AH Challenge: Six-Way Race for the Presidency

Dragozord

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2008 election

Republican: John McCain III/Mitt Romney

Democrat: Hillary Clinton/Evan Bayh

Progressive: Barack Obama/Jay Rockafeller

Classical Liberal: Ron Paul/John Hostettler

Christian Conservative: Mike Huckabee/Sarah Palin

Green: Al Gore/Ralph Nader

Constituition: Chuck Baldwin/Alan Keys

Independant: Mike Bloomberg/Charlie Crist
 
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i think it's funny how many people put Palin on the list for the 2008 campaign. Very few people knew who she was outside of Alaska before McCain picked her. without McCain picking her for the VP selection she still wouldn't be known and any selection for smaller party wouldn't do much for them.
 

Dragozord

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i think it's funny how many people put Palin on the list for the 2008 campaign. Very few people knew who she was outside of Alaska before McCain picked her. without McCain picking her for the VP selection she still wouldn't be known and any selection for smaller party wouldn't do much for them.
Sometimes suprises happen. In this ATL scenerio Huckabee knew about her from various speaking engagements and thought she would balance out some of Huck's economicly liberal tendancies. I'm suprised that you didn't have anything to say regarding the Progressive ticket of Obama/Rockafeller
 
Sometimes suprises happen. In this ATL scenerio Huckabee knew about her from various speaking engagements and thought she would balance out some of Huck's economicly liberal tendancies. I'm suprised that you didn't have anything to say regarding the Progressive ticket of Obama/Rockafeller

my comment was in general, yours wasn't the only one with Palin on it. Obama was already a National figure in '08 as was Rockafeller so it's not overly far fetched.
 

Dragozord

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my comment was in general, yours wasn't the only one with Palin on it. Obama was already a National figure in '08 as was Rockafeller so it's not overly far fetched.
Then who would make a better running mate for Huckabee on a "Christian Conservative" ticket? If not Palin maybe Rick Santorum?
 
Then who would make a better running mate for Huckabee on a "Christian Conservative" ticket? If not Palin maybe Rick Santorum?

nah, not Santorum...Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, or Sam Brownback

or a other combos would be

McCain/Thompson, Tancredo/Huckabee or Romeny/Brownback

Thompson and McCain have been good friends and Thompson would have offset McCain's liberal side.

Brownback is far more well known than Palin and could be a big boost for Romney and could "offset" his liberal/Mormonism
 
Goldwater seeks another Senate term in 1964.....

William Scranton wins the 1964 GOP nod, but loses the general election in a landslide. In 1968, things get contentious on all sides. Both major parties go through brusing nomination processes that result in splits.

Barry Goldwater and Warren Knowles (Republican)
Hubert Humphrey and Ed Muskie (Democratic)
George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (American Independent Party)
Eugene McCarthy and Pat Brown (Independent)
Nelson Rockefeller and Mark Hatfield (Independent)
James Rhodes and Spiro Agnew (Independent)

I have no idea who wins.
 
1912:

Republican: William Howard Taft

Progressive: Teddy Roosevelt

Socialist: Eugen Debs

Prohibition: Eugene Chafin

(here's the Change)

Democrats: Champ Clark

Liberal-Democrats: William Jennings Bryant

Anti-Prohibition League:Oscar Underwood


As the Democrat National Convention drags on, Woodrow Wilson prepares his concession speech and frees his delegates to vote for who they want. shortly after Tammany Hall throws it support behind Champ Clark giving him the nomination.
However this infuriates Williams Jennings Bryant who storms out of the convention hall taking many of the liberal delegates with him. In a move reminiscent of of the Republican-Progressive split Bryant forms his own Party, the Liberal-Democrats and is given the nomination within days of Roosevelt gaining the Progressive Nomination.

Disagreement with with both the Democrats as they look the other way regarding the KKK and the new Liberal-Democrats stance toward prohibition, Oscar Underwood takes and starts the Anti-Prohibition League and runs on a platform of keeping the status-quo on alcohol and ridding the country of the KKK's influence.

the Split on both sides causes a long dragged out campaign, with a lot of fighting between all the candidates for votes. The Election ends up with no clear winner in the Electoral College. It comes down to a 4 way deadheat between:
(in EC votes order)
Roosevelt
Clark
Bryant
Taft
 

Dragozord

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nah, not Santorum...Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson, or Sam Brownback

or a other combos would be

McCain/Thompson, Tancredo/Huckabee or Romeny/Brownback

Thompson and McCain have been good friends and Thompson would have offset McCain's liberal side.

Brownback is far more well known than Palin and could be a big boost for Romney and could "offset" his liberal/Mormonism

Brownback as Huck's running mate might be good. My dad really likes Thompson. Mom liked Hillary. At the time I leaned Huckabee but a friend introduced me to Dr. Ron Paul. Had Mccain picked Romney I would've either voted for my aformentioned Huckabee ticket or Paul/Hostettler. I have never liked Romney and will seek his defeat in the 2012 primary if he runs. I'm open to Brownback and Tancredo. If Daniels runs for president I might be between between Daniels and Paul/or a Ron Paul backed canidate. No Rinos and less neocons for me.
 
Brownback as Huck's running mate might be good. My dad really likes Thompson. Mom liked Hillary. At the time I leaned Huckabee but a friend introduced me to Dr. Ron Paul. Had Mccain picked Romney I would've either voted for my aformentioned Huckabee ticket or Paul/Hostettler. I have never liked Romney and will seek his defeat in the 2012 primary if he runs. I'm open to Brownback and Tancredo. If Daniels runs for president I might be between between Daniels and Paul/or a Ron Paul backed canidate. No Rinos and less neocons for me.

I was a supporter or Thompson, however he was stupid and started his campaign FAR to late in the year, he should have started around Memorial day of '07 instead of August.

I'm not a fan of Huckabee or Romney, both have issues. Tancredo probably shot himself in the foot and is getting up there in age.

Personally I'd go for a Jindhal/Paul Ryan, Daniels/Ryan ticket, well I'd support any ticket that had Paul Ryan on it. but this is slightly off topic
 

Dragozord

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1996

Democrat: Bill Clinton/Al Gore

Republican: Bob Dole/Arlen Spector

Independant: Colin Powell/Richard Lugar

Green: Ralph Nader/?

Reform: Ross Perot/Pat Coate

Libertarian:Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen

U.S. Taxpayers Party: Howard Phillips/Chuck Baldwin

Conservative: Pat Buchanan/Steve Forbes
 
Yes, that's a good point... I'll post a Before-1900 thread for the same topic.;)

Since I haven't got my thread:mad::D. I will do my own

1796:

John Adams - Federalist Party
Charles C. Pinckney - High Federalist Party
Thomas Jefferson - Republican Party
Samuel Adams - Liberty Party
Aaron Burr - Freedom Party
Oliver Ellsworth - Constitution Party

All those people ran in 1796 and I made up the party names but they all ran and they all got more than 10 EC votes so entirely plausible. In the ATL this one goes the house and returns President Jefferson and Vice President Adams; Adams declines the position and chooses to retire. Therefore Jefferson-Burr in 1796. Thomas Jefferson would later appoint his old friend to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring John Rutledge.
 
Since I haven't got my thread:mad::D. I will do my own

1796:

John Adams - Federalist Party
Charles C. Pinckney - High Federalist Party
Thomas Jefferson - Republican Party
Samuel Adams - Liberty Party
Aaron Burr - Freedom Party
Oliver Ellsworth - Constitution Party

All those people ran in 1796 and I made up the party names but they all ran and they all got more than 10 EC votes so entirely plausible. In the ATL this one goes the house and returns President Jefferson and Vice President Adams; Adams declines the position and chooses to retire. Therefore Jefferson-Burr in 1796. Thomas Jefferson would later appoint his old friend to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring John Rutledge.

I direct you here:;) link
 
Republicans and Democrats both manage to nominate deeply uninspiring cetrists. In primaries said candidates had been challenged but narrowly defeated more radical candidates.

So we have

Lefty Culture warrior- strongly feminist and supporting gay rights. Maybe into ethnic quotas (Pres candidate from California vp from Vermont. Also thinking of drug legalization

Union linked populist- hates banks, loves working men. Pres candidate from Illinois, VP former governor of Indianan

Boring Democrat (Pres from Maryland vp from Ohio)

Boring Republican Pres from Texas vp from Pensylvania

Libertarian into cutting taxes ending medicare and privatizing Social Security.
Pres candidate Florida Senator VP from New Jersey. relaxed on social issues

Ultra Christian calls for death penalty for abortion and drug dealing and heavily anti gay. Maybe a little populist in economic issues.


Pres candidate from Oklahoma VP from Utah


I have to confess such a political bust up does seem unlikely. However- if this happened- I can see all six tickets getting 10% plus of the popular vote and electoral votes at least from candidates home states.
 
1996

Democrat: Bill Clinton/Al Gore

Republican: Bob Dole/Arlen Spector

Independant: Colin Powell/Richard Lugar

Green: Ralph Nader/?

Reform: Ross Perot/Pat Coate

Libertarian:Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen

U.S. Taxpayers Party: Howard Phillips/Chuck Baldwin

Conservative: Pat Buchanan/Steve Forbes

Some of those I get, by why is Powell running, and why is the businessman Forbes on a third party ticket with a protectionist culture warrior?
 
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