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The point that Barry Goldwater was trying to make was that greater productivity happens when tax rates are lower. Of course nobody was proposing 100% tax rates, but using one extreme example (taxation at 100%) helps illustrate to the audience the general principle of lower taxes=prosperity...

True, but the fact that they were able to make the EV disturbingly close between JFK and Goldwater showed that JFK wasn't (at this point) destined to win re-election. Compare that to this TIME article right before the 1964 election...

IDK, but the electoral vote count was probably inflated towards the Goldwater column because Kennedy was very unpopular in the South, while voters from red states (at the time) hadn't considered not voting for the Republican candidate. So you have a chunk of blue states (at the time) going for...

Oh I don't doubt that Kennedy wouldn't win big when all is said and done; I'm just saying that the polls were surprisingly close before JFK's death.

Not according to TIME: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875229,00.html

^^^^^^^^^^ Agreed. Norton, when are we going to see The Beatles TL? I'm excited! :D P.S. I saw the Beatles trailer on Youtube and I think I know what the POD is, though I won't say it here. ;)

I'm pretty sure you meant to say Han and not Historico. :p Unless if Historico has a POTUS Goldwater TL that I don't know about. Speaking of which, Historico has an excellent timeline about a Reagan presidency in 1968, and that's sort of like Goldwater in '68, considering that Reagan was...

I'm quite flattered you called my TL excellent. Thank you! :D Hopefully I can get an update soon. BTW here's a friend's Goldwater in '64 timeline on the Atlas Forum: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=113709.0

I've heard about Nixon fearing a matchup against Wallace before, but I've never completely understood why. It would seem to me that Nixon would clobber Wallace in a general election; why would Nixon fear that? I suppose there's something I'm missing here. :p

Did Laxalt not win in his first Senate race in '64? It was really really really really really really really really close OTL, so methinks he would've won due to a better Rocky performance. Anyway, great round of updates, buddy! :D Here's hoping that conservatism eventually makes a resurgence!

What if JK Rowling decided to have Harry Potter die in The Deathly Hallows? How would fans react, and would Harry Potter be as successful as it is now, or even more?

Is Teddy more of a DLCer in this timeline?

Great update. Out of curiosity, why did HHH lose WV? WV was uber-Democratic back then; only since 2000 has WV become a Republican friendly state on a Presidential level. Even Dukakis and Carter carried WV during their landslide losses. Also, you have Nixon carrying RI, which was also super...

I've been busy lately, but hopefully an update will come soon. :)

Just as it says. What if Sarah Palin stays as Governor of Alaska, without resigning? I assume she would win re-election in 2010: it was a Republican year and she'd probably be more popular without her resignation. It also means that she wouldn't have as expanded of a national profile as she did...

RogueBeaver's an inspiration to me as well (props to you, Rogue! :D). Anyway, here are some ideas of mine: -How about a no Chappaquiddick TL? Perhaps an EMK Presidency in '72 if you have enough butterflies. Maybe Wallace runs a third party candidacy in '72, and Watergate breaks out pretty...

Glad to see Reagan winning an Oscar. :)

I love the detailed polling, and I can't wait to see how the polls change over time. Anyway, I'm pulling for a Reagan-Clinton campaign: it'd be an interesting and vibrant campaign with two charismatic opponents. Clinton could make it close, though I'm interested to see what Atwater's going to...

Excellent start man, though I'm quite sad to see that the Beatles won't be around. :( If you wanna get a good sense of Lennon's personality, I'd recommend Lennon: The Definitive Biography, by Ray Coleman, who knew John Lennon personally. I do too! :D

Even if Hillary won, I strongly strongly strongly doubt that she'd win re-election in 2008. The economic crisis was going to happen regardless of who was to blame for it. Bush might even pull a Cleveland in 2008, with his campaign slogan being "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"...