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It's gonna have to be a group that can act more as a puppet state for most of their history while officially remaining independent of their colonialist masters as opposed to a truly sovereign nation... This is a bit difficult but perhaps if Pope had not been deposed after the Pueblo Revolt he...

I don't think Perot can win but he could do substantially better than OTL. Perhaps he even wins Maine.

My thought was that if the EC was made up of many different members elected without a direct link to a particular candidate they would could form coalitions much like parliamentary systems rather than needing to be delineated into two parties. Another thing I mention that I think helps is that...

The challenge was to have multiple parties not no parties and I think it meets that criteria.

It helps that I am already running a semi-satirical project based on the premise.

Exactly and even in some of the desert areas they managed agriculture, just look at the Puebloan peoples of the American southwest. Most of the nomadic tribes we think of like the Sioux were originally agricultural and lived far to the east of where they were at the time of where they are now...

If the president were to remain a non-partisan office and running for president were considered uncouth like it was in the early days of the republic I don't see this being a problem. Instead citizens never see the candidates name on the ballot, voting instead for electors whom the trust who...

Prior to his assassination Huey Long was actively working with the North Dakota Non-Partisan League, Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, and the Wisconsin Progressives (and other less organized movements and populist reformers) to form a populist third party in opposition to FDR. The Wiki article on...

Actually that second POD almost happened.

Oh hey, that's the scenario my game in SW is based on! I think it's simpler to allow local third parties like OTL Farmer-Labor, Wisconsin Progressives or North Dakota Non-Partisan League to survive the 40s.

Ross Perot Seeks Support for New Party Associated Press The election might be over but that doesn't mean we have seen the last of Ross Perot. Last week in his concession speech Perot announced the formation of a new party that would, in his own words "get up under the hood" of America. But it...

The POD is that Perot forms a third party in 1992 directly after the election instead of waiting until 1995.

Did I mess something up? I've never done a proper TL before.

FIGHTING WORDS; Excerpts From Perot's Concession Speech to His Supporters in Dallas Published: November 4, 1992 Ross and Margot Perot dancing prior to Perot's concession speech. Following are excerpts from Ross Perot's concession speech in Dallas last night, as recorded by The New York Times...

Another Arapaho county guy! Nice to meetcha! Love the memes by the way!

Speaking of Coloradans whatever happened to the meetup we were planning?

Balkanized America is my very favorite alternate history trope... So if you write it I will subscribe! Are you planning on doing something that is sci-fi/fantasy like the comic or a more traditional, realistic timeline?

What a coincidence, I actually just started reading the series yesterday and It's really great so far. I'm really digging the art style. I'm glad you posted this here, it's very nice!

That is an interesting list for sure.

Originally the land west of the Missouri was part of the Great Sioux Reservation and as such was settled much later, the eastern side also has some great farmland similar to Iowa/Nebraska/Minnesota causing it to be much more populated, agricultural and Midwestern. The west side of the river is...