What portion of the electorate does the republican party control?
As of 1961, Republicans are largely centered in the Midwest and Great Plains. I do plan to have a Republican President down the line in TTL though.
What portion of the electorate does the republican party control?
I've thought of something. Jonathan Moss was a Lietenanat Colonel as of the end, right? If the Air Force is created, does he have a chance to become a General?
I plan to have Washington as a "Museum City" of sorts. The President will be sworn in there every four years, but Philadelphia will eventually become the formal capital of the Union.
On the subject, what sort of memorials can anyone envision in TTL Washington, D.C.? Besides the Washington Monument on the National Mall, I think their might be a memorial for Theodore Roosevelt (on the scale of the Lincoln Memorial perhaps?) as well as one for Charles La Follette on the site of OTL FDR Memorial...
As of 1961, Republicans are largely centered in the Midwest and Great Plains. I do plan to have a Republican President down the line in TTL though.
Just a thought that might be a possibility. You mentioned Cuba will be the only ex-confederate state to regularly vote socialist in the future. This makes sense. However ....
Although it is obvious that the Freedom Party will be abolished across the Union what happens to the Whigs and the Radical Liberals?
As of 1961, the Whigs and R-Ls are long gone (smashed by the Freedom Party in the '30s). The former CSA for the most part will vote Democratic (the "lesser of two evils" for them).
They could comeback though? Couldn't they? Without the Freedom Party wouldn't old supporters of both parties could return / reform their could parties?
But I can see the lesser of two evils case. But wouldn't the Republicans might be the lesser of all three evils by now?
How about 1986 as on OTL?I wonder when the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be comissioned?
Considering Alaska was a Russian colony until the mid 20th century, would we see a much more Russified Alaska when it enters the Union (e.g. the capital remaining at New Archangel (OTL Sitka), significant Russian population, Russian city names, ect.)
Also, on the subject of the US Congress. According to the Turtledove Wiki, the US Congress was moved to Independence Hall when Philadelphia became the de-facto capital. While the number of states in 1944 represented was lower in TTL USA (33 I believe), accomidation was not much of an issue I guess. However, as the US begins to admit more states into the Union, what course of action would the US take to accomadate the subsaquent influx of congressman and women. Would they expand on Independence Hall to allow more Reps and Senators? Would they return to the Capitol Building in DC, or would they build a bigger legislature in Philadelphia?
The former seems the least likely to me than the other two latter considering Independence Hall holds historical value. Then again, this is a completely diffrent timeline we're talking about, so my argument holds little validity...
any ideas...?
They'll probably expand Independence Hall.
I actually disagree with this. If Philadelphia has been bombed, and they are reunitin the country, then restoring the national capital makes more sense, no?
The Original Idea behind Washington DC and where its located developed as a bridge between the North and the South, in the aftermath of a war that reunited the two halves, I think it would again serve that original purpose. Washington DC acts as a compromise between Philidelphia and Richmond, Virginia. Politicians wouldn't want to "Occupy" the South forever, to accomplish this, they need some means to give the South a stake in the country their forging, a good start would be to put the Capital back in Washington DC.
stupid Questain, but what happens to Australia and New Zealand in TL 191? (After and During)
No real advantage in sending convicts to Alaska as opposed to Siberia apart from increasing the cost of transporting them. Its function could be partly that "it is ours and we intend for it to remain so." It could also provide a buffer against pre-Entente British expansionism. The Russians would remember the Nootka Incident of 1789 in which Britain gained control of some Pacific coastline from Spain. Add the Great Game of central Asia and one can see that Alaska provides a buffer against perfidious Albion crossing the Bering Strait.It's more Russian than in our world (I also imagined that the Tsar used Alaska as a dumping ground for trouble-makers on top of that), but by the end of the century, a lot of U.S. settlers will be living there.
They're both members of the CDS, due to fears of possible Japanese expansion.
I Know, but is there anything else we should know?