Election Map Game: Make the above poster's map come true.

Here's a fun game. One poster will post a map of an ELECTION (lets settle this now: Red is Dem, Blue is GOP), and the next poster will explain how that map happened, and then post thier own.

I'll start:

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(D): Edward M. Kennedy/ Dale Bumpers- 285 ECV, 50.7%
(R): Gerald R. Ford/Robert J. Dole- 250 ECV, 48.3%

Incumbent President: Gerald Ford (R)
President-elect: Ted Kennedy (D)

In 1974, President Nixon resigned due to Watergate. Vice President Ford became President. Though Ford did much in the past two years, including providing military aid to South Vietnam and laying the groundwork for the Canal's return, stagflation caused a narrow loss to Ted Kennedy in 1976. Since he had decided not to drive on July 17, 1969- no Chappaquiddick.

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This can either be 1960 or 1964 depending...
 
(R) Nixon/Lodge Jr 276 ECV
(D) Johnson/Symington 261 ECV

JFK decides to wait a few more years as he feels he's not ready to be president. Johnson makes a push at the DNC and gets the nomination. With Harry Byrd dying of a heart attack in April, Alabama and Mississippi's votes go to the Democrats.

However, it was not enough as Nixon won razor thin victories in Illinois and New Jersey which put him over the top.


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1992.
 
Here's a fun game. One poster will post a map of an ELECTION (lets settle this now: Red is Dem, Blue is GOP), and the next poster will explain how that map happened, and then post thier own.

I'll start:

genusmap.php

Rockefeller/Thurmond against LBJ/JFK in 1964
 
Freivolk- use this , which is what I and many others use for electoral maps in our TL's. If you can Photoshop, erase the numbers. Just click "Post Map Link", copy, paste.
 

(D) Muskie/Lindsay: 166 EV
(R) Nixon/Agnew: 371 EV

POD: The Canuck letter is never published

1972:

The Muskie Campaign keeps itself together and manages to beat McGovern by a large margin. He then goes down and finishes a close second to George Wallace. McGovern finishes 5th and is a non-factor and the biggest liberal opposition is John Lindsay who finishes a healthy 3rd. The Humphrey campaign goes down with a disappointing 3rd in Wisconsin, finishing just 3 points ahead of John Lindsay and allowing Muskie to win by 15 points over Wallace. Humphrey with his loss in 68 and his poor showing in 1972 bows out and refuses to endorse anyone. Pennsylvania becomes a three way split with Lindsay, Wallace and Muskie each getting around 25% of the vote and the others breaking the remaining 25. Muskie wins Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. Lindsay wins Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island. Wallace wins The South, Michigan, Delaware, Maryland and Missouri. Muskie realizes that he isn't leading by enough to win on the first ballott and makes a backroom deal for Lindsay to drop out and endorse him.

Muskie/Lindsay is a stronger ticket then McGovern/Eagleton/Shriver but due to the strong econonmy, better relations with the PRC and the USSR and Kissenger's October suprise of "Peace is at Hand", Nixon/Agnew win by a strong mandate of 371 Electoral votes to 166 and a respectabalble 54 to 45% of the popular vote.

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