Collaborative Presidential Elections - New

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1988

President Gary Hart (R-CO)/Vice President Ben Fernandez (R-CA)-216 EV, 50.4% of the popular vote.
Senator James Griffin (D-NY)/Governor Robert Casey (D-PA)-184 EV, 43.7% of the popular vote.
Congressman Ron Paul (L-PA)/Congressman Dick Randolph (L-AK), 3.7% of the popular vote.
Mr. Jesse Jackson (P-IL)/Mr. Ralph Nader (P-CT)-2.2% of the popular vote.

President Hart is able to win a second term despite numerous scandals about his personal life being brought up against him. The economy continues to prosper, and Senator Griffins focus on social issues does not help him. The Libertarians, a small party founded in 1979, finally break through, and even beat out the Progressives, who made a quixotic bid in protest of Harts moderate policies.

[OAM]

Might want to change what state Ron Paul is from?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Might want to change what state Ron Paul is from?

Lol, just saw that. Paul was born in PA, so I assume his career started there instead.

[OAM]

1992

Senator Bob Dole (D-KS)/General Alexander Haig (D-PA) - 200 EV/41.5% PV
Vice President Ben Fernandez (R-CA)/Governor Bob Kerrey (R-NB) - 139 EV/29.5% PV
Mr. Ralph Nader (P-CT)/Governor Jerry Brown (P-CA) - 52 EV/27.3% PV

The Republicans were on shaky ground going into 1992, not helped by the fact that Vice President Fernandez won the nomination.  Some contested that he was too old to be an effective candidate.  It was enough to make the progressives nominate a candidate further to the left.  Still, the race was competitive.  Vote splitting and highly localized support for the progressives led to an outright Democratic victory, though, instead of another house vote, despite lack luster candidates from the conservative party.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1996

President Robert Dole (D-KS)/Vice President Alexander Haig (D-PA)-209 EV, 51.5% of the popular vote.
Governor Christine Whitman (R-NJ)/Governor Tommy Thompson (R-WI)-154 EV, 40.1% of the popular vote.
Former Mayor Dennis Kucinich (P-OH)/Mr. Elliot Richardson (P-MA)-28 EV, 8.0% of the popular vote.
Others (Libertarian, Socialist, Prohibition)-0.4% of the popular vote.

[sentinel]

I really like this particular timeline, but I haven't read it all so I'm a bit hesitant to get involved

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Got the next one.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

2000
With 1999 came the sunsetting of the "Dole Era". Both President Dole and Vice President Haig were retiring from politics and a new line of political leaders were coming out of the woodwork. On the Republican side, Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island soon became the front-runner following a large victory in in the New Hampshire primary. He soon beat out his closest rival, former Senator Larry Pressler of South Dakota. Nonetheless, Pressler was chosen for Vice President in order to win the party's Western Wing. Meanwhile, Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, former Reagan-era prosecutor, Congressman (1983-1990), Mayor of NYC (1990-1998), and Governor since January 1st, 1999, was able to win the nomination.

In one of the closest elections in history, with the fate of the Presidency coming down to a few contested states in the Interior West, the nation sat, holding its breath. However, Chafee came out with victory in Wyoming and that sealed the deal. Giuliani's choice of Indiana Governor Evan Bayh had not helped in the area most seriously contested, the West, where Chafee's running mate, Pressler had the advantage.

Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)/Former Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD) 198 electoral votes
Governor Rudolph W. Giuliani (D-NY)/Governor Evan Bayh (D-IN) 193 electoral votes

[OAM]

2004

President Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)/Vice President Larry Pressler (R-SD) - 249 EV/52.2% PV
Senator John McCain (D-AZ)/Senator Robert C. Smith (D-NJ) - 136 EV/45.7% PV

Chafee's term is considered successful and his popularity is high with Americans.  Overall events are smooth sailing, with no major bumps.  However, there are several high profile social incidents between supporters of the President and those of the Vice-President as lingering tension from the 2000 primaries surfaces.  The Party holds together, and actually fends an attempt by the Democrats to also run a moderate while splitting the vote regionally, but that only means they'll be back with a vengeance in 2008 now that the base is convinced moving further to the right is the answer.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

2008

Senator Hillary Rodham (D-IL)/Congressman Mark Udall  (D-CO)-205 EV, 50.6% of the popular vote.
Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN)/Former Governor Gary Johnson (R-NM)-180 EV, 47.4% of the popular vote.
Other (Progressive, Libertarian, Prohibition)-2.0% of the popular vote.

The Democratic Party nominates conservative Illinois Senator Hillary Rodham, who won the Democratic nomination after a long and drawn out battle with former New York Governor Rudy Giuliani. She faced former Treasury Secretary and Governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, and became America's first female President after winning a close election.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

One more election and then on to the CSA

[OAM]

Heh, normally I wait a little more, but I'll claim, honor of the last election

2012

Governor Tom Vilsack (R-IA)/Senator Dennis Kucinich (R-OH) - 313 EV/60.6% PV
President Hillary Rodham (D-IL)/Vice President Mark Udall (D-CO) - 65 EV.38.1% PV

President Rodham didn't really do anything wrong, per se, but was unable to sell her reforms to the American people during a time of prosperity.  The economy kept on going steady, and foreign affairs were good, so why change what isn't broken?  The Republicans come back with a promise of non-interference... not counting reversing the "needless" new programs.

[OAM]

16. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), 1861-1863
17. William Seward (R-NY), 1863-1865
18. George McClellan (D-NJ), 1865-1873
19. Horatio Seymour (D-NY), 1873-1877
20. Thomas Hendricks (D-IN), 1877-1881
21. John Sherman (R-OH), 1881-1889
22. Chester Arthur (R-NY), 1889-1891
23. Robert Lincoln (R-IL), 1891-1893
24. Isaac Gray (D-IN), 1893-1897
25. William Allison (R-IA), 1897-1905
26. William J. Bryan (R-NE), 1905-1910
27. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY), 1910-1913
28. Judson Harmon (D-OH), 1913-1921
29. Robert M. La Follette (R-WI), 1921-1925
30. Al Smith (D-NY), 1925-1929
31. Joseph France (R-MD), 1929-1937
32. Robert Taft (D-OH), 1937-1941
33. Douglas MacArthur (R-NY), 1941-1949
34. Everett Dirksen (D-IL), 1949-1957
35. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), 1957-1959
36. Richard Nixon (R-CA), 1959-1965
37. Nelson Rockefeller (D-NY), 1965-1969
38. Sprio Agnew (R-MD), 1969-1974
39. Clifford P. Case (R-NJ), 1974-1977
40. Roland Reagan (D-CA), 1977-1985
41. Gary Hart (R-CO), 1985-1993
42. Bob Dole (D-KS), 1993-2001
43. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), 2001-2009
44. Hillary Rodham (D-IL), 2009-2013
45. Tom Vilsack (R-IA), 2013-

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Time for the CSA. Shall we put the first election at either 1866 or 1867?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Time for the CSA. Shall we put the first election at either 1866 or 1867?

1866 would make the years even numbered, if that means anything That was by far the best list we have done, and I can't thank you guys enough for it

[OAM]

The irony of me having Hillary lose in a landslide.... *sigh*....

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd sincerely like the honor of doing 1866. If that's okay with the rest of you.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I'd sincerely like the honor of doing 1866. If that's okay with the rest of you.

Go ahead

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

1866
The last six years had not been kind to the fledgling nation. With the nation's infrastructure in a wreck after multiple years of war, the only glimmer of hope had been the Yankees' concession following particular brutal fighting on the border. 1866 represented the first year to test Confederate Democracy. With President Davis term limited and in no way desiring a second go, the field was wide open. Representing Davis' moderation and the interests of the West was Treasury Secretary John H. Reagan. From Kentucky, a state "liberated" form Yankee aggression in the peace talks, came former U.S. Vice President John C. Breckenridge, wanting another go at the Presidency. From South Carolina hailed the radical Congressman Robert Barnwell Rhett, a devout secessionist who campaigned on the idea of Confederate isolationism and lack of a need for "the damn Yankees". Finally, Virginia's electors supported their favorite son, un-willing and undeclared candidate, General Robert E. Lee himself.

Secretary of the Treasury John H. Reagan (TX)/Vice President Alexander H. Stephens (GA) 45 electoral votes
Secretary of War John C. Breckenridge (KY)/former Governor Isham G. Harris (TN) 22 electoral votes
Congressman Robert Barnwell Rhett (SC)/Congressman Clement Claiborne Clay (AL) 17 electoral votes
General Robert E. Lee (VA)/former Governor Zebulon B. Vance (NC) 11 electoral votes

While no candidate had a majority, and many feared that failure to properly elect a candidate could result in the destruction of the nation, Robert E. Lee, himself having refused to accept the 11 electoral votes granted him, pledged them to Reagan, who then, holding a majority, was sworn in on March 4th, 1867, as the second President of the Confederate states of America.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1872

Secretary of State Judah Benjamin (N-VA)/Senator Stephen Mallory (N-FL)-71 EV, 53.0% of the popular vote.
Mr. Edmund Ruffin (I-VA)/Congressman Robert Rhett (I-SC)-36 EV, 47.0% of the popular vote.

The election of 1872 saw Judah Benjamin, the Secretary of State, was elected the third President, (and first ever Jewish President) of the Confederate States. At the 1872 Democratic convention, the party voted to change their names to the National Party, and declared their support for a stronger central government. Edmund Ruffin, a farmer and activist, launched an independent bid in opposition to the new platform.

[GLPman]

I'd love to make a map, but I don't know how to edit out the electoral votes.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I'd love to make a map, but I don't know how to edit out the electoral votes.

Its not that hard. Basically, take the map code (for the 1878 election, I would use the 1876 map as a base), delete all the Union States in the code, and there you have it

[Penelope]

Even easier: Just hit "reset all" and then only color in the CSA states.

1878

Former General James Longstreet (N-LA) / Former Secretary of War James Seddon (N-VA) - 89 EV - 66.45% popular vote
Senator Robert Rhett (S-SC) / Former Senator Clement Clay (S-AL) - 18 EV - 26.9% popular vote
Others - 0 EV - 6.65%

Now a Senator, Robert Rhett forms his own political party, the Sovereignty Party, designed to protect the sovereignty of the states and keep the Confederacy decentralized. For a first showing, the new party does well, winning two states. Their landslide loss would be considered inevitable by historians, with the National Party nominating a war hero, General James Longstreet. However, the election of 1878 would be very important in the long run for Confederate politics, defining a new age where the National Party was not the only political party in the country.

[OAM]

Claiming next, and that's an awesome tip, thanks!  Also for anyone wondering how to get orange, put 7 in the first of the three variables

1884

Governor Robert E. Withers (N-VA)/Senator Charles W. Jones (N-FL) - 69 EV/46.0% PV
Senator John Tyler Morgan (S-AL)/Governor Matthew Butler (S-SC) - 51 EV/ 52.3% PV

The Sovereign Party suffers the loss of several of its leaders to natural causes between elections, making the Nationals complacent.  No one really noticed how their strength had built, until on election day Morgan won the popular vote.  Many were shocked, and many more bitter.  For now, it would be business as usual, but come 1890, there would be a reckoning...

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

"7"? I always used 5. Anyway, guess I'll call the next one.