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Jasen777

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Does it matter? Popular attitudes wax and wane, and political leaders are chosen based on those attitudes. Even if say, Kennedy wasn't elected, someone else similar to him would still be elected, give or take four years.

It matters. Popular attitudes aren't going to be the same after several generations of different people. How could things stay the same when half the next generation of leaders from politics to art to the whole population will be born women instead of men (and vice-versa)? And the other half are (at most) no more similar to their OTL counterparts than you are to a sibling. Difference that expand geometrically every generation.

And there's the direct differences of course. No War of 1812, The Federalists don't lose credibility and stay a major party, therefore no "era of good feelings," war heroes don't raise to prominence - American politics are different immediately and will continue to be so, they aren't going to get back to the exact same place a century and a half later. Not top mention the end of the Napoleonic Wars won't be exactly the same in just a minor tweak at a conference could have huge repercussions.
 
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