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That would be the smallest minority government in Canadian history, even more so than 2006 (which currently holds the record).
I like questions, but I haven't fleshed out the scenario too much.
Puerto Rico is a state, the rest however are still territories. The relationship between the federal government, inhabited territories, and DC has been redefined to be more equitable (partially as a reaction to the Fatherland Front), including granting full voting rights in the House, one senator, and the ability to vote in presidential elections. The main thing preventing them from becoming states is governmental inertia and the mentality (not legal requirement) that states should have at least Wyoming-levels of population (and in DC's case, the District Clause of the constitution, though most people don't realise that said federal district could be drawn to just include government buildings, enabling the rest of the District to be admitted as a state).
I'd say so. The Populists and CDA tend to cooperate on the presidential level and usually nominate joint candidates, though I can imagine a situation where the parties were too much at odds with eachother to nominate a joint candidate, deadlocking the EC, and the CDA backing the SPD based on closer economic policies.
Out-of-universe answer: the party lean of each state was based on which word for soft drink (soda, coke, pop) was more common.
In-universe answer: NM often swings between the SDP and CDA, the latter party taking a more moderate course that appeals to much of New Mexico's population; the Populists have made few inroads towards courting Latino voters making the CDA the default conservative choice in PR; a gradual switch towards more class-based divisions in the South combined with vote splitting allowed the SDP a surprise win in SC.
The Populists are the oldest of the current three major parties, having been established in 1891. They're currently the largest right-wing party in the US, though also have a marked environmentalist streak.
The Social Democrats have their origins in the early 20th-century Socialist Party. As it says on the tin, their main ideology is social democracy, although the party includes everyone from progressives to more radical syndicalists (the former being much more prominent than the latter).
The Christian Democrats emerged during the political realignment of the 1950s and 1960s. Socially conservative, economically split between non-Marxist socialists and what we would call ordoliberals, the party has managed to be a lasting and influential third force.
The legalisation of electoral fusion on the national level in the late 19th century means that there are scores of smaller parties that have some degree of influence (moreso on the state and local levels), though few of them as-of-late have the resources to strike it on their own and mount a serious presidential campaign.
Rather not make a wikibox right now, its time consuming, but here is the electoral college map of a Confederate States presidential election, taking place in 2017.
(Ted Cruz/Carly Fiorina represent the Southern Whig Party and get 120 electoral votes, Jim Webb/Claire McCaskill represent the New Democracy Party and get 75 electoral votes, and Tim Kaine/Julian Castro represent the Liberal Democratic Party and get 48 electoral votes.)
The Southern Whig Party was made in 1866, following the collapse of the Unionist Party that same year, and a year after the Confederate States of America won its independence. Its main ideals at first was preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico, but allowing the states to decide whether they should maintain slavery. It is now seen as the main right-wing party of the CSA.
Created in 1992 by William J. Clinton, governor of Arkansas and a centrist leader in the Liberal Democratic party, The New Democracy Party in its own right is seen as the successor party to the States Rights Party that lasted from 1948 to 1968. It sponsors compassionate conservatism, a type of conservatism that uses traditional conservative values to promote the general welfare of the people, as well as increased free trade.
The Liberal Democratic Party is the one remaining successor party to the extinct Democratic Party (1865-1951) that once dominated Confederate politics. It was created due to a rift between the leaders of the Democratic party, mainly Estes Kefauver, a senator from Tennessee who led the liberal faction of the Democratic Party, and Strom Thurmond, a Senator from South Carolina who led the conservative faction of the Democratic party. Thurmond would break away from the party in 1948 to form the States Rights party. The collapse of the party would take place in 1952, when Estes Kefauver and Georgia senator Richard Russell Jr. would compete in a deadlocked convention. The convention would last for weeks, and the two factions could not co-exist as a party, and the Democratic party collapsed. Today the Liberal Democratic party is still the main left-wing party in the CSA, but since 1992, the Liberal Democratic Party has been losing steam, after the creation of the New Democracy Party, as it has been losing the support of moderate Liberal Democrats.
(Ted Cruz/Carly Fiorina represent the Southern Whig Party and get 120 electoral votes, Jim Webb/Claire McCaskill represent the New Democracy Party and get 75 electoral votes, and Tim Kaine/Julian Castro represent the Liberal Democratic Party and get 48 electoral votes.)
The Southern Whig Party was made in 1866, following the collapse of the Unionist Party that same year, and a year after the Confederate States of America won its independence. Its main ideals at first was preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico, but allowing the states to decide whether they should maintain slavery. It is now seen as the main right-wing party of the CSA.
Created in 1992 by William J. Clinton, governor of Arkansas and a centrist leader in the Liberal Democratic party, The New Democracy Party in its own right is seen as the successor party to the States Rights Party that lasted from 1948 to 1968. It sponsors compassionate conservatism, a type of conservatism that uses traditional conservative values to promote the general welfare of the people, as well as increased free trade.
The Liberal Democratic Party is the one remaining successor party to the extinct Democratic Party (1865-1951) that once dominated Confederate politics. It was created due to a rift between the leaders of the Democratic party, mainly Estes Kefauver, a senator from Tennessee who led the liberal faction of the Democratic Party, and Strom Thurmond, a Senator from South Carolina who led the conservative faction of the Democratic party. Thurmond would break away from the party in 1948 to form the States Rights party. The collapse of the party would take place in 1952, when Estes Kefauver and Georgia senator Richard Russell Jr. would compete in a deadlocked convention. The convention would last for weeks, and the two factions could not co-exist as a party, and the Democratic party collapsed. Today the Liberal Democratic party is still the main left-wing party in the CSA, but since 1992, the Liberal Democratic Party has been losing steam, after the creation of the New Democracy Party, as it has been losing the support of moderate Liberal Democrats.
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Since I recieved a whole lot of likes on my Confederate States Presidential election map, I decided to make an alternate history timeline of the Confederate States of America (based on what I feel would happen to history) so, here I go.
POD: The Trent Affair escelates and causes the UK to declare war on the United States
December 14, 1861 - The United Kingdom declares war on the United States.
September 22, 1862 - The CSA wins at Antietam
July 2, 1863 - The CSA wins at Gettysburg
November 8, 1864 - Despite successfully repelling the Confederate forces from taking Washington DC, George B. McClellan is elected the 17th President of the United States
April 9, 1865 - President McClellan orders all Union combatants to cease fighting and sign armistice with Confederates.
May 5, 1865 - A peace treaty is signed in Paris. In the treaty, the CSA is recognized by all sides in the war, and annexes the states of Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia, as well as the Arizona, Indian, and New Mexico territories.
November 6, 1867 - In the second Confederate Presidential election, Robert E. Lee is elected the 2nd President of the Confederate States
February 22, 1868 - President-elect Lee is inaugurated
October 12, 1870 - President Lee dies in office at 63 years old. Vice President and former United States Representative Alexander H. H. Stuart becomes the 3rd President of the United States
November 5, 1873 - Former Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown is elected the 4th President of the Confederate States
March 31, 1877 - Slavery is officially abolished in the CSA
December 6, 1889 - Jefferson Davis dies at 81 years old. A day of mourning is made for him in his memory.
November 3, 1897 - Richard P. Bland, former Confederate representative from Missouri, is elected the 8th President of the CSA
April 25 - August 12, 1898 - Spanish-Confederate War occurs. The CSA is victorious and annexes Cuba and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is still a territory and not a state, which is why I didnt include it in my election map)
June 15, 1899 - President Bland is the second Confederate President to die in office, passing from a severe throat infection at 63 years old. Vice President Walter Clark becomes the 9th President of the CSA
May 20, 1902 - Cuba becomes the 14th State to be admitted into the Union
November 3, 1903 - Francis Cockrell of Missouri is elected the 10th President of the CSA
August 21, 1905 - Sequoyah becomes the 15th State to be admitted
November 16, 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the 16th State to be admitted
November 2, 1909 - Clark Howell of Georgia is elected the 11th President of the CSA
January 6, 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 17th State to be admitted
February 14, 1912 - Arizona becomes the 18th State to be admitted
July 28, 1914 - WW1 begins
November 2, 1915 - Woodrow Wilson is elected the 12th President of the CSA
April 6, 1917 - After the CSA is notified of the Zimmermann Telegram, they, along with their northern neighbor (and former enemy) the United States join the war against the Central Powers (they both also declare war on Mexico)
November 11, 1918 - WW1 ends
January 1, 1919 - Chihuahua and Sonora become the 19th and 20th States to be admitted, speculatively at the same time
November 8, 1927 - Guy D. Goff (yes thats a real person) of Virginia becomes the first president of the Southern Whig Party since Robert E. Lee to be elected President, as the 14th President of the CSA
October 30th, 1929 - The Richmond Stock Exchange crashes and a Great Depression occurs. President Goff is used as a scapegoat.
January 7, 1933 - President Goff dies in office. Vice President John Q. Tilson (Senator of Connecticut in OTL, but was born in Tennessee) becomes the 15th President of the CSA.
November 7, 1933 - John Nance Garner of Texas is elected the 16th President of the CSA
September 1, 1939 - WW2 begins
November 7, 1939 - Cordell Hull of Tennessee is elected the 17th President of the CSA
September 15, 1940 - Vice President William B. Bankhead dies in office at 66
December 8, 1941 - After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a US naval port in Hawaii, the CSA supports their former enemy by declaring war on Japan. In a speech to congress that day, President Hull would say this "An attack on US soil, is an attack on American soil."
September 2, 1945 - WW2 ends
November 6, 1945 - Harry F. Byrd of Virginia is elected the 18th President of the CSA. He is also the last president of the Democratic Party
August 12, 1951 - After a 3 week long convention between Estes Kefauver and Richard Russell Jr. for the Democratic Presidential nomination, the 1951 Democratic National Convention is cancelled. A national vote is held to break the deadlock. Estes Kefauver is nominated. Richard Russell Jr. breaks off and joins the State's Rights Party
November 6, 1951 - Estes Kefauver barely wins the election, but on the National Democratic ticket
January 1, 1952 - The Democratic Party of the CSA becomes officially defunct
November 5, 1957 - Vice President John Sparkman of Alabama is elected the 20th President of the CSA
July 31, 1958 - President Sparkman, with US President Earl Warren, hold a dual press conference in Richmond, VA to announce the creation of the BNASA (Bi-National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in reaction to the Soviets launching the Sputnik satelite
April 12, 1961 - On the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war, President Sparkman and US President John F. Kennedy announce the full co-operation between the two nations in the Cold War
November 5, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 21st President of the CSA
November 22, 1963 - President Sparkman is assassinated just after the election in Dallas, TX. A constitutional crisis occurs, as a president can only serve one 6 year long term, but the vice president takes over if anything happens to the president. However, Congress permits the inauguration of President Johnson to take place on schedule on February 22, 1964
March 2, 1965 - President Johnson announces the beginning of Confederate involvement in the Vietnam War
July 2, 1965 - President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1965 in to law
July 20, 1969 - The BNASA successfully land a man on the moon
November 4, 1969 - Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. is elected the 22nd President of the CSA
May 1, 1975 - The CSA withdraws from the Vietnam War
November 4, 1975 - Jimmy Carter is elected the 23rd President of the CSA
1979 - Iran Hostage Crisis
November 3, 1981 - Former Texas Governor John Connally is elected the 24th President of the CSA
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair
November 3, 1987 - Political Commentator Pat Robertson is elected the 25th President of the CSA
1992 - NAFTA is created
January 1, 1993 - New Democracy Party is created
November 2, 1993 - William J. Clinton is elected the 26th President of the CSA
November 2, 1999 - Arizona Senator John McCain is elected the 27th President of the CSA
November 8, 2005 - John Edwards is elected the 28th President of the CSA
November 7, 2011 - Al Gore is elected the 29th President of the CSA
November 6, 2017 - Ted Cruz is elected the 30th President of the CSA
POD: The Trent Affair escelates and causes the UK to declare war on the United States
December 14, 1861 - The United Kingdom declares war on the United States.
September 22, 1862 - The CSA wins at Antietam
July 2, 1863 - The CSA wins at Gettysburg
November 8, 1864 - Despite successfully repelling the Confederate forces from taking Washington DC, George B. McClellan is elected the 17th President of the United States
April 9, 1865 - President McClellan orders all Union combatants to cease fighting and sign armistice with Confederates.
May 5, 1865 - A peace treaty is signed in Paris. In the treaty, the CSA is recognized by all sides in the war, and annexes the states of Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia, as well as the Arizona, Indian, and New Mexico territories.
November 6, 1867 - In the second Confederate Presidential election, Robert E. Lee is elected the 2nd President of the Confederate States
February 22, 1868 - President-elect Lee is inaugurated
October 12, 1870 - President Lee dies in office at 63 years old. Vice President and former United States Representative Alexander H. H. Stuart becomes the 3rd President of the United States
November 5, 1873 - Former Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown is elected the 4th President of the Confederate States
March 31, 1877 - Slavery is officially abolished in the CSA
December 6, 1889 - Jefferson Davis dies at 81 years old. A day of mourning is made for him in his memory.
November 3, 1897 - Richard P. Bland, former Confederate representative from Missouri, is elected the 8th President of the CSA
April 25 - August 12, 1898 - Spanish-Confederate War occurs. The CSA is victorious and annexes Cuba and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is still a territory and not a state, which is why I didnt include it in my election map)
June 15, 1899 - President Bland is the second Confederate President to die in office, passing from a severe throat infection at 63 years old. Vice President Walter Clark becomes the 9th President of the CSA
May 20, 1902 - Cuba becomes the 14th State to be admitted into the Union
November 3, 1903 - Francis Cockrell of Missouri is elected the 10th President of the CSA
August 21, 1905 - Sequoyah becomes the 15th State to be admitted
November 16, 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the 16th State to be admitted
November 2, 1909 - Clark Howell of Georgia is elected the 11th President of the CSA
January 6, 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 17th State to be admitted
February 14, 1912 - Arizona becomes the 18th State to be admitted
July 28, 1914 - WW1 begins
November 2, 1915 - Woodrow Wilson is elected the 12th President of the CSA
April 6, 1917 - After the CSA is notified of the Zimmermann Telegram, they, along with their northern neighbor (and former enemy) the United States join the war against the Central Powers (they both also declare war on Mexico)
November 11, 1918 - WW1 ends
January 1, 1919 - Chihuahua and Sonora become the 19th and 20th States to be admitted, speculatively at the same time
November 8, 1927 - Guy D. Goff (yes thats a real person) of Virginia becomes the first president of the Southern Whig Party since Robert E. Lee to be elected President, as the 14th President of the CSA
October 30th, 1929 - The Richmond Stock Exchange crashes and a Great Depression occurs. President Goff is used as a scapegoat.
January 7, 1933 - President Goff dies in office. Vice President John Q. Tilson (Senator of Connecticut in OTL, but was born in Tennessee) becomes the 15th President of the CSA.
November 7, 1933 - John Nance Garner of Texas is elected the 16th President of the CSA
September 1, 1939 - WW2 begins
November 7, 1939 - Cordell Hull of Tennessee is elected the 17th President of the CSA
September 15, 1940 - Vice President William B. Bankhead dies in office at 66
December 8, 1941 - After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a US naval port in Hawaii, the CSA supports their former enemy by declaring war on Japan. In a speech to congress that day, President Hull would say this "An attack on US soil, is an attack on American soil."
September 2, 1945 - WW2 ends
November 6, 1945 - Harry F. Byrd of Virginia is elected the 18th President of the CSA. He is also the last president of the Democratic Party
August 12, 1951 - After a 3 week long convention between Estes Kefauver and Richard Russell Jr. for the Democratic Presidential nomination, the 1951 Democratic National Convention is cancelled. A national vote is held to break the deadlock. Estes Kefauver is nominated. Richard Russell Jr. breaks off and joins the State's Rights Party
November 6, 1951 - Estes Kefauver barely wins the election, but on the National Democratic ticket
January 1, 1952 - The Democratic Party of the CSA becomes officially defunct
November 5, 1957 - Vice President John Sparkman of Alabama is elected the 20th President of the CSA
July 31, 1958 - President Sparkman, with US President Earl Warren, hold a dual press conference in Richmond, VA to announce the creation of the BNASA (Bi-National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in reaction to the Soviets launching the Sputnik satelite
April 12, 1961 - On the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war, President Sparkman and US President John F. Kennedy announce the full co-operation between the two nations in the Cold War
November 5, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 21st President of the CSA
November 22, 1963 - President Sparkman is assassinated just after the election in Dallas, TX. A constitutional crisis occurs, as a president can only serve one 6 year long term, but the vice president takes over if anything happens to the president. However, Congress permits the inauguration of President Johnson to take place on schedule on February 22, 1964
March 2, 1965 - President Johnson announces the beginning of Confederate involvement in the Vietnam War
July 2, 1965 - President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1965 in to law
July 20, 1969 - The BNASA successfully land a man on the moon
November 4, 1969 - Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. is elected the 22nd President of the CSA
May 1, 1975 - The CSA withdraws from the Vietnam War
November 4, 1975 - Jimmy Carter is elected the 23rd President of the CSA
1979 - Iran Hostage Crisis
November 3, 1981 - Former Texas Governor John Connally is elected the 24th President of the CSA
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair
November 3, 1987 - Political Commentator Pat Robertson is elected the 25th President of the CSA
1992 - NAFTA is created
January 1, 1993 - New Democracy Party is created
November 2, 1993 - William J. Clinton is elected the 26th President of the CSA
November 2, 1999 - Arizona Senator John McCain is elected the 27th President of the CSA
November 8, 2005 - John Edwards is elected the 28th President of the CSA
November 7, 2011 - Al Gore is elected the 29th President of the CSA
November 6, 2017 - Ted Cruz is elected the 30th President of the CSA
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Thank you for that. I really like it. I was gonna make one myself in the future, but I have been to busy with school and all that.
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