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Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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Since this is just election season, I guess, I was messing around in Photoshop and created a screengrab from Election Night 1980 where President Nelson Rockefeller (N-New York) defeated Governor Fernando González (SL-Salado).
President Rockefeller would pass away on January 26th, 1981 before he could attend the March 4th Inauguration. Outgoing Vice President William Scranton thus became President for 37 Days, the third shortest Presidency in the nation's history. Vice President-Elect George Romney would take over the office from Scranton, and he fulfilled the entire term and retired from politics after pledging to only serve a single term.
No map?
Since this is just election season, I guess, I was messing around in Photoshop and created a screengrab from Election Night 1980 where President Nelson Rockefeller (N-New York) defeated Governor Fernando González (SL-Salado).
President Rockefeller would pass away on January 26th, 1981 before he could attend the March 4th Inauguration. Outgoing Vice President William Scranton thus became President for 37 Days, the third shortest Presidency in the nation's history. Vice President-Elect George Romney would take over the office from Scranton, and he fulfilled the entire term and retired from politics after pledging to only serve a single term.
No map?
It started as a map but I found I was pretty bad at it. So I tried this instead to capture that 1980s vibe.
I wish I could say something cool like how I have a book of northern Mexican politicians from the 1970s and 1980s but I don't. He's fictional.
Why not replace him with
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas? He could have been born in Salado instead of Mexico City because butterflies alowing him to run for president?
I think it's more likely someone named Fernando González would be born somewhere in Texas, Salado, Jefferson, Arizona, Chihuahua, Sonora, or California and rise the ranks to become governor than to shift around birthplaces. I really only did that for a heap of Cajuns due to the lack of an expulsion.
Nazi Space Spy
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Your fictional character inspired me to find someone from OTL to serve as the 1980 Democratic nominee, so I looked up some northern Mexican politicians from the 1970s, and information was indeed scarce to non-existent. This was the best I could find. A fictional character is infinite times more interesting than a Wikipedia stub
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bernardo_Aguirre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bernardo_Aguirre
The federal PCs are very toxic at the moment, and unlike the OPC and the CPC today there's still links between the OPC and the PCPC, so it's his way of wanting to distance himself from Newhouse and the West as much as possible.
Your fictional character inspired me to find someone from OTL to serve as the 1980 Democratic nominee, so I looked up some northern Mexican politicians from the 1970s, and information was indeed scarce to non-existent. This was the best I could find. A fictional character is infinite times more interesting than a Wikipedia stub
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bernardo_Aguirre
Dios mio! You aren't kidding. I didn't go down that route, I looked for a bit and gave up.
I guess I'll have to write a wikipage on Governor González one day...
I dont know mabye its just my preference to have real people but you do you Kanan because I know you can do it well
I provided Kanan with context and historic pretext for what she wanted to happen. But if you don't believe me it has been confirmed by her right here
I loved your Election 1980 graphic and your wikibox on They Might Be Giants.
Please do more stuff on music and more of those graphics. I'll be patient though....
Please do more stuff on music and more of those graphics. I'll be patient though....
Thanks! I'll take it that you don't know about 80% of the Acadian politicians in New England are fictional then
Pooh, I would have liked to know what it looked like.
I'll be posting most, if not all, of my failed attempts on my patreon so it's pretty likely they'll filter back to this thread whenever I get the free chance to revisit things, probably after the election.
Okay! I'll see what I can do!
@Kanan three questions....
- What is the drinking age in New England?
- Who have been New England's ambassadors to the United Nations?
- Who have been New England and the United States' ambassadors to each other?
Town of Burlington, CT
Burlington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, New England. Historically the town once belonged to the Farmington Plantation and the City of Bristol. The town is situated at the foothills of the Berkshire mountains, and it borders the Farmington River. The landscape is hilly, and still a rural farming community. The province maintains a fish hatchery near the centre of town, and the Nepaug Reservoir is owned by the City of Hartford and maintains the city's water reserves. Economic activity is limited to farming outside of a few shops along the town green, and those who do not farm often work in the City of Torrington or the City of Hartford.
Politically, the town has strongly supported the Conservatives on the federal level, and the Conservatives are the largest party by registration, as of the 2016 election. Nationally, it is represented by Christopher Ziogas in the New England Parliament. After the 2018 Redistribution of Connecticut, Burlington was allocated to the riding of Farmington Valley.
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2. Ooo, now that's a list I'll have to think about.
3. David McKinley is the U.S. Ambassador to New England. John Martin is the New England Ambassador to the United States
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