory in the electoral college.
However, the controversies over the Truman doctrine as well as the rowing back on the New Deal mandated by reliance on the Republicans leads to a Democratic landslide in 1952, presaging an era of Democratic dominance that would last almost twenty years. Indeed the position of the Democrats as America's dominant party, begun in 1932 with the Democratic landslides, would soon become the pattern for the rest of the 20th Century, with the Republican bright spots coming from their acceptance of New Deal institutions under Nixon, and their successful capture of the Solid South from the Democrats, under Carter and Clinton. With the Democratic victory under New Dealer Trump in 2016, the Democrats have now occupied the White House for sixteen years, outstripping their previous records.
Happy Days Are Here Again
1933-1941: Franklin D. Roosevelt / John N. Garner (Democratic)
1932 def. Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican)
1936 def. Alf Landon / Frank Knox (Republican)
1941-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt / Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)
1940 def. Wendell Willkie / Charles L. McNary (Republican)
1945-1953: Harry S. Truman / Arthur H. Vandenburg (Anti-Roosevelt Democrat / Republican)
1944 def. Franklin D. Roosevelt / Henry A. Wallace (Democratic), Thomas E. Dewey / Arthur H. Vandenburg (Republican)
1948 def. Henry A. Wallace / William O. Douglas (Democratic), Strom Thurmond / Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat), Robert A. Taft / John W. Bricker (Independent Republican)
1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower / J. William Fulbright (Democratic)
1952 def. Robert A. Taft / Earl Warren (Republican)
1956 def. Douglas MacArthur / Richard Nixon (Republican)
1961-1963: John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1960 def. Nelson Rockefeller / Richard Nixon (Republican), Harry F. Byrd / Strom Thurmond (States Rights)
1963-1965: Lyndon B. Johnson / vacant (Democratic)
1965-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson / Pat Brown (Democratic)
1964 def. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. / Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1969-1972: Richard Nixon / John G. Tower (Republican)
1968 def. Lyndon B. Johnson / Pat Brown (Democratic)
1972-1974: Richard Nixon / Gerald Ford (Republican)
1972 def. Robert F. Kennedy / George Wallace (Democratic)
1974-1977: Gerald Ford / vacant (Republican)
1977-1981: Jimmy Carter / Elliot Richardson (Conservative Democrat / Republican)
1976 def. Frank Church / Walter Washington (Democratic), Gerald Ford / Elliot Richardson (Republican)
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan / Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1980 def. Jimmy Carter / John B. Anderson (Conservative Democrat / Republican), Elliot Richardson / Harold Stassen (Independent Republican)
1984 def. Phil Crane / John Connally (Republican)
1989-1993: George H. W. Bush / Joe Biden (Democratic)
1988 def. Bob Dole / Donald Rumsfeld (Republican)
1993-1997: Bill Clinton / Harold Stassen (Republican)
1992 def. George H. W. Bush / Joe Biden (Democratic), Ross Perot / James B. Stockdale (Independent)
1997-2001: Bill Clinton / Pat Buchanan (Republican)
1996 def. Jimmy Griffin / Bob Casey (Democratic), Dick Lamm / Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Real Deal)
2001-2005: George W. Bush / Bill Bradley (Democratic)
2000 def. Pat Buchanan / Orrin Hatch (Republican)
2005-2009: George W. Bush / Barack Obama (Democratic)
2004 def. Lincoln Chafee / Dick Cheney (Republican)
2009-2017: Barack Obama / John Edwards (Democratic)
2008 def. Mike Huckabee / Tommy Thompson (Republican)
2012 def. Mitt Romney / Rick Perry (Republican)
2017-2021: Donald Trump / Sherrod Brown (Democratic)
2016 def. Rick Santorum / Chris Christie (Republican)
In this world, FDR isn't convinced to take Wallace off the ticket, and the growing resentment in the party bursts forth as the Truman/Farley ticket seeks to unseat Frank from his position of power. FDR is a bit healthier in this world and dies in the 1960s, really smug. The result of the Truman's independent run is that there is a hung electoral college and the compromise that results is Truman in the White House, with a Republican Veep. 1948 is if anything even more chaotic as Truman/Vandenburg win the Republican nomination, but only narrowly and the arch-conservatives in the party make their own run. The nomination of a solidly liberal ticket for the Democrats leads to the southern segregationists breaking away. This time, Truman enjoys a solid victory in the electoral college.
However, the controversies over the Truman doctrine as well as the rowing back on the New Deal mandated by reliance on the Republicans leads to a Democratic landslide in 1952, presaging an era of Democratic dominance that would last almost twenty years. Indeed the position of the Democrats as America's dominant party, begun in 1932 with the Democratic landslides, would soon become the pattern for the rest of the 20th Century, with the Republican bright spots coming from their acceptance of New Deal institutions under Nixon, and their successful capture of the Solid South from the Democrats, under Carter and Clinton. With the Democratic victory under New Dealer Trump in 2016, the Democrats have now occupied the White House for sixteen years, outstripping their previous records.
- Mumby
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