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Until we have 4 posts in this thread, you're free to choose the missing candidates.

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Antonio V (D) 112
Marco Rubio (C) 129
Jerry Brown (I) 166
Paul Ryan 131 (R)

I'm liking this idea!

Jerry (R/AR) - 417
Snowstalker (D/PA) - 106
Antonio (S/CA) - 8
Miles (Free Democrat/NC) - 7

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Jerry (R/AR): 484
Snowstalker (D/PA): 54
aPerson (O/CA): 0
AntonioV (S/CA): 0

A major left wing vote split leads to a crushing Republican victory. Snowstalker narrowly carries several states by having the most left wing appeal.

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Jerry (R/AR): 187
Supersonic (I/NC): 157
a Person (D/IL): 133
Antonio (S/CA): 61

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Goldwater: 29.8%, 190 EVs
Averroes: 27.1%, 140 EVs
Supersonic: 19.5%, 123 EVs
A Person: 23.6%, 97 EVs


House vote - first ballot

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Goldwater: 20
Averroes: 14
Supersonic: 14
Tied: 2

Supersonic drops out and endorses Goldwater. Second vote:

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Goldwater: 35
Averroes: 13
Tied: 2

Senate vote for VP:

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Averroes' VP: 51
Goldwater's VP: 29
Supersonic' s VP: 20

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Sen. Averroes (D-NY): 35.8%, 226 EVs
Gov. Goldwater (L-WA): 33.5% 130 EVs
Sen. Supersonic (R-NC): 18.5%, 105 EVs
Rep. Antonio (G-CA): 12.2%, 77 EVs

House vote - First ballot

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Sen. Averroes (D-NY): 18 states
Gov. Goldwater (L-WA): 15 states
Sen. Supersonic (R-NC): 14 states
Tied: 3 states

Supersonic drops out and endorses Goldwater.

House Vote - Second Ballot

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Sen. Averroes (D-NY): 16 states
Gov. Goldwater (L-WA): 32 states
Tied: 2 states

Vice-Presidential voting (Senate)

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Averroes' VP): 51
Sen. Rand Paul (Goldwater's VP): 25
Gov. Mike Huckabee (Supersonic's VP): 24

I like how I'm always the candidate of the south.

Do I give off that air of southern hospitality? :P

[skip]

Well, Goldwater is too socially liberal so you're the less worst option for that region. :P

SKIP

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Goldwater 230
Antonio V 66
SoEA SJoyce 149
Nix 93

Goes to house were Goldwater wins

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Gov. Jerryarkansas (R-AR) / Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN): 325 (38.22%)
Sen. Antonio V (D-CA) / Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX): 165 (31.45%)
Sen. Averroes Nix (I-NY) / Gov. Jerry Brown (I-CA): 26 (19.08%)
Sen. SJoyce (L-FL) / Former Sen. Mike Gravel (L-AK): 22 (10.04%)

Note: I accidentally included Supersonic despite his skip... sorry for giving you the shaft, SJoyce, but this took too long to redo. :P

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TNF (133 EVs)
jerryarkansas (194 EVs)
Antonio (135 EVs)
Supersonic (76 EVs)

Vote-splitting, vote-splitting everywhere…

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SJoyce (D-FL) - 211 EVs
Jerry (R-AR) - 143 EVs
TNF (I-KY) - 104 EVs
Hagrid (C-SC) - 80 EVs

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Gov. TNF (D-KY) / Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY): 32.9%, 223 EV
Sen. Hagrid (R-IA) / Gov. Gary Herbert (R-UT): 29.7%, 130 EV
Gov. Jerry (C-AR) / Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum (C-PA): 20.5%, 99 EV
Rep. A Person (P-CA) / Sen. Elizabeth Warren (P-MA): 16.9%, 86 EV


House vote - first ballot

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Hagrid: 17
TNF: 16
Jerry: 12
Tie: 5


Second ballot:

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Hagrid: 27
TNF: 14
Jerry: 4
Tie: 5


Senate vote for VP (absolute majority reached at the 6th ballot):

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Cuomo: 51
Herbert: 31
Santorum: 18

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Hagrid of the Deep - 218 EVs
Antonio V - 150 EVs
a Person - 91 EVs
TNF - 79 EVs

A Person runs a libertarianish campaign and wins several Western states, along with successfully sabotaging Hagrid in ME and NH. Scott and Antonio V split the leftist, Democratic vote almost evenly down the middle; though Antonio is based in California and Scott in New England, this split throughout the country ensures a decisive EC victory for the 'mainstream Republican', Hagrid of the Deep. The black community splits almost evenly in half between the two, which allows Hagrid to pull off several very improbable victories, notably Maryland.

Very few states are won with any kind of majority.

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Hagrid of the Deep (Republican) 399 EV
Scott (Democratic) 64 EV
Antonio V (Progressive) 63 EV
A Person (Independent) 12 EV

Vote splitting on both sides causes the election to go to the House, where Vosem is elected.

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Scott (D-CT) - 261 EVs
Vosem (R-IN) - 167 EVs
Antonio (S-CA) - 62 EVs
Wyoming Conservative (C-WY) - 48 EVs

With a 3-way split in the Conservative vote, Scott easily cruises to victory.

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Scott (D): 50.7%, 403 EV
WY Con (R): 32.4%, 125 EV
Goldwater Rep (I): 15.1%, 10 EV
Vosem (L): 1.8%

Bump!

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Goldwater 208
Vosem 118
Californian Tony 194
Governor Scott 18

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California Tony: 414
JerryArkensas: 66
Goldwater: 26
Vosem: 32

3-way split of the Conservative vote gives Tony an easy victory.

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Antonio V (D-CA) 180 Electoral votes
jerryarkansas (R-AR) 177 Electoral votes
Goldwater (O-DE) 130 Electoral votes
Spenstar 3D (G-NY) 51 Electoral votes

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Antonio V (Democratic Party) 305 EV
Jerryarkansas (American Independent Party) 204 EV
Matt from VT (Republican Party) 25 EV
Spenstar 3D (Green Party) 4 EV

(PS, Jerryarkansas: I find your map where my -5.04 social PM score self wins large portions of the south and Utah...intriguing.)

They look past that and vote for Economics

Also, my social score is in the negatives to.
Skip

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500 Spenstar3D (D-NY)
38 jerryarkansas (R-AR)
0 Vosem (L-OH)
0 Matt (C-VT)

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A Person (D): 35.7%, 258 EV
Matt (R): 37.4%, 208 EV
Spendstar (G): 16.1%, 37 EV
Vosem (L): 10.8%, 35 EV

A Person and Spendstar make a deal in the Electoral College, so that the election doesn't go to the House.

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Matt 42
Vosem 366
Californian Tony 99
a Person 31

why is maine a tossup?

would not allow me to make it yellow, so I made it tossup

How in the flying hell would Matt carry New England?

I think I would have a good shot at New Hampshire and possibly Vermont since I'm from here and I'm facing two liberals (of course that's assuming not many vote for Vosem) No shot at Mass or Rhode Island, CT and Maine could be competitive because of the liberal vote being split.
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Jerry wins in a landslide due to the liberal vote being split into 3.
jerryarkansas 327 Electoral votes
Antonio V 148 Electoral Votes
Spenstar 3D 44 Electoral votes
a person 19 electoral votes

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Antonio V/Jerry Brown - 169 EVs
Jerryarkansas/Joe Manchin - 126 EVs
Averroës Nix/Brian Schweitzer - 125 EVs
Matt/Rand Paul - 118 EVs

Vote Splitting on the left leads to a landslide victory for Matt.
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Governor Matt (R-VT) - 363 EVs
Governor Scott (D-CT) - 91 EVs
Senator Averroës Nix (I-NY) - 29 EVs
Senator Antonio "Tony" V (S-CA) - 55 EVs

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Goldwater 136
Scott 58
Matt 157
Nix 187

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Gov. Jerry of Arkansas and Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee (Republican)
Former Lt. Gov. Goldwater of Washington and Kristin Davis of New York (Libertarian/Anti-Prohibition)
Gov. Scott of Connecticut and Former Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee (Democratic)
Sen. Nix of New York and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of California (Independence)

The Democratic Party splits in the primary campaign between Senator Nix of New York and Governor Scott of Connecticut. Scott, however, manages to rally the left to his side and wins the nomination, but Nix announces his own bid as an independent.

On the Republican side, Governor Jerry wins the nomination pretty easily. Former Washington Lt. Governor and former Republican Goldwater wins the libertarian and anti-prohibition nominations and runs to Jerry's right, picking up some dissatisfied with the Governor's moderation on fiscal and social policy matters.

Ultimately Jerry wins 377-160-1 with only 41% of the vote.

Bump.

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A three-way split in the conservative vote leads to a landslide victory for TNF.

TNF (Democratic) - 486 Electoral Votes
Goldwater (Republican) - 13 Electoral Votes
Supersonic (Conservative) - 35 Electoral Votes
JerryArkansas (Independent) - 4 Electoral Votes

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Goldwater 271 EVS
Scott 173 EVS
TNF 76 EVS
S. S. Venue 18 EVS

The split vote in for Democrats, and a double attack by Conservatives against the Democrats, easily gave the election to Rand Paulesque Conservatarian Goldwater...

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Senator Scott (D-CT) - 247 EVs
Governor Supersonic (R-TN) - 192 EVs
Governor Jack Enderman (L-FL) - 52 EVs
Senator TNF (S-KY) - 47 EVs

The election goes to the House, where Supersonic is elected president.

Centrist Democrats, upset with the path that President Nix (D-NY) has charted in his first term, funnel money and support behind an insurgent candidacy by former Senator Scott of Connecticut, a centrist 'New Democrat' that manages to overwhelm and defeat the incumbent President at the Democratic convention in Nashville. Decrying his denial of renomination a plot by 'big business, polluters, and the political right', Nix makes it known that he will seek the nomination of the Green Party for the White House, a nomination he easily wins owing to his very 'green' record in the White House. In addition, Nix begins removing key Democratic operatives from his cabinet who don't support the administration, issues an executive order banning fracking, and goes after the tax incentives for gas and oil companies.

On the Republican side, Washington Governor Goldwater wins the nomination easily without much of a contest. A controversial former sheriff of a small Florida town, Jack Enderman, wins the Libertarian nomination for President and runs a quixotic campaign that quickly becomes an internet sensation.

Former Senator Scott (D-CT) / Phil Bredesen (D-TN) - 12 (23.2% of the PV)
President Averroes Nix (G-NY) / Vice President Bruce Braley (D-IA) - 124 (36% of the PV)
Governor Goldwater (R-WA) / Governor John Kasich (R-OH) - 402 (39.8% of the PV)
Jack Enderman (Lib-FL) / Jimmy McMillan (Lib-NY) - 0 (1% of the PV)

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In the end, the split on the left helps Goldwater defeat Nix and Scott both. The Republicans hold the House (but the Greens pick up a record number of seats), gain the Senate (again, the Greens pick up seats here), and give Goldwater a free hand in enacting his agenda. His first executive order rescinds Nix's ban on fracking and with the help of House Speaker Supersonic (R-TN), he begins dismantling recently enacted Nixian legislation.

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President Averroes Nix (D-NY) - 242 EVs (31.9% of the PV)
Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 231 EVs (33.2% of the PV)
Senator TNF (I-KY) - 55 EVs (22.5% of the PV)
Former Rep. Jack Enderman (L-FL) - 10 EVs (12.4% of the PV)

Excessive vote splitting from both the right and left causes a major split in the PV, with no candidate getting over a third of the vote. The election goes to the house. Former Representative Jack Enderman does not qualify for the house vote, due to placing fourth, and so withdraws from the race. After no majorities on the first and second house ballots, Senator TNF withdraws and endorses President Nix, but several key delegations tip towards Goldwater, giving him the presidency.

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Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 22
President Averroes Nix (D-NY) -12
Senator TNF (I-KY) - 10
Abstain/No Vote - 6

Nix and TNF manage to clinch several delegations from Republican-majority states, such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

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Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 24
President Averroes Nix (D-NY) -11
Senator TNF (I-KY) - 11
Abstain/No Vote - 4

Goldwater picks off the North Carolina delegation from Nix, as well as the deadlocked Ohio delegation. TNF picks up the deadlocked Maine delegation.

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Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 28
President Averroes Nix (D-NY) - 19
Abstain/No Vote - 3

Despite Nix maintaining crossover support from several delegations, the withdrawal of TNF flips several states to Goldwater, pulling him over the crucial 26 vote line into the White House.

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TNF: 29%, 163 EV
Averroes: 31%, 161 EV
Goldwater: 24%, 116 EV
Antineutrino: 16%, 98 EV

The House picks Goldwater.

Vote splitting on the left leads to a comfortable victory for Antineutrino.

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Governor Antineutrino (R-NJ) - 295 EVs
Senator Antonio (D-CA) - 105 EVs
Mayor Nix (I-NY) - 72 EVs
Senator TNF (Populist-KY) - 66 EVs

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Sen. Tony (Democratic-CA)/Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic-NY): 235
Gov. Antineutrion (Republican-NJ)/Sen. John Thune (Republican-SD): 154
Gov. Goldwater (Libertarian-WA)/Sen. Rand Paul (Libertarian-KY): 136
Sen. TNF (Populist-KY)/Sen. Joe Manchin (Populist-WV): 15

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Gov. Antineutrino (Republican-NJ): 30
Sen.Tony (Democratic-CA): 17
No Vote: 3

As the primaries were rapping up, the GOP began having huge sigh of relief. The moderate hero candidate Senator Olie S. Freake of Michigan had won the nomination and the Democrats had nominated Senator Antonio of New Jersey who was considered my most to be too radical. The libertarians had nominated former GOP representative Goldwater of Washington. Running as an independent conservative, was the Governor of New Jersey "Pessy" Antineutrino. Early polls showed Sen. Freake with a decent lead, however it began to diminish greatly as audio clips were leaked of offensive remarks made about southerners and conservatives. Soon the media began to dub it "Dixiegate" and within weeks Antonio and Freake were tied at 35% each and the rest undecided or leaning 3rd party. The bottom dropping out from Sen. Freake's campaign greatly aided Governor Pessy as his poll numbers shot up to 16%, enough to make the debate a 3-way for the first time since 1992. The 3 debates were an unmitigated disaster for Sen. Freake who quickly fell into making cheap shots at conservatism, and ranting on how the south was ruing this country, worst yet came when he denounced all Democrats as racists and the party of slavery, effectively ending all cross over support.
After the debates the GOP national commitee decided to begin cutting connections to Olie and unofficially began to support Pessy. The State GOP leadership of at least 15 states outright endorsed Pessy in an act of rebellion. By election day, Freake had dropped to under 20% and was expected to carry only Michigan, as it was the only state where Pessy had not made the ballot. It turned out that Goldwater would  be able to win just enough to throw Michigan to Antonio.

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Governor "Plessy" Antineutrino - 41%
Senator Antonio - 34%
Fmr. Rep Goldwater - 15%
Senator Olie S. Freake - 10%

1860.

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Senator Antonio (R-Calif.): 183
Governor Oldiesfreak (Constitutional Union-Tennessee): 59
Senator Jbrase (Southern Democrat-Texas): 55
Governor Goldwater (D-Delaware): 6

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TNF: 44.6%, 362 EV
JBrase: 25.1%, 131 EV
Goldwater: 19.5%, 28 EV
Oldies: 10.8%, 141

I think I had a dream about this once...


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Senator Jay Brase R-IA/Senator Kelly Ayotte R-NH 275 EVS
Governor Tony Calif D-CA/Governor Martin O'Malley D-MD 201 EVS
Representative Ollie S Freake R/L-MI/Senator John Thune R-SD 38 EVS
Senator Tee N'uff D/I-KY/Senator Joe Lieberman I-CT 24 EVS

Antonio California campaigned as a Liberal in 2008, but by 2012 many liberals found him a bit too pragmatic for their tastes. Governor TNF, a staunch liberal and pro-labor man, gained traction running against Antonio on trade issues and labor unions. Meanwhile, little known congressman from Florida Jack Enderman managed to speed past his more well known competitors Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee by staying positive and strategically aiming at early states. His delegate strategy worked and he picked Pat Toomey, an Senator that doubled down on the new faces campaign. Enderman looked toast when a scandal arose on TNF, but Enderman still prevailed due to strong liberal support for TNF, and conservative turnout for the young congressman.

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Congressman Jack Enderman (Rep-FL)/Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) - 39.8%, 311 EV's
President Antonio California (Dem-CA)/Vice President Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) - 34.7%, 199 EV's
Governor TNF (Soc-KY)/Senator Bernie Sanders (Soc-VT) - 18.2%, 28 EV's
Congressman James Brase (Lib-TX)/Congressman Walter Jones (Lib-NC) - 6.8%, 0 EV's
Others - 0.5%, 0 EV's

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Gov. Jack Enderman (Libertarian-FL)/Senator Rand Paul (Libertarian-KY): 248 EVs (45% PV)
Sen. Antonio V (Democratic-CA)/Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic-NY): 230 EVs (41% PV)
Gov. TNF (Socialist-KY)/Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT): 36 (7% PV)
Sen. Maxwell (Republican-OK)/Fmr. Rep. Chris Shays (Republican-CT): 24 (6% PV)

A three-way split in the conservative vote produces a near-landslide for the social democrat, Antonio.

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Rep. Antonio V (D-CA)/Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - 348 EVs
Governor Jack Enderman (R-FL)/Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) - 102 EVs
Governor Maxwell (L-OK)/Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) - 72 EVs
Rep. Oldiesfreak1854 (I-MI)/Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) - 16 EVs

A split in the Republican Party between the Northern and Southern factions after Gov. Oldiesfreak's anti-Southern comments became public caused a challenge by Sen. Jack F Enderman of Florida along with the Constitutional Union (a coalition of Libertarian Republicans and Libertarians) candidacy by Gov. Maxwell produced a victory for Sen. Scott of Connecticut.

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Sen. Scott (D-CT)/Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)-300 EVs
Sen. Jack F. Enderman (Southern Republican-FL)/Gov. Nikki Haley (Southern Republican-SC)-133 EVs
Gov. Oldiesfreak (Northern Republican-MI)/Sen. Rob Portman (Northern Republican-OH)-87 EVs
Gov. Maxwell (Constitutional Union-OK)/Sen. Rand Paul (Constitutional Union-KY)-18 EVs

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Senator Scott (D-CT)/Governor Mark Dayton (D-MN): 45.8%, 373 EV
General Mung Beans (I-CA)/Fmr. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-NY): 21.3%, 78 EV
Congressman Maxwell (L-OK)/Fmr. Governor Gary Johnson (L-NM): 24.0%, 70 EV
Governor Oldiesfreak (R-MI)/Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH): 8.9%, 17 EV

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Sen. Scott of Connecticut and Phil Bredesen of Tennessee (Democratic Party): 429
General Mung Beans of California and Kinky Friedman of Texas (Independent): 87
Congressman Oldiesfreak of Michigan and Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas (Republican Party): 22
Tony of California and Kat Swift of Texas (Green): 0

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U.S. Army General Mung Beans (R-CA) - 301 EVs
Governor Scott (D-CT) - 208 EVs
Senator TNF (I-KY) - 23 EVs
Mr. Antonio "Tony" V (S-CA) - 6 EVs

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Senator Tony V (D-CA)/Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) - 246
Senator Goldwater (R-WA)/Governor Terry Branstad (R-IA) - 243
U.S. General Mung Beans (I-CA)/Senator Angus King (I-ME) - 46
Senator TNF (S-KY)/Journalist Jerry White (S-NY) - 3

A heated Democratic primary with the more liberal of the two winning the nomination results in a third party moderate joining the race and no clear winner. The House of Representatives ends up picking Tony V as President and the Senate picks Baldwin as VP.

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Goldwater (Republican): 264
Adam FitzGerald (Democrat): 203
Antonio V (Social Democrat): 58
TNF (Socialist): 13

With the left field split, Goldwater wins the presidential election. No candidate received a majority of electoral votes, but the House of Representatives voted that Goldwater be the next president of the United States. Antonio, the social democrat in this race, was only successful in the Northeast, outside of the Northeast he didn't obtain any electoral votes. And TNF, was only successful in his home state of Kentucky and the neighboring state of West Virginia. The rest was traditional republican/democrat divide.

Popular Vote:

Goldwater: 38.6%
Adam FitzGerald: 33.4%
Antonio V: 19.2%
TNF: 8.8%

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Goldwater: 201
Fitzgerald: 179
TNF: 92
Electionsguy: 66


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Missouri is the decisive state

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Goldwater infuriates libertarian states with his support of War, so ElectionsGuy was the republican nominee in libertarian states. But Goldwater is relatively moderate so he carries some "blue" states: CA,  OR, WA,...
That's why democrats ran two candidates:
-TNF, for overperforming Appalachia
-Fitzgerald as a dem establishment, overperforming the Mideast.

Close race, Fitzgerald narrowly wins Missouri. He's elected president, with TNF as VP!

1948.

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Sen. Goldwater (R-Delaware): 179
Gov. Windjammer (D-Montana): 149
Rep. ElectionsGuy (State's Rights Democrat-Wisconsin): 138
Gov. Adam Fitzgerald (Progressive-Ohio): 65

Election gets thrown to the House, which elects Goldwater President.

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Governor Windjammer (R-MT) - 272 EVs
Senator Adam C. FitzGerald (D-OH) - 139 EVs
Governor ElectionsGuy (I-WI) - 90 EVs
Senator TNF (S-KY) - 37 EVs

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Senator Windjammer (D-MT) - 203 EVs
Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 188 EVs
Senator TNF (I-KY) - 80 EVs
Representative ElectionsGuy (L-WI) - 67 EVs

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Senator Windjammer (Democratic-NY)-266 EVs
Senator Goldwater (Republican-WA)-115 EVs
Governor Scott (Progressive-CN)-104 EVs
Rep. TNF (Socialist-KY)-46 EVs

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A split on the left benefits Republican nominee Goldwater.  Scott takes the mainstream liberal faction of the Democratic party, and benefits from a geographic base that is also generally a good fit for his views. Reform candidate Mung Bean attracts Blue Dogs as well as social conservatives across party lines.  Socialist TNF is seen as too radical by most of the country.

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Goldwater 43% 481
Scott   33%  57
Mung Beans 18%
TNF  8%

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Goldwater - 246
Scott - 236
National Progressive - 49
Shua - 7

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Gov. Reaganfan (R-Ohio): 474
Sen. Scott (D-Connecticut): 58
Gen. Mung Beans (I-California): 6
State Sen. Shua (Libertarian-Virginia): 0

After a competitive Democratic primary between General Mung Beans of California and Senator Shua of Virginia, Beans arises with the nomination. In protest of his more liberal stances on economic issues, Shua runs as an independent to Beans right and takes conservative stances on taxes and a higher minimum wage. A Democratic state senator from Kentucky by the name of TNF also runs for President, but dissatisfied with the moderate Democratic nominee, he runs as a socialist.

The liberal vote ends up being split among all 3 candidates giving the esteemed, trickle-down conservative Republican Governor from Ohio, Reaganfan winning a number of key states in the northeast, down south, and in the midwest. He ends up being 1 electoral vote shy of victory, but Reaganfan wins the popular vote and the GOP House votes for him as President.

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Governor Reaganfan (R-OH) - 269 EVs
General Mung Beans (D-CA) - 193 EVs
Senator Shua (I-VA) - 60 EVs
State Senator TNF (S-KY) - 16 EVs

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TNF: 34.7%, 270 EV
Shua: 28.4%, 101 EV
Naso: 20.2%, 94 EV
Adam: 16.7%, 73 EV

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How can you beat the epitome of America himself?

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Governor Swax (D-PA) - 319 EVs
Governor Adam C. FitzGerald (R-OH) - 190 EVs
Congressman Antonio V (I-CA) - 16 EVs
Senator TNF (S-KY) - 13 EVS

The Democrats are unable to settle on a single candidate whom they believe can be competitive throughout the country.  And so, for the first time since 1836, a major party runs different candidates in different states.  Candidates run in the states they won in the primaries, and it is agreed between them that whoever wins the greatest number of electoral votes will be the selection of the party if it goes to be decided by the Democratic House, leading to a race between the regions for their candidates.

Sen. Antonio is strong among Hispanics and also does well among urban and suburban "white ethnics."  Rep. Adam C Fitzgerald does well in the Midwest and among African Americans.  Fmr VP Sawx has strengths in his home regions of New England and Philadelphia.  His views on guns and drugs, more libertarian than those of his opponents, help him in many other parts of the country as well.

map of Democratic candidates:
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Fmr VP Sawx (D-PA): 230 possible EV
Sen Antonio (D-CA): 166 possible EV
Rep Adam C Fitzgerald (D-OH): 142 possible EV

Gov. Goldwater of Washington wins the Republican nomination. 

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Gov. Goldwater (R-WA)  281
Fmr VP Sawx (D-PA) 109
Sen Antonio (D-CA) 93
Rep Adam C Fitzgerald (D-CA) 55


Though the Democrats strategy allowed them to do better than many expected, Gov Goldwater runs a strong race against a not completely unified opposition and so wins the election.

After Sawx wins the Democratic nomination, Antonio runs as a protest candidate, embittered by his loss of the nomination. However, due to their similar ideology, he doesn't gain very much traction. As the stage was set, shua jumped in at the last minute with the help of Americans Elect and established the "Moderate Hero Party". With the splitting of the sane vote in 3 directions,  Sen. Goldwater wins with a plurality, ironically built on his strength with far right and very conservative voters who had no alternatives besides him, despite his relatively moderate record as Washington's senator.

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Sen. Goldwater (R-WA): 371, 45.3%
Gov. Sawx (D-PA): 143, 31.9%
Businessman Shua (MH-VA): 24, 18.8%
Sen. Antonio (I-CA): 0, 4.0%

After a close race, Pennsylvania Senator Ice Spear wins the democratic nomination. His opponent, the former Pennsylvania Governor Sawx, start an independent bid.
Washington Senator Goldwater wins the republican nomination in a landslide and Congressman Shua of Virginia, start an indipendent run.

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Senator Goldwater (R-WA) 348 EVs
Senator IceSpear (D-PA) 144 EVs
Congressman Shua (I-VA) 39 EVs
Former Governor Sawx (D-PA) 7 EVs

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Sen. Goldwater/Gov. Sandoval:169, 26.2%
Rep. Cris/Sen. McDainel:147, 23%
Sec. Education IceSpear/Sen. Baldwin:131, 24%
Pres. shua/VP Matheson:91, 17%

279 gov. shua (i-va) / rep. wyodon (d-wy)
148 rep. cris (r-co) / gov. jmfcst (r-tx)
84 sen. icespear (d-pa) / gov. ben romney (d-mo)
27  rep. guntaker (p-vt) / gov. teddy (p-fl)

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Sen. Butafly (I-ME) - 27
Rep. Cris (R-CO) - 364
Sen. IceSpear (D-PA) - 147
Activist Guntaker (G-MA) - 0

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Governor Chris (R-CO) - 329 EVs
Senator Guntaker (D-MA) - 175 EVs
Congressman TNF (S-IL) - 23 EVs
Senator Butafly (I-ME) - 11 EVs

It's been a long time since a Democratic primary has been as contentious. Senator Guntaker, a moderate liberal who leans heavily on his pro-gun control views, faced a stark challenge from Kentucky populist TNF, who ran a pro-gun, pro-single payer, anti-tax cut campaign. In the end, Guntaker came out on top, and TNF ran independently along with recently defeated Congressman Snowstalker of West Virginia. Meanwhile, Former Independents Butafly and Scott formed together to make an independent ticket of a lifetime, and even lead in the polls for a while. However, their support bled when their money ran out, and led to the inevitable, a win for the united GOP ticket. While the battle was contentious, social conservatives united behind Goldwater, fearing a takeover by Guntaker, TNF, or butafly, and even allowed him his choice on VP (eventually going with fellow libertarian-ite Governor Maxwell of Oklahoma).

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President Goldwater (R-WA)/Vice-President Ben Constine (D-VA) - 244
Prisoner #24602 Theodore N. "TNF" Feldstein (D-KY)/Congressman Snowstalker (D-PA) - 234
Governor Maxwell (R-OK)/Senator SJoyce (D-FL) (Libertarian ticket) - 60
Mr. Albert "A" Person (Green - IL)/Lief (Green - VT) - 0

After being elected to a first term, President Goldwater shocked most observers by adopting an extremely neo-conservative foreign policy and starting preemptive wars in Israel, Iran, and Syria.  After the sudden death of Vice President Cathcon during a secret skull and bones hazing ritual for members who joined after college, the President appointed Ben Constine, the Democratic President of AIPAC Vice-President.  This was the last straw Oklahoma Governor and outspoken Libertarian Maxwell who formed a bipartisan Libertarian ticket that ironically didn't include any actual members of the Libertarian party (which explains its unexpectedly strong performance).  Ultimately, the election went to the House and while Governor Maxwell threw his support to the Democratic nominee, Theodore Nantucket "TNF" Feldstein, enough Democrats defected in protest of the fact that their party had nominated a socialist currently doing time in a federal prison to re-elect President Goldwater.  However, the Democratic controlled Senate elected Congressman Snowstalker Vice-President as retaliation for Vice-President Constine's decision to run on the Republican ticket.

Senator X of Ohio and Senator LeRoy Percy of Mississippi (Democratic) - 314
Congressman Maxwell of Oklahoma and Congressman Hiram Johnson of California (Progressive) - 110
Governor Goldwater of Washington and Senator Winthrop M. Crane of Massachusetts (Republican) - 59
State Senator TNF of Kentucky and Former State Senator Eugene Debs of Indiana (Socialist) - 48

1852

The Democratic National Convention splits over the Compromise of 1850, with Northern-aligned Democrats backing the candidacy of Senator Goldwater of Delaware, a moderate and supporter of 'Popular Sovereignty' to decide the fate of slavery in the new territories. Southern Democrats, upset with their apparent loss of power within the party and unwilling to support even the possibility of losing control of the party to Free Soilers via Popular Sovereignty, draft former Attorney General Maxwell of Tennessee on a 'Southern Rights' ticket.

The Whig Party, in internal disarray and falling apart over the Compromise of 1850, decides that rather than renominate President Fillmore, it will instead support the candidacy of former Senator Malcolm X. X thus becomes the first major party Jewish nominee for President.

The Free Soilers, unable to stomach a vote for the reactionary Democrats or Whigs, support the candidacy of Governor and former evangelist Scott of Connecticut, who proposes blocking the expansion of slavery to the territories so that it might die out peacefully.

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Fmr. Sen. Malcolm X (Whig-Ohio) 106
Sen. Goldwater (Democratic-Del.) 93
Gov. Scott (Free Soil-Conn.) 50
Fmr. Atty. Gen. Maxwell (Southern Rights-Tenn.) 47

The election goes to the House, which elects Goldwater.

1996 Louisiana:
1st Round:
-Maxwell Jenkins: 26.23
-Scott Landrieu: 21.51.
-TNF Leyoub: 20.41
-X: 10.

2nd Round:
-Scott: 50.5
-Maxwell: 49.5
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meant to put this here:

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Governor Shua - 263
Senator Scott - 89
Speaker Windjammer - 167
Union Leader TNF - 19

(Ignore the percentages)

The Democratic Party decides to nominate Governor Windjammer of South Dakota. His populism helps him in the south, but Windjammer is seen as a "DINO" by the liberal base of the party because of his social conservatism. As a result, Senator and  former union leader TNF decides to run a far-left, socialist third party. The Republican Party decides to nominate Governor MurrayBannerman of Indiana, and the Libertarian Party decides to nominate Senator Shua of Virginia.

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Governor Winjammer (D-SD): 310 EV's
Governor MurrayBannerman (R-IN): 143 EV's
Senator TNF (G-KY): 47 EV's
Senator Shua (L-VA): 38 EV's

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Governor Winfield D. Jammer (D-MN) - 285 EVs
Governor Richard Ramsey (R-IA) - 186 EVs
Senator Joshua Schumacher (I-VA) - 41 EVs
Congressman Murray Bannerman (L-IN) - 26 EVs

Bump

2040 Republican Presidential Primaries
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Governor Rick Remington R-IL
Senator Josh Shaffley R-VA
Congressman Murray Bannerman R-IN
Governor Walter Goldman R-WA

Republican Presidential Primaries, 2032

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Senator Rick Remington (Illinois)
Senator Barry M. Goldwater, IV (Washington)
Governor Jack Enderman (Florida)
Congressman Murray Bannerman (Indiana)

Explanation: Remington and Bannerman battle out the Northeast while Enderman manages to take most of the South. However, Remington is the establishment favorite and therefore becomes the frontrunner.

Goldwater tries to reverse course, and even manages to make to do well for a late starting campaign taking up a good chunk of the West after a bare win in Virginia, but those Northern flat plains voters are not amused by his disparaging remarks on the area and ultimately they split between Remington and Bannerman, with Enderman long conceded by this point.

So yeah, Remington wins.

A 3-way split among the right allows MormDem to win in a landslide.

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Lawrence D. Smith (Democrat): 45.5%, 426 EV
Ronald R. Riley (Republican): 32.1%, 106 EV
Barry Goldwater III (Libertarian): 17.6%, 6 EV
John P. Enderman (Independent): 4.8%

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MormDem and Enderman act as spoilers, with the race going to Congress
Antonio (D) - 251
Goldwater (R) - 252
MormDem(I) - 6
Enderman (C) - 29

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U.S. presidential election, 2016

The Democratic Party presidential primaries, between Gov. L.D. Smith of Virginia, Sen. Antonio "Tony" Valentino of California, and Rep. Alexandra Person of Illinois were brutal. Smith attacked Valentino and Person of being 'radical social liberals', Valentino and Person attacked Smith for being a 'closet reactionary', Person attacked Valentino for being insufficiently progressive on social issues, and Valentino attacked Person for being 'too focused on social issues.' At the end of the day, no candidate had enough delegates to secure the nomination. Smith and his delegates walked out of the convention, followed by Person and her delegates. Valentino won the nomination even as his primary season opponents declared their own independent campaigns against him and against the Republican opponent, Gov. Richard Fayette of New Jersey.

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Governor Richard "Dick" Fayette of New Jersey (Republican Party): 35% of the popular vote / 253 electoral votes
Senator Antonio "Tony" Valentino of California (Democratic Party): 28% of the popular vote / 173 electoral votes
Governor Louis David "L.D." Smith of Virginia (Independent): 23% of the popular vote / 112 electoral votes
Congresswoman Alexandra Person of Illinois (Progressive): 3% of the popular vote / 0 electoral votes

The election is thrown to the House of Representatives, wherein conservative Democrats (the key backers of Smith) made a deal with moderate Republicans to elect Fayette in return for support on a few key issues, most of which have to do with socially conservative causes that Smith supports.

1912

The progressive mood of the country gives Gov. R. Fayette a challenge from a split faction of the party, led by Sen. A. P. Evergreen, as well as handing Gov. Antonio Vanzetti the nomination wresting it away from his party's conservatives, while Rep. T. N. Forsythe charges all these candidates with elitism in his quest for support.

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Gov. Antonio Vanzetti (Democrat-CA)    35% 268
Gov. Roy Fayette (Republican-IA)          34% 179
Sen. A. P. Evergreen (Progressive-WI)   22%   84
Rep. Thomas N. Forsythe  (Socialist-IL)   9%


Antonio barely manages to avoid a vote by the House, and is elected President.

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Senator Terence N. Fulbright (D-KY): 33.7%, 211 EV
Governor Ronald W. Fayette (R-IA): 28.1%, 161 EV
Congresswoman Ann B. "Evergreen" Persson (I-MA): 17.4%, 84 EV
Governor Joshua E. Daniels (L-VA): 20.8%, 82 EV


Even though Democrats have just retaken the House, the State-based voting system, coupled with Governor Daniels' endorsement, allows Fayette to narrowly reach an absolute majority:

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Fayette: 26
Fulbright: 16
Persson: 6
Tie: 2

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Governor James Shua (R-VA): 317 EV,  42.9% PV
Senator Tony Vanzetti (D-CA) : 138 EV, 25.8% PV
Congresswoman Amy E. Person (I-MA): 83 EV, 25.2% PV
Mr. Timothy N. Fitzgerald (S-IL): 0 EV, 7.1%% PV

Two way leftist split between Senator Tony Vanzetti and Congresswoman Amy E. Person, along with a surprisingly strong Socialist campaign from firebrand chairman Timothy N. Fitzgerald gives Governor James Shua, known for a moderate record the victory.

1920 presidential election

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the election of 1920 marked the beginning of some major developments in american politics. first and foremost of these is, of course, the final demise of the two-party presidential system. although the three-way battle between wilson, roosevelt, and taft eight years before had already shown some cracks, this new four-way battle with the winner receiving less than a third of the popular vote paved the way for fundamental reforms to the structure of the government.
the progressives became a permanent fixture in national politics, also winning over two dozen seats in congress and holding the balance of power.
finch's win in illinois (although achieved with only 29% of the vote) marked the rise of the socialist machine in chicago. three years later, he won a landslide victory in the mayoral elections.

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Wilson Shua (VA) / Richard Nixon (CA) (Republican)
L. Dean Smith (VA) / Stephen M. Young (OH) (Democratic) 185
E. V. Greene (IL) (Independent SociLizt)
Antonio LaPierre (LA) / Robert Byrd (WV) (Progressive Democratic)

Hawkish VirginIan L. Dean Smith gets the Democratic nomination.  The New Deal Coalition fractures when E. V. Greene, Socialistic mayir of New York runs and an independent.  As Smiths rhetoric becomes increasingly conservative, Antonio LaPierre or Louisiana runs, with the support of populistic Southerners.

I'm not a hawk by any stretch of the imagination

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A Democratic Primary Season
The retiring Democratic President, a fiscal liberal and a social conservative, left office with his party in dissary. His own segment of the party, the populist wing, felt weakened by his low approval ratings, and divided by his pragmatic hand toward the liberals. Congressman Robert Beaver, the most staunch member of the populist wing, ran as a hard-right winger on guns and abortion. Lloyd Smith, meanwhile, took the opposite tact, all but ignoring social issues and taking a hard fight towards establishment Democrats who were looking the other direction. This opened up the discussion for the liberal wing, who also had two candidates - Willard Evergreen III, a congressman nearing the fringe from the Chicago area, and Antonio Estevez, a rising star in the Democratic Party and Senator of California.

The populist wing, however, still looked in control as the primaries began. Despite polling strongly, Estevez fared poorly in the state of Iowa, where Smith and Beaver shut out Estevez for the top two. Estevez came back with New Hampshire and Michigan, two important states, but was shut out of the top two again in South Carolina, where Beaver came out on top. As the primary season went on, however, Beaver and Smith began brutalizing one another over the right to the Democratic nomination. Meanwhile, Estevez stuck to a positive message of fighting poverty and universal healthcare, and his lead continued to grow over the two battling Congressmen. He proceeded to win the nomination defiantly, only losing a couple of states to Smith and Beaver (Evergreen's strongest performances were in his homestate of Illinois, where he scored second place with 28%, and in Rhode Island, where he scored an impressive 42%).

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58.5% - Senator Antonio Estevez (D-CA)
19.2% - Governor Lloyd D. Smith (D-UT)
16.1% - Congressman Robert Beaver (D-WV)
6.2% - Congressman Willard Evergreen III (D-IL)

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Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (D-VA) 22.5% - 83
Randall Maxwell (R-OK) 27.3% - 276
Ariane Persson (G-ME) 24.8% - 104
Larry D. Smith (I-CA) 20.2% - 75
Others 5.2% - 0

Moderate Theodore Cleaver, commonly known as "the Beaver," narrowly won the democratic nomination, while popular Green Party nominee Ariane Persson, and her social-media campaign centered around the hashtag #FOREVERGREEN got the support of democrats who thought the Beaver was too moderate for them, and L.D. Smith (who ran an unsuccessful Democratic primary campaign) ran on his own socially conservative and economically left-of-center independent ticket. Libertarian Randall Maxwell narrowly won the highly-fractured Republican party at a brokered convention.

The left-of-center vote was highly split between the two Democrat candidates and Persson, while most of the right-of-center vote went to the Republican nominee, although Smith picked up a lot of social conservative votes and the Beaver picked up some moderates.

Maxwell won just enough electoral votes, by picking up small wins in many states. Interestingly, all 4 candidates lost their home states.

1980 Presidential Election

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Maxwell (R-OK): 291, 42.4%
Beaver (D-VA): 155, 29.7%
LD Smith (I-CA): 85, 20.1%
Leinad (L-GA): 7, 7.6%

Beaver, the southern populist Democrat known for his rather conservative stances relative to the national Democratic Party's standard, defeats incumbent president Jimmy Carter in the primary. In response, LD Smith joins the race as an independent to protest the mainly hawkish strings of Mr Beaver. This creates a rather large division in the left-wing vote which allows Maxwell to win in a landslide. Maxwell runs on a message similar to Ronald Reagan's, except without the social conservatism. Maxwell wins most of the upper Atlantic, the Midwest, and the mountain west. Beaver wins most of the south (though many states were narrow in margin) and Minnesota, while LD Smith, runs very well in catholic areas of the country and the west coast. Leinad runs as a libertarian, the new political party dedicated to maximum liberty and minimal government. His message runs strong in the Rockies and west coast. He wins two states, Montana and Alaska.

West: LD Smith: 32%, Maxwell: 31%, Leinad: 22%, Beaver: 15%
Midwest: Maxwell: 46%, Beaver: 33%, LD Smith: 18%, Leinad: 2%
South: Beaver: 42%, Maxwell: 40%, LD Smith: 12%, Leinad: 5%
Northeast: Maxwell: 43%, LD Smith: 27%, Beaver: 22%, Leinad: 7%

Can someone keep this going? I'd love to see the next one--should be interesting with 3 libertarians and a conservative democrat!

*SKIP*

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Senator L.D. Smith (D-CA) - 342 EVs
Governor Maxwell (R-OK) - 143 EVs
Governor ElectionsGuy (I-WI) - 27 EVs
Representative Leinad (L-GA) - 26 EVs

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Senator Goldwater (R-Wash.)
Gov. Maxwell (R-Okla.)
Rep. ElectionsGuy (R-Wisc.)
Rep. Leinard (R-Ga.)

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TNF-258
Goldwater-247
Leinad-27
Elections Guy-6

While quite far to the left of the electorate, TNF does pretty well, being the only left option. Turnout is low across the country, and social conservatives find themselves in a conundrum with no candidate speaking to their platform. Goldwater is closest and thus gets that bloc's vote. Leinad, being more moderate in terms of libertarianism takes a few states out west. ElectionsGuy does well on the high plains and in Wisconsin, well enough to win two states. The 2 libertarians took enough of the vote share to deny Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Jersey, Colorado, New Mexico and Connecticut to Goldwater.

1968

It is a tumultuous time for the nation, President Maxwell's (R-OK) approval ratings are so far down that even being in the toilet would be a step up. Why may you ask? Well, there was first rising tensions in Vietnam to the point that many were calling for war. But in spite of the Cold War hysteria, he didn't budge, alienating conservatives and garnering a primary challenge from Washington Senator  Harry Goldwater.

A narrow win in New Hampshire, followed by a loss in Wisconsin to the firebrand led to the President dropping out. Fearful of the U.S. going into war and becoming to big in government size, the libertarian wing successfully drafted oil tycoon H. Lester Leinad who only recently switched party  allegiances to the GOP from of course the Democrats

But Goldwater still won out the nomination, not that Leinad was so keen on giving up on the fight for small government on ALL counts, so he formed the Libertarian Party to run his bid.


On the Democratic side, the Left were increasingly angry with the President's lackluster civil rights record, while the Right were angered by the lack of government intervention in keeping the status quo. Luckily, Former Vice President V. Portugal Habs managed to pull out a perfect "law-and-order"  theme, while simultaneously campaigning for a War on Poverty and an end to the Poll Taxes and Literacy tests.

T. Nalger Fiss, a low-profile attorney once targeted for being a Communist spy was not amused by the growing anti-North 'Nam sentiment, nor was he happy with the seemingly two-faced "law and order" side of Mr. Habs hat he calimed would simply "divide and distract the working people of this country

So.

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Former Vice President Habs - 332 EV
Senator Goldwater - 126 EV
Mr. Leinad - 77 EV
Mr. Fiss - 3 EV

A debate happened, and Habs did an excellent job against the firebrand, but negative Goldwater and the lofty, pie-chart focused Leinad. And being reminded of the New Deal-esque politics before Maxwell came in was also an asset. It also did not help that at the RNC Goldwater defended his extremist record rather than try to reconcile with the moderates and doves.

The only reason Habs didn't completely blow it out of the park was because of his implicit appeals to retain the South, which pretty which took DC to TNF and threw a lot of states towards the opposition that wouldn't have necessarily been [such as the Mountain West], while still calling for Federal intervention in Civil Rights where explicit, which gave some of the South to Goldwater anyway.




....Sure it's crazy, but I can't imagine any time other than '68 where something like this would happen.

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TNF's radicalism makes him completely unelectable, while vivaportugalhabs and L.D.Smith split the Democratic vote, allowing Goldwater to win in a landslide.

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Gov. Clark Kent (R-CT) - 293 EVs - 38.5%
Rep. Vincent P. Habs (D-KS) - 150 EVs - 30.4%
Sen. L.D. Smith (P-CA) - 95 EVs - 26.8%
Mr. Thomas Nelson Franklin (S-IL) - 0 EVs - 4.3%

Connecticut governor Clark S. Kent is able to win the Republican primaries easily, while prominent Representative Vincent P. Habs narrowly beats Senator L.D. Smith in the Democratic primaries, leading Smith to form his own economically left-of-center, socially right-of-center "Populist Party." Also, prominent far-left activist Thomas N. Franklin (often known by his initials, "T.N.F.") runs as the Socialist nominee, and with the lack of a true socially liberal nominee does quite well for a candidate so far to the left.

With no other right-wing challenger, Kent wins most Republican states. Smith does quite well in the South, beating Habs in every former Confederate state, but with liberal voters supporting Habs he picks up few states. T.N.F. gets 12% in his home state of Illinois, taking enough left-leaning voters from Habs to give the state narrowly to Kent.

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vivaportugalhabs (D-KS)/Tim Kaine (D-VA): 282 electoral votes
ClarkKent (R-CT)/Marco Rubio (R-FL): 233 electoral votes
L.D. Smith (I-CA)/Mike McIntyre (I-NC): 16 electoral votes
Leinad (L-GA)/Gary Johnson (L-NM): 7 electoral votes

MormDem/Tim Kaine (D) - 324
Superman/Marco Rubio(R) - 120
Leinad/Rand Paul(L) - 36
Thomas/Mike Huckabee (C) - 58


In a fractured 2016 race, moderate, establishment conservative Superman causes a fracture within the party, leading to the libertarian Leinad and socon Thomas from NJ running 3rd party, allowing an easy win by MormDem the Democrat, whose social conservatism went largely unnoticed due to Thomas's presence.  


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Polls wins big thanks to the conservative vote being divided three ways, taking a lot of states establishment candidate RFayette would've taken.

Also, Thomas from NJ takes Alabama and Mississippi in the hodgepodge.

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ssuperflash: 374 EVs
RFayette: 140 EVs
SNJ1985: 19 EVs
MormDem: 5 EVs

With the social conservative vote split three ways, establishment Democrat ssuperflash (Polls) wins easily, with establishment Republican RFayette losing votes to social conservative candidate SNJ1985 (Thomas from NJ) in the Upper South. MormDem runs as a socially conservative populist and does surprisingly well in Appalachia, where Democrats would usually have no chance of winning. He wins West Virginia.

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Polls_PuffPass (D-MD)/Sherrod Brown (D-OH): 315 electoral votes
Superman (R-CT)/Marco Rubio (R-FL): 116 electoral votes
RFayette (I-IA)/Mike Huckabee (I-AR): 107 electoral votes
L.D. Smith (I-CA)/Jim Matheson (I-UT): 0 electoral votes

RFayette, an outspoken social conservative, comes in second place in the Republican Party primaries to Superman, a moderate from Connecticut. RFayette decides to do a third-party run in response, and campaigns heavily in the more socially conservative parts of the country, especially the South (which ends up giving him all of his electoral votes). A split in the conservative vote helps Polls_PuffPass win Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio; while Superman narrowly manages to take Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Hampshire. L.D. Smith is unable to carry any states, but does respectably well for a third-party candidate in Appalachia (where his message of economic populism and social conservatism resonates), Utah and Mormon areas of Idaho.

Why does everybody put me with Rubio? Tickets need to be balanced, and me/Rubio isn't really balanced at all.

SKIP

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Governor Clark Kent, R-CT/Senator Rob Portman, R-OH 222 EVS
Vice President Pete Polles, D-MD/Fmr. Governor Brian Schweitzer, D-MT 211 EVS
Congressman Thomas Conns, R-NJ/Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, R-TN 72 EVS
Governor Lewis D. Smith, D-UT/Senator Tim Kaine, D-VA 33 EVS


After a brutal primary between Clark and Conns, Kent wins, and runs as a middle-of-the-road Conservative, as well as expanding the map. However, Congressman Conns of New Jersey fights once again in the General Election, calling for a return to more traditional values, and a more traditional GOP. However, as evident with his selection of Marsha Blackburn as his VP choice, he finds that the South is much more willing to listen, so a Southern Strategy is the way to go for him.  The Incumbent VP, Pete Polles, easily wins the DNC nomination. However, what seemed to be a general election sail to victory for the VP, a charismatic Democrat from Utah starts his own western-based campaign, and picks Virginia Senator Tim Kaine for VP. Governor Smith, the first Democratic Governor of Utah since forever, electrifies the Western Electorate, with the three other nominees being from the Northeast. The Electoral College is deadlocked, a few months later....

First US House Vote:

21 Clark
14 Polles
8 Conns
6 Smith

GA, OK, AR delegation jumps ship.

Second US House Vote
24 Clark
14 Polles
6 Smith
5 Conns

Smith drops out, endorses Clark, Polles drops out, TN, SC delegation jumps to Clark

Third US House Vote
47 Clark
3 Conns

Clark Elected President by House

Senate, after a few votes, a drop out by Portman, Marsha Blackburn is elected by 2 votes over the margin.

Final Result, Clark/Blackburn

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Senator Lorenzo Damian Smith of Virginia/Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (Democratic)
Senator Clark Kent of Connecticut/Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona (Republican)
Representative Thomas Fromanja of New Jersey/Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas (Constitution)
Governor Jack Enderman of Florida/Governor Bill Walker of Alaska (Independent)

republicans have a divisive convention, and the compromise candidate dies before the election.

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governor 84285 (d-me) / representative kyrsten sinema (d-az) - 49% pv, 440 ev
governor clark kent (r-ct) / senator john hoeven (r-nd) - 19% pv, 59 ev
senator jack enderman (r-fl) / senator shelley moore capito (r-wv) - 16% pv, 32 ev
televangelist thomas (r-nj) / louie gohmert (r-tx) - 15% pv, 7 ev

Wait...am I considered a conservative? When did this happen?

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(I'll do a map of 4 soon...too busy now. Either way, I'm glad to see this has had some more activity as of late!)

In a convention of turmoil, Evangelical Reverend Thomas Fromton of New Jersey, a popular candidate among social conservatives, somehow wins the Republican nomination. More moderate Republican governor Jack N. Derman, known for his independent streak, starts an independent campaign. St. Peter tells John Kasich to run as his VP.

Meanwhile, on the left, Senator Eve R. Green wins the nomination, but prominent rapper 84285 runs a campaign for the presidency as well, after losing the nomination and declaring Senator Green wasn't legit enough to win.

With 2 left-wing candidates, that vote is split, while many more moderate Democrats join up with Governor Derman, who already has moderate Republicans on his side.

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Rev. Thomas Fromton (R-NJ)/Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) 26X% PV, 153 EVs
Sen. Eve R. Green (D-ME)/Sec. Julian Castro (D-TX) 24% PV, 150 EVs
Gov. Jack N. Derman (I-FL)/Gov. John Kasich (R-UT) 36% PV, 235 EVs
Mr. 84285 (I-MA)/Gov. Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) 12% PV, X EVs

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Gov Enderman(R-FL)/ Gov Kasich(R-OH) 328 EV 34% PV
Rep Evergreen(D-CT)/ Mayor De Blaiso (D-NY)  177 EC 30% PV
Sen 84285(G- MA)/ Sen Sanders(I-VT) 23 EV   18%
Gov Leinad(L-GA)/ Rep Ron Paul(L-TX) 10EV   16%

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Moderate Hero (R-OR)/Rob Portman (R-OH) 265 EV 32%
Evergreen (D-VT)/Kamala Harris (D-CA) 226 EV 29%
84285 (G-MA)/Amy Goodman (G-NY) 25 EV 20%
Leinad (L-GA)/Raul Labrador (L-ID) 22 EV 18%

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Moderate Hero - 422 EVs
Thinking Crumpets Crumpet - 116 EVs
84285 - 0 EVs
Evergreen - 0 EVs

Thinking Crumpets Crumpet wins huge thanks to a right-wing split three ways.

So basically:

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Theodore "Thinking Crumpets" Crumpet: 454 EV
Clark Kent: 84 EV
Leinad: 0 EV
Moderate Hero: 0 EV

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Senator Ted Crumpet (I-WA)/Governor Peter Shumlin (I-VT): 182 EV
Governor Clark Kent (I-CT)/Senator Jeff Flake (I-AZ): 177 EV
Governor Lucas D. Smith (D-VA)/Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM): 166 EV
Senator Moder Hero (R-OR)/Governor George Pataki (R-NY): 13 EV

Smith and Hero duke it out for the independent vote, and Crumpent and Kent, the second-place finishers in the primaries, grab the fringes. The center favors Smith after a good debate performance, but it's split enough to allow Crumpet and Kent to send the election to Congress. To ensure victory, Crumpent, Smith, and Kent compromise. Kent is elected by the House as President, with Senator Heinrich elected by the Senate to VP. Governor Shumlin joins the Kent Cabinet, and it's assumed that Smith will join it as well when his term ends in January 2018.

(Why did Clark skip me? No big deal, but I think I had a good chance in that one! :P)

Fairly moderate Ohio Senator Robert Pryor won the Republican nomination, but was challenged by the slightly more conservative Connecticut Governor Clark Kent. Many conservatives voted for Kent, but many others voted for Pryor due to a bizarre medical condition where they're unable to vote for anyone without an "R" next to their name.

Meanwhile, Washington Governor Timothy Charles Crumpet won the primaries, but runner-up L.D. Smith decided to form a third-party--the Communitarian Party--in protest of some of the Democrats' left-leaning views on social issues.

Kent is too ideologically similar to drag enough votes away from Pryor, simply splitting votes in most places, while Crumpet is able to get a large enough share of the left-of-center vote to win, despite finishing last, behind Smith, in many southern states.

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Sen. Robert Pryor (R-OH)/Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) PV: 29% EV: 205
Gov. T.C. Crumpet (D-WA)/Sec. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) PV: 34% EV: 320
Gov. Clark Kent (I-CT)/Gov. Scott Walker (I-WI) PV: 20% EV: 0
Sen. Lewis David Smith (C-VA)/Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (C-PA) PV: 15% EV: 13

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Louis Dalrymple Smith (D-VA)
Radderford Pryor (R-OH)
Clark Kent (I-CT)
Daniel Leinad (L-GA)

After a major split in the GOP, Clark Kent decides to run as a John Anderson-esque Independent candidate. He does well for an Independent, winning his home state of Connecticut, as well as the elastic northeastern states of Vermont and New Hampshire after campaigning a message of change and non-corruption compared to the establishment backings of Smith and Pryor. He also surprisingly wins Florida due to the other candidates splitting the vote.

However, he does cause a major divide in the GOP vote itself (with Kent taking the moderates and Pryor taking the conservatives), letting Smith easily win most states. Pryor only wins the most conservative states, as well as many in the northwest due to Leinad's libertarianism subtracting votes from the other candidates.

Leinad also does very well, winning one of Maine's congressional districts, North Dakota, and Alaska.

a close-fought election is transformed into an electoral nightmare by the comparatively strong campaigns of leinad (who focuses his entire campaign on montana and wyoming) and darren medved (who scrapes over 30% and second place in the upper new england states). after hundreds of ballots, and several weeks of acting president mazie hirono, leinad brokers a deal with sen. pryor in exchange for some platform changes and a cabinet position. this election generates widespread support for the abolition of the electoral college.

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gov. lemuel d. smith (d-va)/sen. mazie hirono (d-hi) - 45.5%, 269 ev
sen. roland pryor iii (r-oh)/gov. brian sandoval (r-nv) - 48.0%, 265 ev
rep. darren medved (i-nc)/musician jello biafra (g-ca) - 4.5%, 1 ev
fmr. gov. daniel leinad (l-ga)/fmr. gov. jesse ventura (i-mn) - 1.8%, 3 ev

Gov. Robert Pryor - (R - OH)/Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL)- 272 EV/47.9 PV
Sen. Darrell Bearenthal (D - NC)/Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) - 257 EV/45.2 PV
Gov. Daniel Leinad (L - GA)/Gov. Gary Johnson (L - NM) - 6 EV/ - 6 EV/6.1 PV
Rep. Jane Evergreen - (I - ME)/Mrs. Roseanne Barr (I - CA) - 3 EV/2.6 PV

I'd suggest for the following poster to do a Dem Primary Map possibly as you have 3 leftys and then Leinad.

Leinad (R-GA)/Rand Paul - 283
Evergreen (I)/Russ Feingold - 21
darthebearnc (Socialist)/Kay Hagan - 15
NeverAgain (D-VA)/Al Franken - 219

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With a split Democratic field, libertarian-turned Republican Leinad glides to a relatively easy victory.  Evergreen carries Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Vermont thanks to Russ Feingold's campaigning with Bernie Sanders on behalf of the campaign (Leinad toned down his libertarianism to help win Southern states).  Darthebear could not gain appeal beyond North Carolina, but he also siphoned votes from NeverAgain, helping Leinad win despite his numerous vulnerabilities (flip-flopping, most notably).

RFayette wins both the conservative and moderate vote, while the left-wing vote is split 3 ways.

Total landslide.

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Rep. Robert Fayette (R-CA)/Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) - 528 EVs
Rep. Darren Barrett (D-NC)/Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) - 3 EVs
Sen. Ned Verigan (I-VA)/Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - 3 EVs
Rep. Lois Neergreve (G-ME)/Dr. Jill Stein (G-MA) - 4 EVs

I'd expect them to lose Vermont in that case, too.

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It was close. President Fayette didn't complain, though.

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NeverAgain (D-VA) - 296 EVs
RFayette (R-IA) - 242 EVs

Basically, I'm thinking that Leinad would do well enough in the mountain west for NeverAgain to win some states there, well Evergreen only sees success in Democratic stronghold states that RFayette is unable to win despite vote splitting.

Awesome to see this start back! :D

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NeverAgain (D-VA) - 45.4%, 430 EVs
Goldwater (R-WA) - 37.3%, 90 EVs
RFayette (I-IA) - 12.2%, 18 EVs
Leinad (L-GA) - 5.1%, 0 EVs


What I see happening is Goldwater somehow winning the GOP nomination, prompting RFayette to go third party with the more paleocon elements of the GOP. Leinad does surprisingly well, but only cuts into Goldwater's base. NeverAgain wins in an electoral landslide despite being nearly 5% short of a majority of the popular vote.

republican primary, 2016

the map after super tuesday:

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clark kent (senator from connecticut)
barry goldwater (representative from washington)
daniel leinad (representative from georgia)
reginald fayette (governor of iowa)

at this point, rep. goldwater, who was counting on wins in at least one of oklahoma, texas, and vermont, drops out and throws his support to rep. leinad.

the race after today's primaries:
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the race remains up in the air until rep. leinad scrapes a bare victory in winner-take-most california, which gives him a moderate lead in the delegate count. sen. kent agrees to be leinad's vice president in order to avoid a brokered convention.

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Evergreen (D-MN) - 460 EVs
Clark Kent (R-CT) - 68 EVs
Leinad (L-GA) - 6 EVs
Goldwater (I-ID) - 4 EVs

Vote splitting, vote splitting everywhere.

Background: After the disastrous nomination of Donald Trump, where he lost to previously nearly-unheard-of left-wing Representative Eve R. Green (who herself was selected at a brokered Democratic convention by the Chafee delegates as a younger female equivalent to Bernie Sanders, who was slightly ahead of Hillary Clinton on raw delegates), the Republican Party was a mess. They couldn't unite on a candidate throughout the primaries, thus leading to an 1836-style election where they ran three candidates: conservative California Rep. with a populist flare Art Fayette in the conservative South and Midwest, Washington Senator Gary Goldwater, domestically libertarian but vowing to "take the fight to ISIS!" after what Republicans deemed as lack of decisive action on the part of President Green, running in the West, and socially moderate Connecticut Governor Clark Kent running in the Northeast.

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Pres. Eve R. Green - 269 EVs - 45.3%
Rep. Art Fayette - 126 EVs - 19.4%
Sen. Gary Goldwater - 101 EVs - 16.3%
Gov. Clark Kent - 42 EVs - 10.5%
Kanye West - 0 EVs - 7.2%
Others - 0 EVs - 1.3%

While the Republicans are hurt by the simple fact they're doing this scheme, and the total lack of party unity, President Green is hurt by an independent run by Kanye West, and being forced to campaign in unexpectedly close Maine, Connecticut, and Washington. This keeps her from taking North Carolina, Georgia, and Iowa from Fayette, who was himself hurt by flip-flopping.

In the end, the Republican-controlled house chose Governor Kent, while the Democrat-controlled Senate chose Green's Vice President, former Senator and Governor Lincoln Chafee (who, as was mentioned before, held the balance of power in the 2016 convention in this absurd parallel universe).

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294: Sen. Clark Kent(R-CT)/Fmr. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman(R-NJ) - 36.9%
200: Sen. Gold Water(D-WA)/Fmr. Sen. Russ Feingold(D-WI) - 33.3%
25: Boston Mayor Eve R. Green(G-MA)/Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle(G/I/Progressive-VT) - 22.2%
19: Fmr. Rep. Lei Nad(L-GA)/Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel(L-AK)

92.4%

Conservative split allows an easy win for Evergreen:

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Gov. Evergreen (D-MA): 46%, 377 EV
Sen. Goldwater (R-WA): 33%, 137 EV
Congr. Kingpoleon (I-NJ): 15%, 24 EV
Gov. Leinad (L-GA): 6%, 0 EV

Conservative split allows an easy win for Tony:

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Gov. Tony Garcetti (D-CA): 46%,371 EV
Sen. Goldwater (R-WA): 33%, 140 EV
Congr. Kingpoleon (I-NJ): 15%, 27 EV
Gov. Leinad (L-GA): 6%, 0 EV

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Governor Antonio (D-CA) 301 EV 38%
 Senator Goldwater (R-WA) 192EV 32%
Senator L.D. Smith (I-VA) 45 EV 25%
Governor  Leinad  (L-GA) 5%

1924 Presidential Election

Then President Kingolopen (R-NJ), is a moderate candidate, VP of Harding, is campaigning of the continuation of stability, and a moderate, well-tested government, with tax cuts and isolationism, he manages to break the solid south, due to the anti-mormon bigotry.

Senator Lauke Dave (L.D) Smith (D-UT), runs a populist campaign, with fierce endorsement of William Jennings Bryan, of free silver, bimetallism, the continuation of prohibition, labor laws, government assistance to farmers, and moderate progressive reforms, such as a 40-hour work week. 

Representative Antonio Villos (S-CA), from an immigrant Italian-French family, he campaigns on immigrants rights, the easing of immigration laws, protection of workers, both immigrant or not. He campaigns on social security, and other major reformist goals, for his ideology of social democracy, bringing the socialist party into a more moderate direction.

Local Councillor Azola Illayan (P-WA), a progressive he runs as in opposition to the radical Antonio Villios, campaigning on direct democracy, referendums, and giving power to the people. He campaigns against government bureaucracy, government corruption, running a campaign against the corrupt government and big business.

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Kinglopeon (R-NJ): 33.2% (249 EV)
Luke Dave (D-UT): 30.1% (159EV)
Antonio Villios (S-CA): 20.2% (81 EV)
Azola Illayan (P-WA): 15.8% (42EV)

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274: Gov. Lewis David Smith(D-VA)/Fmr. Rep. Joseph Sestak(D-PA)
102: Senator Aaron Patrick(R-WA)/Rep. Erik Paulsen(R-MN)
84: Honolulu Mayor Ian Nichols(I-HI)/Rep. Walter Jones(I-NC)
78: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Vasquez(G-CA)/Activist David Cobb(G-TX)

Why would I have right-winger Walter Jones as my VP???

SKIP.

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LD Smith (D-VA)/Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 179 EVs
1184AZ (R-WA)/Tom Cotton (R-AR) 203 EVs
Intell (I-HI)/Jon Huntsman (I-UT) 51 EVs
Kingpoleon (I-NJ)/Rick Perry (I-TX) 105 EVs

With the republican party having an unconventional nominee, Intell and Kingpoleon enter the race hoping to oppose him. The 3 moderates split those votes, but it heads to the House.

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President Leon P. O'King (R-NJ) - 253
Governor Louis "The Life" Rock (D-NY) - 269
Congressman Elvin Aziz (I-WA) - 12
Senator Ian Tell (I-HI) - 4
A relatively unpopular President O'King caused liberal Governor Rock to rise in the polls, but favorite-son campaigns by Aziz and Tell prevented Rock from getting 270 electoral votes, handing the election to O'King in the Republican-dominated Congress.

WHY AM I MOSTLY RIGHT-WING?

He supports universal healthcare, major campaign finance reform, and is generally pretty left-populist/moderate economically. On social issues, I don't think he's much different from you. Have you looked up his record on the issues?

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four candidates won states in the 2016 democratic primaries — representative inman tell of kentucky, whose bizarrely tone-deaf, nationalist campaign petered out after scraping the "lead" in an essential five-way tie in iowa; moderate arkansas governor ken pollion, who ran a well-organised but ultimately uninspiring campaign that pulled in the remnants of the old-guard southern blue dogs; new york senator rocky lang, a mainstream progressive whose most vocal followers included, bizarrely, both elements of the white activist left and wall street types; and north carolina governor phoebe "peebs" saxifrage, whose longshot campaign (some observers cynically suggested at the outset that she was only running because she knew north carolina would never trust her with a second term) rapidly gained a coälition of african-americans and working-class white voters.

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saxifrage - 2484 delegates
lang - 1881 delegates
pollion - 366 delegates
tell - 35 delegates

Uh... why would I lose my home state?

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peebs's strong coälition of african-americans and working-class whites. it'd've been something like 46-45-8.