Alright, looks like I can do that no problem. My next issue is needing a good quality electoral map post-1956. All of the ones I can find are PNG and don't allow for individual selection of states, not to mention being incredibly blurry.
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Alright, looks like I can do that no problem. My next issue is needing a good quality electoral map post-1956. All of the ones I can find are PNG and don't allow for individual selection of states, not to mention being incredibly blurry.
Just google "electoralcollege19xx.svg" and you'll get those results.
And now, I can't even edit it because it won't load. Is there some procedure for this? Do I have to download it a certain way or what?
I still don't get the issue. It tells me that Inkscape can't open up the svg file.
Yes. It's when I open a file that's marked as an svg file (ie, the image changes to a generic IE icon rather than a map), it tells me that it can't open it. I don't know why, because I was able to open and edit another svg file without difficulty. I can't use that file because it lacks all 50 states, but nothing else works.
Try opening it with Inkscape itself, using File>Open. Or if you tried that, right-click the svg file and select Inkscape that way.
Tried all of that, and nothing. It's funny because I have to physically save it as an svg file even though it already says it's one. If I just save the photo as is, it opens in Inkscape but nothing is selectable. When I actually save it as an svg file, it doesn't open. I get a message that says "Failed to load the requested file".
Now this is interesting. On the map I was able to get working, I was actually able to save it as an "SVG Document". I get no such option on the other maps, so this seems to be my issue.
Did you accidentally download a beta version of Inkscape? Because that's all I can think of.
No, but I resolved the issue. It appears that the problem was rather simple. I was downloading a thumbnail version of the map, and not the full version. It also duplicated the extension in the taskbar, and made it appear as a double svg.png download. I noticed this after comparing the map to the one I was able to get to work earlier. After fucking around with the file name, I was able to get to the full version of the map. It works as it should now.
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Chiang Kai-shek was leader of the Republic of China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. His consolidation of power earned him the ire of the Allied Powers, and the admiration of figures such as Benito Mussolini, and Führer Adolf Hitler. After the defeat of China in 1946, he was executed during the high-profile Shanghai Trials, where he and several other Kuomintang figures were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity; namely the prosecution and willful genocide of Muslim Chinese and minorities.
Mao Zedong was a communist revolutionary who was leading an anti-KMT campaign during the 1930s. In 1939, the KMT broke through the front-lines, and captured Yun'an. Mao was then promptly shot without trial by the Kuomintang death squads that had taken the camp. He is a venerated leftist figure in modern China, and a symbol of anti-fascism.
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He's a rallying figure for Chinese leftists -- nobody can really decide what he would have done if he took charge of China post-war, instead of the moderate centrist government Japan propped up.
Before there was Jed...
This is basically my headcanon for how the backstory of the West Wing happened. I may do more in the future.
With the failure of the 20th Amendment, this left President Nixon in a bind. Agnew had resigned, leaving him without a vice-president. And with Watergate becoming known to the public, Nixon's advisers suggested that his best course of action was to resign before any further damage was caused. Nixon heeded the advice, and announced his resignation in a televised address to the country in early 1974.
"Tomorrow, at 12:00pm, I will resign, effective immediately, from the office of the presidency. Speaker Albert will become president, and I ask you all that you give him the utmost support during this time."
It was official. Speaker of the House Carl Albert ascended to the presidency and got to work immediately. In his State of the Union, he called upon Congress to adhere to the will of the people and set a new election for that November. He also urged Congress to enact a new amendment that allowed for the president to appoint a vice-president in the case of vacancy. With overwhelming public support, both initiatives easily passed. Albert then appointed Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey as his vice-president, and he was confirmed with little trouble.
With the election underway, there was little time to campaign. Albert was essentially assured the Democratic nomination, but he faced intra-party opposition from Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Connecticut Congresswoman Ella Grasso. At the convention, he easily prevailed, though not after Carter and Grasso extracted some concessions.
Meanwhile, the Republican field was wide open. The early frontrunners were California Governor Ronald Reagan and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford. Reagan caught fire quickly, referring back to his speech at the 1964 Republican convention. He became the conservative standard bearer that year, and this allowed him to outmaneuver the more establishment-flavored Ford. By the time of the convention, Reagan had a healthy lead in delegates. However, in order to soothe over any wounds that may have been inflicted in the primaries, he selected Ford as his running mate.
However, this year would not belong to Reagan. The entire Republican Party was cast in a pall thanks to Watergate, and it looked to be a Democratic year. Though the economy was weakening, it was widely understood that it was due to Nixon rather than Albert. While Reagan kept the race interesting and gave lively debate performances, it was not enough to escape the blue wave that November. On election day, President Albert secured a comfortable victory, almost completely turning around the catastrophic results of two years prior. Reagan's conservatism even turned off moderate suburban voters in traditionally Republican states like New Jersey and Illinois. The Democrats also gained strongly downballot, with the new presidential election season providing a boon to Democratic turnout in what would otherwise be midterm elections.
This is basically my headcanon for how the backstory of the West Wing happened. I may do more in the future.
With the failure of the 20th Amendment, this left President Nixon in a bind. Agnew had resigned, leaving him without a vice-president. And with Watergate becoming known to the public, Nixon's advisers suggested that his best course of action was to resign before any further damage was caused. Nixon heeded the advice, and announced his resignation in a televised address to the country in early 1974.
"Tomorrow, at 12:00pm, I will resign, effective immediately, from the office of the presidency. Speaker Albert will become president, and I ask you all that you give him the utmost support during this time."
It was official. Speaker of the House Carl Albert ascended to the presidency and got to work immediately. In his State of the Union, he called upon Congress to adhere to the will of the people and set a new election for that November. He also urged Congress to enact a new amendment that allowed for the president to appoint a vice-president in the case of vacancy. With overwhelming public support, both initiatives easily passed. Albert then appointed Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey as his vice-president, and he was confirmed with little trouble.
With the election underway, there was little time to campaign. Albert was essentially assured the Democratic nomination, but he faced intra-party opposition from Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Connecticut Congresswoman Ella Grasso. At the convention, he easily prevailed, though not after Carter and Grasso extracted some concessions.
Meanwhile, the Republican field was wide open. The early frontrunners were California Governor Ronald Reagan and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford. Reagan caught fire quickly, referring back to his speech at the 1964 Republican convention. He became the conservative standard bearer that year, and this allowed him to outmaneuver the more establishment-flavored Ford. By the time of the convention, Reagan had a healthy lead in delegates. However, in order to soothe over any wounds that may have been inflicted in the primaries, he selected Ford as his running mate.
However, this year would not belong to Reagan. The entire Republican Party was cast in a pall thanks to Watergate, and it looked to be a Democratic year. Though the economy was weakening, it was widely understood that it was due to Nixon rather than Albert. While Reagan kept the race interesting and gave lively debate performances, it was not enough to escape the blue wave that November. On election day, President Albert secured a comfortable victory, almost completely turning around the catastrophic results of two years prior. Reagan's conservatism even turned off moderate suburban voters in traditionally Republican states like New Jersey and Illinois. The Democrats also gained strongly downballot, with the new presidential election season providing a boon to Democratic turnout in what would otherwise be midterm elections.
Inspired by Keperry's recent alternate US political party logos, here's an infobox for an American Conservative Party in a more parliamentary system. Probably not perfect but well... I can fix it if there's a massive problem with it, so feedback is welcome!
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