It's not the number of parties, it's the fact that fusion balloting has fractured them all to the point that I don't know why they're even still bothering with formal parties at all.

Sometimes I wonder the same thing about the OTL US, where parties are little more than names any person can run for that define a vague set of positions.
 
Sometimes I wonder the same thing about the OTL US, where parties are little more than names any person can run for that define a vague set of positions.

OTL parties still have a party organization, and its endorsement is usually key in winning elections. That's who you're supposed to win over to get a shot. If you tried running as a candidate of one of those parties without going through the primary process (or losing in it), they would make sure to rally people against you.
 
It's not the number of parties, it's the fact that fusion balloting has fractured them all to the point that I don't know why they're even still bothering with formal parties at all.
I suspect formal parties would still have an organizational and/or ballot access role and after everything would still be more consolidated at the state level.
 
My greatest hope is Upton Sinclair winning. Sadly it won't happen.

In alternative, let McMahon put a nuclear engine in every car.
Ford_Nucleon.jpg
 
The Progressive field looks interesting. I could see a pretty divided convention. I kinda hope Taylor emerges as a compromise candidate among radical delegates. Who's to say folksy won't play, you know? Taylor/Marcantonio Left Unity dream ticket? Is Vito still around?
 
Last edited:
Just read this timeline. One of the chest written on the site. Keep up the good work.

Wallace/Taylor 1948! Hopefully they do better than OTL,though :p
 
Hey y'all, I've been reading this thread since part one and I have to say; Great work! However, due to the intracies of the storyline, I'm confused on what happened to President-turned-supreme-court-chief-justice Nathan Miller? Is he still alive? Why did he give up his spot to Earl Warren?
 
Top