Very unlikely wins

people really seem to like "what if Al Smith won in 1928" PODs, which is close to ASB, so what if these landslide elections went the other way

1904: Alton B. Parker

1920: James Cox

1924: Robert M. La Follette Sr.

1936: Alf Landon

1940: Wandell Willkie

1952: Adlai Stevenson

1964: Barry Goldwater

1972: George McGovern

1980: John Anderson

1984: Walter Mondale

1988: Micheal Dukakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_B._Parker
 
Without Alien Space Bat intervention, the only one of the listed losers who could have realistically won was Dukakis, and that was nowhere near a landslide (53 - 47). Dukakis left the convention with a lead in the polls but once he was tanked and Hortoned, the election ended up where it shoudl have given the economy of 1988. The second best candidate on the list is Wendell Willkie. If FDR has not run again, the Democrat nomination would have been up in the air and it is possible that a weak candidate culd have been nominated. Heck, compared to FDR every potential D nominee was weak. Then Willkie has a chance. Adlia vs Taft instead of Ike, maybe, but US was tired of D control after 20 years and Taft was the only alternative to Ike and Taft was not a nut case. Adlai vs McArthur or McCarthy, then he has a chance, but not gonna happen.
Every one else on the list - ASB
 
Pierre Elliot Trudeau, born in New York. :p
I thought he was born in Montreal?

The most doable ones are 1988, 1952, 1940, and 1984, in that order. Of that, 1952 and 1940 require no Ike and FDR respectively, and 1984 requires that the economy doesn't recover quickly enough. So the one you can do easiest is 1988.
 
that one is the most asb the public was furious at wilson and the dems... 1920 was the largest popular vote victory ever... it was like the 2008 dynamic on roids


Depends when the PoD is.

WI Hughes wins in 1916, and leads America into WW1 much as Wilson did. By 1920, everyone is fed up with the Republicans, much as OTL they were with the Democrats. Ex-President Wilson is the leading candidate at first, but is eliminated by failing health, and after thirty of forty ballots, Cox is nominated (of course, butterflies might lead to someone else being nominated, but that isn't inevitable). Cox goes on to unseat President Hughes in November.
 
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