List of US Elections 1900-2012

JoeMulk

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TTL doesn't parallel OTL that closely. I mean you have the Democrats move considerably to the left, the south leaving the Dems earlier not to mention an entirely separate foreign policy and both world wars and the depression occurring at different times.
 
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Robert F. Kennedy (M-MA) / Robert Kasten (M-WI)
vs Al Gore (R-TN) / Jack Kemp (R-NY) vs Ross Perot (L-TX) / Pat Buchanan (L-DC) vs Jerry Brown (D-CA) / Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)

Winner: Robert F. Kennedy (M-MA)

Popular Vote: 34.1% vs 31.3% vs 24.2% vs 10.4%

Electoral Vote: 295 vs 145 vs 61 vs 37

Kennedy
maintained his popularity for the most part. The only particular reason why he had some issues with maintaining a strong majority was because his other opponents, particularly Al Gore, who managed to go toe to toe with Kennedy in the debates and the campaign. People however were still more supportive of Kennedy, whose economic plans were starting to pay off.

Most of Kennedy's major contributions included severely reducing inflation and the deficit budget at the same time. By the end of his term, the economy was finally on a stable footing.
 
US Presidential Election, 1996

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Dave McCurdy (M-OK) / Lamar Alexander (M-TN)
vs John Ashcroft (R-MO) / Phil Gramm (R-TX) vs Tom Harkin (D-IA) / Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vs Bob Taft (L-OH) / Harry Browne (L-TN)
Winner: Dave McCurdy (M-OK)

Popular Vote: 50.7% vs 24.8% vs 16.8% vs 6.6%

Electoral Vote: 488 vs 40 vs 10 vs 0

President Kennedy is extremely popular. His approval rating remained above 70%. Despite that, he refused to run for a third term and instead endorsed Senator Dave McCurdy, after Vice President Kasten refused to run as well. Just a week before the election, Libertarian nominee Bob Taft is prosecuted by the authorities due to a corruption scandal, leading various Libertarian leaders to endorse Ashcroft.Riding on the cocktails of the Kennedy administration, including a strong economy and the balanced budget, and thanks to the nominations of relatively polarizing figures by all other parties, Senator McCurdy becomes the first presidential candidate to win more than 50% of the vote since 1952.
 
Once again, a win I see a win that I think is too crushing, especially considering you specifically mentioned that the Libertarians mostly went to Ashcroft.

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John Glenn (M-OH/ John McCain (M-AZ) vs Alan Keyes (R-MD) / Dan Quayle (R-IN) vs Harry Browne (L-TN) / Steve Dasbach (L-IN) vs Dick Gephardt (D-MN) / Warren Beatty (D-VA)
Winner: John Glenn (M-OH)

Popular Vote: 41.7% vs 34.7% vs 13.6%vs 8.9%

Electoral Vote: 321 vs 180 vs 24 vs 13


McGurdy's untimely assassination by Catalan terrorists in 1999 left Vice President Alexander to take the role of president. However he was extraordinarily reluctant to run again, which was how John Glenn was able to easily clinch the nomination (courtesy of Kennedy). Glenn advocated a stronger foreign policy than both of his predecessors, mostly because of the assassination.

The Democratic party floundered in the election due to the past few candidates and their weak message, while the Libertarians managed to regain some of their losses, now becoming the third largest party in the US. The republicans did only average, although they did eat a decent chunk of Glenn's support due to Keyes, who managed to clinch most of the black voters AND get them to vote.

All in all, Glenn came out on top, partially due to his personal fame, partially to the assassination, and partially to Kennedy's coattails.
 
US Presidential Election, 2004

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Colin Powell (M-VA) / Tom Vilsack (M-IA) vs Bill Frist (R-TN) / Rick Santorum (R-PA) vs Ron Paul (L-TX) / Gary Johnson (L-NM) vs Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) / Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Winner: Colin Powell (M-VA)

Popular Vote: 32.9% vs 30.6% vs 21.5% vs 14.1%

Electoral Vote: 280 vs 182 vs 53 vs 23

President Glenn, at the age of 83, refuses to run for reelection and endorsed General Colin Powell for president. Vice President McCain chose not to run due to his timely skin cancer. General Powell promises that he would only serve for one single term. The economy remained strong, and having crushed the Catalan secession movement and terrorism, Powell was leading all his rivals for most of the campaign. However, after the televised debate, the election became too close to call.

Both the Moderate and Republican parties supported internationalism and strong national defense, while the Libertarian and Democratic parties preferred isolationism. Powell and Kucinich supported more investment on renewable energy and the continuous reduction of greenhouse gases; while Paul and Frist vowed that they would withdraw from the Hangzhou Protocol, aimed at fighting global warming. Regarding gun control, Powell defended gun ownership, but he also supported the registration of weapons and reasonable investigation of would-be registrants. Kucinich supported gun control, while Frist and Paul opposed it. Ron Paul vowed to privatize the universal health-care system established by former President Humphrey, while Kucinich vowed to prevent further privatization of social security; Powell claimed that he would maintain the status quo, while Frist proposed reforms to universal health-care that would make it more efficient and preferred a stronger role of private insurance companies.

After a long election night, Powell won a narrow victory, becoming the first African American president in US history. Powell won California, Florida by and Pennsylvania within 1%. Had he lost all three, Frist would have won the election.
 

JoeMulk

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The economy began to sour during the 2008 election season putting President Powell on the defensive from both the left and right. The Democrats nominated Minnesota governor Paul Wellstone who ran a populist campaign and argued that the Democratic Party would remain true to its principles of increasing the standard of living for everybody and that the plight of the poor and hungry had been ignored in the neo-liberal era. Republicans promised to make an attempt at reducing the deficit and nominated Kansas senator Sam Brownback. The moderate party floundered and the Democrats ended up back in the White House for the first time since the Udall administration.


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Paul Wellstone/Andrew Cuomo 33.0%
Sam Brownback/Tim Pawlenty 30.0%
Colin Powell/Tom Vilsack 28.5%
Gary Johnson/Bob Barr 9.0%
 
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Hehe, never mind on the votes. I was off by ten. Still, a total democratic reversal?
 
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US Presidential Election, 2012

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Scott Brown (M-MA
) / Charlie Crist (M-FL)
vs Franklin Graham (R-NC) / Rick Perry (R-TX) vs Paul Wellstone (D-MN) /Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) vs Jim DeMint (L-SC) / Sarah L. Heath (L-AK)

Winner: Scott Brown (M-MA)

Popular Vote: 25.7% vs 24.1% vs 25.4% vs 23.7%

Electoral Vote: 273 vs 111 vs 89 vs 65

In the 2010 midterms, the Libertarian Party made substantial gains. Wellstone's carbon tax and greenhouse gases tax was proven extremely unpopular. Failing to impose gun control, unable to push forward gay marriage or the nationalization of banks, the only achievement of his presidency was perhaps the campaign finance bill. He was crushed by Scott Brown in the electoral college, though Brown won most of the states with a margin of less than 2%.
 
So now, time for conclusion:D
25. William McKinley (R-OH) March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1917
27. John Davis (D-WV) March 4, 1917 - March 4, 1921
28. Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1925
29. James Cox (D-OH) March 4, 1925 - March 4, 1929
30. Henry Ford (R-MI) March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1937
31. Huey Long (D-LA) March 4, 1937 - October 4, 1947
32. Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) October 4, 1947 - January 20, 1949
33. Henry A. Wallace (D-IA) January 20, 1949 - January 20, 1953
34. George Patton (R-VA) January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
35. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) January 20, 1961 - January 20, 1969
36. Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1973
37. John Wayne (R-CA) January 20, 1973 - January 20, 1977
38. Mo Udall (D-AZ) January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1985
39. Bob Dole (R-KS) January 20, 1985 - January 20, 1989
40. Robert F. Kennedy (M-MA) January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1997
41. Dave McCurdy (M-OK) January 20, 1997 - June 30, 1999
42. Lamar Alexander (M-TN) June 30, 1999 - January 20, 2001
43. John Glenn (M-OH) January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005
44. Colin Powell (M-VA) January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2009
45. Paul Wellstone (D-MN) January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013
46. Scott Brown (M-MA) January 20, 2013 - present
 
But there were three other parties to choose from, so why choose the one that needed to gain the most ground? Other than that though, a pretty decent list.
 
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