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[BlackentheBorg]

Stand!

Ward, the former speaker of the House, was elevated to the Vice Presidency and subsequently the Presidency itself after the Watergate trail turned sour against Everett Morrow. Innis was considered by many to be a dark horse candidate, being the most moderate out of the regular Democratic pool, but with satisfaction being enough against the incumbent Republicans, voters felt no choice but to act. Innis would, however, be a single-term president, losing out to Daniel James Jr. in 1980.

 

[Ongo]

Photo courtesy of me
Infobox taking place in my modern fantasy world building project. The incumbent Concordian Chief Councilor Geoffrey Todd. His rise to the Chief Councilor position was a result of popularity among the Equality Party, a social liberal party that currently has a majority in the Commons' Council. As he won the leadership election in the Equality Party among 5 other candidates, he would go on to win the general election of 33 IE (Information Era).

 

[Temeraire]

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What’s with the crazy turnout swings?

 

[Tresckow]

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[Newne76]

What’s with the crazy turnout swings?

Well, Goldwater decides to, at the urging of Dixiecrat republicans, reverse voting reforms passed by Benson which increases restrictions on African American turnout in the south and north. The effects aren't really seen until the 1972 election with a noticeable droop in the turnout. The turnout plummets by nearly 12% that year despite the relatively narrow victory that Boggs was able to achieve in the electoral college.

It's even worse in the 1972 election with a massive bribing scandal of the electors of the electoral college thanks to the efforts of FBI director Richard Nixon. While none of the electors actually accepted bribes to change the election results in favor of Blackburn, it certainly opened the door to numerous congressional and senate investigations into the election allegations arising from the Boggs campaign.
1980 saw a supreme court case which struck down voter disenfranchisement throughout the country, though it was mostly aimed indirectly at the south. The South would fight tooth and nail until the late 80's with the election of Dukakis with a huge leap in the overall 'importance' of the election. This is especially in the case of the boring election landslide of Tower vs. some Utah Governor.

It leaped up again with Goldwater's Defense Secretary Robert McNamara entering the race against both Hatch and Gore on the banner of the Constitutionalist Party. I'll probably do a part II to this later on.

 

[JwEX]

In 2004, Republican President Jack Lousma was term-limited. The GOP in a non-contentious primary, nominated Senator Elizabeth Dole. The Democratic primary, despite a large field initially, came largely down to two candidates, North Carolina Senator John Edwards, and Florida Governor Gwen Margolis. Margolis elevated a suburban progressivism that was hard left on social issues while much more centrist on economics. Edwards was willing to compromise on social issues but was pretty left on economics. As a result, despite no direct association, most of former President Iacocca's supporters backed Edwards, while his detractors sided with Margolis. The primary was close and heated, but positive. The two split the field almost perfectly, with Margolis carrying the east, some of the midwest, and the southwest, while Edwards won the south and west. Ultimately, the party narrowly nominated Margolis, making the 2004 Presidential Election guaranteed to reign in the first woman President.

 

[Sasalele]

"No, no, that's the stupidest idea I've heard. No way in hell I'm shutting down the GW Bridge because of a stupid mayor." - Governor Chris Christie (Sept. 2013)

I have such mixed feelings about Chris Christie, though I guess Trump has set the standard pretty low to the point where anybody who isn’t a fascist or a fascist wannabe would be acceptable as President.

Edit:this should go in current politics no?

 

[Anarcho-Occultist]

The University of California, Sunnydale is a public research university situated in the town of Sunnydale, California. UC Sunnydale is the youngest UC school in the state, having only been opened in 1974. This fact is further accentuated by the fact the school was shut down following the 2003 Sunnydale sinkhole catastrophe, which saw much of the campus badly damaged and the entire student body and faculty evacuated. Following the resettlement of Sunnydale in 2008, UC Sunnydale would be reopened in 2011.

UC Sunnydale was, prior to its initial closure, a well-renowned research university that received the third-highest grants of any UC school, behind only UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles. The reopened UC Sunnydale did not receive the same level of funding, but despite being the second-smallest school in the UC system (ahead only of UC Merced), is ranked fifth among UC schools and is considered among the top 50 schools under the age of fifty. The low enrollment at UC Sunnydale in large part is attributable to the unusually high mortality rate students at UC Sunnydale experienced from 1974 to 2003, as well as the unusually high rate of disappearances and murders in Sunnydale during that timeframe. While the modern Sunnydale and UC Sunnydale do not have the same disproportionate rates, these incidents have given the school a negative reputation and caused the rebuilt school to suffer enrollment problems in its early years.

There are a number of conspiracy theories surrounding UC Sunnydale, largely as a result of the 2007 revelations surrounding the existence of vampires and preexisting interest in Sunnydale as a hotbed of paranormal activities. Several vampires, including vampire rights leader Harmony Kendell, allege that UC Sunnydale served as the site for a government-run, Slayer-operated vampire internment camp where vampires were subjected to ruthless experimentation and termination. These claims have been disputed by both the US government and the Slayer Organization, though declassified government documents do indicate a disproportionate number of UC Sunnydale faculty from 1984 to 2003 were on the federal payroll.

 

[Planita13]

From my A Shining Valley TL, modern day France

 

[GBehm]

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on June 1, 2016, to elect the next president of the États-Unis d'Amérique (United States of America). Radical Republican candidate Roy Tonnelier and his running mate Laure Kelli defeated the UPR's Jean Thoreau and Bret Schundler.

Incumbent president David Vitter had been put under investigation for misappropriation of government funds in September of the previous year, and impeachment proceedings began in May of 2016. Public opinion quickly turned against president Vitter, who was already generally unpopular, making his reelection exceedingly unlikely. The UPR's subsequent selection of Montagne senator Jean Thoreau, who was one of the first from Vitter's own party to suggest that the president be indicted, was seen as a break on the part of party leadership away from president. The public, however, was less convinced by the move, with Thoreau experiencing consistent losses to a generic Radical Republican in polling before the party's candidate was even selected. After a contentious primary race against the more radical Bernard "Bernie" Alexandre, Roy Tonnelier gained the nomination of the Radical Republicans, an event which preceded a tightening of poll numbers between him and Thoreau.

The election was considered a relative toss-up by most forecasters, with Tonnelier usually holding a lead of between two and three percent. However, when impeachment proceedings began against president Vitter, Thoreau's poll numbers dropped to an average of five or six percent behind Tonnelier, regardless of the fact that Thoreau himself supported the mostly popular impeachment.

On election night, Tonnelier defeated Thoreau by nearly four million votes and 117 electoral votes. Louisiana, Mississippé and Appalachiana, all southern states that voted for Vitter in 2012, flipped in favor of Tonnelier. Tonnelier's victory was accompanied by the flipping of both houses of the Legislative Assembly by the Radical Republicans. On the gubernatorial level, the Radical Republicans gained four governor's seats.

 

[TheKutKu]

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on June 1, 2016, to elect the next president of the États-Unis d'Amérique (United States of America). Radical Republican candidate Roy Tonnelier and his running mate Laure Kelli defeated the UPR's Jean Thoreau and Bret Schundler. But

Incumbent president David Vitter had been put under investigation for misappropriation of government funds in September of the previous year, and impeachment proceedings began in May of 2016. Public opinion quickly turned against president Vitter, who was already generally unpopular, making his reelection exceedingly unlikely. The UPR's subsequent selection of Montagne senator Jean Thoreau, who was one of the first from Vitter's own party to suggest that the president be indicted, was seen as a break on the part of party leadership away from president. The public, however, was less convinced by the move, with Thoreau experiencing consistent losses to a generic Radical Republican in polling before the party's candidate was even selected. After a contentious primary race against the more radical Bernard "Bernie" Alexandre, Roy Tonnelier gained the nomination of the Radical Republicans, an event which preceded a tightening of poll numbers between him and Thoreau.

The election was considered a relative toss-up by most forecasters, with Tonnelier usually holding a lead of between two and three percent. However, when impeachment proceedings began against president Vitter, Thoreau's poll numbers dropped to an average of five or six percent behind Tonnelier, regardless of the fact that Thoreau himself supported the mostly popular impeachment.

On election night, Tonnelier defeated Thoreau by nearly four million votes and 117 electoral votes. Louisiana, Mississippé and Appalachiana, all southern states that voted for Vitter in 2012, flipped in favor of Tonnelier. Tonnelier's victory was accompanied by the flipping of both houses of the Legislative Assembly by the Radical Republicans. On the gubernatorial level, the Radical Republicans gained four governor's seats.

Very nice!

A bilingual US, I get it, but I’m puzzled by the fact that North Carolina is called by its french name, despite having borders like ours, I just don’t see any of the thirteen colonies, except maybe New Hampshire ever becoming majority french speaking with any post early 18th century POD, and anything earlier would result in vastly different thirteen colonies, especially if France takes over part of it , not even talking about the process of creating an Alternate US that is even remotely similar to ours, so i’m Interested in learning how did this country came to be and how it was colonized and settled by the french

 

[Tyche]

@GBehm that bilingual America is really neat, but why is a state almost totally in the low-lying Mississippi basin called Appalachiana?

 

[ST15RM]

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for that, my friend, you get the ST15RM seal of approval.

 

[Ongo]

Another infobox! This time of the great Concordia.

 

[CalBear]

MOD EDIT

DO NOT post current politics in this thread.

 

[GBehm]

Very nice!

A bilingual US, I get it, but I’m puzzled by the fact that North Carolina is called by its french name, despite having borders like ours, I just don’t see any of the thirteen colonies, except maybe New Hampshire ever becoming majority french speaking with any post early 18th century POD, and anything earlier would result in vastly different thirteen colonies, especially if France takes over part of it , not even talking about the process of creating an Alternate US that is even remotely similar to ours, so i’m Interested in learning how did this country came to be and how it was colonized and settled by the french

The premise here is that France had a much stronger presence in North America during the Age of Exploration, encouraging civilian settlement alongside trade settlement. This led to greater resources for further territorial expansion along the Mississippi River and into the Ohio River Valley. Eventually, the French-led coalition wins the Seven Years War and punishes Britain in a fashion similar to how OTL France was, taking the majority of their New World Colonies and “Frankifying” the most populated areas. This included the renaming of each colony, if applicable, into French. The eastern seaboard, which was much more hospitable to inhabitance, became a settlement, or resettlement, location for a large number of French colonists, leaving a few areas, like Massachusetts and East Virginia, with English-speaking majorities. As revolution broke out in France, the US became its own sovereign state with little contention, and would become an immigration destination for French citizens seeking refuge from the chaos that would define Europe for the next 20 or so years.

@GBehm that bilingual America is really neat, but why is a state almost totally in the low-lying Mississippi basin called Appalachiana?

Yeah, that’s really just a bit of oversight on my part. Maybe the state was named when only its northeastern portion, which lies on the edge of the Appalachian mountain range, was settled?

 

[Excelsior]

The Joint Military Action Clause of the All-American Alliance Treaty

I have completed the map of this infobox and it can be seen in the map thread here.

 

[TwisterAce]

Nice expy of Logan. I want to visit this universe so I can see how its MCU and X-Men franchises compare to OTL's.

Keanu as director? I wonder if Stark would have the gritty, realistic* kinds of fight scenes like in the OTL John Wick movies.

*Compared to typical action movies, that is.

SHIELD Director Maria Hill (Eva Green, in her last appearance)

Oh no! What happened to Eva?

 

[Ongo]

Simple infobox of a party that currently has a majority within the lower house of the Concordian Parliament.

Abbreviations:
ND - Naddener, Province of
AS - Arfon Shires, Commonwealth of the

 

[Gokbay]

Is it possible to edit/create Wikipedia infoboxes without proper access to wikipedia?