Congratulations, man! I'm sure you'll be a great assemblyman, and winning an independent bid is pretty dang impressive.

[2. Ody's vote is invalid (he only registered some 4-5 days ago)]

1. Snowguy's voters need italics
2. Ody's vote is invalid (he only registered some 4-5 days ago)
3. Julio's vote is exhausted, not invalid (lack of distributable preferences)

Your update format is dy-no-mite! Thanks for the work you've put into this.

Oh whoops. I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss an election, lol. >_>

[AT-LARGE SENATE (1 vacancy to fill)]

AT-LARGE SENATE (1 vacancy to fill)

[ 2 ] Clarence of Florida
^{Federalist Party}

[ 1 ] Kalwejt of Vermont
^{Liberal Party}

[  ] Snowguy of North Carolina
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________


[  ] None of the above

Hey guys.

To keep us on the front page () and to get us back on party discussion, after some talking with Wolfentoad about our party and it's logo, I've come up with the following logo proposal. I've attempted to preserve the merits of both proposals offered by Wolfentoad back on page 2 of the thread - the enigmatic torch on the first proposal, and the clean-cut, modern look of the second. Hopefully this'll combine them pretty well:

[ 7 ] Inks.LWC
[ 2 ] TexasDemocrat (Talleyrand)
[ 5 ] ZuWo
[ 6 ] Idaho Blue Dog Dem
[ 4 ] Gass3268
[ 8 ] LumineVonReuental
[ 1 ] Shua
[ 3 ] Oldiesfreak1854

Since Clinton1996 seems to be on track to win the Party Presidency, I'll throw myself in as a candidate for ME Chair.

Hm... what about "Board of Chairs"?

I'd prefer to call it a "Conference" on the off-Presidential months, while the National Convention would be held on Presidential months. Just an artistic preference.

I agree with Gov. Wolfentoad here, but the aesthetics aren't that important I suppose. Whatever works for everyone on the subject of leadership names is fine with me. Let's just agree on all the terminology so we won't have people calling the Mideast party chairman by like 5 different titles.

Cuomo, albeit just barely.



Cuomo/McCaskill - 272
Rubio/Walker - 266

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I'm still iffy on Nevada, Colorado, and Ohio. I think they could go either way in this scenario.

Eh, being bi is better.

I believe Shua is our only candidate, though SJoyce has announced a Gubernatorial run for next month. Odysseus, I encourage you to run for ME Assembly this month!

I've got a few RL obligations that'll prevent me from pursuing office this month (my apologies, I just don't want to be that guy who disappears). I can probably run in future elections, however, and thanks for the thought.

OTOH, I'm always willing to throw out ideas and contribute proposals to the platform.

Aye

Ody
Liberal Party
Virginia

Republicans:

1. Christie
2. Ryan
3. Paul
4. Santorum
5. Jindal

Democrats:

1. O'Malley
2. Patrick
3. Schweitzer
4. Cuomo
5. Warren

Pleasantly surprised that The Dangerous One only won by two points! A tie!

This is a contradiction.

I think it depends on the circumstances. If the GOP has realized and corrected their current problems, then I think he'd be on more than a few candidates' shortlists. But if it's going to take a wave election or two to get the GOP back in shape, then don't count on it.

This one truly should just be left to the states. Can't the gay community accept that some places just will not allow them to marry based on natural law and moral principals ever. It is a contract and the federal government needs to just step off and respect the states for once. Sorry Clarence you're on the wrong side of this issue.

Doesn't matter if he's wrong or right, he's on the winning side.

No he's not on the winning side. Eternity will judge this one vastly differently than He did racial civil rights.

I'm bisexual. I thought God was loving, and caring? I mean I'm only half broken, won't he give me a chance?

I wouldve supported King and the Civil Rights folks. King would side with me today on this if he were still with us.

I honestly don't care what Martin Luther King, Jr. would have, or did think of gay marriage. And to be honest, the Civil Rights Movement - Gay Rights Movement comparison is getting a little old, and it isn't a great analogy.

I think Santorum is the favorite at this point, although there's not much point in handicapping the race so early. He was the strongest challenger last time, and the GOP usually goes with that. And the conservatives will demand one of their own.

No he's not. He's like Pat Buchanan, a social conservative reactionary to be the anti-establishment candidate (even though Santorum is VERY establishment in his non-social views). He's in a distant fourth or fifth right now behind Christie, Rubio, Bush, and even Ryan.

Remember when Pat Buchanan was a US Senator for 20 years?

My money is on the guy from Utah

Jason Chaffetz?

No.

John Kerry, that's why.

THEY ARE MULTIPLYING.

I saw this thread title and instantly just assumed it was an Onion article.

The election of 2020 sees a democratic incumbent defeated by a moderate Republican, who sweeps states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania much like Barack Obama swept Colorado, Virginia, and North Carolina. This moderate Republican is able to appeal to minorities, and as such, performs much better in the southwest than his predecessors.

The south west is much like the rust belt of today. It's a swing region, but leans towards the Democrats as a whole. Arizona and Texas are just barely out of Democratic reach at this point and are both almost always "Lean Republican" states in Presidential elections.

Meanwhile, much of the progress in the Atlantic South that the Obama coalition brought has been dismantled. NC has been brought back into Republican territory, and is not contested much. Georgia and South Carolina are back to being "Safe Republican" in every election. Florida, as always, is still competitive, however.

The rust belt is a true tossup region, and most elections are fought in Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. By the 2020s, the region is trending Republican. A Republican who isn't able to win Iowa or Wisconsin would have major obstacles in getting elected. MN & IL are closer than today, but are still considered at least "Lean Democratic".




By 2023, the map looks like this:

[really]

An 8 minute fireworks spectacular over Boston Harbor is a little excessive for someone who thinks he might lose.

He's clearly delusional and used to getting his way 100% of the time.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-spends-day-tearfully-apologizing-at-fathers,30312/

This Onion article would be really funny if it weren't probably what actually happened. I mean, the guy wrote "DAD" on his paper during every debate. Seriously, it's not hard to imagine why he might've been really hoping that he would win.

The same they have been since 2008. (Give or take a state or two, IN or NE-2 for example)



Democrats: 257
Republicans: 179
Toss-Up: 102

I was pretty off on my percentage predictions, and I figured Johnson, Stein, and Goode would get more votes than they actually got. I also thought Mitt Romney would take the popular vote by a small percentage, and it looked like he was going to do that for a while, but..