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The 2040 Democratic Presidential Primary
After 8 years of a Republican control of the White House and a recession that looked to rival the Great Depression in its severity, 2040 seemed a good year for the Democrats to finally regain control of the White House. The only question was who would lead them and the two Houses of Congress they controlled to it.
Early on the race had seemed to coalesce around two candidates; Senator Charles Ramos of California, the runner up of the 2036 Primary and one of the more Liberal voices among the Democrats, against the more moderate establishment candidate; Speaker of the House Mary Freebacker of Georgia. But when the two term Senator from Minnesota, Andrew Welch, entered the race, things turned from a tepid duel to a full out brawl, with no less than 16 candidates running to replace President McMullin. Welch attacked anyone and everyone in his path, especially Speaker Freebacker. When Freebacker attempted to attack Welch for his racial privilege, he turned the attack around on her wealthy background and she made a critical gaffe in saying "people can not be judged as privileged according to their wealth". Her status as a frontrunner never really recovered.
Despite a number of controversial statements from Welch, including ridiculing gender rights activists (calling them "Attack Helicopters"), his poll numbers continued to rise. He made continually strong debate performances and crisscrossed the early states with a heavy Populist and wealth redistributionist campaign. The other candidates, although concerned, did not yet coalesce around one candidate, as the first primary, South Carolina, was one of Welch's weaker states.
However, in a surprising upset Welch was able to narrowly win the South Carolina primary, and then dominate the New Hampshire primary soon after. Candidates, including Freebacker, began to drop out, and it was left to Charles Ramos to stop Welch from taking over the Democratic Party. A win in Nevada staunched the bleeding before Super Tuesday, which saved the Ramos campaign from total defeat.
Welch's campaign strategy changed from attacking individual candidates to attacking the entire Democratic Party, bringing in primary opponents against established Democratic politicians all across the country in a massive grassroots campaign. His populism played well in the heavily anti-status quo climate, with an unemployment rate reaching 18%. Ramos in return received full support from the establishment, and used both his liberal credentials and Hispanic Catholic heritage to portray himself as the more moral choice.
Still, Welch won most Super Tuesday States, and seemed to poise to win it all, if not for a young women named Julia Clements. Found by the Ramos Campaign in March, she alleged Welch had had an affair with him and was carrying his child. Although eventually the latter was proven false, Welch acted extremely guilty to the public and publicly shamed Clements, building support against him and sympathy for her. At one point he threatened to physically assault reporters if they continued to ask him questions about the case. This and Ramos' "Christian Morality" campaign (Welch was an atheist) allowed Ramos to win a series of primaries in April that allowed him to catch up with Welch.
Welch again changed the focus of his campaign, declaring an all out war against the media, whom he lambasted as "establishment tools". He voiced conspiracy theories about the banks, media and politicians that were regarded by many as Anti-Semitic, though he would vigorously deny it had anything to do with Jewish people. He also announced opposition to many longtime Democratic policies, including Affirmative Action.
Ramos' strategy mostly relied upon letting his opponent shoot himself in the foot. By the California primary, however, Welch had returned to a platform mostly centered upon creating jobs, and was focused on winning the primary for good. Still ahead in delegates and in the popular vote, Welch poured all of his resources into winning Ramos' home state to win outright, and Ramos countered with his own resources. In the end, Ramos barely won California, and neither had enough pledged delegates to win.
The convention awarded the win to Ramos despite Welch's significant lead in delegates and popular vote, due to delegates released from other candidates and superdelegates. Welch and his supporters staged a walkout of the convention, leaving the Democratic convention with less than 3,500 of the original delegates left on the floor.
Despite this turbulent primary, and Welch's opposition in the form of his support for the Democratic Socialist Party, Charles Ramos would go on to win the 2040 Presidential Election and become the 49th President of the United States. Two years later, Andrew Welch would leave the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
The 2040 Democratic Presidential Primary
After 8 years of a Republican control of the White House and a recession that looked to rival the Great Depression in its severity, 2040 seemed a good year for the Democrats to finally regain control of the White House. The only question was who would lead them and the two Houses of Congress they controlled to it.
Early on the race had seemed to coalesce around two candidates; Senator Charles Ramos of California, the runner up of the 2036 Primary and one of the more Liberal voices among the Democrats, against the more moderate establishment candidate; Speaker of the House Mary Freebacker of Georgia. But when the two term Senator from Minnesota, Andrew Welch, entered the race, things turned from a tepid duel to a full out brawl, with no less than 16 candidates running to replace President McMullin. Welch attacked anyone and everyone in his path, especially Speaker Freebacker. When Freebacker attempted to attack Welch for his racial privilege, he turned the attack around on her wealthy background and she made a critical gaffe in saying "people can not be judged as privileged according to their wealth". Her status as a frontrunner never really recovered.
Despite a number of controversial statements from Welch, including ridiculing gender rights activists (calling them "Attack Helicopters"), his poll numbers continued to rise. He made continually strong debate performances and crisscrossed the early states with a heavy Populist and wealth redistributionist campaign. The other candidates, although concerned, did not yet coalesce around one candidate, as the first primary, South Carolina, was one of Welch's weaker states.
However, in a surprising upset Welch was able to narrowly win the South Carolina primary, and then dominate the New Hampshire primary soon after. Candidates, including Freebacker, began to drop out, and it was left to Charles Ramos to stop Welch from taking over the Democratic Party. A win in Nevada staunched the bleeding before Super Tuesday, which saved the Ramos campaign from total defeat.
Welch's campaign strategy changed from attacking individual candidates to attacking the entire Democratic Party, bringing in primary opponents against established Democratic politicians all across the country in a massive grassroots campaign. His populism played well in the heavily anti-status quo climate, with an unemployment rate reaching 18%. Ramos in return received full support from the establishment, and used both his liberal credentials and Hispanic Catholic heritage to portray himself as the more moral choice.
Still, Welch won most Super Tuesday States, and seemed to poise to win it all, if not for a young women named Julia Clements. Found by the Ramos Campaign in March, she alleged Welch had had an affair with him and was carrying his child. Although eventually the latter was proven false, Welch acted extremely guilty to the public and publicly shamed Clements, building support against him and sympathy for her. At one point he threatened to physically assault reporters if they continued to ask him questions about the case. This and Ramos' "Christian Morality" campaign (Welch was an atheist) allowed Ramos to win a series of primaries in April that allowed him to catch up with Welch.
Welch again changed the focus of his campaign, declaring an all out war against the media, whom he lambasted as "establishment tools". He voiced conspiracy theories about the banks, media and politicians that were regarded by many as Anti-Semitic, though he would vigorously deny it had anything to do with Jewish people. He also announced opposition to many longtime Democratic policies, including Affirmative Action.
Ramos' strategy mostly relied upon letting his opponent shoot himself in the foot. By the California primary, however, Welch had returned to a platform mostly centered upon creating jobs, and was focused on winning the primary for good. Still ahead in delegates and in the popular vote, Welch poured all of his resources into winning Ramos' home state to win outright, and Ramos countered with his own resources. In the end, Ramos barely won California, and neither had enough pledged delegates to win.
The convention awarded the win to Ramos despite Welch's significant lead in delegates and popular vote, due to delegates released from other candidates and superdelegates. Welch and his supporters staged a walkout of the convention, leaving the Democratic convention with less than 3,500 of the original delegates left on the floor.
Despite this turbulent primary, and Welch's opposition in the form of his support for the Democratic Socialist Party, Charles Ramos would go on to win the 2040 Presidential Election and become the 49th President of the United States. Two years later, Andrew Welch would leave the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
I wanted to post this as a preview to a timeline I was planning on creating called Patriot Spring. This timeline would start from the Brexit referendum and continue from there with the goal of examining the various populist movements throughout the West and presenting an alternate reality in which many of them gain popularity and/or control in their various nations.
Please respond back with any suggestions or criticism.
I hope you enjoy this preview!
Part 1: To Brexit or Not to Brexit
Voters in the United Kingdom turned out to vote on June 23, 2016 to decide whether to remain in the European Union or not. Led by right-wing populist Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-E.U. United Kingdom Independence Party, as well as other politicians who looked to reject the European Union, the Vote Leave campaign seemed to be only slightly behind the pro-E.U. campaign, led by Prime Minister David Cameron and many other British politicians. The debates featured hours of aggressive fighting from both sides as they attempted to sway the country into voting for what they believed in.
On the last day of campaigning, politicians made their rounds throughout the nation promoting their beliefs and pushing for voters to come to the decision to either leave or remain in the European Union. As a show of nonpartisanship from the Vote Leave campaign, Nigel Farage campaigned with former Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the leading anti-E.U. Conservative, as well as an anti-E.U. Labour-aligned Member of Parliament. “This is our time to break free from the shackles of Brussels, to regain our independence and run our county the way we want to run it,” Farage had said at the final Vote Leave rally in London, the largest one from both sides during the entire campaign season. David Cameron, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party also joined forces in London to present their final arguments for remaining in the European Union, a group Cameron said was “based on economic unity and cooperation, a promoter of peace across the continent, and what will lead us into a new era of prosperity.”
As Britons prepared for the results of, arguably, the most groundbreaking referendum of the 21st Century, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) released one final poll completed that day. The results were as follows:
Leave: 47%
Remain: 47%
Undecided: 6%
Both sides knew that the undecided voters would be the deciding factor in the end. Political pundits across the world agreed that the results were a toss-up. Everyone from the average Briton to investors in the stock market was on the edge of their seats. No one knew what was going to happen.
However, at around 4 a.m. in the morning, BBC announced that it could finally make a projection.
And it shocked everyone worldwide.
Leave: 54.9%
Remain: 45.1%
The United Kingdom would leave the European Union.
As the world later discovered, the British had voted overwhelmingly for a British exit, or “Brexit,” from the E.U. at a margin of around 55%-45%, not even close to what the final polls had predicted. Needless to say, the results shocked everyone from British citizens to politicians in various nations.
“The majority clearly feels that the European Union is not for the United Kingdom, and this is a decision I must respect. As our nation moves forward, I believe it is necessary that I step down as Prime Minister. I do not think I am the right person to lead this transition, but I know that many other politicians will be able to move our great nation in the direction it chose.”
–Excerpt from the speech of then-Prime Minister David Cameron following the referendum
“While I am stepping down from my position as leader of UKIP, I will not be silent. I will hold the Tory government accountable and make sure that it respects the will of the majority, the will of the people, and leads us towards gaining our independence from the European Union.”
-Excerpt from the speech of Nigel Farage, Member of the European Parliament and former Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, following the referendum
Please respond back with any suggestions or criticism.
I hope you enjoy this preview!
Patriot Spring
Part 1: To Brexit or Not to Brexit
Voters in the United Kingdom turned out to vote on June 23, 2016 to decide whether to remain in the European Union or not. Led by right-wing populist Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-E.U. United Kingdom Independence Party, as well as other politicians who looked to reject the European Union, the Vote Leave campaign seemed to be only slightly behind the pro-E.U. campaign, led by Prime Minister David Cameron and many other British politicians. The debates featured hours of aggressive fighting from both sides as they attempted to sway the country into voting for what they believed in.
On the last day of campaigning, politicians made their rounds throughout the nation promoting their beliefs and pushing for voters to come to the decision to either leave or remain in the European Union. As a show of nonpartisanship from the Vote Leave campaign, Nigel Farage campaigned with former Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the leading anti-E.U. Conservative, as well as an anti-E.U. Labour-aligned Member of Parliament. “This is our time to break free from the shackles of Brussels, to regain our independence and run our county the way we want to run it,” Farage had said at the final Vote Leave rally in London, the largest one from both sides during the entire campaign season. David Cameron, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party also joined forces in London to present their final arguments for remaining in the European Union, a group Cameron said was “based on economic unity and cooperation, a promoter of peace across the continent, and what will lead us into a new era of prosperity.”
As Britons prepared for the results of, arguably, the most groundbreaking referendum of the 21st Century, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) released one final poll completed that day. The results were as follows:
Leave: 47%
Remain: 47%
Undecided: 6%
Both sides knew that the undecided voters would be the deciding factor in the end. Political pundits across the world agreed that the results were a toss-up. Everyone from the average Briton to investors in the stock market was on the edge of their seats. No one knew what was going to happen.
However, at around 4 a.m. in the morning, BBC announced that it could finally make a projection.
And it shocked everyone worldwide.
Leave: 54.9%
Remain: 45.1%
The United Kingdom would leave the European Union.
As the world later discovered, the British had voted overwhelmingly for a British exit, or “Brexit,” from the E.U. at a margin of around 55%-45%, not even close to what the final polls had predicted. Needless to say, the results shocked everyone from British citizens to politicians in various nations.
“The majority clearly feels that the European Union is not for the United Kingdom, and this is a decision I must respect. As our nation moves forward, I believe it is necessary that I step down as Prime Minister. I do not think I am the right person to lead this transition, but I know that many other politicians will be able to move our great nation in the direction it chose.”
–Excerpt from the speech of then-Prime Minister David Cameron following the referendum
“While I am stepping down from my position as leader of UKIP, I will not be silent. I will hold the Tory government accountable and make sure that it respects the will of the majority, the will of the people, and leads us towards gaining our independence from the European Union.”
-Excerpt from the speech of Nigel Farage, Member of the European Parliament and former Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, following the referendum
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I was watching it on netflix. In the middle of it, it just disconnect. Turn out that Netflix removed it ._.
Some Alternate History from an election game. Here's Beaumont Muller (@Oppo) running in 1876 instead of 1880. Based off the results of a President Infinity game.
Iskander or Eskander (Yà lì shān dà/亚历山大) is a legendary figure of western history from the Warring states period found in folklore and archelogical remains throughout the near and far west. Due to the Tang Era collapse of the western literate empires, no detailed written texts of his realm survives and folklore is contradictory about a lot of the basic details. There has been extensive debate about whether he was a real singular figure, a myth or an amalgam of several conquerors (see Iskander: Debate and Controversy). Most modern historians believe he did exist in some form even if some of the stories about him are no doubt exagerated though he is not mentioned by noted explorers to the west like Zhang Qian and Gan Ying.
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Melting Pot:
Unlike most of the groups evacuated during Operation Allied Angel, the Soviets rescued themselves. The Red Army massed one last time in the Far East to hold off the advancing German forces, holding out long enough for waiting American ships to ferry over five million civilians into friendly Alaska. Then the Americans played their until-then secret trump card: the atomic bomb. An invincible wall of cobalt cut off the German front units from the rear, allowing them to be killed to a man. By the time the disarray in the Nazi ranks was quelled, there was nary a Soviet in sight. What was in sight, however, was over half of the American Pacific Fleet sitting in the Bering Strait, the Germans well within range.
The Germans never set foot on Alaskan soil.
Since then, the Soviet Nations has been one of the strongest, economically powerful and populous Federal Preserves, along with Judah. Despite the inhospitable climate, the mostly Slavic populace has thrived due to institutional experience in the government from colonizing Siberia. Though technically part of the US Armed Forces, the Red Army (often confused with the Marxian Red Guard) is largely independent and busies itself with defending the Bering Strait against the Germans only a few miles away. Washington is only too happy to support them, the occasional death of a Red soldier being much easier to duck blame for than that of an ordinary soldier.
The SN retains many trappings of its one-party Communist past, but it transitioned into a dominant party democracy with the Communist Party of the Soviet Nations (successor to the CPSU) in charge over twenty years ago, mounting American pressure and the existence of the Marxian Commonweal as an alternative, explicitly Socialist homeland speeding things along. Stalin himself retired to Marxia in 1950, and since then the leader of the Soviet Nations has been the constitutionally enshrined position of Premier, not the General Secretary of any party.
The Soviet Nations send a single, voting Councilor to each House of Congress, same as the other preserves. SN Councilors have tended to be members of the far-left Popular Front of mostly anti-capitalist parties, but recently more have been members of the Pioneers, both left-wing and right-wing nationalists that argue that America is the best (or least-worst, for Communists) hope for the destruction of the Axis and has a moral duty to disrupt, destroy, or annex Axis nations and territories wherever the opportunity arises.
Melting Pot:
Soviet Nations
United States and China
Unlike most of the groups evacuated during Operation Allied Angel, the Soviets rescued themselves. The Red Army massed one last time in the Far East to hold off the advancing German forces, holding out long enough for waiting American ships to ferry over five million civilians into friendly Alaska. Then the Americans played their until-then secret trump card: the atomic bomb. An invincible wall of cobalt cut off the German front units from the rear, allowing them to be killed to a man. By the time the disarray in the Nazi ranks was quelled, there was nary a Soviet in sight. What was in sight, however, was over half of the American Pacific Fleet sitting in the Bering Strait, the Germans well within range.
The Germans never set foot on Alaskan soil.
Since then, the Soviet Nations has been one of the strongest, economically powerful and populous Federal Preserves, along with Judah. Despite the inhospitable climate, the mostly Slavic populace has thrived due to institutional experience in the government from colonizing Siberia. Though technically part of the US Armed Forces, the Red Army (often confused with the Marxian Red Guard) is largely independent and busies itself with defending the Bering Strait against the Germans only a few miles away. Washington is only too happy to support them, the occasional death of a Red soldier being much easier to duck blame for than that of an ordinary soldier.
The SN retains many trappings of its one-party Communist past, but it transitioned into a dominant party democracy with the Communist Party of the Soviet Nations (successor to the CPSU) in charge over twenty years ago, mounting American pressure and the existence of the Marxian Commonweal as an alternative, explicitly Socialist homeland speeding things along. Stalin himself retired to Marxia in 1950, and since then the leader of the Soviet Nations has been the constitutionally enshrined position of Premier, not the General Secretary of any party.
The Soviet Nations send a single, voting Councilor to each House of Congress, same as the other preserves. SN Councilors have tended to be members of the far-left Popular Front of mostly anti-capitalist parties, but recently more have been members of the Pioneers, both left-wing and right-wing nationalists that argue that America is the best (or least-worst, for Communists) hope for the destruction of the Axis and has a moral duty to disrupt, destroy, or annex Axis nations and territories wherever the opportunity arises.
Melting Pot:
Soviet Nations
United States and China
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This is actually pretty cool. Are you planning on doing a wikibox for each of the territories?
Interesting but two things. Farage was the leader not the chairman of UKIP ( one word no periods) and Sturgeon is the leader of the Scottish National Party not the Scottish Independence Party.
Thanks for the help 
If we wish to dip into the waters of American Fascism, then there is no stranger case than that of Henry Stavros. Coming from a union-heavy Greek family in the south of Texas, Stavros spent much of his childhood volunteering for charity organisations and working to help pay off the debt his family had accumulated in the run up to the Depression. They moved east to Pittsburgh after his father Alexis received a job offering at a steel plant by way of a loose family connection. The Stavroses never got used to their new home in the city, and Henry recounted that he considered it 'dirty' and 'rancid' from the car fumes that polluted the sidewalks. His academic record did not corroborate with his uncomfortable experience and he indeed excelled at most subjects - bar religion, which was never a strong interest of his (later accounts would reveal that his purported Protestantism was little more than a sham). While he briefly apprenticed at his father's steel mill, Stavros quickly moved on to Harvard, where he was still finding himself out of place in a haughty-taughty intellectual world. He came into contact with numerous figures in the fascist movement, such as the famed poet Ezra Pound and (at the very end of his life) H. L. Mencken. Both would shape his outlook and contribute to his radicalised views. Nevertheless, Stavros never joined the Silver League, and instead went to the Democrats. They welcomed the young steelworkers son made good into their ranks and would allow him into high profile leadership roles in the Pennsylvania state party. His true views went unnoticed.
It would be some time before Stavros entered electoral politics. Initially concerned with a law practice, he would go on to found Stavros & co soon after attaining a degree. The firm operated within Pittsburgh and opened branches in Philadelphia, but three years of business came to naught and Stavros was no better off economically than his father, who at this point was in retirement. Stavros also briefly became a haberdasher, trying to peddle goods to members of the Silver Legion near their Orders. This would net him little success as well. After being rejected for a position on his local newspapers' editorial staff in 1976, Stavros reconnected with ex-partners in the Pennsylvania Democrats. The party was willing to try almost anything at that point - it had even collaborated with the Silver Legion on some occasions - and so they parachuted the handsome charismatic if a little unemphatic Stavros in to replace the retiring Harris Wofford. He received no opposition surprisingly enough, as the Silver League decided to withdraw their candidate.
Stavros' term in the House would be ineffectual. He agitated for a platform that was well out of the congressional mainstream and established poor relations with every member bar a select few. He was using much of this time to develop his ideology further, so much so that he chose to retire in 1978 rather than face a routing at the hands of the GOP. Stavros refocused his brand of fascism away from the typical race-based lenses of old and instead updating it with a new offensive based on the 'Orderly State'. Some jeered it as the 'Amoral Fascism, completely void of passion' which Stavros took as a personal complement. Stavros had fallen out of the Silver League and never actually joined it in the first place, which is why when he ran for the senate in 1982, he chose to run as an independent. The SL candidate dropped out against the wishes of the state party, who struggled to find a replacement. Republican candidate Ted Coldwell was caught up in 'unprintable' behaviour in relation to his divorce, while the Democratic candidate Pete Flaherty was hampered by his association with the Pittsburgh economy, which played right into Stavros' hands. Running as 'Henry', Stavros carved out a small lead via zigzagging across the state, hoping to find any votes from the 'squeezed middle'. Truth be told, he didn't expect to win himself.
His time in the senate was started by a request from the SL to join their ranks. He declined, even if they pleaded for him to give them some semblance of relevance. He would use his position as a bully pulpit, advocating for the Orderly State by way of security upticks and other such measures in otherwise undernoticed bills. On matters such as abortion, Stavros severely angered a churchgoing base by voting in favour of granting full federal funds to the practice in the United States Health Service. He would not get the chance to face their anger.
Stavros' diet was not one of perfection. Stress drove him to rapid consumption of snacks and he often joked about having a great deal of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. His fondness for salt and saturated fats came back to haunt him when he was informed of a development of CHD in his body system around 1983. It was covered up for a good while, but the stresses of a re-election campaign, coupled with daily calls and missed check-ups, caused his heart to give out. He died on the day the polls closed, resulting in a great deal of confusion that was cleared up when Republican candidate James Lehrer was found to have won anyway. Stavros' writings on the subject of fascism are often considered vapid but they still have their fans.
Vox Populi, Vox Fasces
2014 East Kirby By-Election
Speaking for England with Jimmy Renton
No To, Pollitt, Isilngton Council
National Party of New York
Equitas, The Court of Judge Coe, Jacqlyn Kerry
Voix du Québec
Suggestions for things to cover TTL are welcome. I want to do a bit on China in future tbh.
It would be some time before Stavros entered electoral politics. Initially concerned with a law practice, he would go on to found Stavros & co soon after attaining a degree. The firm operated within Pittsburgh and opened branches in Philadelphia, but three years of business came to naught and Stavros was no better off economically than his father, who at this point was in retirement. Stavros also briefly became a haberdasher, trying to peddle goods to members of the Silver Legion near their Orders. This would net him little success as well. After being rejected for a position on his local newspapers' editorial staff in 1976, Stavros reconnected with ex-partners in the Pennsylvania Democrats. The party was willing to try almost anything at that point - it had even collaborated with the Silver Legion on some occasions - and so they parachuted the handsome charismatic if a little unemphatic Stavros in to replace the retiring Harris Wofford. He received no opposition surprisingly enough, as the Silver League decided to withdraw their candidate.
Stavros' term in the House would be ineffectual. He agitated for a platform that was well out of the congressional mainstream and established poor relations with every member bar a select few. He was using much of this time to develop his ideology further, so much so that he chose to retire in 1978 rather than face a routing at the hands of the GOP. Stavros refocused his brand of fascism away from the typical race-based lenses of old and instead updating it with a new offensive based on the 'Orderly State'. Some jeered it as the 'Amoral Fascism, completely void of passion' which Stavros took as a personal complement. Stavros had fallen out of the Silver League and never actually joined it in the first place, which is why when he ran for the senate in 1982, he chose to run as an independent. The SL candidate dropped out against the wishes of the state party, who struggled to find a replacement. Republican candidate Ted Coldwell was caught up in 'unprintable' behaviour in relation to his divorce, while the Democratic candidate Pete Flaherty was hampered by his association with the Pittsburgh economy, which played right into Stavros' hands. Running as 'Henry', Stavros carved out a small lead via zigzagging across the state, hoping to find any votes from the 'squeezed middle'. Truth be told, he didn't expect to win himself.
His time in the senate was started by a request from the SL to join their ranks. He declined, even if they pleaded for him to give them some semblance of relevance. He would use his position as a bully pulpit, advocating for the Orderly State by way of security upticks and other such measures in otherwise undernoticed bills. On matters such as abortion, Stavros severely angered a churchgoing base by voting in favour of granting full federal funds to the practice in the United States Health Service. He would not get the chance to face their anger.
Stavros' diet was not one of perfection. Stress drove him to rapid consumption of snacks and he often joked about having a great deal of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. His fondness for salt and saturated fats came back to haunt him when he was informed of a development of CHD in his body system around 1983. It was covered up for a good while, but the stresses of a re-election campaign, coupled with daily calls and missed check-ups, caused his heart to give out. He died on the day the polls closed, resulting in a great deal of confusion that was cleared up when Republican candidate James Lehrer was found to have won anyway. Stavros' writings on the subject of fascism are often considered vapid but they still have their fans.
Vox Populi, Vox Fasces
2014 East Kirby By-Election
Speaking for England with Jimmy Renton
No To, Pollitt, Isilngton Council
National Party of New York
Equitas, The Court of Judge Coe, Jacqlyn Kerry
Voix du Québec
Suggestions for things to cover TTL are welcome. I want to do a bit on China in future tbh.
>Jewish AlexanderIskander or Eskander (Yà lì shān dà/亚历山大) is a legendary figure of western history from the Warring states period found in folklore and archelogical remains throughout the near and far west. Due to the Tang Era collapse of the western literate empires, no detailed written texts of his realm survives and folklore is contradictory about a lot of the basic details. There has been extensive debate about whether he was a real singular figure, a myth or an amalgam of several conquerors (see Iskander: Debate and Controversy). Most modern historians believe he did exist in some form even if some of the stories about him are no doubt exagerated though he is not mentioned by noted explorers to the west like Zhang Qian and Gan Ying.
You first had my curiosity. Now you have my attention.
Previously on The West Wing...
Hoynes doesn't resign due to his affair. During the Zoe Bartlet incident, Hoynes becomes Acting President since he's still VP. A swift resolution restores Hoynes's popularity and saves the Democrats and their flailing midterm polling numbers. Butterflies also lead to Fitzwallace avoiding the Gaza incident. In the 2006 Democratic primaries, Hoynes has no serious challengers, as Bob Russell was never VP and Josh doesn't recruit Santos. Josh runs the Hoynes campaign and Fitzwallace is selected as the running mate. Without Glen Walken in the Republican primaries, Sullivan rallies the conservative Republican base and defeats Vinick to win the nomination. Hoynes and Fitzwallace crush Sullivan in the general election.
John Hoynes was always a very interesting character to me. I enjoyed his dynamic with Bartlet, especially with the clear parallels with JFK and LBJ. I think Hoynes certainly would have been a great president, and Fitzwallace is another badass. They would have made a fantastic ticket. Before anyone talks about blue Texas, let's not forget that West Wing electoral politics make no sense. Bartlet won Texas in 1998 and had a giant landslide in 2002 and also that Santos won South Carolina. Hoynes winning Texas makes more sense than all of those.
Hoynes doesn't resign due to his affair. During the Zoe Bartlet incident, Hoynes becomes Acting President since he's still VP. A swift resolution restores Hoynes's popularity and saves the Democrats and their flailing midterm polling numbers. Butterflies also lead to Fitzwallace avoiding the Gaza incident. In the 2006 Democratic primaries, Hoynes has no serious challengers, as Bob Russell was never VP and Josh doesn't recruit Santos. Josh runs the Hoynes campaign and Fitzwallace is selected as the running mate. Without Glen Walken in the Republican primaries, Sullivan rallies the conservative Republican base and defeats Vinick to win the nomination. Hoynes and Fitzwallace crush Sullivan in the general election.
John Hoynes was always a very interesting character to me. I enjoyed his dynamic with Bartlet, especially with the clear parallels with JFK and LBJ. I think Hoynes certainly would have been a great president, and Fitzwallace is another badass. They would have made a fantastic ticket. Before anyone talks about blue Texas, let's not forget that West Wing electoral politics make no sense. Bartlet won Texas in 1998 and had a giant landslide in 2002 and also that Santos won South Carolina. Hoynes winning Texas makes more sense than all of those.
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