Yeah I don't like FPTP either, but elections using it are easier to do than proportional because you can just fudge all the numbers
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Kamilah Al-Jamil is a Hermajistani-British actress, musician, singer, author, artist, activist and philanthropist. She was born to Waqas and Manisha Al-Jamil in London. Her father was an immigrant from Hermajistan while her mother came from India. Al-Jamil grew up rather wealthy and privileged. She excelled as a student and entered Oxford University at the age of 16, graduating in two years and becoming the youngest graduate of Oxford University in history. Shortly after graduation, Al-Jamil was tapped for the United Kingdom’s Olympic Archery team and, despite her young age, managed to beat two-time US gold medalist in archery Luke Duke during the 1994 Olympic Games. Despite her success in this field, Al-Jamil ultimately moved on to other things.
Al-Jamil was interested in various areas of the art world and following the 1994 Olympics began to involve herself in that area. She unveiled her first paintings in 1997 (some of which she had painted during the Olympics) to widespread critical acclaim. It was during this time she also wrote her first novel, Ganges, which was critically popular and launched with the declaration that it was ‘the greatest book of our time.’ However, the book sold relatively poorly, especially compared to Al-Jamil’s paintings. Her attempted forays into photography likewise floundered as her style was outcompeted by the more grunge-oriented approach launched by Mark Jefferson in the United States. Al-Jamil was reportedly dismayed by this, but managed to remain rather well-off thanks to sales of her paintings.
In 2006, Al-Jamil would decide to launch the music career she would become most famous for. Her debut album Perfection, released through the Rocque label, received critical and commercial acclaim. Even traditionally scathing critics like Jay Sherman praised Perfection for blurring the lines between traditional music genres, with songs containing elements from hip-hop, rock & roll, classical and R&B. The album was additionally bolstered by her collaboration with established stars such as Hedwig Robinson. In the aftermath of this, Al-Jamil’s celebrity status would continue to grow. She would release five more albums and over a dozen singles from 2007 to 2019, each one increasingly experimental yet successful. While many albums featured established stars, collaborations with Al-Jamil also helped launch the careers of new rising stars such as Scott Pilgrim, Sushi K, Hakeem Lyon and Blaine Anderson. Her efforts ultimately led to her becoming the youngest inductee into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, the winning of a Grammy award for her third album Lost and Found and winning a BAFTA award for a documentary on the making of that album she directed and produced.
Kamilah Al-Jamil is also heavily involved in philanthropy and political activism. In 2003, she donated 2 million pounds to help rebuild London following the Rage outbreak that overran much of the city for 28 days. All proceeds earned from sales of her second album were donated to the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and she has participated in efforts to promote suicide prevention charities such as the Connor Project. Following the revelation of the existence of vampires in 2008, Al-Jamil was a supporter of the Transylvanian homeland movement led by Bella Cullen and was opposed to Britain granting the Slayer Organization the right to set up a headquarters in Scotland. She similarly was an advocate of coexistence and cooperation with supernatural beings who arrived/revealed themselves following the Awakening of Magic. Al-Jamil additionally helped provide transportation and housing for the Kingdom of Monsters’ Ambassador Frisk Dreemurr during his 2016 visit to the United Kingdom.
Politically speaking, Al-Jamil is generally supportive of the Labour Party, but was critical of the stances taken by the governments of Adam Lang and Tom Davis to the point of backing Harold Saxon’s Liberal Democrats in the 2008 general election. She was an outspoken critic of the Conservative government of Freya Gardner and has led protests against the Conservative-Albion First coalition government headed by Michael Callow. Al-Jamil has also been vocal regarding US politics, having a generally negative view of the United States Republican Party and centrist Democrats such as Frank Underwood and Selina Meyer. She boycotted all performances in the United States during the Garrison and Carroway administrations owing to her belief that these individuals were fascist, although she would relent following Guzman’s ascension to the White House.
Al-Jamil’s sister Tahani Al-Jamil was likewise a noteworthy philanthropist and socialite. However, Tahani Al-Jamil died in an accident at a showing of one of Kamilah Al-Jamil’s more recent art pieces. Her most recent album Congratulations was made in her memory.
Kamilah Al-Jamil is a Hermajistani-British actress, musician, singer, author, artist, activist and philanthropist. She was born to Waqas and Manisha Al-Jamil in London. Her father was an immigrant from Hermajistan while her mother came from India. Al-Jamil grew up rather wealthy and privileged. She excelled as a student and entered Oxford University at the age of 16, graduating in two years and becoming the youngest graduate of Oxford University in history. Shortly after graduation, Al-Jamil was tapped for the United Kingdom’s Olympic Archery team and, despite her young age, managed to beat two-time US gold medalist in archery Luke Duke during the 1994 Olympic Games. Despite her success in this field, Al-Jamil ultimately moved on to other things.
Al-Jamil was interested in various areas of the art world and following the 1994 Olympics began to involve herself in that area. She unveiled her first paintings in 1997 (some of which she had painted during the Olympics) to widespread critical acclaim. It was during this time she also wrote her first novel, Ganges, which was critically popular and launched with the declaration that it was ‘the greatest book of our time.’ However, the book sold relatively poorly, especially compared to Al-Jamil’s paintings. Her attempted forays into photography likewise floundered as her style was outcompeted by the more grunge-oriented approach launched by Mark Jefferson in the United States. Al-Jamil was reportedly dismayed by this, but managed to remain rather well-off thanks to sales of her paintings.
In 2006, Al-Jamil would decide to launch the music career she would become most famous for. Her debut album Perfection, released through the Rocque label, received critical and commercial acclaim. Even traditionally scathing critics like Jay Sherman praised Perfection for blurring the lines between traditional music genres, with songs containing elements from hip-hop, rock & roll, classical and R&B. The album was additionally bolstered by her collaboration with established stars such as Hedwig Robinson. In the aftermath of this, Al-Jamil’s celebrity status would continue to grow. She would release five more albums and over a dozen singles from 2007 to 2019, each one increasingly experimental yet successful. While many albums featured established stars, collaborations with Al-Jamil also helped launch the careers of new rising stars such as Scott Pilgrim, Sushi K, Hakeem Lyon and Blaine Anderson. Her efforts ultimately led to her becoming the youngest inductee into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, the winning of a Grammy award for her third album Lost and Found and winning a BAFTA award for a documentary on the making of that album she directed and produced.
Kamilah Al-Jamil is also heavily involved in philanthropy and political activism. In 2003, she donated 2 million pounds to help rebuild London following the Rage outbreak that overran much of the city for 28 days. All proceeds earned from sales of her second album were donated to the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and she has participated in efforts to promote suicide prevention charities such as the Connor Project. Following the revelation of the existence of vampires in 2008, Al-Jamil was a supporter of the Transylvanian homeland movement led by Bella Cullen and was opposed to Britain granting the Slayer Organization the right to set up a headquarters in Scotland. She similarly was an advocate of coexistence and cooperation with supernatural beings who arrived/revealed themselves following the Awakening of Magic. Al-Jamil additionally helped provide transportation and housing for the Kingdom of Monsters’ Ambassador Frisk Dreemurr during his 2016 visit to the United Kingdom.
Politically speaking, Al-Jamil is generally supportive of the Labour Party, but was critical of the stances taken by the governments of Adam Lang and Tom Davis to the point of backing Harold Saxon’s Liberal Democrats in the 2008 general election. She was an outspoken critic of the Conservative government of Freya Gardner and has led protests against the Conservative-Albion First coalition government headed by Michael Callow. Al-Jamil has also been vocal regarding US politics, having a generally negative view of the United States Republican Party and centrist Democrats such as Frank Underwood and Selina Meyer. She boycotted all performances in the United States during the Garrison and Carroway administrations owing to her belief that these individuals were fascist, although she would relent following Guzman’s ascension to the White House.
Al-Jamil’s sister Tahani Al-Jamil was likewise a noteworthy philanthropist and socialite. However, Tahani Al-Jamil died in an accident at a showing of one of Kamilah Al-Jamil’s more recent art pieces. Her most recent album Congratulations was made in her memory.
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East America - officially the American Socialist Republic - was a single-party socialist republic from 1950 until it's unification with it's western cousin West America - officially the Union of America - in 1997. In 1996, under the leadership of reformist President George H.W Bush, Secretary of the Communist Party, the countries' first national democratic elections were held. While initially a shoe-in for Abraham, the election became more competitive as multiple other political parties threw their hats in the ring, with the populist Collar Party under communist-turned-populist Senator Trump emerged as a competitor, while the Liberal Party, formed in 1995, nominated Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, two nationally-known Senators for the race. The Nationals nominated Senator Coats, while the Alliance 89 nominated Boschwitz. With the seeds for democracy already planted in the 1995 Senate election, many political parties saw the presidential race as a chance to get national attention and support. Eventually, Abraham would win the election with a plurality of the popular vote, while winning a majority of the electoral college as well, but barely. Within the next year, East America would disappear from maps as it was admitted to West America, officially, the Union of America, ending multiple decades of separation.
Is this an America-as-Germany scenario?
East America - officially the American Socialist Republic - was a single-party socialist republic from 1950 until it's unification with it's western cousin West America - officially the Union of America - in 1997. In 1996, under the leadership of reformist President George H.W Bush, Secretary of the Communist Party, the countries' first national democratic elections were held. While initially a shoe-in for Abraham, the election became more competitive as multiple other political parties threw their hats in the ring, with the populist Collar Party under communist-turned-populist Senator Trump emerged as a competitor, while the Liberal Party, formed in 1995, nominated Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, two nationally-known Senators for the race. The Nationals nominated Senator Coats, while the Alliance 89 nominated Boschwitz. With the seeds for democracy already planted in the 1995 Senate election, many political parties saw the presidential race as a chance to get national attention and support. Eventually, Abraham would win the election with a plurality of the popular vote, while winning a majority of the electoral college as well, but barely. Within the next year, East America would disappear from maps as it was admitted to West America, officially, the Union of America, ending multiple decades of separation.
Where do we find the templates? I ask because I had one big idea for this.
The amount of child genocide that would be going on... Thank the lord its only three years, but its still 3 years. The Willy Wonka movie was only like 2 hours, but 3 y e a r s . . .
A More Realistic Treehouse of Horror
"Well, I believe I will vote for a third-party candidate!"
"Go ahead! Throw your vote away! AHAHAHAHA!"
"He's r-"
"Wait, no he's not. There's always Perot!"
"Who?"
-Exchange between an unknown voter, Kang Johnson, Pat Choate and Kodos Johnson, October 31, 1996
"Yes, I KNOW I'm on the ballot with him, but I still think you should vote for Perot."
-Vice President Al Gore to a reporter asking about his support for Perot, November 2, 1996
"Look, I'm not saying I LIKe the fact my part accidentally nominated an alien warlord who will enslave us, but I can't vote for a pro-choice candidate!"
-Unknown Republican voter, November 5, 1996
"And with 60% of precincts reporting, we can actually call the presidential race for Mr. Ross Perot."
-Dan Rather during Election Night, 1996
"You win this time, Earthlings! But we shall come back-with more of us so that we can supplant all your potential choices for elected leaders."
"Um, Kodos? Is that a missile?"
-Last words of Kodos and Kang Johnson, January 20, 1997
"Well, I believe I will vote for a third-party candidate!"
"Go ahead! Throw your vote away! AHAHAHAHA!"
"He's r-"
"Wait, no he's not. There's always Perot!"
"Who?"
-Exchange between an unknown voter, Kang Johnson, Pat Choate and Kodos Johnson, October 31, 1996
"Yes, I KNOW I'm on the ballot with him, but I still think you should vote for Perot."
-Vice President Al Gore to a reporter asking about his support for Perot, November 2, 1996
"Look, I'm not saying I LIKe the fact my part accidentally nominated an alien warlord who will enslave us, but I can't vote for a pro-choice candidate!"
-Unknown Republican voter, November 5, 1996
"And with 60% of precincts reporting, we can actually call the presidential race for Mr. Ross Perot."
-Dan Rather during Election Night, 1996
"You win this time, Earthlings! But we shall come back-with more of us so that we can supplant all your potential choices for elected leaders."
"Um, Kodos? Is that a missile?"
-Last words of Kodos and Kang Johnson, January 20, 1997
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Actually, Utah in this scenario went for Perot.
Kang won New York and DC.
Kodos won Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina.
Not to mention the exploitation of the Oompa Loompas, the bad working conditions, price-fixing, anti-trust legislation...
If Willy Wonka was a different movie, he could be the most sinister villain ever.
It doesn't surprise me that Alabama and Mississippi would vote for a non-American alien.
More realistically, the DNC and RNC would host emergency conventions, and put Gore and Dole in respectively. The aliens aren't even American citizens who can constitutionaly qualify to be Presidency. Then again, I can picture some Republicans outright ignoring this fact, the same way they ignored Ted Cruz being born in Canada while insinuating Obama was never born in the US.
"Mr. Kodos," a reporter asks Kodo, "you are not an American citizen, so you cannot-"
"That is a liberal alternative fact," Kodos bellows.
(cue cheers from hardcore conservatives)
Kang and Kodos might be eligible if they were born before 1776. Wasn't it established that anyone before then is grandfathered in? It's why President Hamilton alternate histories are even possible. And yes Christians, if what I'm saying is true Jesus, Satan and Cthulhu could legitimately run against each other for president
Part of the same universe as this and this.
Stanisław Chodkiewicz (October 3, 1871 – August 28, 1912) was a Polish astronaut, Air Force colonel and a engineer. One of thirty crewmembers (venerated as "Space Martyrs") of HMS Britannia, attack on which started the Great War. Posthumously promoted to General. Saint of Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches.
Born in Vilnius, to noble family of Chodkiewicz, he graduated Vilnius University and Chivalry School (Warsaw). He joined Air Force becomming commander of 3rd Baloon Corps and later 1st Airship Squadron. In 1911 he was selected as one of ten Polish crewmembers of joint Anglo-Polish "Luna" Mission.
On August 13, 1912, while approaching Lunar Surface, HMS Britannia was attacked by Russian space vessel, causing crash of both spaceships. Chodkiewicz and surviving crewmembers were stranded on Moon's surface in result of what was later called Battle of Lunar Orbit. He was last of astronauts to contact with Earth, last report being on August 28th.
The Incident caused outbreak of the Great War on Earth, that resulted in millions of military and civilian casualties, including nuclear bombings of Warsaw, Dresden, Vilnius, Petersburg and Moscow. Stanisław Chodkiewicz was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on December 8, 1912 following outbreak of the war. His remains wouldn't be properly mourned until thirty years later, when after the war British and Polish astronauts returned to Moon in 1945. He was canonized on August 12th the same year by Pope Alexander IX.
Stanisław Chodkiewicz (October 3, 1871 – August 28, 1912) was a Polish astronaut, Air Force colonel and a engineer. One of thirty crewmembers (venerated as "Space Martyrs") of HMS Britannia, attack on which started the Great War. Posthumously promoted to General. Saint of Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches.
Born in Vilnius, to noble family of Chodkiewicz, he graduated Vilnius University and Chivalry School (Warsaw). He joined Air Force becomming commander of 3rd Baloon Corps and later 1st Airship Squadron. In 1911 he was selected as one of ten Polish crewmembers of joint Anglo-Polish "Luna" Mission.
On August 13, 1912, while approaching Lunar Surface, HMS Britannia was attacked by Russian space vessel, causing crash of both spaceships. Chodkiewicz and surviving crewmembers were stranded on Moon's surface in result of what was later called Battle of Lunar Orbit. He was last of astronauts to contact with Earth, last report being on August 28th.
The Incident caused outbreak of the Great War on Earth, that resulted in millions of military and civilian casualties, including nuclear bombings of Warsaw, Dresden, Vilnius, Petersburg and Moscow. Stanisław Chodkiewicz was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on December 8, 1912 following outbreak of the war. His remains wouldn't be properly mourned until thirty years later, when after the war British and Polish astronauts returned to Moon in 1945. He was canonized on August 12th the same year by Pope Alexander IX.
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This is an in-timeline alternate-history novel, from my TL Nobody Expects, that wonders what could have happened if France and Russia had won a Great Waresque conflict than IT was won by Italy and the German states.
2018 Gubernatorial Elections of Dixie
Alabama: Unionist Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox defeated incumbent National governor Tim James.
Louisiana: Incumbent governor Mitch Landrieu was running for president instead of for a 2nd term. La Louisiane Senate President Eric LaFleur defeated Unionist state senator Rick Gallot to replace him.
Mississippi: Unionist lt. governor Omeria Scott was elected over National state house member Robert Foster to replace term limited governor Jim Hood. (MS is the only state to have a 1 term limit on governors)
Missouri: Unionist AG Chris Koster defeated National Lt. Governor Peter Kinder to replace the term-limited Jay Nixon.
Tennessee: State house speaker Beth Harwell defeated incumbent governor Ron Ramsey in the primary and defeated Unionist state house member Craig Fitzhugh in the general.
Virginia: Incumbent Unionist governor Ward Armstrong was reelected defeating National state senator Bill Bolling.
Alabama: Unionist Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox defeated incumbent National governor Tim James.
Louisiana: Incumbent governor Mitch Landrieu was running for president instead of for a 2nd term. La Louisiane Senate President Eric LaFleur defeated Unionist state senator Rick Gallot to replace him.
Mississippi: Unionist lt. governor Omeria Scott was elected over National state house member Robert Foster to replace term limited governor Jim Hood. (MS is the only state to have a 1 term limit on governors)
Missouri: Unionist AG Chris Koster defeated National Lt. Governor Peter Kinder to replace the term-limited Jay Nixon.
Tennessee: State house speaker Beth Harwell defeated incumbent governor Ron Ramsey in the primary and defeated Unionist state house member Craig Fitzhugh in the general.
Virginia: Incumbent Unionist governor Ward Armstrong was reelected defeating National state senator Bill Bolling.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President …
The people who were grandfathered in were people already living in the US, not literally anyone born before that date. Jesus Christ et al would not be eligible.
No 22nd Amendment part 3: Electing the Gipper
After the resignation of Richard Nixon and William Scranton refusing to run for office in 76 former California governor turned Vice President ran and lost against Georga Governor Jimmy Carter
1980 the Gipper made the political comeback of the century getting the Republican nomination and wanted to bring on his Challenger George Bush to set up a political Dream team however John Anderson had somehow convinced the Texas governor to run with him on the independent ticket as the Republicans screwed their chances at defeating Carter
After Walter Mondale got the Democratic nomination he vocally supported the idea of appointing a Woman as his V.P candidate unfortunately aids poited out that Shirley Chisholm didn't help Hubert Humphrey and Back petaled
On Christmas of 1989 President Reagan announced he was stepping down from the office of the Presidency as his cabinet could no longer deny the Presidents failing health
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