DBAHC: Save the Electoral college

OOC POD: 1948 election is deadlocked, Truman/Barkley is elected by House and Senate. Both Parties refuse to bow to the Dixiecrats and Progressives (Wallace/Taylor won Iowa and Idaho) and both decide to abolish the college

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IC: Try to save the Electoral college which was abolished in 1949 unanimously
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
I think if the Republicans ran someone like Thomas Dewey instead of Harold Stassen for 1948, then that mess could have been avoided. Dewey ran in '44 and was an established brand with a lot of popularity, regardless of how disparaging people like Turtledove are to him. Stassen was just a bit to... green, I suppose. Did his best, and I think he hit his ceiling, but it's 266 electoral votes, not 260.

EDIT OC: On that map we should be seeing a lot more blue states if the Progressives and Dixicrats are winning that many states.
 
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