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So... let's say, washed-up actor Ronald Reagan is killed in a car accident in late June 1964, just weeks before he is to give the keynote address at that year's Republican National Convention. What happens, then? Discuss. ;)

This will be the dedicated thread for the results of the Presidential POD Polls. The Presidential Death POD Poll has just wrapped up, while the Vice-President Becoming President POD Poll has just begun, and will run until August 7th. Here... discuss! :D

Following on from the last poll... :D Which Vice-President Becoming President POD is Most Important? Which Vice-President, upon becoming President (either through death or election), changed things most, for better or for worse? Had he not, could things have been better -- or worse? :eek...

This blew my mind tonight: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/bully-for-garibaldi/ What would've happened if Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader in the campain for a unified Italy, had accepted the offer to lead Union troops in 1861? Might I suggest... awesomeness? :D What do you think? ;)

Despite candidate Bill Clinton labelling himself "the Comeback Kid" in February 1992, former Governor of California Jerry Brown seemed on the verge of besting Clinton at the nomination. He was the "grass-roots" candidate before a certain Ross Perot even officially entered the race; however, he...

Had a thought, and it developed into a poll, so... :D Which Presidential Death POD is Most Important? If any Presidential death (natural or assassinated) could be avoided and/or butterflied, which one could have changed things the most? This is your choice here, folks; provide your...

Figured it was high-time for this... shall we avoid the electoral catastrophe that results in this TL, or shall we create an even worse muddle? :D "We", of course, because I can't do it alone; "Won't you please he'p me?" ;) Your candidates: Richard M. Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Republican) John...

...just as it says on the tin; what do you think?

...just as it says on the tin; he wins California, and, thus, the presidency -- what happens next? :)

Was looking at Chester A. Arthur's page on Wikipedia the other night, and came across something I'd never heard before about Arthur: Considering how fragile civil rights reform was even under Republican governance, the last part of that last sentence is quite telling, to me. The Readjuster...

...well, you can make guesses at what happens next. Can also pick the POD as to how they pull it off. ;)

What are the short-term and long-term consequences of Christianity never being founded? What becomes, for instance, of the Roman Empire? You decide. ;)

Just as it says on the tin; you can try it with or without a Taft (or even Elihu Root!) interval. :) Curious to see what's come up with; have fun.

Title says it all, really; discuss. :)

Hey, all; I'm kind of new to this whole thing, but I had a list of historical events where subsequent history hinged on certain happenings in those events, and where sometimes you can even trace entirely divergent paths from one point in OTL -- struck me that whichever held the most potential...