Hi. I'm pretty new here but I'd like to introduce part of a future political timeline I've begun working on. The political system and party colors are based on @Archangel Michael 's AJND infoboxes. But all the states, commonwealths, politicians, and historical context were by me. I hope y'all enjoy it!
The Final Frontier (Background)
Democratic Party Factions
Republican Party Factions
The current President of the United States is Abigail Saylor, a Democrat from the state of Magellan, in the commonwealth of Ishtar on Venus. She is the first native Venusian to be elected to the highest office in the nation. Before being elected president, she was a United States Senator. Saylor is a political outsider, an astrophysicist by trade, and has been known as an innovator during her short time as President. She has increased funding for space research programs, increased diplomatic relations with outer system countries, and appointed qualified reformers to her cabinet and the federal bench. She is very popular amongst Democrats and moderate Republicans. President Saylor is expected to be re-elected in a landslide in 2216.
Here are a few gubernatorial elections from the inner system from the 2214 midterms:
Maryland
Maryland is a majority-minority state, and solidly Democratic. It has become a hub for black-owned businesses and home to some of the best school systems in the United States.
With the incumbent governor, Dionne Culver, being term-limited, the primary was is expected to be a free-for-all. Culver's lieutenant governor Cherelle Russell declined to run, which opened up the race even more. During Culver's administration, the state witnessed an increase in population, increased teacher pay and funding for public schools, lower taxes for the middle class. The primary had a total of 13 candidates. However, by the primary date, there were three candidates left. U.S. Representative Liesl Anderson announced a run first. Anderson is a lawyer by trade and an experienced legislator. She is a member of the house judiciary committee and planned to "completely revolutionize the justice system if elected governor." She selected Annapolis Mayor Aiden Chen as her running mate and led for most of the race. Another one of the big three was Attorney General Jahniyah Walker. Walker, a green labor Democrat, had lots of support from young voters. Walker selected State Delegate Brendan Avila, as her running mate. Morgan State University President Ashanti Lawrence was a surprise candidate in the race. But her populist, progressive labor campaign and her strong oratory skills made her a contender. She selected state senator Ophelia Sanderson, a former educator, as her running mate. Walker and Lawrence had much more support from state legislators and local politicians as opposed to Anderson. Lawrence was also a strong debater, which helped her win over undecideds in the primary. Anderson had lots of support on the eastern shore, and Walker had lots of support in western Maryland, however, it was Lawrence who won the primary due to her message of keeping education and business growth first and turning out voters in the state's largest city of Baltimore.
The Republican Party primary was pretty active although losing was almost inevitable for the nominee. The race had just two major candidates: State Delegate Adam Preston. and Businesswoman Gretchen Bruce. Adam Preston is a former Democrat who switched parties because he believed that the Democratic Party had moved too far to the left. He ran a people-centered campaign centered on education and the economy. Preston selected U.S. Representative Kyra Repass as his running mate. Bruce ran a pretty unconventional campaign and frequently attacked her opponent. She chose conservative newscaster Sammi Yu, who was a controversial choice. She constantly attacked moderate republicans and was a big donor to their opponents in primaries. Bruce promised to bring more businesses to Maryland and lower the rate of crime in the state which she said "rose at an inexplicable rate" (it hadn't). Nevertheless, she won the primary easily due to Preston's moderate stances on most issues.
Lawrence and Sanderson easily won the general election with a little over 60% of the vote after gaining the support of Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Representative Kyra Repass, a republican. The Bruce/Yu ticket won just three counties, all of which were on the eastern shore.
Kennedy (Nearside)
Kennedy is located on Luna (earth's moon) in the Commonwealth of Nearside. It is the most populous state on Luna and has frequently swung back and forth. Luna is a very diverse state with a booming economy and very popular tourist attractions. It is also home to the largest city on Luna: First Landing.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Kiley Schwartz had very low approval as the democrats witnessed an increasing rate of unemployment and hate crimes in the state. Schwartz had a stiff primary challenge from First Landing City Councillor Ashmita Reddy, a Third Way Democrat with one of the largest businesses on Luna. Reddy was a great campaigner but didn't have support from the state and national parties, so she lost the primary by 75,000 votes. After the primary, Schwartz chose Reddy as her running mate, in a desperate attempt to unite the party and turn out younger voters.
The Republican Party primary was also very competitive. The primary had a total of 22 candidates. However, Rockefeller Republicans threw their support behind First Landing Mayor Mandy Villanueva. She was very popular in the city and advocated for criminal justice reform as mayor. Her biggest challenger was Businesswoman Carsyn Doran. Doran was a hardcore conservative and had lots of support from national officials. However, the base of the state party is more moderate, and Villanueva won the primary with 40% of the vote. She selected State Representative Ainsleigh Donovan as her running mate.
The debate was where the gubernatorial election was decided. Villanueva was already gaining steam in the suburbs and created a diverse coalition of surrogates for her campaign. Her answers at the debate were much more personable than Schwartz's, which sounded robotic and rehearsed. After the debate, moderate democrats in the state and commonwealth legislature started retracting their endorsements of Schwartz and campaigning for Villanueva. Villanueva defeated Schwartz by about 4 percentage points.
Raphael (Hermes)
Raphael is located on Mercury in the commonwealth of Hermes. It is a hub for innovation and culture in the inner system. The state has voted Republican in the last few elections, but many seats are on the Democrat's target list, including the governor's seat.
In Raphael, you can only run for run Gubernatorial term. As the incumbent and popular Republican governor, Byron Knuckles was term-limited, the seat was up for grabs. Republicans chose to nominate the big five (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Elections Commissioner, and Commissioner of Arts and Culture) through a convention. Republicans nominated incumbent and unpopular Lieutenant Governor, actress, and former Miss Mercury Violet Peters as the gubernatorial nominee. Peters was good at organizing, which is why she came out on top during the convention. The lieutenant governor nominee ended up being Harris K. Fuller, a lawyer, musician, and political newcomer from the City of Joplin. The candidates on the Republican ticket never really got along with each other. Peters was a part of the American Taxpayers wing of the party and a former Libertarian, and Fuller was a very liberal republican. In private, Peters called him a fake Republican. The cohesion between the ticket never formed and it definitely cost them in the long run.
The Democrats decided not to have a convention and chose the traditional primary system instead. The base of the state party is very left leaning. Moderate Democrats believed that if the left faction won the nomination, the Democrats would lose the election. Red Dog and Third Way Democrats chose to support the ticket of former Hermes Commonwealth Attorney General Dylan Chowdhury and Former Elections Commissioner Sharlett Brandt. They are both social moderates, opposing most legislation to decrease budgets for police and defense, and support giving more power to local governments. The ticket also was a staunch supporter of labor rights, advocating for every business with over 10 employees to unionize. The Green Labor and Social Democratic factions of the party threw their support behind Lawyer, Businesswoman, Actress, and former Miss USA Addison Nichols. Nichols chose Environmental Activist and former Joplin City Councillor Yvette Wu as her running mate. The primary was very competitive as expected. Chowdhury had much more money and corporate donors, and Nichols, a political newcomer was an amazing organizer and public speaker. She did extremely well during the primary debate, and Chowdhury's campaign started going downhill from there. Chowdhury was a very competitive opponent, and he did lots of opposition research and produced many attack ads. Most of them came up short. Nichols won the primary with a little under 53 percent of the vote.
After the convention, the Republicans sort of seemed in dissarray with the ticket. Because Peters and Fuller did not agree on many issues, they had difficulty revamping the platform for the general election. Most of the campaigning in the election was done by Commonwealth polititicians and other surrogates. Nichols' charisma and charm helped her win over undecideds in suburban counties, which helped the Nichols/ Wu ticket win by a very big margin. Not only did they win the Gubernatorial election, but flipped every statewide office that they did not already hold, and won a majority in the State Assembly.
The Final Frontier (Background)
History and Background
President John F. Kennedy envisioned an America that took control of the space race and revolutionized space exploration. In this timeline, his “dream'' is taken to a whole new level. Kennedy was not assassinated, and as a result technology for space travel and colonization significantly advanced over the next 50 years. In 1983, the first Lunarian territory was established. The first Martian territory was established in 1999. Luna was fully terraformed in 2006 and Mars in 2027. Afterwards, because of its advanced technology, and need to expand, Space colonization went much faster than originally anticipated. Venus and Mercury began terraformation and colonization in the 2030s and finished in the early 2040s. The Jovian system was completely terraformed by 2067 and the Saturnian system by the early 2080s. Uranus and Neptune’s moons were easily terraformed and colonized by the 2120s. By interstellar law, the United States had to temporarily stop colonization of the outer system until 2150 due to the Treaty of Auckland. Afterwards, the United States colonized and terraformed Pluto by 2180 and continued to colonize the Kuiper Belt. The year is currently 2215, and the United States has hundreds of states and territories stretching across the solar system, and is working towards colonizing other nearby exoplanets and exomoons.Government and Politics
The United States government is a little different. Because the United States has hundreds of states across billions of miles, the United States created commonwealths which serve as an in-between government for states and the national governments. Commonwealths are ruled by premiers. Most of what was done by Congress is done by Commonwealth legislatures, however, funding and appointments, and other things are still passed on the federal level.Political Parties and Factions
The main political parties of the United States remain the Democratic and Republican parties. Both parties are big-tent parties. The Democratic Party, also known as Kennedy’s Party, is known for supporting expanded efforts of colonization, centralization of governmental affairs, and increased funding for social programs. They have won 7 of the last 10 Presidential elections and have close to a supermajority in the House of Representatives. The Republican Party supports isolationism, and localization of government. The 2212 election was the closest they’ve been to winning a presidential election since the last Republican was elected in 2180. (45% of electoral votes)Democratic Party Factions
- Red Dog Democrats-Social moderates, pro-labor
- Green Labor-Emphasizes environmental politics, pro-labor
- Social Democrats-democratic socialism
- Third Way Democrats-big business (New Democratic Coalition in our timeline)
- Progressives-progressivism, expansionism, largest wing in the party
Republican Party Factions
- American Enterprise Alliance-fiscal conservatives, big business, largest wing in the party
- Rockefeller Republicans-moderate
- American Taxpayers-blue collar, small business, libertarian
- New American Century-Liberal Republicans, expansionists
- Far-right expansionists
- Mainly in the outer system
- Only 5 seats in Congress
The current President of the United States is Abigail Saylor, a Democrat from the state of Magellan, in the commonwealth of Ishtar on Venus. She is the first native Venusian to be elected to the highest office in the nation. Before being elected president, she was a United States Senator. Saylor is a political outsider, an astrophysicist by trade, and has been known as an innovator during her short time as President. She has increased funding for space research programs, increased diplomatic relations with outer system countries, and appointed qualified reformers to her cabinet and the federal bench. She is very popular amongst Democrats and moderate Republicans. President Saylor is expected to be re-elected in a landslide in 2216.
Here are a few gubernatorial elections from the inner system from the 2214 midterms:
Maryland
Maryland is a majority-minority state, and solidly Democratic. It has become a hub for black-owned businesses and home to some of the best school systems in the United States.
With the incumbent governor, Dionne Culver, being term-limited, the primary was is expected to be a free-for-all. Culver's lieutenant governor Cherelle Russell declined to run, which opened up the race even more. During Culver's administration, the state witnessed an increase in population, increased teacher pay and funding for public schools, lower taxes for the middle class. The primary had a total of 13 candidates. However, by the primary date, there were three candidates left. U.S. Representative Liesl Anderson announced a run first. Anderson is a lawyer by trade and an experienced legislator. She is a member of the house judiciary committee and planned to "completely revolutionize the justice system if elected governor." She selected Annapolis Mayor Aiden Chen as her running mate and led for most of the race. Another one of the big three was Attorney General Jahniyah Walker. Walker, a green labor Democrat, had lots of support from young voters. Walker selected State Delegate Brendan Avila, as her running mate. Morgan State University President Ashanti Lawrence was a surprise candidate in the race. But her populist, progressive labor campaign and her strong oratory skills made her a contender. She selected state senator Ophelia Sanderson, a former educator, as her running mate. Walker and Lawrence had much more support from state legislators and local politicians as opposed to Anderson. Lawrence was also a strong debater, which helped her win over undecideds in the primary. Anderson had lots of support on the eastern shore, and Walker had lots of support in western Maryland, however, it was Lawrence who won the primary due to her message of keeping education and business growth first and turning out voters in the state's largest city of Baltimore.
The Republican Party primary was pretty active although losing was almost inevitable for the nominee. The race had just two major candidates: State Delegate Adam Preston. and Businesswoman Gretchen Bruce. Adam Preston is a former Democrat who switched parties because he believed that the Democratic Party had moved too far to the left. He ran a people-centered campaign centered on education and the economy. Preston selected U.S. Representative Kyra Repass as his running mate. Bruce ran a pretty unconventional campaign and frequently attacked her opponent. She chose conservative newscaster Sammi Yu, who was a controversial choice. She constantly attacked moderate republicans and was a big donor to their opponents in primaries. Bruce promised to bring more businesses to Maryland and lower the rate of crime in the state which she said "rose at an inexplicable rate" (it hadn't). Nevertheless, she won the primary easily due to Preston's moderate stances on most issues.
Lawrence and Sanderson easily won the general election with a little over 60% of the vote after gaining the support of Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Representative Kyra Repass, a republican. The Bruce/Yu ticket won just three counties, all of which were on the eastern shore.
Kennedy (Nearside)
Kennedy is located on Luna (earth's moon) in the Commonwealth of Nearside. It is the most populous state on Luna and has frequently swung back and forth. Luna is a very diverse state with a booming economy and very popular tourist attractions. It is also home to the largest city on Luna: First Landing.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Kiley Schwartz had very low approval as the democrats witnessed an increasing rate of unemployment and hate crimes in the state. Schwartz had a stiff primary challenge from First Landing City Councillor Ashmita Reddy, a Third Way Democrat with one of the largest businesses on Luna. Reddy was a great campaigner but didn't have support from the state and national parties, so she lost the primary by 75,000 votes. After the primary, Schwartz chose Reddy as her running mate, in a desperate attempt to unite the party and turn out younger voters.
The Republican Party primary was also very competitive. The primary had a total of 22 candidates. However, Rockefeller Republicans threw their support behind First Landing Mayor Mandy Villanueva. She was very popular in the city and advocated for criminal justice reform as mayor. Her biggest challenger was Businesswoman Carsyn Doran. Doran was a hardcore conservative and had lots of support from national officials. However, the base of the state party is more moderate, and Villanueva won the primary with 40% of the vote. She selected State Representative Ainsleigh Donovan as her running mate.
The debate was where the gubernatorial election was decided. Villanueva was already gaining steam in the suburbs and created a diverse coalition of surrogates for her campaign. Her answers at the debate were much more personable than Schwartz's, which sounded robotic and rehearsed. After the debate, moderate democrats in the state and commonwealth legislature started retracting their endorsements of Schwartz and campaigning for Villanueva. Villanueva defeated Schwartz by about 4 percentage points.
Raphael (Hermes)
Raphael is located on Mercury in the commonwealth of Hermes. It is a hub for innovation and culture in the inner system. The state has voted Republican in the last few elections, but many seats are on the Democrat's target list, including the governor's seat.
In Raphael, you can only run for run Gubernatorial term. As the incumbent and popular Republican governor, Byron Knuckles was term-limited, the seat was up for grabs. Republicans chose to nominate the big five (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Elections Commissioner, and Commissioner of Arts and Culture) through a convention. Republicans nominated incumbent and unpopular Lieutenant Governor, actress, and former Miss Mercury Violet Peters as the gubernatorial nominee. Peters was good at organizing, which is why she came out on top during the convention. The lieutenant governor nominee ended up being Harris K. Fuller, a lawyer, musician, and political newcomer from the City of Joplin. The candidates on the Republican ticket never really got along with each other. Peters was a part of the American Taxpayers wing of the party and a former Libertarian, and Fuller was a very liberal republican. In private, Peters called him a fake Republican. The cohesion between the ticket never formed and it definitely cost them in the long run.
The Democrats decided not to have a convention and chose the traditional primary system instead. The base of the state party is very left leaning. Moderate Democrats believed that if the left faction won the nomination, the Democrats would lose the election. Red Dog and Third Way Democrats chose to support the ticket of former Hermes Commonwealth Attorney General Dylan Chowdhury and Former Elections Commissioner Sharlett Brandt. They are both social moderates, opposing most legislation to decrease budgets for police and defense, and support giving more power to local governments. The ticket also was a staunch supporter of labor rights, advocating for every business with over 10 employees to unionize. The Green Labor and Social Democratic factions of the party threw their support behind Lawyer, Businesswoman, Actress, and former Miss USA Addison Nichols. Nichols chose Environmental Activist and former Joplin City Councillor Yvette Wu as her running mate. The primary was very competitive as expected. Chowdhury had much more money and corporate donors, and Nichols, a political newcomer was an amazing organizer and public speaker. She did extremely well during the primary debate, and Chowdhury's campaign started going downhill from there. Chowdhury was a very competitive opponent, and he did lots of opposition research and produced many attack ads. Most of them came up short. Nichols won the primary with a little under 53 percent of the vote.
After the convention, the Republicans sort of seemed in dissarray with the ticket. Because Peters and Fuller did not agree on many issues, they had difficulty revamping the platform for the general election. Most of the campaigning in the election was done by Commonwealth polititicians and other surrogates. Nichols' charisma and charm helped her win over undecideds in suburban counties, which helped the Nichols/ Wu ticket win by a very big margin. Not only did they win the Gubernatorial election, but flipped every statewide office that they did not already hold, and won a majority in the State Assembly.
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