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Would Roosevelt pick Debs as VP? Would Debs Ben accept? I’m genuinely curious as IIRC Roosevelt hated socialism and the IWW and SPUSA rejected both the Democrats and Republicans, seeking a purely socialist party rather than a compromise between one of the parties. Good wikibox though,
 
Would Roosevelt pick Debs as VP? Would Debs Ben accept? I’m genuinely curious as IIRC Roosevelt hated socialism and the IWW and SPUSA rejected both the Democrats and Republicans, seeking a purely socialist party rather than a compromise between one of the parties. Good wikibox though,
This will be going in Alien space bats this time. I learned from my past timeline. That even though realism is the main goal. Sometimes certain things can be considered alien space bats in order to fit into the series (which is: what if everything went right). My biggest hope is to explain the alien space bats though that is spoiler territory for every one of my timelines so far.
 
My first year anniversary of being on Alternatehistory.com was two days ago on the 15th, and to celebrate, I have made another animal infobox. Here is a creature that lives in the Florida Everglades and is a subspecies to the even more famous sasquatch. Introducing the Eastern/Florida sasquatch, better known as the Skunk ape!

Cryptids, fictional animals and fearsome critters as real animals series
Jackalope (Lepus tempermentalus)
Unicorn (Equus monoceros)
Chupacabra (Canis vampyrus)
Hodag (Canis hodag)
Hugag (Alces hugag)
Vampire (Homo vampyrus)
Agropelter (Pongo craniofractens)
Elf (Homo eldar)
Drop bear (Phascolarctos kindynos)
Bunyip (Hippopotamus australis)
Leprechaun (Homo luchorpản)
Nandi bear (Ursus africana)
Sasquatch (Gigantopithecus sasquatch)
Skunk ape (Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis) (you are here)

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The Skunk ape (Gigantopitecus sasquatch floridensis) (officially the Eastern sasquatch or the Florida sasquatch) and sometimes called the Florida bigfoot or the Swamp ape, is a subspecies of Sasquatch that lives in the Florida Everglades. The creature is (in)famously known for and named for its foul odor, which is often described as being similar to a skunk.

Description, weight and height

Like Sasquatches living in the Pacific Northwest, Adult skunk apes are around the same size typically between 6 and 9 feet (1.8-2.7 meters) tall, though the largest ones on record stood up to about 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall. In weight, they normally weight between 300 and 800 pounds (136-362 kilograms).

Their footprints are also usually around the around the same size as their Western cousins, being up to 2 feet (610 millimeters) long and up to 8 inches (200 millimeters) wide.

Their skin color is usually either gray or light black while hair color is usually either reddish-brown (similar to that on its close relative the orangutan), brown, gray or even black on some occasions.

History and relations with humans

Like the sasquatch, the skunk ape is though to be a descendent of the extinct Gigantopithecus of Asia. Scientist have stated that Gigantopithecus' likely crossed the former Bering Land Bridge from Siberia in Russia to Alaska shortly before the species reportedly went extinct around 300 thousand years ago.

It is officially unknown when both populations of sasquatch diverged from each other, though it likely to have happened at the tale end of the last Ice Age.

Before officially being discovered during the 1970s, Native Americans for centuries would talk about a type of "wild man" or "hairy man" that roamed the woods of North America. Settlers and pioneers would also tell similar tales of of the creature before its official discovery.

Skunk apes tend to be pretty shy of humans and normally avoid them. Males have been known on rare occasions to attack humans during mating season and females will also attack on rare occasions if they have their infants with them and feel like either them or their infant feels threatened.

Diet

The Skunk ape, like its western cousin and most primates in general, are omnivorous animals. They have a wide range of food in their diets, ranging from leaves, grasses, fruit, vegetables, sticks, honey and various types of insects (usually ants, termites and bees) mammals and birds. They have been known to use large sticks and branches to impale squirrels and other similarly sized animals to make them easier to eat, similar to how chimpanzees in Africa sometimes impale small monkeys with sticks. Skunk apes have also been known to scavenge from carrion of already dead animals as well as roadkill.

Range, habitat and subspecies

All known wild Skunk apes can be found exclusively in the US state of Florida in the Everglades. It is likely they formerly ranged throughout most forests of the Eastern USA and Canada, but have gone extinct in those other regions due to habitat loss, hunting and environmental changes. Despite going extinct in those regions, like with the Eastern Cougar, there have been sporadic sightings of the creature from time to time.

Like its Western cousin, the Skunk ape is listed as "critically endangered" with their numbers ranging from the upper hundreds to the lower thousands.

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I am well aware of the crosses next to the genus and species names on the infobox (meaning that animal is extinct). However, the Skunk ape is still alive. I just couldn't figure out how to remove the crosses.
[2]: I know the infobox states that the Skunk ape's scientific name is Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis, but it should only say Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis. I will try to fix that probably in the near future
 
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The Young Explorer said:
I was very hesitant to do 1912 because it's been done. But write what you enjoy. Il post another wiki box when the first chapter goes live. Gonna check out your timeline though!
It's not a timeline lol, just a loose idea told in a couple of flags and accompanying lore. Since the major European divergence was the butterflying away of World War I and I wanted a US with a longer Progressive Era I thought the idea of Roosevelt in office with no international war to fight would be pretty amusing. I do have a couple of actual timelines in my signature that might be worth a look though :coldsweat:
 
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This will be going in Alien space bats this time. I learned from my past timeline. That even though realism is the main goal. Sometimes certain things can be considered alien space bats in order to fit into the series (which is: what if everything went right). My biggest hope is to explain the alien space bats though that is spoiler territory for every one of my timelines so far.

That’s a good way to go about it.
 
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An infobox for an alternate Vél d'Hiv roundup for the TL 1940 - La France continue la guerre (France Fights On)
OTL more than 13,152 were detained by the French police and sent to the death camps, only 811 survived.
TTL the French police and gendarmes, following orders from the exiled government in Algiers, refuse to collaborate with the roundup by going on an unofficial strike, not broadcasting communications, not showing up for work, etc. As a result "only" 343 Jews are arrested and sent to the camps with only 27 surviving the war. As a reprisal three of the main organisers of the strike of the police will be arrested and executed by the collaborationist authrorities.
 
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Joshua Chamberlain (September 8th 1828 - February 28th 1883) was an American military hero, politician, and twenty-first president of the United States from the state of Maine. His tumultuous terms in office oversaw the beginning of the Second American Civil War, and he was the second US president to be assassinated.

A noted scholar and professor at Bowdoin College, Chamberlain led a regiment of Maine volunteers during the First American Civil War, where his quick thinking stabilized the US lines during the Battle of Rock Creek, single-handedly saving Washington, DC from capture by the Confederates. For that, he received national fame as the Lion of Bowdoin and the Lion of Rock Creek, and was acclaimed as the Savior of the Republic by President John J Crittenden once the conflict ended. At first going back to his job as a professor, he entered politics as a Unionist-Republican and served four terms as the 32nd Governor of Maine. Appointed to the US Senate by the Maine Legislature after his governorship ended, he became close friends with fellow congressmen Ely S Parker and Oliver Morton, and was an outspoken advocate of continued opposition to the Confederate States. He was chosen by Morton to be his running mate in the 1876 US Presidential election on account of his nationwide popularity, and together they won a decisive victory over their opponents of Steven Douglas, Thomas Hendricks, and symbolic candidate Frederick Douglass.

After seven months in office, Oliver Morton died of complications from a stroke, elevating Chamberlain to the Presidency. His time in office is notable for his mostly successful efforts to deal with the First Period of the Long Depression as well as his persistent efforts to aid the Haitian Resistance against the occupying Confederate States. He helped to sponsor and pass the 21st Amendment in response to the United Kingdom granting symbolic baronies to notable Confederate leaders, and continued the modernization and strengthening of the United States Army in preparation for an inevitable conflict with the Confederate States. However, his successful navigation and defusing of a potential crisis concerning the Rio Bravo War spiked his popularity in time for the 1880 US Presidential election, which he handily won against the ultimately ineffective campaigning of Samuel Randall. His choice of Ely S Parker as his running mate sparked intense controversy, however, for Parker, being a Tonawanda Seneca, was not technically a US citizen. His choice of Parker (a well known orator and diplomat) over other recommended options is a testament to his strong friendship with Parker and the need to curry favor with dissident groups in the crumbling Confederate States, notably the United Tribes of Sequoyah.

The outbreak of the Confederate Civil War over the contested results of the 1882 CS Presidential election gave Chamberlain the perfect opportunity to reunify the nation. Acting on long prepared plans developed by American strategists like Ulysses S Grant and William T Sherman, US forces made rapid progress into Confederate territory with the aid of Blue Coalition supporters and activists. Chamberlain would not live to see the end of the war, however, for Confederate assassin John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Chamberlain while he was visiting US lines in Northern Virginia.

Chamberlain is well regarded among presidents for being a popular national hero through his actions in both Civil Wars and his forward-thinking approach towards minority groups in the US, in addition to the broad sympathy gained through his assassination. Speculation as to what could have happened had Chamberlain lived is a popular topic among speculative historians to this day.

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Ely Samuel Parker (1828 - August 31 1900), born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa, was a Tonawanda Seneca engineer, tribal diplomat, politician, and twenty-second president of the United States from the state of New York. He consistently holds very high positions in historical rankings of US presidents, and is commonly known by his presidential nickname of the Great Reunifier.

Born in 1828 (his exact date of birth is still a contentious question amongst historians), he first studied law for three years as a young man but was unable to take the bar examination due to, as a Tonawanda Seneca, he was not considered a US citizen. A chance meeting with anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan allowed Parker to gain the opportunity to study engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, after which he juggled the roles of being an engineer and being a diplomat and interpreter for Seneca chiefs in their ongoing negations with the US government (he was fully bilingual in the Seneca language and English). During this time he became strong friends with Ulysses S Grant while working on government projects in Illinois, one of many notable friendships Parker accrued over his life.

When the First American Civil War broke out, Parker proposed to raise a regiment of Iroquois volunteers to fight for the United States, a proposal that was accepted by John C Breckinridge in one of his last acts in office in a vain attempt to foment dissent within the United States. Arriving too late to the frontlines to fight in the First American Civil War, the unit was sent westwards to serve in the American Frontier Wars, where Parker made a name for himself through his careful diplomacy and level-headed nature that defused many a conflict and earned him the great admiration of his friend and now supervisor Ulysses S Grant. Charles Francis Adams, upon recommendation from Grant, appointed Parker to be the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the first First Nation person to hold the role. His long and successful tenure in that role gave him widespread national attention, and he was nominated for and elected to a seat in the US House of Representatives by proud members of his home constituency in New York, according to popular legend, without his knowledge. He served with distinction for three terms in the House, making friends with fellow congressman Joshua Chamberlain, who later chose Parker as his running mate for the 1880 US Presidential election. Despite not being considered a US citizen at the time, powerful oration from Frederick Douglass, Chamberlain, Grant, and other noted Unionist-Republican leaders all but secured Parker's place as Vice President, where he took a prominent role in negotiating with the United Tribes of Sequoyah to gain their defection at the start of the Second American Civil War.

Chamberlain's assassination in 1883 brought Parker to the Presidency, though a special declaration by Congress was necessary to officially grant Parker the required citizenship to assume the position. Had it been anytime other than in the midst of the Second American Civil War, it is doubtful that such a declaration would have been passed, even with Parker's accomplishments. Major US victories in the war assured Parker's reelection in 1884, who controversially ran in order to maintain a continuity of government throughout the war. His choice of James Blaine as his running mate was a well-regarded one, and his victory over William Rosecrans was at a comfortable margin.

Parker's achievements post-1884 are his most famous. He won the Second American Civil War, reunified the nation, passed the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Amendments, and began the American Conquest of the Southwest. He gave all First Nation peoples US citizenship and radically redefined the relationship of the US government with minority groups, most notably with the creation of state designations of free states (initially for freed blacks in the South) and reserved states (initially for First Nation peoples mainly out west). His efforts dealing with the Second Period of the Long Depression didn't quite work out during his term, but things were certainly improving by the time he left office.

After leaving the presidency, Parker enjoyed some quiet time with his family before being appointed by the New York Legislature to the US Senate, where he served for one term. As the only former president to take political office after his time as president, Congress struggled with what honors to give him, a debate only resolved long after he had finished his term. He died three years after leaving office, surrounded by his family at his home, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, next to his ancestor Red Jacket and near to the 11th US President Millard Fillmore.
 
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My first year anniversary of being on Alternatehistory.com was two days ago on the 15th, and to celebrate, I have made another animal infobox. Here is a creature that lives in the Florida Everglades and is a subspecies to the even more famous sasquatch. Introducing the Eastern/Florida sasquatch, better known as the Skunk ape!

Cryptids, fictional animals and fearsome critters as real animals series
Jackalope (Lepus tempermentalus)
Unicorn (Equus monoceros)
Chupacabra (Canis vampyrus)
Hodag (Canis hodag)
Hugag (Alces hugag)
Vampire (Homo vampyrus)
Agropelter (Pongo craniofractens)
Elf (Homo eldar)
Drop bear (Phascolarctos kindynos)
Bunyip (Hippopotamus australis)
Leprechaun (Homo luchorpản)
Nandi bear (Ursus africana)
Sasquatch (Gigantopithecus sasquatch)
Skunk ape (Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis) (you are here)

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The Skunk ape (officially the Eastern sasquatch or the Florida sasquatch) and sometimes called the Florida bigfoot or the Swamp ape, is a subspecies of Sasquatch that lives in the Florida Everglades. The creature is (in)famously known for and named for its foul odor, which is often described as being similar to a skunk.

Remaining info to be added tomorrow.

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I know the infobox states that the Skunk ape's scientific name is Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis, but it should only say Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis. I will try to fix that probably in the near future.
I literally just watched a Travel Channel documentary on Skunk Ape like.....two hours ago, maybe? Great work!
 
I literally just watched a Travel Channel documentary on Skunk Ape like.....two hours ago, maybe? Great work!
Thanks @Nazi Space Spy !:biggrin: I should note that I haven't finished the description yet but I should hopefully have it completed tomorrow if I don't get distracted.

And don't you worry, I've got more animal infoboxes planned where that came from, starting with the Sasquatches close cousins, the Yeti and the Yowie!
 
Alright @Excelsior , I'll give it a try soon. Hopefully, it won't fudge up my post.

If you quote someone, you don't need to tag them in the post itself.

The default setting is that users are alerted when someone quotes a post of theirs, so unless they are in the incredibly small amount of users that disable that feature, they will already be alerted to your post even without you tagging them.
 
1996

1998 Midterm Elections

After the 1996 elections, the Democratic Party again held majorities in both chambers of Congress, and held the Presidency. But the congressional majorities were quite narrow, reliant on a number of southern conservatives, and President Clinton took a particularly cautious stance in pushing his party

The liberal wing of the party had hoped that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which was pushed by the GOP and reluctantly signed by Clinton before the 1996 election and which enacted significant cuts to the welfare system, could be repealed, or at least modified so that some cuts would be backtracked, but the rest of the party largely ignored such ideas. An additional attempt at healthcare reform was made, this time with a far smaller plan than the 1993 plan and focused on giving healthcare to low income children, but the GOP voiced opposition, and the Democratic leadership backed off after reluctance was voiced from conservative Democrats at passing such a policy via budget reconciliation in order to bypass the Republican filibuster, further frustrating the liberal wing of the party

The 1997-1998 legislative session was not without any legislative actions, however. 1997 saw the passage and signing of, among other things, the Balanced Budget Act cutting $160 billion from government spending (largely healthcare), as well as the Taxpayer Relief Act lowering the capital gains tax. And 1998 saw acts passed and signed to further lengthen copyright protections and expand internet copyright protection, as well as legislation declaring American support for regime change in Iraq. Clinton and the Democrats thus had some bipartisan achievements to tout to the public and appeal to conservative-leaning voters, and generally remained pretty popular through 1997 and 1998

In the face of Clinton's continued popularity, Republican leadership began to fear for the 1998 midterms, and some within the Republican caucus began to second guess the filibustering of the proposed healthcare reform, as well as opposition to certain other measures, like the $400 child tax credit and education-related tax credits originally proposed for the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act. But when the Clinton-Lewinsky affair broke the news, Republicans thought they sensed an opportunity, and doubled down on their opposition to Clinton, demanding the impeachment and conviction of the President. It was hoped that a highly aggressive and vitriolic campaign would energize a backlash against Clinton, but this largely backfired - the Democratic Congress instead chose to simply censure Clinton, and he remained generally popular overall with voters even though they disapproved of his "personal conduct"

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The takeover Republican leadership hoped for simply never came

In the House, the Republicans did gain several seats - but fell far short of expectations, and in the Senate and Gubernatorial elections, they outright lost seats. Bill Clinton had seemingly defied the odds and largely avoided the so-called "six year itch". Shortly after the election, it was unclear what would happen in Clinton's last two years as President - GOP House leader Gingrich continued to advocate for a staunch conservative stance, but in the Senate, more centrist Republicans considered taking a different stance, and on the other hand, Democrats in the Senate started to consider taking a less cautious route even if it meant going it alone

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And as usual, a larger version of the maps can be found here
 
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1996

1998 Midterm Elections

After the 1996 elections, the Democratic Party again held majorities in both chambers of Congress, and held the Presidency. But the congressional majorities were quite narrow, reliant on a number of southern conservatives, and President Clinton took a particularly cautious stance in pushing his party

The liberal wing of the party had hoped that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which was pushed by the GOP and reluctantly signed by Clinton before the 1996 election and which enacted significant cuts to the welfare system, could be repealed, or at least modified so that some cuts would be backtracked, but the rest of the party largely ignored such ideas. An additional attempt at healthcare reform was made, this time with a far smaller plan than the 1993 plan and focused on giving healthcare to low income children, but the GOP voiced opposition, and the Democratic leadership backed off after reluctance was voiced from conservative Democrats at passing such a policy via budget reconciliation in order to bypass the Republican filibuster, further frustrating the liberal wing of the party

The 1997-1998 legislative session was not without any legislative actions, however. 1997 saw the passage and signing of, among other things, the Balanced Budget Act cutting $160 billion from government spending (largely healthcare), as well as the Taxpayer Relief Act lowering the capital gains tax. And 1998 saw acts passed and signed to further lengthen copyright protections and expand internet copyright protection, as well as legislation declaring American support for regime change in Iraq. Clinton and the Democrats thus had some bipartisan achievements to tout to the public and appeal to conservative-leaning voters, and generally remained pretty popular through 1997 and 1998

In the face of Clinton's continued popularity, Republican leadership began to fear for the 1998 midterms, and some within the Republican caucus began to second guess the filibustering of the proposed healthcare reform, as well as opposition to certain other measures, like the $400 child tax credit and education-related tax credits originally proposed for the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act. But when the Clinton-Lewinsky affair broke the news, Republicans thought they sensed an opportunity, and doubled down on their opposition to Clinton, demanding the impeachment and conviction of the President. It was hoped that a highly aggressive and vitriolic campaign would energize a backlash against Clinton, but this largely backfired - the Democratic Congress instead chose to simply censure Clinton, and he remained generally popular overall with voters even though they disapproved of his "personal conduct"

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The takeover Republican leadership hoped for simply never came

In the House, the Republicans did gain several seats - but fell far short of expectations, and in the Senate and Gubernatorial elections, they outright lost seats. Bill Clinton had seemingly defied the odds and largely avoided the so-called "six year itch". Shortly after the election, it was unclear what would happen in Clinton's last two years as President - GOP House leader Gingrich continued to advocate for a staunch conservative stance, but in the Senate, more centrist Republicans considered taking a different stance, and on the other hand, Democrats in the Senate started to consider taking a less cautious route even if it meant going it alone

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And as usual, a larger version of the maps can be found here
I think Trent Lott has the wrong home state
 
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During the Greek Revolution of 1821-29, the Island of Samos had rebelled against the government of the Ottoman Empire in favor of the Greek Revolution, however their proximity to the heart of the Ottoman Empire meant that the rebellion in the island was stamped out fast. Nonetheless, as a compromise, the Principality of Samos was created by the Ottomans, which allowed Samos to exist as a semi-autonomous entity within the Empire. In 1914, the Ottomans abolished the system of handpicking the Prince of Samos, and allowed non-partisan elections for the position take place. However, ever since that time, Grigorios Vegleris, the Prince of Samos after 1915, began to become involved in creating a fully functioning partisan democracy within the Samian lands of the Ottoman Empire.

For six years he had persevered and had supported the Ottoman Empire throughout the Balkan War to prove his loyalty to the Ottoman State, and his policies of expanding Greek studies in the island was also moderately paced, to gain the support of the Ottoman Empire. On the 3rd of February, 1921, the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies convened to discuss the draft that he forwarded, which called for a full partisan democracy within the Principality of Samos, and its devolved Assembly. The act was heated, and debated a lot. The Committee of Union and Progress was not eager to grant the draft, and Riza himself was not pleased with the act, however cross-party support from the Liberal Union and the Ottoman Socialist Party made sure that the act passed in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies with a margin of 153 – 135. As such, the first partisan elections in Samos were going to be held in September of 1921.

In particular, the support of Meletius IV of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople aided the act to pass. However Meletius IV’s involvement raised eyebrows. He was known to be a supporter of Prime Minister Venizelos of Greece, and there were questions of Greek involvement in the process. Nonetheless, his aid in passing the act through was extremely instrumental nonetheless.

As the government of both Samos and the Ottoman Empire began to prepare for the first partisan elections, two parties came to the forefront. The Liberal Samian Party had been a political group founded by Grigorious Velgeris, and the party was based on the ideology of pro-ottomanism, pro-autonomy, and pro-centrism. It was widely supportive of a welfare state within the Principality of Samos, and gained a lot of support from the ethnic Turks, Jews and Armenians living in the island, as it rejected enosis with the Kingdom of Greece, instead stating that it would support the Ottoman Government as long as it supported the Constitution of 1908, which guaranteed the rights of the island.

The opposition party to the Liberal Samian Party was the Enosis Party led by Themistoklis Sofoulis. Sofoulis was an archaeological student and professor who had been involved in archaeological excavations in Samos before he was elected as a deputy for the islands in 1900. During the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, Sofoulis left Samos due to fear of arrest, and fled to Greece, where he remained a pro-unification agitator. In 1913, his arrest issue was revoked by Ali Kemal on the grounds that he only use political and peaceful means as a means for unification, which Kemal was amenable to. Sofoulis returned, and formed the pro-Unification Enosis Party in Samos, which advocated for unification with the Kingdom of Greece. Economically, the Enosis Party was a Left Nationalist party, and was a supporter of increased funding to the Samian Municipalities and increasing education primarily in Greek above all else, which attracted Greek votes, but alienated the Turkish and Jewish votes.

The main issue during the campaign in the election was the question of unification with Greece. Many moderates pointed out that the Ottoman Empire, by sheer weight of population, would have a larger economy than Greece, and by its capability as a Great Power would be able to protect them from foreign threats that Greece might not be able to. The Liberal Samian Party (LSP) also attacked the Greek centric view of the Enosis Party, pointing at the noticeable Turkish and Jewish population of the island, who would be alienated by the greek-centric policies that the Enosis Party promised. The Enosis Party focused on the Greek population of the island, and instead promised that a unification with Greece in a democratic manner would allow ‘an amicable but complete divorce with the Ottoman Empire’. As such the slogan ‘Amicable Divorce’ or Filikó diazýgio in Greek became the catchphrase of the Enosis Party’s campaign.

Finally when the time came to go to polls, the Liberal Samian Party managed to gain a total plurality of the votes, winning 41.4% or 6,607 votes and gaining 22 seats in the 53 seats Samian Assembly. The Enosis Party gained 4,996 votes (31.3%) and gained 16 seats in the Assembly. Independents took up 14 seats (most independents were largely neutral to the idea of unification with Greece and voted mostly on economic and social issues) whilst 1 speaker was appointed by the Ottoman Government. Due to no party or political group gaining majority, Vegleris formed a minority government within the legislature with his Liberal Samian Party and some pro-LSP independents at the helm. As such, in the contingent elections, he was re-elected as the Prince of Samos, whilst his preferred candidate, Alexandros Stavridis [5], was elected to be President of the Samian Assembly, which allowed him to consolidate his power over the Assembly as well.

The first partisan election of the Principality of Samos was something to behold truly, and would set the tone for the Enosis vs Anti-Enosis politics that would dominate the island until the end of the Second Great War. It would also prove that centrism as an ideology was growing in the Ottoman Empire, and set the tone for the 1922 Ottoman General Election.


From my TL: Osman Reborn The Survival of Ottoman Democracy
 
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In 1920, the Irish Home Rule Government would have to go polls again according to the Irish Home Rule Act which guaranteed the right to vote every five years in a general elections and determined the length of government to be 5 years each. In 1918, the death of Redmond had given pause to the Irish government, however the quick ascension of William O’Brien had staved off a possible crisis. The elections of 1920 would prove to be an interesting one.

Ireland was rife with division. One section of Irish society, the society that lived on the eastern coast, and the major cities all didn’t have much separatism present, however the rural society of Irish society were extremely separatist and mostly republican in nature. This all boils down to economics, by and large. Despite the hostility even many ambivalent Irishmen had to the English and Scots, the economic power of the United Kingdom, which was still by far the largest economy on the planet, was just too much to lose for the money minded, and the economic independence that had been given to the Irish after the Home Rule Bill allowed the Irish to benefit their own society allaying some fears in Irish society. A sense of comradely also developed in Ireland over the Great War and Home Rule Passage within the coastal Irishmen and many British men. The idea of being Western British in Ireland was becoming strong, at least within the eastern coast of Ireland. In the rural areas however, Irish separatism remained powerful and a driving force in politics. There, the lack of proper investment naturally made many people look for independence, and the usual catholic and protestant divide only furthered this deep hole further. Soon enough, an urban and rural divide in Ireland would start to form as the urban society of Ireland shunned full independence from Britain whilst the rural society demanded it.

The question of Northern Ireland remained too. The Northern Irish remained out of the Home Rule Area, and they had voted against joining the Home Rule area as well, which made any claims that the Irish had on rejoining Northern Ireland into Ireland an impossibility as they would show their opponents in Westminster that they would flout democracy if needed to meet their own goals, which O’Brien was not willing to do at all. The Ulstermen of the Northern Irish were actively opposing union with the Home Rule area of Ireland and remained under the direct control of Westminster, without any sort of devolution, barring some extra powers given to the counties and shires. Many Irish nationalists saw this as a slight and wanted to reunify Ireland, only to be met with resistance from not only the Ulstermen but also from the government, with O’Brien famously stating in January 3, 1920 that ‘Ulster will join the rest of us of their own free will. If we are to remain a democratic society then their decision to remain out will be respected and adhered to.’

Of course, this sentiment was not shared by many Irish nationalists. Nonetheless, despite this atmosphere, O’Brien had walked forward looking past these, and continued the implement economic reforms, which proved themselves to be popular among the common Irish person. The Cottage Construction Act of 1919 had provided thousands of homeless men and women with homes throughout Ireland, and the railroad and road construction schemes made by O’Brien increased railroad coverage in Ireland and increase transportation links throughout Irish society as new highways were constructed within Ireland. Galway saw a massive upswing in governmental intervention as the city was industrialized to come onto the same level as Cork and Dublin. Veteran’s Welfare Act was also passed by the man which gave a series of health insurances and welfare exemptions to Irish veterans of the Great War. All of these economic policies made O’Brien personally extremely popular within Irish society.

Meanwhile the Irish Unionist Party was formed in 1919 as an official party within Ireland rather than the disparate branch of Irish unionists going on the same ticket as the Irish Unionist League. Viscount Midleton, to say the least, was not a charismatic speaker, however the party in and of itself was capable of utilizing and exploiting the increased feeling of solidarity between Ireland and Britain due to the Great War, and it sort of became Ireland’s branch of the Conservative Party from mainland Britain. Irish Unionists scoured the countryside in the runnup to the 1920 Elections, and began to use propaganda reels to increase their attraction and rather than just running on the platform of unionism as was usual for them before 1920, they began to form proper and coherent economic and political policies to increase their political legitimacy in Irish society. These actions would prove to be useful and would increase their share of seats in the Irish Commons. Meanwhile, as the Unionists did their thing, Irish Labour wanted to exploit the increase of the suffrage and targeted Irish Trade Unions and Worker Councils to gain more votes. They wanted to at least gain representation in the irish Commons, and increase their voting share. Cork and Dublin voting largely in favor of the Labourites during the 1918 General Elections had been a good sign for them. Johnson would lead the party through with the 1920 convention on the 7th of January, 1920 which would see the party adopt an official social democratic ideology and policy, in line with the mainland Labour party. The Liberals largely had an ambivalent and centrist policy of campaigning within Ireland and didn’t do much all things considered. However Sinn Fein lead by Arthur Griffith showed itself as the new Irish separatist party and campaigned on a policy of economic nationalism and pro-dominionship, and they advocated that Ireland ought to be a Dominion, with a free legislature and economy free from British control, but still within the British Empire as a whole. This was the moderate position for many nationalists, and it did attract a good amount of votes during the elections.

As the country went to polls on the 8th of February, 1920, the IPP retained their large share of the seats in government, though the Irish Unionists increased their share of the seats in government. Labour made important ground within the Irish trade unions and managed to gain several key votes within Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Galway, which allowed the party to become the third largest party within the Commons. The Liberals gained 10 seats, and Sinn Fein managed to win 8 seats, mostly rural constituencies. 8 independents were elected, out of which 7 were independent nationalists, again, mostly from rural constituencies. O’Brien formed a new minority government and retained the position of First Minister of Ireland within the United Kingdom.

With the mandate that he needed, O’Brien began to conduct several new economic reforms, with the man intent on bringing Ireland on the level of industrialization as that of Northern Ireland, which was at least around 40% more industrialized on a per capita basis than the rest of Ireland. O’Brien’s policy of economic building and increasing the manufacturing capability of Ireland would prove to have dividends down the line, long after he had passed way.


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The story of the year undoubtedly continues to be the brash, young Vietnam side’s incredible showing through the test season and qualifying tournaments. After the stunning upset in Cape Town over South Africa, which saw the Golden Dragons outscore the Springboks by a three-try margin with a breathless, red-letter performance from fly-half Nguyen Cuong, Vietnam rises to number three in World Rugby rankings. The traditionally dominant Australian and English sides are still considered the safe favorites for victory in the World Cup, but if the pattern continues, the Golden Dragons could pull off another surprise.

The Chinese side held steady at thirteen in the rankings after the week’s matches. The soon-to-be hosts of the 2021 Rugby World Cup themselves have had a strong year, earning their best ranking since the country re-joined World Rugby in 2002 in the aftermath of
Jiědòng. As China prepares to be the first Asian nation to host the Rugby World Cup, the national side has become something of a dark-horse pick for a top-three finish.

But the bright future of the sport is not the only narrative taking shape around the RWC; her storied past has captured the imagination of fans as well. Rowan Lehner has coached the California side to ninth place after a tough, trench-battle victory over Japan, its best ranking in twenty years, and its first top ten ranking since the end of Team USA era in 2013. France, victor over California in the 2001 RWC, continues its own rise in the rankings. With both sides automatic qualifiers for 2021, California fans would be excused for feeling hopeful for redemption, while the French will be aiming to put the risen shade of 2001 to rest with another hard-fought victory...if the fated encounter is, in fact, predestined.


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The story of the year undoubtedly continues to be the brash, young Vietnam side’s incredible showing through the test season and qualifying tournaments. After the stunning upset in Cape Town over South Africa, which saw the Golden Dragons outscore the Springboks by a three-try margin with a breathless, red-letter performance from fly-half Nguyen Cuong, Vietnam rises to number three in World Rugby rankings. The traditionally dominant Australian and English sides are still considered the safe favorites for victory in the World Cup, but if the pattern continues, the Golden Dragons could pull off another surprise.

The Chinese side held steady at thirteen in the rankings after the week’s matches. The soon-to-be hosts of the 2021 Rugby World Cup themselves have had a strong year, earning their best ranking since the country re-joined World Rugby in 2002 in the aftermath of
Jiědòng. As China prepares to be the first Asian nation to host the Rugby World Cup, the national side has become something of a dark-horse pick for a top-three finish.

But the bright future of the sport is not the only narrative taking shape around the RWC; her storied past has captured the imagination of fans as well. Rowan Lehner has coached the California side to ninth place after a tough, trench-battle victory over Japan, its best ranking in twenty years, and its first top ten ranking since the end of Team USA era in 2013. France, victor over California in the 2001 RWC, continues its own rise in the rankings. With both sides automatic qualifiers for 2021, California fans would be excused for feeling hopeful for redemption, while the French will be aiming to put the risen shade of 2001 to rest with another hard-fought victory...if the fated encounter is, in fact, predestined.


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I don't even like rugby and I'm intrigued! Some of these flag choices... curious.
 
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