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[et37]

Allow me to set the mood.

In a world where you have to be 70 years or older to be President of the United States, 2 candidates will stand above the rest.
One hasn't been Governor of their home state in almost 50 years, while the other hasn't been Governor of their home state, in almost 50 years.
The die has been cast, that much is clear. One thing's for certain: their death date is near.

The United States presidential election of 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate Strom Thurmond, a long-time Senator from South Carolina, won the election by defeating Democratic nominee Harold Stassen, the incumbent vice president. It was the fourth of five presidential elections in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote.

Vice President Stassen was able to secure the Democratic nomination with relative ease, defeating a challenge by former Senator John Glenn.

Thurmond was seen as the early favorite for the Republican nomination and, despite a contentious primary battle with Senator Clifford Hansen and other candidates, secured the nomination by Super Tuesday. Thurmond chose fellow Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia as his running mate, while Stassen chose Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii as his. The far-left Unity Party nominated a ticket consisting of Daniel Inouye and Edward Brooke.

Both major party candidates focused primarily on domestic issues, such as the budget, tax relief, and reforms for federal social insurance programs, although foreign policy was not ignored. Due to Kennedy's sex scandal with Hillary Rodham and subsequent impeachment, Stassen avoided campaigning with Kennedy. Republicans denounced Kennedy's indiscretions, while Stassen criticized Thurmond's alleged corruption.

Thurmond won by a slim margin, taking 271 electoral votes. He swept the South and the Mountain States and took the crucial swing states of Ohio, Iowa, and Florida. Some aspects of the election process were subject to controversy, but not to the degree seen in the 1996 presidential election.

 

[canadian902]

Here's a cross-post from my TL

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The death of Stephen Harper had came as a shock to all Canadians. The man that had built the very foundations of the party was gone. In the following days and weeks after the horrific attack, the Conservatives were riding a high tide of popularity with them polling in the high 30s to mid 40s, knocking the Liberals down to second place with the NDP running in third. With this the party set their leadership election for January 15, 2015.

With the date set in stone, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander became to the first candidate to enter the race. Candidates that were rumoured to run for the leadership including the likes of John Tory, Candice Bergen, Rona Ambrose and Brad Wall had ultimately opted out of race. The field of candidate soon expanded to include cabinet ministers Peter MacKay, Jason Kenney, Erin O’Toole, Maxime Bernier and the Prime Minister, John Baird. Also running in the leadership was Mayor of Surrey and Conservative candidate for the newly created riding of South Surrey—White Rock, Dianne Watts. MacKay, Baird and Kenney soon emerged as the frontrunners in a race that would quickly turn into a three way. In the eyes of many panels, O’Toole, Alexander and especially Watts were mainly running to increase their profile within the party and with Bernier, to re-innovate his image in the Tory ranks.

Throughout the campaign, the contest became a three way with Kenney, MacKay and Baird all having a decent shot at winning the leadership. MacKay would criticize Baird during his time as Ontario Minister of Energy for trying to sell off parts of Hydro One and the significant increase in hydro prices. Kenney meanwhile reminded Tory members that both John Baird and Peter MacKay were members of the federal Progressive Conservatives and not the Canadian Alliance before the merger of the two parties. Baird would hit back at both Kenney and MacKay accusing the latter of misusing funds for personal use during his time as Minister of National Defence. He would also criticize Kenney for the citizenship ceremony stunt for the Sun News Network. After one week of voting, Conservatives gathered in Halifax to chose their new leader. The race began with MacKay with the lead with Baird close behind and Kenney not far after. This would continue until the fifth round where in one of the most stunning upsets, Prime Minister John Baird fell to third place, eliminating him. After the sixth round, MacKay beat Kenney 53.4 to 46.5%, making him Canada’s 24th Prime Minister.

 

[Baconheimer]

Allow me to set the mood.

In a world where you have to be 70 years or older to be President of the United States, 2 candidates will stand above the rest.
One hasn't been Governor of their home state in almost 50 years, while the other hasn't been Governor of their home state, in almost 50 years.
The die has been cast, that much is clear. One thing's for certain: their death date is near.

The United States presidential election of 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate Strom Thurmond, a long-time Senator from South Carolina, won the election by defeating Democratic nominee Harold Stassen, the incumbent vice president. It was the fourth of five presidential elections in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote.

Vice President Stassen was able to secure the Democratic nomination with relative ease, defeating a challenge by former Senator John Glenn.

Thurmond was seen as the early favorite for the Republican nomination and, despite a contentious primary battle with Senator Clifford Hansen and other candidates, secured the nomination by Super Tuesday. Thurmond chose fellow Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia as his running mate, while Stassen chose Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii as his. The far-left Unity Party nominated a ticket consisting of Daniel Inouye and Edward Brooke.

Both major party candidates focused primarily on domestic issues, such as the budget, tax relief, and reforms for federal social insurance programs, although foreign policy was not ignored. Due to Kennedy's sex scandal with Hillary Rodham and subsequent impeachment, Stassen avoided campaigning with Kennedy. Republicans denounced Kennedy's indiscretions, while Stassen criticized Thurmond's alleged corruption.

Thurmond won by a slim margin, taking 271 electoral votes. He swept the South and the Mountain States and took the crucial swing states of Ohio, Iowa, and Florida. Some aspects of the election process were subject to controversy, but not to the degree seen in the 1996 presidential election.

That is definitely not what I had in mind, but cool for sure!

 

[et37]

That is definitely not what I had in mind, but cool for sure!

I did attempt to make a “list of US Presidents” article that was exclusively Stassen and Thurmond from 1952 to 2000 but editing it was a nightmare

 

[Riley Uhr]

When I glanced at the 1916 election map I realised that the map was basically a swap from today's political climate so I thought up a scenario where the Democrats stay the Conservative party and the Republicans evolve into a Centre-Left party. And of course, let's mix up the states for fun.

 

[Tory1867]

Made this today. Northern Ontario becomes its own province in the late 1970s.

 

[leecannon_]

anip

Those state borders are disgusting. I love it

 

[GodoftheTranses]

When I glanced at the 1916 election map I realised that the map was basically a swap from today's political climate so I thought up a scenario where the Democrats stay the Conservative party and the Republicans evolve into a Centre-Left party. And of course, let's mix up the states for fun.

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Also known as "if US party colors made sense"

BTW how did you choose the state borders?

Those state borders are disgusting. I love it

Eh, better then the borders of OTL TBH

 

[Riley Uhr]

Also known as "if US party colors made sense"

BTW how did you choose the state borders?

Truthfully: I compiled A bunch of maps from the territorial evolution of the US and kinda drew borders

Ideally: There's some big historical significance and everything is there for a reason

And on the colours, if you go to US election atlas the colours make sense still

 

[Riley Uhr]

Those state borders are disgusting. I love it

Thanks, I think.

 

[The Professor]

Eh, better then the borders of OTL TBH

Nah, too far north tbh.

 

[jyxz7]

The 2015 Atlantic Commonwealth Federal elections were held on 14 November 2015, to elect delegates for all 250 Assembly districts across each of the 15 Commonwealth Provinces. These elections coincided with the elections of many Provincial Assemblies, such as New York, New Hampshire, Philadelphia and South Carolina. The election was seen as a backlash against the right wing coalition and a success for the center-left coalition, with a dramatic increase in the green party's vote share. Issues such as healthcare, welfare, infrastructure and workers rights dominated the record breaking 104 day campaign, with polling indicating that many people supported the Democratic Labor party's views but disagreed with the party as an organization.

List of Political Parties:

Democratic Labor Party: A center-left to left-wing group of social democrats and progressives. The party was set up in the 1930's as a merger between the Progressive Democratic Party and the right wing of the Socialist Unity Alliance to fight for Franklin Roosevelt's peoples deal. Since the early 2000's the party's more centrist wing has controlled the many bodies of the party and promotes co-operation with the The Liberals . The party in the election supported the move to universal healthcare, in the form of a insurance for all system, a move towards improving and increasing benefits for Children, the disabled and old aged people and the controversial policies of a £15 minimum wage and the creation of Employee Councils to represent workers in management of businesses. the parties main voter base is northern blue collar workers and ethnic minorities in the south.

National Party: A center-right alliance of supporters of progressive-conservatism, conservatism and libertarianism. The Party was created in the 1860's and was the governing party of the nation from the creation of the commonwealth to the 1910's. The party since the the 90's underwent a modernization and moderation and went on to govern until the 2000 federal election. The party was able to capitalize on the 2009 square mile crash and the following depression and won the 2010 federal election with one of the largest amount of seats since the 1950's. During the election the party promoted the low unemployment rate within the previous 2 years, the reduction in healthcare costs for people and the increase in wage growth for the first time since 2011. The cohort of voters that usually support the party is southern white rural farmers as well as northern old people.

The Liberals: A center to center left party focusing on the promotion and development of civil rights and the ideology of social liberalism. The group was formed in 1992 after the National Party introduced conservative immigration reform with support from the Democratic Labor party. Since then, the party has pledged to support both the National party and the Democratic labor party within certain elections. Within the election campaign the party focused attention on the increase in inequality, with the promotion of increasing competition laws, the push for large public works projects to improve the nation's infrastructure and the promotion of cap and trade policies to reduce pollution. The main voter bloc for the party is white collar workers in the cities and the center provinces of the nation.

Green Group: A center left party organized mainly in the agriculture powerhouse of the north with a focus of liberal environmentalism. the party was set up in the early 2000's mainly as a protest movement against the continuation of the construction of the controversial Androscoggin dam. the party was unable to participate in any federal elections before 2015 due to a lack of donations and money to spend on campaigning. The party followed similar policies of the Liberals but also included a carbon tax, the repeal of the Promotion of the Coal Workers Act and the end of government subsidies for businesses producing more than a certain amount of carbon dioxide emissions. The party did not have a coherent voter bloc within the federal election and relied on protest votes from people disenfranchised with the Democratic Labor Party.

Liberty Party: The largest right wing movement in the commonwealth with being influenced by paleolibertarianism since the 1980's. the party was formed in the 1940's in opposition of the civil rights movement but as the decade progressed the party focused on other issues and became full supporters of minority rights. within the late 1960's the party was influenced by the Frankfurt School (which promoted laissez faire economics and the decrease of government intervention in the lives of citizens). Since the 1980's the party embraced cultural conservatism and focused on the promotion of nuclear families. The Party campaigned on a hard line austerity platform and closed immigration reform while attacking many National party policies. The party is only mainly supported by the Province of the Georgia.

 

[Tory1867]

My first attempt at using Wikipedia to make something. Not great but its a good first try. A 2002 election for previous list of premiers I posted earlier.

 

[AndrewH]

Random wikibox from a world where Mike Bloomberg actually takes the jump into the 2010 New York Gubernatorial Race, wins on the Republican line, and gets impeached for not divesting his investments and personal business or something idk

 

[CanadianTory]

Yet another cross-post from my TL
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Although widely seen as a member of the Republican establishment, there was no significant love between Michigan Governor Mitt Romney and the top party brass of the Grand Old Party. He wasn’t really one of them. He was a business executive who stumbled his way into elected office. Yet, here was Romney, a long-time rumoured presidential candidate, with polling showing him having a decent shot at defeating President John Edwards in a head-to-head match-up come 2012. It boggled many donor’s minds. This guy? His stump speeches were PowerPoint presentations; void of emotion, human connection, and charm. Plus, he often came across as the literal caricature of the Republican Party. A soulless businessman without a moral code, more interested in picking the position that best suited him politically than what felt right in his heart. Democrats would have a field day. The very idea of the man serving as the Republican nominee for President of the United States was unnerving to a great many financial and political heavyweights, many of whom wanted to see the likes of Governor Haley Barbour, Senator Jeb Bush, or Indiana Governor Daniel McIntosh instead.

Mitt knew this. But he had faced similar problems in the past, and had always found a way to overcome them.

Although born in Michigan, a state where his father had also served as Governor during the 1960s, Mitt had spent most of his adult life elsewhere. As a Mormon, a controversial faith that many other Christians still considered a cult, he had spent his missionary years in France. After that he and his wife Ann moved to Massachusetts, where he served as CEO of Bain and Company and one of the founders of Bain Capital. The plan had always been to launch Mitt’s political career in Massachusetts, starting with his unsuccessful Senate run against Liberal lion Teddy Kennedy in 1994. Yet Bill Weld and Paul Celluci’s iron grip on the state Republican Party and Governorship meant that Romney would have to look elsewhere to get into politics. Among the states considered were neighbouring New Hampshire, the Mormon capital of Utah where Mitt had saved the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games, Colorado, and his birth-state of Michigan. With the blessing and backing of long-time Governor John Engler, Mitt and Ann packed their bags for home.

Just like the response from some national Republicans, when he arrived in Michigan Mitt wasn’t exactly embraced. Carpetbagger, flip-flopper, opportunist. If he was a real Michiganian, where had he been? There was resentment. Mitt lacked the hard working, blue collar appeal that his father was remembered for. Yet through a careful and coordinated campaign, endorsements from the Michigan Republican Party, local bigwigs, his refusal to accept the Vice Presidency or run for the Presidency until after his term expired, and a whole lot of fundraising dollars, Romney was somehow elected the governor of a state where he hadn’t lived in for decades. He immersed himself into the political culture of the state, and soon appeared comfortable with the state legislature and its wheeler-dealers. His fiscal-over-social policy approach was popular in the state, enough that he had been narrowly given a second term by voters. But Michigan was still facing tough times. The state economy was still suffering from the decline in the American manufacturing market and had only narrowly avoided seeing its credit rating downgraded. With approvals hovering under fifty percent, it was a fair assumption whether or not Romney would actually run for president.

But Mitt himself didn’t see it that way. What he saw was an impressive resume: successful businessman and job creator; saviour of the 2002 Olympics; the “Mr. Fix-it” two term Governor of a Democrat-leaning swing state. His personal life was impeccable: he had married his high school sweetheart, was the father to five handsome sons. He was well spoken, and with his chiseled jaw and dark glossy hair looked like the perfect casting to be the next President of the United States. None of that alleviated his families worries, however. What about his Mormon faith? Well, he wasn’t going to change that. Evangelicals would get on board or go with someone else. His wealth? It meant he knew how to create jobs and be successful, arguably some good traits in an elected official. His record in Michigan? Just so long as he explained the number of tax cuts he had provided, the long-term jobs that had been created under his watch, and the external factors that had been outside of his control, he’d be fine. Besides, voters in his state had just given his Lieutenant Governor her own four-year mandate, so how bad a job could he have done?

The weekend after the midterm elections of 2010, Mitt was in the living room of the Lawrence A. Young Cottage, his gubernatorial summer residence on Mackinac Island, surrounded by his family. If he was going to run for President, he had to get started soon. Going around the room, Romney poked and prodded his wife, his sons, and their wives about whether or not he should pursue the White House in two years time. They expressed their concern over their privacy as a family, if Mitt could actually win the darn thing, and if America was really ready to believe that such a great candidate as their guy was actually the real deal. But the Romney’s concluded that Mitt had the moral obligation, if not to the country than to God, to run for President. He was by far the best candidate, and would be able to turn the country around.

It would be a textbook Republican campaign. Top-tier consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, and media experts. A millionaire with countless millionaire friends, raising money for the campaign would take little to no time at all. He’d court major establishment figures like former Defence Secretary John McCain or New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, rack up endorsements from people in both the public and private sector, rollout policy positions to appeal to social, economic, and foreign policy conservatives, and eliminate the opposition through his Restore America’s Future Super PAC.

It would be a long and contentious battle for the nomination. Mitt’s time in politics had taught him that. But there was a path, and he would win it.

Would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Party presidential ticket in November 2012 if Governor Mitt Romney was the nominee?​

 

[Nazi Space Spy]

Would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Party presidential ticket in November 2012 if Governor Mitt Romney was the nominee?​

I voted yes by mistake, meant to vote no. It's Rawn Paul or bust for me!

 

[CanadianTory]

I voted yes by mistake, meant to vote no. It's Rawn Paul or bust for me!

No worries, I'm just happy ya voted.

 

[Kotka]

A TL where the Germans win at El Alamein and continue their way across Egypt and the Levant. Once they reach Palestine the Yishuv along with the British decide to implement the "Plan of the North" evacuating all of Palestine's Jewish population both to protect them against the imminent nazi genocide and to distract the Nazis allowing the British to retreat to protect Iraq's oil fields.

The Jews remain under siege for almost a year by the Nazi forces in Palestine and their Arab collaborators, they are constantly supplied with guns and supplies by night flights of the RAF, being able to defend their positions on Mount Carmel.

After the German defeat in Deir Ezzor the Allies rapidly expell or capture the German forces across the Levant eventually lifting the siege on the Carmel by mid-August 1943.

Despite loosing 30% of the Yushiv's population the Battle fo Mount Carmel has been seen as the inflection point for the establishment of the State of Israel in 1949.

Gaining admiration from the World public and military opinion the Allies take an active part in transporting the survivors of the Holocaust to Palestine during the final days of the Mandate. The collaboration of the Arabs with the Nazis put the world opinion against them, they were fiercly warned not to attack the State of Israel or they would face a nuclear attack.

Israel gained its independence in 1949 comprising all of the former British Mandate.
It has had a relatively peaceful history, today it's politically closer to Europe, more developed and its army is just as strong as in OTL.

 

[Amateur Psephologist]

This took may way longer to make than it should have. Try and guess which Northern Irish election this is an analogy of.

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I belong
West Virginia Norn Iron, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads...​

 

[jyxz7]

This took may way longer to make than it should have. Try and guess which Northern Irish election this is an analogy of.

Snip​

I have to ask what electoral system is being used? is it STV like in Northern Ireland or is it something else.