Alternate Electoral Maps II
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Joseph Smith father was luckier in NY, Smith was literate, and oversaw a politicized Great Awakening, along with the creation of a Christian Democratic Party that contested national elections for two decades or so in the 19th Century. After his death, his most radical beliefs were published posthumously as the Book of Smith. The book of Smith would inspire a revolt in the Midwest after the 1856 elections and the Southern Insurrection, and the "Smithites" largely left to Ute. There they orchestrated a new Christian Democrat Party, but considering how sensitive the Feds were to a Party with such a name after the revolt, they called it the Truth & Light Party. Animosity to "Smithites" meant that Ute stayed a territory for quite some time and even after being admitted as a state, the T&L continues to hold considerable sway over the state.
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Request - Consolidate left-leaning (Clinton + Stein + Sanders write-in) and right-leaning (Trump + Johnson + McMullin + Castle???) votes.
Camelopardalim-2016 election in the Confederation of Columbia
SBS News Online - 2nd May 2016, 10:22PM - EMILY L. QUACKENBUSH WINS PRESIDENCY
After 3 months of contentious campaigning, SBS can confirm that Emily L. Quackenbush has surpassed the 217 electoral votes needed to be elected President of the Confederation of Columbia.
President-Elect Quackenbush will be the 24th Columbian President since independence, the second female President, and the first President from the Commonwealth Party.
Since President Schneider's election in 2011, his Labor Party has suffered from the record unpopularity of his administration. Senator John F. Beadore of Delaware, the left-wing insurgent which won the candidacy of the Labor Party, was never unable to overcome the popular sentiment that his party was corrupt and responsible for the economic and domestic troubles of the last five years. Beadore won only two states, Ohio and Delaware, a massive fall from Labour's 2011 landslide.
Governor Emilio Busto of Montana led in the polls for most of the election after winning the Conservative primaries. Busto was at first considered personally popular, thanks to his governing record in Montana, and the Conservative Party's traditional strength. Corruption scandals and anti-austerity protests pursued him through his campaign, however, sinking his popularity. The exit polls indicate that Busto was unable to break out of his base of rural westerners, failing to win the crucial Mississippi region states.
The Liberal Party's perennial candidate, Congressman Peter Q. Rushing from North Carolina, achieved a historic high for his Liberal Party, winning multiple states for the first time since the 1970s. Rushing strongly attracted educated and upper-middle class urbanites, especially in the rapidly growing coastal cities. Despite this, he was unable to break out into the working-class demographics needed to win the Presidency.
Quackenbush, originally thought of as a folksy peculiarity of Memphis politics, rose quickly into national prominence based on her anti-austerity campaigning across the nation. Despite the Commonwealth Party traditionally being the party of "Cajuns, Catholics, and Blacks", Quackenbush became well known for her appeal across racial lines, and tireless advocacy for working-class interests across the nation. Her rise in popularity was unforeseen, however, with exit polls indicating that Quackenbush has performed strongly amongst Appalachians, Rust Belt workers, and eastern urbanites. It remains to be seen if this success can be replicated downballot for the Commonwealth Party's other candidates.
President-Elect Quackenbush's victory may inflame tensions with Columbia's northern neighbour of Fredon, which has formally protested against Quackenbush's threats to nationalise Fredish-owned 'strategic assets'. Towards the south, however, Latin America is celebrating the arrival of a possible ally against European and Fredish interference in the affairs of 'second world' nations.
Rushing, Busto and Beadore's concession speeches are expected before 11:15pm, while President Schneider will call President-Elect Quackenbush to congratulate her at 11:40pm. The transition of power will take place in a month, on the 2nd of June.
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The general idea for this is a quick non-Confederate mega-South (with a pre-revolutionary POD). The Confederation of Columbia is heavily racially mixed, heavily economically unequal, and heavily Christian, with a significant Spanish-speaking population as well. Basically, imagine a bunch of mixed-race Christian leftists speaking in r-dropping classical Deep Southern dialects. The election itself was inspired mostly by the French election, but with left-populists instead of liberals.
Maryland and Delaware have their borders shifted northwards to their original colonial-era claim, plus South Jersey is included, because the areas have some dialect things in common with the south, plus because I've never seen it before on an AH map.
I realise that an electoral system exactly like the OTL USA is probably implausible, but I wanted to keep it as an exact parallel to the US election maps on Wikipedia. If I found a good way of displaying it, I would have every state distribute its votes through OTL Nebraska's manner, plus some special EVs for Native American groups, etc.
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Rhad-Clinton+Stein+Sanders write-in vs Trump+Johnson+McMullin+Castle
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http://www.270towin.com/maps/wJ4W4. Trump wins the PV 50.34%-49.66%.
Pericles-Clinton wins in 2016
2016 US election
Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine-Democratic: 350 EV 50.63%
Donald Trump/Mike Pence-Republican: 188 EV 43.34%
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2016 Senate elections
Harry Reid-Democratic: 49+5 56.4%
Mitch McConnell-Republican: 49-5 39.8%
Independent: 2_
100 seats
51 for majority
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2016 House elections
Paul Ryan-Republican: 236-11 46.5%
Nancy Pelosi-Democratic: 199+11 50.6%
435 seats
218 for majority
Edited to include down-ballot results.Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine-Democratic: 350 EV 50.63%
Donald Trump/Mike Pence-Republican: 188 EV 43.34%
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2016 Senate elections
Harry Reid-Democratic: 49+5 56.4%
Mitch McConnell-Republican: 49-5 39.8%
Independent: 2_
100 seats
51 for majority
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2016 House elections
Paul Ryan-Republican: 236-11 46.5%
Nancy Pelosi-Democratic: 199+11 50.6%
435 seats
218 for majority
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Honestly what I expected 2016 to look like.2016 US election
Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine-Democratic: 350 EV 50.63%
Donald Trump/Mike Pence-Republican: 188 EV 43.34%
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Minus GA, FL, and AZ, yes. What a pleasant surprise this kinda sorta regretful Trumpist was heading for 
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Pericles-Downballot results for Clinton victory in 2016
2016 Senate elections
Harry Reid-Democratic: 49+5 56.4%
Mitch McConnell-Republican: 49-5 39.8%
Independent: 2_
100 seats
51 for majority
2016 House elections
Paul Ryan-Republican: 236-11 46.5%
Nancy Pelosi-Democratic: 199+11 50.6%
435 seats
218 for majority
DPKdebator-2016 with all third-party votes consolidated towards Trump:
Turquoise Blue-1976 in President Elect
Played a bit in President Elect 1988, and found this scenario really interesting, so I made a write-up to go with it.
1968 Delayed.
After sixteen years of Democratic government, first under Kennedy (1961-1969) and then Johnson (1969-1975) and finally under Humphrey (1975-), there was an atmosphere for change.
President Humphrey was determined to win a term in his own right, to continue the Democratic dominance and to see off yet another Republican challenger. This Republican challenger was yet another "old hand", former Vice-President and Governor of California Richard Nixon who challenged Kennedy in his first election all the way back in 1960. He too was determined to win an election and show that he was more than just a vice-president.
And then the former President of the Ford Company, Lee Iacocca, declared that he too was running. Iacocca reached dizzy heights in the polling, but after the campaign trail wore down the three, he fell to third place, behind the two former vice-presidents determined to prove their worth for the top office.
As the campaign went on and Iaccoca fell behind, Humphrey and Nixon turned their fire on to each other. No way was the other going to take their ambition, their aim, from them. As the Times dubbed it "The Final Charge", the two campaigns attacked each other and challenged their candidate as the best. Iacocca still remained strong, but in terms of the Electoral College he was merely a "who?".
Their running mates Governor Mike O'Callaghan of Nevada and Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut were essentially excluded entirely from the narrative as the "Final Charge" dominated the conversation. Which of the former vice-presidents would win in this final lunge for victory after careers of many decades? As November approached, the polls tightened even more.
On Election Night, Humphrey had the lead at first, but as more polls came in, Nixon tightened it further and finally took the lead as the majority of Plains states came in. In the end, those who really really wanted to know who would win the election stayed up until Alaska, which finally put Nixon over the top and confirmed him as the nation's thirty-eighth president.
Fmr. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R-CT): 272 EV, 34,110,080 votes (42%)
President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/Governor Mike O'Callaghan (D-NV): 266 EV, 33,640,264 votes (41%)
Businessman Lee Iacocca (I-MI)/various candidates (I-US): 0 EV, 13,526,986 votes (16%)
1968 Delayed.
After sixteen years of Democratic government, first under Kennedy (1961-1969) and then Johnson (1969-1975) and finally under Humphrey (1975-), there was an atmosphere for change.
President Humphrey was determined to win a term in his own right, to continue the Democratic dominance and to see off yet another Republican challenger. This Republican challenger was yet another "old hand", former Vice-President and Governor of California Richard Nixon who challenged Kennedy in his first election all the way back in 1960. He too was determined to win an election and show that he was more than just a vice-president.
And then the former President of the Ford Company, Lee Iacocca, declared that he too was running. Iacocca reached dizzy heights in the polling, but after the campaign trail wore down the three, he fell to third place, behind the two former vice-presidents determined to prove their worth for the top office.
As the campaign went on and Iaccoca fell behind, Humphrey and Nixon turned their fire on to each other. No way was the other going to take their ambition, their aim, from them. As the Times dubbed it "The Final Charge", the two campaigns attacked each other and challenged their candidate as the best. Iacocca still remained strong, but in terms of the Electoral College he was merely a "who?".
Their running mates Governor Mike O'Callaghan of Nevada and Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut were essentially excluded entirely from the narrative as the "Final Charge" dominated the conversation. Which of the former vice-presidents would win in this final lunge for victory after careers of many decades? As November approached, the polls tightened even more.
On Election Night, Humphrey had the lead at first, but as more polls came in, Nixon tightened it further and finally took the lead as the majority of Plains states came in. In the end, those who really really wanted to know who would win the election stayed up until Alaska, which finally put Nixon over the top and confirmed him as the nation's thirty-eighth president.
Fmr. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R-CT): 272 EV, 34,110,080 votes (42%)
President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/Governor Mike O'Callaghan (D-NV): 266 EV, 33,640,264 votes (41%)
Businessman Lee Iacocca (I-MI)/various candidates (I-US): 0 EV, 13,526,986 votes (16%)
Turquoise Blue-2006 as it should have been?
As a 'sequel' of sorts to 1968 Delayed, comes...
2006 As It Should Have Been?
As the titanic figure of President Jeane Kirkpatrick prepares to leave office, one question remains "Will the Democratic dominance ever end?". First under Roosevelt (1933-1945) and Truman (1945-1953), then under Kennedy (1961-1969), Johnson (1969-1975) and Humphrey (1975-1977) and finally under Kirkpatrick (1981-1989), the Democrats have dominated America, with Eisenhower and Nixon merely bookends.
The man who many called "the second Nixon", Governor George Deukmejian of California, has a reputation as a moderate-conservative with a law and order streak, as shown when he cracked down on race riots in the long summer of 1987. With this creating controversy, he announced his run for the Presidency and easily won the primaries, uniting the moderates and conservatives behind him, becoming the first nominee to be of Armenian descent. Opposing him was the person who was charged with continuing the Democratic dominance, Senator from Texas Henry Cisneros, the first Latino to win a party nomination. This was clearly a first, both parties nominating non-WASP candidates. The Times declared it "a splash of color". Paul Laxalt, a failed GOP Senatorial candidate, declared his candidacy as the nominee of the Libertarian Party but he was wholly irrelevant.
Kirkpatrick's presidency was a success, but the American people was getting weary of Democrats, and indeed this was Cisneros' main problem - "What can you do that past presidents haven't?". Meanwhile Deukmejian was crafting a vision of a more conservative America, one of tax cuts and fiscal sensibility, blaming rising inflation on Democratic spending policies. Still, a lot of people were still wary of the Republicans, seeing Deukmejian as a risk and Cisneros as embodying "safe continuity". Thus the polls were tight, with the leading candidate never beyond a 4% margin.
The two chose their vice-presidents wisely. Deukmejian chose Ohioan Representative John Kasich to underline his "change" message - "Vote for change. Vote Republican." - while Cisneros chose former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter to appeal to moderates and to reassure people concerned about his youth, that there would be an experienced "old hand" advising him.
In the end, the polls remained tight until Election Night, where Deukmejian gained a narrow lead, but that lead was enough to give him victory. As Illinois was called for Deukmejian, Cisneros conceded the election despite the fact that California was still pending. Cisneros was certain it would go Deukmejian [and put him over the magic number] and it eventually did. Remarkably for a tight election, the congressional elections were more Republican as fossilised Democratic incumbents were wiped out in favour of Republican newcomers. The House went Republican for the first time in forty years, heralding a new era.
Governor George Deukmejian (R-CA)/Representative John Kasich (R-OH): 310 EV, 48,114,712 votes (50%)
Senator Henry Cisneros (D-TX)/Former Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 228 EV, 46,502,784 votes (49%)
Former Senatorial Candidate Paul Laxalt (L-NV)/Doctor Ron Paul (L-TX): 0 EV, 391,697 votes (0%)
List of Presidents
35: John F. Kennedy (Democratic-Massachusetts) 1961-1969
1960: def. Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California)
1964: def. Nelson Rockefeller (Republican-New York) and George Wallace (Independent Democrat-Alabama)
- Camelot lost its luster, but he held on thanks to a successful economy.
36: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic-Texas) 1969-1975
1968: def. Jesse Helms (Republican-North Carolina) and John Lindsay (Liberal-New York)
1972: def. John B. Connally (Republican-Texas)
- The Texan who lost Texas both times, much to his annoyance. The creator of the "Modern Society".
37: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-Minnesota) 1975-1977
- "President Humphrey". Something he longed to hear for ages, but his time in office was brief.
38: Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California) 1977-1981
1976: def. Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-Minnesota) and Lee Iacocca (Independent-Michigan)
- Much like Humphrey, Nixon found his time in office disappointingly brief, and worse, unsuccessful.
39: Jeane Kirkpatrick (Democratic-Pennsylvania) 1981-1989
1980: def. Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California)
1984: def. Ed Clark (Republican-California) and Phil Crane (Constitution-Illinois)
- The Iron Lady of America, as many Americans dubbed her [either in awe or in anger].
40: George Deukmejian (Republican-California) 1989-
1988: def. Henry Cisneros (Democratic-Texas)
- The harbringer of the 'Conservative Revolution'?
2006 As It Should Have Been?
As the titanic figure of President Jeane Kirkpatrick prepares to leave office, one question remains "Will the Democratic dominance ever end?". First under Roosevelt (1933-1945) and Truman (1945-1953), then under Kennedy (1961-1969), Johnson (1969-1975) and Humphrey (1975-1977) and finally under Kirkpatrick (1981-1989), the Democrats have dominated America, with Eisenhower and Nixon merely bookends.
The man who many called "the second Nixon", Governor George Deukmejian of California, has a reputation as a moderate-conservative with a law and order streak, as shown when he cracked down on race riots in the long summer of 1987. With this creating controversy, he announced his run for the Presidency and easily won the primaries, uniting the moderates and conservatives behind him, becoming the first nominee to be of Armenian descent. Opposing him was the person who was charged with continuing the Democratic dominance, Senator from Texas Henry Cisneros, the first Latino to win a party nomination. This was clearly a first, both parties nominating non-WASP candidates. The Times declared it "a splash of color". Paul Laxalt, a failed GOP Senatorial candidate, declared his candidacy as the nominee of the Libertarian Party but he was wholly irrelevant.
Kirkpatrick's presidency was a success, but the American people was getting weary of Democrats, and indeed this was Cisneros' main problem - "What can you do that past presidents haven't?". Meanwhile Deukmejian was crafting a vision of a more conservative America, one of tax cuts and fiscal sensibility, blaming rising inflation on Democratic spending policies. Still, a lot of people were still wary of the Republicans, seeing Deukmejian as a risk and Cisneros as embodying "safe continuity". Thus the polls were tight, with the leading candidate never beyond a 4% margin.
The two chose their vice-presidents wisely. Deukmejian chose Ohioan Representative John Kasich to underline his "change" message - "Vote for change. Vote Republican." - while Cisneros chose former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter to appeal to moderates and to reassure people concerned about his youth, that there would be an experienced "old hand" advising him.
In the end, the polls remained tight until Election Night, where Deukmejian gained a narrow lead, but that lead was enough to give him victory. As Illinois was called for Deukmejian, Cisneros conceded the election despite the fact that California was still pending. Cisneros was certain it would go Deukmejian [and put him over the magic number] and it eventually did. Remarkably for a tight election, the congressional elections were more Republican as fossilised Democratic incumbents were wiped out in favour of Republican newcomers. The House went Republican for the first time in forty years, heralding a new era.
Governor George Deukmejian (R-CA)/Representative John Kasich (R-OH): 310 EV, 48,114,712 votes (50%)
Senator Henry Cisneros (D-TX)/Former Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 228 EV, 46,502,784 votes (49%)
Former Senatorial Candidate Paul Laxalt (L-NV)/Doctor Ron Paul (L-TX): 0 EV, 391,697 votes (0%)
List of Presidents
35: John F. Kennedy (Democratic-Massachusetts) 1961-1969
1960: def. Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California)
1964: def. Nelson Rockefeller (Republican-New York) and George Wallace (Independent Democrat-Alabama)
- Camelot lost its luster, but he held on thanks to a successful economy.
36: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic-Texas) 1969-1975
1968: def. Jesse Helms (Republican-North Carolina) and John Lindsay (Liberal-New York)
1972: def. John B. Connally (Republican-Texas)
- The Texan who lost Texas both times, much to his annoyance. The creator of the "Modern Society".
37: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-Minnesota) 1975-1977
- "President Humphrey". Something he longed to hear for ages, but his time in office was brief.
38: Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California) 1977-1981
1976: def. Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-Minnesota) and Lee Iacocca (Independent-Michigan)
- Much like Humphrey, Nixon found his time in office disappointingly brief, and worse, unsuccessful.
39: Jeane Kirkpatrick (Democratic-Pennsylvania) 1981-1989
1980: def. Richard M. Nixon (Republican-California)
1984: def. Ed Clark (Republican-California) and Phil Crane (Constitution-Illinois)
- The Iron Lady of America, as many Americans dubbed her [either in awe or in anger].
40: George Deukmejian (Republican-California) 1989-
1988: def. Henry Cisneros (Democratic-Texas)
- The harbringer of the 'Conservative Revolution'?
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It's a game, President Elect 1988. I just came up with the story and background.
You can find it here.
Peebs-Same as the 1992 one but applying it to 1996
DPKdebator-Same as the 1992 and 1996 maps Peebs did but in 2000
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