Howard Dean is not a progressive - the Progressive Party hated him when he was Governor.
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Howard Dean is not a progressive - the Progressive Party hated him when he was Governor.
He ran as a Progressive in 2004, though. I'll replace him with someone else, any suggestions? From the New Alliance is preferable.
EDIT: Going with Leonora Fulani.
Yeah, Howard Dean is in all honesty probably to the right of Bill Clinton on fiscal issues.
No American political party with the name "Socialist" in it is ever going to come close to sniffing even winning a single state with a PoD after WW1.
Electoral Map Lean (Using 2000 as guide)
1944-1948: Democratic
1952-1960: Democratic
1964-1968: Democratic
1972-1980: Democratic
1984-1988: Democratic
1992-2000: Republican
2004-2008: Republican
2012-2020: Republican
And the margin for a GOP victory only increases every census.
1944-1948: Democratic
1952-1960: Democratic
1964-1968: Democratic
1972-1980: Democratic
1984-1988: Democratic
1992-2000: Republican
2004-2008: Republican
2012-2020: Republican
And the margin for a GOP victory only increases every census.
It shows what result would happen if the 2000 results was used in past election maps. So, a 2000 result in 1964 would be a Democratic win, for example.
I see. That could probably have been a bit clearer, but it's still very interesting.
This isn't alternate, but here's a map of the 2010 election results in Sweden, in the style of Wikipedia's Irish election maps. Results for the big parties are shown in percentages (of the available seats in each constituency, not of the vote), while the smaller ones are shown by number of seats.
Damn John Tyler, and Goddamn John Calhoun!
1844
Tyler fails in his bid to annex Texas, and runs on his own "Texas Party" banner, with John C. Calhoun as his running mate. This scares the Democratic Convention into voting for Van Buren, taking a neutral stance with Tyler on the pro-Texas side, and Henry Clay on the anti-Texas side. The 3-way battle slowly morphs back into the duopoly, with Van Buren taking slow, diplomatic steps in favor of the Texas annexationists. Van Buren was nudged by running mate James K. Polk, no stranger to political maneuvering into leaving his slightly negative phrasings, to more conciliatory to either side. As Tyler and Calhouns own friends became worried them and their chances in the end, they fought onward and managed to make a large impression come November.
Henry Clay/Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig): 155 Electoral Votes, 46.3% of the popular vote
Martin Van Buren/James K. Polk (Democratic): 111 Electoral Votes: 40.9% of the popular vote
John Tyler/John C. Calhoun (Texas): 9 Electoral Votes: 9.4% of the popular vote
James G. Birney/Thomas Morris(Liberty): 0 Electoral Votes: 3.4% of the popular vote
Taking far more votes than anti-slavery activist James Birney, they manage to tip the scale in several close states in the South, Louisiana, Georgia, and even Tyler's home state of Virginia. The only victory was in South Carolina, a protest vote for Calhoun more than for Tyler. James Birney won little more than a third of his ideological extreme opposites, but managed to spoil several Northern states, more willing to vote for an anti-slavery candidate if the South ran a pro-slave one.
(Thoughts, comments? Since Texas is on the 1848 and afterwards maps, any idea how I can get Henry Clay to annex it?)
1844
Tyler fails in his bid to annex Texas, and runs on his own "Texas Party" banner, with John C. Calhoun as his running mate. This scares the Democratic Convention into voting for Van Buren, taking a neutral stance with Tyler on the pro-Texas side, and Henry Clay on the anti-Texas side. The 3-way battle slowly morphs back into the duopoly, with Van Buren taking slow, diplomatic steps in favor of the Texas annexationists. Van Buren was nudged by running mate James K. Polk, no stranger to political maneuvering into leaving his slightly negative phrasings, to more conciliatory to either side. As Tyler and Calhouns own friends became worried them and their chances in the end, they fought onward and managed to make a large impression come November.
Henry Clay/Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig): 155 Electoral Votes, 46.3% of the popular vote
Martin Van Buren/James K. Polk (Democratic): 111 Electoral Votes: 40.9% of the popular vote
John Tyler/John C. Calhoun (Texas): 9 Electoral Votes: 9.4% of the popular vote
James G. Birney/Thomas Morris(Liberty): 0 Electoral Votes: 3.4% of the popular vote
Taking far more votes than anti-slavery activist James Birney, they manage to tip the scale in several close states in the South, Louisiana, Georgia, and even Tyler's home state of Virginia. The only victory was in South Carolina, a protest vote for Calhoun more than for Tyler. James Birney won little more than a third of his ideological extreme opposites, but managed to spoil several Northern states, more willing to vote for an anti-slavery candidate if the South ran a pro-slave one.
(Thoughts, comments? Since Texas is on the 1848 and afterwards maps, any idea how I can get Henry Clay to annex it?)
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Hmmm....I kinda wanted it as part of some kind of Grand Compromise, which was Clay's bread and butter.
Well then, here's a map that is alternate. Thanks for the basemap, BTW.
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From "Elections in the United Kingdom, 1900-1966"
Oxford University Press, 1999
From "Elections in the United Kingdom, 1900-1966"
Oxford University Press, 1999
1922 general election
The general election called by Alexander Bell for September of 1922 is commonly regarded as a watershed in British history, and rightly so, for it was the first to show the features that would be characteristic of every subsequent election until the Rexist takeover. Most notable among these was the gradual dissolution of the Liberal-Conservative dichotomy that had dominated the state since the dawn of party politics. The Labour Party, formed as the political wing of the Trades Union Congress and encompassing most of the democratic-socialist "new left", rose from a Parliamentary non-entity to the largest party, at the expense of the two old parties whom many blamed for the humiliating surrender and the post-war hardships.
Bell made several blunders on the campaign trail, such as referring to the "almost entirely successful recovery of most sections of British society", a statement that was probably true (for the worst of the post-war recession had, in fact, worn off) but which still cost the Liberals significant votes among the urban working class, their traditional support base. In contrast, Arthur Henderson appeared resolved and down-to-earth to the public, and his traditional rhetoric of radical change and an improvement in the working man's lot sounded very attractive to the battered nation. Come election day, the Liberals failed to be returned, and for the first time, a Labour government was formed.
Labour: 245 (+189)
Liberal: 168 (-132)
Conservative (Unionist): 110 (-63)
Conservative (Home Rule): 42 (-25)
Independent: 25 (+18)
National Democratic: 16 (+4)
BSP: 9 (+9)
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Damn John Tyler, and Goddamn John Calhoun! Pt. 2
1848
Not all was paradise following Clay's election, a last ditch effort by John Tyler to annex Texas via a joint resolution (which needed a simple majority rather than a 2/3rd's one in the Senate for a treaty), which enraged Mexico and gave Clay a chance to show off his diplomatic skills. Unfortunately, or not depending on your view of history, during negotiations with Mexico a massacre of American soldiers broke out near the border claimed by the Republic of Texas, with several more border incidents and confused negotiations with the Mexican ambassador, Clay asked Congress to declare war on Mexico.
Ironic that the anti-Imperialist Whig statesmen would prove to be the man would annexed the most land, an act fueled by his desire to create a safe zone between America and Mexico, as well as get revenge on the government that goaded him into war. By 1851 the war was over, with several southern Democrats, declaring Clay (with their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks) as a better successor to Jackson than Van Buren. Until the territorial bills were passed, but we'll get to that in a moment.
He did manage to pass several Whig platform bills, helped by a 40 seat pick-up over the Democratic and "Texas" Parties splitting the vote in many area's down south. One of the first acts of his administration was re-establishing a National Bank, other acts included raising tariffs, and most controversially the Wilmot Proviso, banning slavery in the acquired territories. Despite anger and bile rising in many a southerners throat, there was nothing they could do. Clay was popular among the Manifest Destiny crowd, and among his native Whigs, but they would fight with all their might come 1848. Knowing that Taylor would cost on his war record, they matched him by nominating fellow Mexican War vet William J. Worth, attacking over reaching federal power and erosion of the separation of powers, with former Speaker Clay accused of taking a more hands on approach for passing legislation.
Zachary Taylor/Abbott Lawrence (Whig) 155 Electoral Votes: 50.6% popular votes
William J. Worth/James Buchanan: 135 Electoral Votes: 49.3% popular vote
Many southerners were outraged even with slaveholders Clay (although he emancipated his before entering office) and Zachary Taylor (who did the same) on the previous and current Whig Ticket, most Northern's didn't mind, despite split-voting last election, this one was a clean sweep for Zach Taylor, with his Massachusetts VP moderating the louder of the "Conscience" Whigs. This election was among the closest thus far, and both sides fought hard to get there man in office, ultimately enough men who supported Clay, and even Birney, came back to support the Whig ticket.
(Thoughts, comments, concerns? I'm not exactly confident in my writing skills, so any and all advice would be appreciated.
1848
Not all was paradise following Clay's election, a last ditch effort by John Tyler to annex Texas via a joint resolution (which needed a simple majority rather than a 2/3rd's one in the Senate for a treaty), which enraged Mexico and gave Clay a chance to show off his diplomatic skills. Unfortunately, or not depending on your view of history, during negotiations with Mexico a massacre of American soldiers broke out near the border claimed by the Republic of Texas, with several more border incidents and confused negotiations with the Mexican ambassador, Clay asked Congress to declare war on Mexico.
Ironic that the anti-Imperialist Whig statesmen would prove to be the man would annexed the most land, an act fueled by his desire to create a safe zone between America and Mexico, as well as get revenge on the government that goaded him into war. By 1851 the war was over, with several southern Democrats, declaring Clay (with their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks) as a better successor to Jackson than Van Buren. Until the territorial bills were passed, but we'll get to that in a moment.
He did manage to pass several Whig platform bills, helped by a 40 seat pick-up over the Democratic and "Texas" Parties splitting the vote in many area's down south. One of the first acts of his administration was re-establishing a National Bank, other acts included raising tariffs, and most controversially the Wilmot Proviso, banning slavery in the acquired territories. Despite anger and bile rising in many a southerners throat, there was nothing they could do. Clay was popular among the Manifest Destiny crowd, and among his native Whigs, but they would fight with all their might come 1848. Knowing that Taylor would cost on his war record, they matched him by nominating fellow Mexican War vet William J. Worth, attacking over reaching federal power and erosion of the separation of powers, with former Speaker Clay accused of taking a more hands on approach for passing legislation.
Zachary Taylor/Abbott Lawrence (Whig) 155 Electoral Votes: 50.6% popular votes
William J. Worth/James Buchanan: 135 Electoral Votes: 49.3% popular vote
Many southerners were outraged even with slaveholders Clay (although he emancipated his before entering office) and Zachary Taylor (who did the same) on the previous and current Whig Ticket, most Northern's didn't mind, despite split-voting last election, this one was a clean sweep for Zach Taylor, with his Massachusetts VP moderating the louder of the "Conscience" Whigs. This election was among the closest thus far, and both sides fought hard to get there man in office, ultimately enough men who supported Clay, and even Birney, came back to support the Whig ticket.
(Thoughts, comments, concerns? I'm not exactly confident in my writing skills, so any and all advice would be appreciated.
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Some of them? And it's really that bad because there are small groups of anarchists there?
Damn John Tyler, and Goddamn John Calhoun! Pt. 3
1852
Despite the hopes of some southern, and even northern, Democrats that the most nonpartisan Taylor would keep to his Southern heritage and rollback Clay's bills, he didn't. Instead he anger a good deal of men when he attended the funerals of both Clay and Daniel Webster, but not the one for John Calhoun. "I am an American, a steadfast Unionist. That man was everything but those two things." was his the infamous line in a response to a letter from his son-in-law, Jefferson Davis, who to this day is argued about whether or not he knew the letter was let out. This brought many men, including those in tepid or high support of Taylor, against him.
Taylor wasn't a dumb man, he knew slavery wasn't going to go easy into the night for the South. But he also knew that whoever through the first punch lost the first battle, that of image. When South Carolinians started heehawing about secession he came out and echoed Andrew Jackson's words "Our Federal Union -- it must be preserved!
On November 1849, a raid on a federal military base prompted a night long shooting war. 4 soldiers and 10 rebels killed was enough to spook both Taylor and South Carolina, within the month Taylor met with the Governor (as well as old rival Winfield Scott) to defuse the situation. It didn't work, and by February of 1850 South Carolina had declared itself an Independent Republic. Taylor had none of that, he went to Congress to "gather an army...to put down an uprising" which was passed mostly on sectional lines. By July the "Uprising" was put down, and most of the other Southern States who sympathized with South Carolina put an end to the discussion of secession (held back until the dust had cleared with South Carolina).
With seccesion dead in the water, killed twice by President's on both sides, the only thing left for many pro-slavery advocates was something called filibustering. Something a young man born in Nashville, Tennessee would find great interest one day. But until that day happened, many other things did, like a young Democrat being chosen for party nominee, or Zach Taylor being the first Whig to stand re-election for President.
Zachary Taylor/Abbott Lawrence (Whig): 185 Electoral Votes: 54.6% popular vote
Stephen A. Douglas/William Marcy (Democratic): 111 Electoral Votes 44.6% popular vote
(Not-Douglas Democrats): 0.8% popular vote
Douglas ran on a gradual emancipation platform, calling for the government to reimburse slave owners for any freed slaves, while rejecting the idea of expanding said slavery. This only got him lukewarm support in the South, and not much support up North (even his native Illinois was lost). For what it is worth, Taylor pledged to end slavery as "something the southern states shouldn't fear, or worry about lost crops and money. For if we expect someone to give unwillingly, the least we can do them is to give them something as well." This would spell the end times for the Democrats, but they wouldn't die just yet. They would limp on and achieve a few more victories before perishing.
(Thoughts, comments, concerns? I'm not exactly confident in my writing skills, so any and all advice would be appreciated.)
1852
Despite the hopes of some southern, and even northern, Democrats that the most nonpartisan Taylor would keep to his Southern heritage and rollback Clay's bills, he didn't. Instead he anger a good deal of men when he attended the funerals of both Clay and Daniel Webster, but not the one for John Calhoun. "I am an American, a steadfast Unionist. That man was everything but those two things." was his the infamous line in a response to a letter from his son-in-law, Jefferson Davis, who to this day is argued about whether or not he knew the letter was let out. This brought many men, including those in tepid or high support of Taylor, against him.
Taylor wasn't a dumb man, he knew slavery wasn't going to go easy into the night for the South. But he also knew that whoever through the first punch lost the first battle, that of image. When South Carolinians started heehawing about secession he came out and echoed Andrew Jackson's words "Our Federal Union -- it must be preserved!
On November 1849, a raid on a federal military base prompted a night long shooting war. 4 soldiers and 10 rebels killed was enough to spook both Taylor and South Carolina, within the month Taylor met with the Governor (as well as old rival Winfield Scott) to defuse the situation. It didn't work, and by February of 1850 South Carolina had declared itself an Independent Republic. Taylor had none of that, he went to Congress to "gather an army...to put down an uprising" which was passed mostly on sectional lines. By July the "Uprising" was put down, and most of the other Southern States who sympathized with South Carolina put an end to the discussion of secession (held back until the dust had cleared with South Carolina).
With seccesion dead in the water, killed twice by President's on both sides, the only thing left for many pro-slavery advocates was something called filibustering. Something a young man born in Nashville, Tennessee would find great interest one day. But until that day happened, many other things did, like a young Democrat being chosen for party nominee, or Zach Taylor being the first Whig to stand re-election for President.
Zachary Taylor/Abbott Lawrence (Whig): 185 Electoral Votes: 54.6% popular vote
Stephen A. Douglas/William Marcy (Democratic): 111 Electoral Votes 44.6% popular vote
(Not-Douglas Democrats): 0.8% popular vote
Douglas ran on a gradual emancipation platform, calling for the government to reimburse slave owners for any freed slaves, while rejecting the idea of expanding said slavery. This only got him lukewarm support in the South, and not much support up North (even his native Illinois was lost). For what it is worth, Taylor pledged to end slavery as "something the southern states shouldn't fear, or worry about lost crops and money. For if we expect someone to give unwillingly, the least we can do them is to give them something as well." This would spell the end times for the Democrats, but they wouldn't die just yet. They would limp on and achieve a few more victories before perishing.
(Thoughts, comments, concerns? I'm not exactly confident in my writing skills, so any and all advice would be appreciated.)
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