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I'm more surprised that LBJ also didn't change much, considering that it's well-documented how psychologically shaken he was by how things went wrong under his presidency and how he left office basically a broken man who died shortly afterwards. Loving this TL so far. God dammit, Dick, you are...

There are ways in which your VP choice has a significant influence. Just to name a few: -While running as Nixon in 1960, if you choose Rockefeller as your running mate, you'll be in a very good position to win if you run as a staunchly pro-civil rights liberal Republican. You have a very good...

Running as Nixon in 1960 and got a deadlocked election. Damn you, Harry Byrd! "The Democrats have an advantage in the House of Representatives, so you are probably in bad shape. However, a lot depends on how Kennedy deals with Harry Byrd. It's possible that some kind of deal will need to be...

In my experience: -Focus on the Midwest as your key battleground, especially Missouri, Indiana, Kansas and/or Ohio. -Run as, for the most part, a Progressive. It's OK to pick Fairbanks as your VP, but still, tout your progressive credentials, and moderately support the reforms that have taken...

A major Nixon victory in 1960 running as a liberal Rockefeller Republican, essentially sweeping the North except for Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and confining the Democratic vote to the South. One hell of a party alignment taking place in this world...

I'm not too read up on Stirling, admittedly. I haven't read Emberverse, though I have read Peshawar Lancers (I liked it. Sure it's weird and problematic in some cases, but fun with enough suspension of disbelief) and tried reading the Drakaverse (lost interest pretty soon in). From what I can...

Indeed, the books show that Featherston was not an anti-Semite and had no inclination to be so. I think it's in In At the Death where he comments out loud how proud he is of what he's done to the Confederacy's blacks, which a taken-aback Saul Goldman comments sounded like something the tsar...

This times 1000. Terribly underrated, well-written film. As you mentioned, there's the depiction of Pinkard's unflinching, remorseless awareness of what they're about to undertake. But the really intriguing part, to me, is seeing the other participants' transparent psychological gymnastics in...

A very tense Cold War between a democratic, socialist, liberal USA and an ultra-conservative, monarchist, imperialist Europe. The United States would be isolated and surrounded, with Tsarist Russia's Alaska on their northwest border, Mexico's French-backed monarchy to their south (though the...

It takes some practice, but yes, winning the popular vote as Hughes can be done. Here's my latest doing so (in the process also being my biggest electoral victory so far): https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/427656 You're on the right track: be progressive (just to the...

Running as ultra-conservative, hawkish Dewey results in a deadlocked election. "This leaves everyone in a bad situation. Segregationists from the South are demanding concessions before they will support a candidate, leaving the House deadlocked. Perhaps you can work out a deal with Truman to...

My best performance as Ralph Nader so far, with 3.72% of the popular vote. Amusingly enough, it also ended up resulting in Bush winning in a quasi-landslide. https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/410705 But darn it, I just can't crack 5%! Not even the person with the number...

I think How Few Remain did say that, now that you mention it, yeah. But that brings up a question: if Tilden were first elected in 1876, that would mean there are three presidential terms between then and when Lincoln lost reelection in 1864 (possibly to Horatio Seymour? That would be my best...

TL-191, you mean? Well, for those times actually covered in the books: USA: 187?-80: Samuel Tilden (Democrat) 1881-84: James G. Blaine (Republican) ... 1913-20: Theodore Roosevelt (Democrat) 1921-28: Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 1929-32: Hosea Blackford (Socialist) 1933-36: Herbert Hoover...

If Kennedy gets the US out of Vietnam in the 60's, would Nixon necesssarily have been the Republican nominee? His internationalist credentials were a big selling point for him in OTL when the war was still going on. Without that, why would he be considered a viable contender? I've seen a...

Decided to see if I could pull off a Gore victory with John Kerry as my running mate. The answer is yes, but it was an utter nail-biter both electorally and in the popular vote. https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/344192

Something from a few months back: my best win as Nixon in 1960 yet, running as a pro-Eisenhower moderate on economics and a strong civil rights liberal. https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/game/260152 EDIT: Also, just won as Hughes, but...by 268-263 electoral votes, and while...

That actually is a good point. Would I be correct in assuming that the CSS Bonefish never sank the USS Ericson in the ceasefire of this alt-Great War? Thus, Sylvia Enos never kills him in revenge? If so, that's another ingredient. In the canon of "Blood & Iron," Roger Kimball actually...

Ooh. Interesting divergence to use. Yeah, there was a scene in "Blood & Iron" where a stalwart pulled a gun and almost shot Layne, but was stopped by Kimball in time. It looks like in this case, it'll be the Radical Liberals, rather than the Whigs, who are able to ride the wave of martyrdom...

You know which one I've been asking about. ;). Although, the U.S. settlement over Canada with Britain would make a good segue from America to Europe.