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Following a successful first term economic wise and social wise, Victoria Caeus wins a second term as President of the United States in the second-largest landslide in American electoral history (President Washington's victories do not count, and Monroe's 1820 victory does not count). She wins a 49-state victory and 65% of the popular vote, only beat by her father's victory in 2036.
She has led a very rigorous reform of America's legal system, having passed national tort-reform in 2062, something which she helped to pass in New York during her term as Governor from 2051-2061. She also passed a continuation of the Four-Year Plan in 2061 to help rebuild Eurasia following the war in the 2030s,(Four-Year Plans have been passed continuously since 2040 to help rebuild Eurasia from the Third World War). A pullout of troops from North Africa late into her first-term, and the lack of any cohesive opposition during the 2064 Presidential election led to her massive victory.
Here is a list of Presidents ITTL...
She has led a very rigorous reform of America's legal system, having passed national tort-reform in 2062, something which she helped to pass in New York during her term as Governor from 2051-2061. She also passed a continuation of the Four-Year Plan in 2061 to help rebuild Eurasia following the war in the 2030s,(Four-Year Plans have been passed continuously since 2040 to help rebuild Eurasia from the Third World War). A pullout of troops from North Africa late into her first-term, and the lack of any cohesive opposition during the 2064 Presidential election led to her massive victory.
Here is a list of Presidents ITTL...
- 44. Barack Obama (D-Il.), January 20, 2009- January 20, 2017
- 45. John Huntsman Jr. (R-UT), January 20, 2017- January 20, 2021
- 46. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), January 20, 2021- January 20, 2029
- 47. Tim Kaine (D-VA), January 20, 2029- January 20, 2033
- 48. Nicholas Caeus (NR-NY), January 20, 2033- January 20, 2041
- 49. Maria Goldstein (D-OH), January 20, 2041- January 20, 2049
- 50. Stephen Mercer (NR-NV), January 20, 2049- January 20, 2053
- 51. Justin Cooper (D-NM), January 20, 2053- January 20, 2057
- 52. James Estrada (DS-NJ), January 20, 2057- April 18, 2059
- 53. Giancarlo Verrone (DS-OH), April 18, 2059- January 20, 2061
- 54. Victoria Caeus (NR-NY), January 20, 2061- Present
Julia Clinton is elected under the popularity of Victoria Caeus. Julia Clinton was the Secretary of State from 2065-2069, winning the 2068 Nobel Peace Prize for her helping to end the Civil War in Manchuria, and humanitarian action in Iran. She succeeded Victoria Caeus as Governor of New York from 2061-2065, and served as her Lt. Governor for ten years from 2051-2061, creating a powerful bond between the two. Clinton is the daughter of Chelsea Clinton, and ran a brief primary against Malia Obama (Reminiscent of the Obama v. Clinton Primary race of 2008), but Obama was forced to drop out to help her ill father, former President Barack Obama, who is the third President to reach over the age of 100 (He is 107 currently). Julia Clinton nominates Damian Caeus, Victoria Caeus' younger brother, and the son of Nicholas Caeus, President from 2033-2041. They run a close race against Fred Moore's rising Liberal-Progressive Party and the dying Democratic Socialist Party, which is facing internal issues against the New Democrat Faction.
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Was the Constitution amended such that persons under age 35 can serve as POTUS?
Creative TL and nicely crafted infoboxes!
Was the Constitution amended such that persons under age 35 can serve as POTUS?
Creative TL and nicely crafted infoboxes!
Could you expand more on the UE's political system? I am definitely intrigued.
Anyway, great job.
Could you expand more on the UE's political system? I am definitely intrigued.
Anyway, great job.
I'll do it via Wikipedia Infoboxes and/or articles if that works for you. I think this will become a series
. Star Trek's never been very specific about how United Earth worked, except that non-canon works implied a parliamentary system with a ceremonial or, possibly, semi-presidential president, but it has been specific that United Earth still exists as a separate and unique member of the Federation, it's not a "Capital Zone" or anything like that.Noravea:
Was the Constitution amended such that persons under age 35 can serve as POTUS?
Yeah, in 2041 after the nation experienced its youngest President. (The youngest President was elected at age 38 in 2033, and served two extremely successful terms). The age limit was lowered to 30, the age to join Congress to 21, and the age to join the Senate at the age of 28.
The next in my... series, I suppose of "Filling in the Blanks of Star Trek", with the 2390 election for the lower house of the United Earth Parliament.
I'm saying, for whatever reasons, that the United Earth Assembly has 700 constituencies, and then 700 seats distributed by proportional representation. There needed to be some sort of quirk.
I'm saying, for whatever reasons, that the United Earth Assembly has 700 constituencies, and then 700 seats distributed by proportional representation. There needed to be some sort of quirk
.Either never broke up or will be reformed in the 21st century... considering that there's supposed to be a Third Empire period AND Neo-Marxist at some point France during the next half-century before World War III, I don't think a reformation of the Soviet Union is the most unlikely thing in Star Trek
. EDIT: The Lake Armstrong thing is a nod to Enterprise, where they established that the moon has always been a hotbed of isolationism, so I figured that the "one lone crazy person party" who wants to withdraw from the vast interstellar Federation... of which United Earth is both host to its capital and one of the most influential members thereof... it would be from the moon.
Either never broke up or will be reformed in the 21st century... considering that there's supposed to be a Third Empire period AND Neo-Marxist at some point France during the next half-century before World War III, I don't think a reformation of the Soviet Union is the most unlikely thing in Star Trek
Yeah, I suppose. WW3 really screwed us all over eh
Though then there's the issue in IV about the Leninigrad power grid. Sure the city was renamed, but the Oblast never was.
The next in my... series, I suppose of "Filling in the Blanks of Star Trek", with the 2390 election for the lower house of the United Earth Parliament.
I'm saying, for whatever reasons, that the United Earth Assembly has 700 constituencies, and then 700 seats distributed by proportional representation. There needed to be some sort of quirk
I doubt that a United Earth Assembly would actually use MMP. You'd have about 10 million constituents per seat -- hardly useful. I believe full proportional would be more appropriate, either that or MPs elected by regional parliaments. Also, there would probably an election treshold so that the two smaller parties and perhaps Faith & Justice as well would not even be in the parliament. MMP and PR doesn't work without.
Yeah, I suppose. WW3 really screwed us all over eh
Though then there's the issue in IV about the Leninigrad power grid. Sure the city was renamed, but the Oblast never was.
True, but the more specific thing is not only many reference to Leningrad, but how a ship in TNG was explicitly built in Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. Great Politics Mess-Up, as we all know, is responsible, but I refuse to just throw away canon like that
.I figure that the United Earth Assembly evolved, ultimately, from the UN General Assembly; originally, the constituencies would have been countries, while the proportional members were introduced later as the more democratic side of it. Ultimately, after local government sovereignty was abolished at some point after the Romulan Wars (it wasn't before, because some sources indicate that non-UE, yet human military vessels taking part in said wars), the constituencies came into existence as a political compromise... that just never went away.
The threshold would apply so far as proportional representation is concerned, of course, but in the case of those smallest parties, they probably don't have enough votes to maintain a list, but they have individual members in individual constituencies
True, but the more specific thing is not only many reference to Leningrad, but how a ship in TNG was explicitly built in Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. Great Politics Mess-Up, as we all know, is responsible, but I refuse to just throw away canon like that
Yeah, that's the definitive proof. Thing is, Baikonur is still used, and to my knowledge wasn't renamed, so thus creating less explanation needed
So, a quick and dirty United Earth infobox I put together, would be from late 2390 or early 2391 -
EDIT: As a quick reminder: "United Earth" as a political entity includes not only Earth, but a terraformed Mars, moon, and a few dozen colonies at the outskirts of the Federation that technically belong to Earth.
EDIT: As a quick reminder: "United Earth" as a political entity includes not only Earth, but a terraformed Mars, moon, and a few dozen colonies at the outskirts of the Federation that technically belong to Earth.
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Elessar267, I am truly impressed. Keep it up.
Is the Federalist party right, left, or centre?
Is the Federalist party right, left, or centre?
The way I see it:
For what it's worth, it's center or center-left, sort of, but these descriptions are fairly meaningless in Star Trek terms compared to ours; due to the transtator, there literally is no want, no need - everything a person could possibly need is easily made in the replicator. Nearly any fantasy they could possibly wish to live out can be done at a free holosuite. Public transportation is free, instant and global. And United Earth has abolished money (something which is NOT the case throughout the Federation). It's far more alien a society from our perspective than a lot of the ones we see in Star Trek.
The primary issues are federalization and devolutionism. Federalization refers to the level of integration United Earth has with the general Federation, while devolutionism refers to the internal governance of Earth itself, how much power is devolved to traditional institutions and local governments.
The Federalists are strongly pro-federalization, wishing ever more and greater integration with the Federation. The Conservatives are... well, conservative. A few members may want to piddle about this issue or that, and there is an occasional movement to take back one or two powers, but they, on the whole, like the level of integration there is. Both the Federalists and Conservatives strongly back the status quo on devolution, so that's not gonna change anytime soon - with the preservation of traditional institutions, like the United Earth Supreme Council (essentially, a House of Lords-like house of review, made up of a few hereditary members and a few locally elected members, but mostly appointed for life by the Prime Minister, which can delay legislation for a short time but not block it entirely) and the Presidency, and local governments, such as the United States or European Alliance.
Labor are pro-federalization, closer to the Federalists than to the Conservatives but not nearly as far, but are also very much anti-devolutionist, wishing a fully and completely unitary state with a unicameral legislature, absolute proportional representation, and that sort of thing. Greens are pro-devolutionist, wanting more power returned to local governments, and very moderately anti-federalization. Progressives are anti-federalization, but strongly anti-devolutionist, as well. Faith & Justice are pro-federalization and pro-devolutionist. The Neo-Marxists are anti-federalization and anti-devolutionist, who, like Labor, want proportional representation, unicameral legislature, etc, but also want to loosen ties with the Federation. The radical Party for Terra want to leave the Federation entirely, but preserve devolution in the state it currently is. They also want to strip UE citizenship from aliens (though not part-humans... anymore...) and restore the United Earth military. They also haven't had more than five seats in Parliament over a century and a half, and have often dropped out entirely.
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