Lmao, imagine if somehow Mao Zedong (against all odds) managed to win the VP nomination. I mean there'd be some Constitutional problem if McGovern won, but I think I might have to work on a timeline
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ASB timeline where Mao is somehow given the Vice Presidency and then McGovern wins despite having the communist dictator of China as his running mate... and then it comes out that Mao's mother was an American. So he's constitutionally allowed to be Vice President (somehow)...? IDK. It'd be funny.
McGovern dies and Zedong becomes President of the United States while at the same time governing China
That should be your next TL! George Wallace / Mao Zedong sounds like a fun one to me.
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Oh, it's not that bad. The Class Without Class event is really something to write home about. You haven't lived until you've heard a smooth jazz cover of the Internationale.
You've got the right idea, but the Communist districts would look more like this:
Mao winning election in the Electoral College is exceedingly unlikely, assuming his ticket won the General.
I think nominating a foreign (Communist!) Head of State for VP would probably kill the Democratic Party.
I always had an idea for a troll TL where someone outlandish like Stalin gets nominated for VP and then the President has a heart attack.
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