Potential List of Presidential Elections

So this is for a potential upcoming timeline I might do. It will depict the societal repercussions of RFK not being assassinated and going on to assume the presidency. The first major repercussions are the butterflying of the Nixon Administration and the Dems holding the White House from 1960 to 1976. The TL will probably run from 1968 to 2012, ending with the 2012 Election (so no spoiler on that one).

A few notable changes I want to have happen overtime is for there to be a few notably blue states. Missouri and West Virginia become/remain Dem states and Idaho, Texas, Kentucky, and California remain swing states. In the '90s, New York leans purple but goes solidly Democrat starting in the mid 2000s.

Here is a list of Presidential Elections. Any criticisms you may have will be very helpful!
1968: NY(D)Sen Bobby Kennedy(341 - 44.6%)/CA(R)VP Dick Nixon(152 - 43.2%)/Wallace(45 - 8.9%)
1972: NY(D)Pres Bobby Kennedy(379 - 49.6%)/NY(R)Gov Nelson Rockefeller(179 - 44.9%)
1976: CA(R)Gov Ronald Reagan(284 - 46.6%)/OK(D)VP Fred Harris(254 - 45.9%)
1980: MA(D)Sen Ted Kennedy(401 - 51.1%)/CA(R)Pres Ronald Reagan(137 - 42.7%)
1984: MA(D)Pres Ted Kennedy(438 - 53.3%)/ID(R)Sen Bob Dole(100 - 45.4%)
1988: OH(D)VP John Glenn(342 - 48.9%)/TX(R)John Connally(196 - 46.2%)
1992: OH(D)Pres John Glenn(274 - 47.2%)/DE(R)Gov Pierre du Pont(264 - 45.8%)
1996: NY(R)Speaker Jack Kemp(312 - 47.6%)/CO(D)Sen Gary Hart(179 - 44.9%)
2000: NY(R)Pres Jack Kemp(404 - 50.2%)/TN(D)Sen Al Gore(134 - 46.8%)
2004: CA(D)Gov Jerry Brown(346 - 47.2%)/AZ(R)Sen John McCain(192 - 45.3%)
2008: CA(D)Pres Jerry Brown(295 - 46.5%)/MA(R)Sen Susan Collins(243 - 45.9%)
2012: UT(R)Sen Mitt Romney & NC(D)Gov John Edwards(MAYBE)

Additional info: The Dems dominate the House of Reps until the Republicans take it in 1994, with Jack Kemp being the Minority Leader and then House Speaker. The Repubs and Dems on again, off again.

Also, Dems are red and Repubs are blue in the coding thanks to a difference in how politics is approached with Reagan winning the nom in the 70s instead.
 
1988 is probably too late for John Connally, especially if he doesn't get elected or appointed to any other offices in between '68 and then.

Jack Kemp was probably too wonkish and moderate to get elected Speaker, especially as the first Republican Speaker in generations. Newt Gingrich might be too convergent, but someone like him (or even someone kind of moderate but nonetheless acceptable to the base, like Tom Loeffler) would probably be a better fit.

Overall, I think you have too many people who ran for President OTL getting nominated - there's a whole wealth of interesting folks who for one reason or another never ran in an OTL primary but could have received the nomination or even gotten elected.

Also, you have Democrats holding the presidency for sixty out of the eighty years between 1932 and 2012. Just pointing that out.

I'm interested to see your rationale for which states change party loyalties relative to OTL.

Overall, more details would be much appreciated - this seems interesting!
 
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1988 is probably too late for John Connally, especially if he doesn't get elected or appointed to any other offices in between '68 and then.

Jack Kemp was probably too wonkish and moderate to get elected Speaker, especially as the first Republican Speaker in generations. Newt Gingrich might be too convergent, but someone like him (or even someone kind of moderate but nonetheless acceptable to the base, like Tom Loeffler) would probably be a better fit.

Overall, I think you have too many people who ran for President OTL getting nominated - there's a whole wealth of interesting folks who for one reason or another never ran in an OTL primary but could have received the nomination or even gotten elected.

Also, you have Democrats holding the presidency for sixty out of the eighty years between 1932 and 2012. Just pointing that out.

Thanks, I was looking for a moderate to be the candidate there, but I wasn't happy with the choice

Regarding Jack Kemp, I was hoping to make the Republican Party more moderate by Reagan having a notably awful administration (he faces similar issues to Carter with more denial and underhanded, potentially illegal acts, than Carter's quiet incompetence). The Religious Right were able to win the next Republican Presidential Primary with Bob Dole (also wasn't very happy with that pick) but once he lost, their power over the party was broken and re-organized country club Republicans took over again (followed up by tech billionaires in the 90s and 00s).

I'll look into Loeffler.

For now, the 2012 picks, Bob Dole, and Connally were sorta placeholders for if I come up with something better.

And I was hoping for the post-RFK presidential system to come out as Democrat dominant. I felt that the Dems won one too many elections, but I wanted Kemp to be Pres from 96 to 04 so I couldn't really think of where to shift it beyond Glenn not winning re-election.
 
IMO if Nixon loses in 1968 (to RFK or any other Democrat) Republicans are more likely to move right (with Reagan) in 1972 than to move left, *especially* with Rockefeller (who will always arouse more hate on the right than, say, Romney or Percy).

The rationale will be "we have to win the 1968 Wallace voters."
 
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