My favorite part is where a swing of half a point gives you two dozen extra seats
Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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My favorite part is where a swing of half a point gives you two dozen extra seats
Donald J. Trump
I'll be working backwards.
Donald John Trump is the current Governor of New Jersey, and best known for his business interests in both Atlantic City, New Jersey and Havana, Cuba, both cities where Trump controls the majority of the casinos and other gambling establishments. Prior to being elected Governor, Trump had been under investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department for his alleged ties to the Mob with his business dealings in both Havana and Atlantic City.
Trump was elected amidst a backlash against the Nationals in New Jersey and nationwide, as President Rubio's unpopular tax reform has mobilized the millennial generation and grassroots Social Labor activists. Trump's position in winning the Social Labor primary was uniquely because of his vast wealth, financing his own campaign and refusing to accept donations, but championing socialist causes in areas which did not directly conflict with his own business interests. While sitting solidly on the pro-Business wing of the party, he favors an expansion of healthcare and conversion of most federal aid programs into direct monetary payments, something he proposed in his first speech in front of the New Jersey legislature. Critics have cited this as little more than favoring his own business interests, as it could motivate people to gamble more of their money, but Trump has denied this accusations.
Trump maintains a home at Trump Tower in Jersey City, as well as his private resort Playa de Jaimanitas on the outskirts of Havana. Prior to his political career, Trump tried, and failed, at establishing a chain of private golf clubs around the country, as well as a failed business venture into real estate in New England, pulling the plug on the latter because of the "Crazy, insane, stupid, real bad regulations!," which was released in a tweet in 2014 which was the formal announcement of the closure of the New England Trump Organization.
Donald John Trump is the current Governor of New Jersey, and best known for his business interests in both Atlantic City, New Jersey and Havana, Cuba, both cities where Trump controls the majority of the casinos and other gambling establishments. Prior to being elected Governor, Trump had been under investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department for his alleged ties to the Mob with his business dealings in both Havana and Atlantic City.
Trump was elected amidst a backlash against the Nationals in New Jersey and nationwide, as President Rubio's unpopular tax reform has mobilized the millennial generation and grassroots Social Labor activists. Trump's position in winning the Social Labor primary was uniquely because of his vast wealth, financing his own campaign and refusing to accept donations, but championing socialist causes in areas which did not directly conflict with his own business interests. While sitting solidly on the pro-Business wing of the party, he favors an expansion of healthcare and conversion of most federal aid programs into direct monetary payments, something he proposed in his first speech in front of the New Jersey legislature. Critics have cited this as little more than favoring his own business interests, as it could motivate people to gamble more of their money, but Trump has denied this accusations.
Trump maintains a home at Trump Tower in Jersey City, as well as his private resort Playa de Jaimanitas on the outskirts of Havana. Prior to his political career, Trump tried, and failed, at establishing a chain of private golf clubs around the country, as well as a failed business venture into real estate in New England, pulling the plug on the latter because of the "Crazy, insane, stupid, real bad regulations!," which was released in a tweet in 2014 which was the formal announcement of the closure of the New England Trump Organization.
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George Bush
George W. Bush is the eldest son of former Prime Minister George H.W. Bush and the grandson of former Prime Minister Prescott Bush. Bush is the current Chairman and CEO of The Bush Group, an organization started by his father during his premiership to act without a conflict of interest. It has since grown to be one of the largest generators of wealth in New England, being responsible for venture capital and tech investments, as well as extensive business dealings with the Soviet Union and eastern Europe. Under Bush's leadership, the group has divested and expanded its portfolio and is consistently ranked as among the largest multinational corporations. Bush himself is the 7th wealthiest man in New England, with a networth of almost US$37 billion. He is also an honorary citizen of Australia, obtained due to the multi-billion dollar investments made by The Bush Group to develop resource extraction and shipping. The company is also the primary shareholder of the Panama Canal, built to compete with the U.S.-owned Nicaragua Canal.
He is more well known as the owner of the successful Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, and holding the plurality stake in the Hartford Whalers ice hockey team. Previously he had been a partial owner in the Boston Bulldogs NAFL team, before selling his stake to Robert Kraft.
He is a well known donor to Conservative causes, and forms the bedrock of the "Coastal Conservatives," who offer a more moderate policy view than more traditional conservatives, and many have attacked Bush as being a "Conservative in name only," as he has also donated to Labour causes.
Bush has refused all attempts to get him to enter politics, despite Conservatives yearning for the name recognition and money he would bring into the race. During the most recent leadership election, Bush came in fourth despite explicitly stating he would not be a candidate, and would not lead the party. Despite his refusal, his son William Bush is the Minister of Revenue Services in the Connecticut provincial government.
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This makes a very satisfying read. The sheer depth of this scenario never ceases to impress. The idea of such a massive election is quite breathtaking!
And maybe MoralisticCommunist could do some election maps as well.
The Bush Family is basically a political and financial dynasty in New England. Helps when two of them were highly influential Prime Ministers. George Bush is an amalgamation of say, Mitt Romney, Warren Buffet, and Robert Kraft. He has his toys (Brooklyn Dodgers), and this time stayed far away from both oil and politics.
The Maritimes probably got the equivalent of their New England Planters on schedule, but they never experienced the shock mass migration of Loyalists, which should have interesting effects. Mostly because in time I’d imagine the local governors clamping down on township government like in reality would be way less tolerated without revolutionary trauma, even if population growth is rather slower in TTL. Or being residents of different countries in OTL versus TTL.
Do Anglo Maritimes have anything particularly distinctive like Maritimers being a bastion of loyalism in our world or do they fit in with Massachusites, Connecticutters, etc. vis-a-vis each other?
Do Anglo Maritimes have anything particularly distinctive like Maritimers being a bastion of loyalism in our world or do they fit in with Massachusites, Connecticutters, etc. vis-a-vis each other?
This is correct, there was no mass migration of Loyalists. Those that DID move north mostly settled in the "better" areas of New England, such as Long Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, ect. where the climate is better, and larger settlements more common. In this regard, the loyalty of southern New Englanders is more a feature of their identity than the Anglo Maritimers!
The local governments of the Maritimes mirror that of other New England towns, incredibly powerful and all incorporated municipalities. This is the most true in Prince Edward Island, where counties are defunct, and all land is owned by a town or a city. Only in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where towns are not as common in the unsettled interior, do counties and the provincial government have any true modicum of control over the unincorporated areas, with a similar situation in Maine. During the expansion of responsible government in New England, it was actually the Maritimes that were the least "uppity" for its expansion, with southern New England, being host to a number of people influenced by the American Revolution, advocating for responsible government.
Maritime history (Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia) has been a history of tensions between the Acadian majority and the Anglo minority, the former of which had little political power and the latter dominating politics, a primary reason for the four provinces joining New England (although being away from the direct control of the United Kingdom was also welcomed by the Acadians, who for the first time had some political power in the Dominion of New England). In this sense, they are unique in their cultural bifurcation. They share the same history, the same territory, the same foods and work, but they have a different language, different literature, different political ideals, different law systems (French civil code dominated Maine and New Brunswick before the Dominion Act, and is still informally observed in the Maritimes), different "fun" activities ect.
In terms of just Anglo Maritimers, then no. There's not really anything that will specifically differentiate an Anglo Maritime family who has lived in New Brunswick for 200 years from one that has lived in Plymouth for 200 years.
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is the husband of Hillary Clinton, the current Senate Minority Leader of the United States Senate. He has previously served as the First Gentleman of New York and the First Gentleman of the city of Westchester. Born in Arkansas and an influential student leader, Clinton briefly attended Yale University in New England, where he met his wife Hillary Rodham. The two moved to Texas to work on the 1972 campaign of George McGovern, who took note in American history as the only candidate to lose every single electoral vote, twice, up against President Nelson Rockefeller. After the failure in Texas, the couple moved to New York City, where his wife ran unsuccessfully for Mayor in 1981. The pair then moved north to the city of Westchester, where Hillary was elected four times as Mayor of Westchester, serving from 1984 to 2000. Here, Bill Clinton was a well-known figure in the city, acting on his wife's behalf at important functions, and serving as a liaison with New York City, and one of the leading figures on the Council of the Tri-City Area.
In 2003, the Clintons moved to Poughkeepsie after Hillary was elected governor. The couple than moved to their current home in Chappaqua in Westchester County after Hillary won election to the U.S. Senate in 2010 to replace the outgoing Geraldine Ferraro.
Bill Clinton still reprises his role he held in Westchester, being well known in political circles for advancing his wife's agenda in Hamilton. He is considered to be one of the leading political spouses in the United States, and has often been urged to run for office, given his popularity.
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Oh yeah, I do have to ask one of the most inane and nit-picky questions one could ever ask on this timeline....I’m gonna do it anyway.
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Why not NEW Plymouth instead of merely Plymouth (province)? Technically it is unique toponymy... and lets Plymouth, England retain notice as just “Plymouth” without need for distinction a la New York vis-a-vis York.
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Why not NEW Plymouth instead of merely Plymouth (province)? Technically it is unique toponymy... and lets Plymouth, England retain notice as just “Plymouth” without need for distinction a la New York vis-a-vis York.
Oh yeah, I do have to ask one of the most inane and nit-picky questions one could ever ask on this timeline....I’m gonna do it anyway.
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Why not NEW Plymouth instead of merely Plymouth (province)? Technically it is unique toponymy... and lets Plymouth, England retain notice as just “Plymouth” without need for distinction a la New York vis-a-vis York.
While "New Plymouth" was a name used for the Colony of Plymouth at times, its important to understand that the province derives it's own existence from a Royal Charter granted by James I. Founded first my pilgrims escaping religious persecution, the idea of a "New Plymouth" would seem appealing to them, it was something that was "new" and away from the "old." With a desire to enforce more strict religious conformity (as well as wealth generation), James I made the decision to grant the charter only to the "Plymouth Colony" as a means of tying it back with old England (New Hampshire, not having any of this religious nonsense flying about, maintained the name "New" Hampshire).
In effect, its merely a historical blip that has occurred due to the Commonwealth's historical development and early religious strife.
I have an embarrassingly large amount of backstory for most everything for this timeline. With only a few exceptions, everything has a reason it exists and is not simply a measure of "huh this is neat, let's do this!"
For example. The recently posted Bill Clinton infobox. Because of more forceful Union control in the 1860s/1870s (and less northern #s to southern #s), Black enfranchisement was seen as key to maintaining the new established order in the former Confederacy. This meant further protection for Freedmen, and greater civil rights expansion, and no rise of the Uber Racist southerner Democrats who brainstormed into power. With a coalition of African Americans and middle class whites, the Nationals became the dominate party in the South, with poor whites and blacks joining the Liberals, Progressives, or Social Laborites. While Bill, a Social Labor politician, tried to get elected in Arkansas, it was no shoe in, and he never gained political traction in the swing state, thus his political career never advanced. Beyond student activism, instead advancing his wife's career in New York, after it was decided that they could not get elected on their policies alone in the South.
Damn, I knew something was slightly off with that infobox description, but I couldn't figure out what. I'll fix it.
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