DWBI: US Presidential Election, 1980

Who are you voting for?


  • Total voters
    27
  • Poll closed .

Penelope

Banned
Well, only a few more hours left untill coverage starts. Who are you voting for?

OOC: Chafee and Dole are the incumbent President/Veep.
 

Penelope

Banned
Myself, I am voting for Pastore. After Rockefeller's Death in 1978, when then Vice President Chafee became President obviously, you could tell right from the get-go that Chafee just wasn't ready to be in the White House.
 
President John Chafee, despite his selection of Bob Dole as his running mate.

He should win comfortably in an election that should see a record low turn out, even worse than in 1968 when incumbent President George Smathers ran against Senator Barry Goldwater. He'll carry on the legacy of his predecessor, might even be further to left than Rocky too. By doing such, with Chafee as President should transform the Republican Party into the more liberal of the two main political parties by 2009.
 
So many changes in office the last ten years. First, Nixon beats the Democrats in '72, resigns in '74 due to Watergate, handing the reigns to Gerald Ford. A year later, and not long after he's chosen Nelson Rockefeller as his vice president, he's assassinated by Sarah Jane Moore on September 22, 1975, handing the reigns to Rockefeller. Rockefeller died in '78, giving the reigns to Chafee. So sad...

Anyhow, I'm voting for Pastore - First, I dislike Bobby Dole, Second, I love Jimmy Carter. If all these assassinations, resignations, and deaths keep up, I want a good Veep to become prez. Plus, Pastore's policies would do greatly with the situations at hand.
 
So many changes in office the last ten years. First, Nixon beats the Democrats in '72, resigns in '74 due to Watergate, handing the reigns to Gerald Ford. A year later, and not long after he's chosen Nelson Rockefeller as his vice president, he's assassinated by Sarah Jane Moore on September 22, 1975, handing the reigns to Rockefeller. Rockefeller died in '78, giving the reigns to Chafee. So sad...

Anyhow, I'm voting for Pastore - First, I dislike Bobby Dole, Second, I love Jimmy Carter. If all these assassinations, resignations, and deaths keep up, I want a good Veep to become prez. Plus, Pastore's policies would do greatly with the situations at hand.

Don't forget that Rocky was lucky that the Democrats nominated the Jackson/Udall ticket in 1976. Supporting the Vietnam War was an albatross on Scoop's neck.
 

Penelope

Banned
Landslide for Pastore!

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John O. Pastore / James "Jimmy" Carter - 54.7% - 453 Electoral Votes.
John L. H. Chafee / Robert Dole - 45.1% - 85 Electoral Votes
 
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