Second Round of the Presidential Forever Championships

[Max Power]

Game 3:
Colin Wixted (R-FL) [8] v. Max Power (D-PA) [13]

Can the Republicans manage to beat the 97-year old?


At the beginning, Wixted had a decisive lead...but then it seemed that it might go the way of all those other races, yet again.  However, by election day, it had evened out again, and although Reese probably still had the slightest of advantages, Wixted had the momentum.


But it wasn't enough.  Despite a narrow popular vote victory and a resounding win in Ohio, Reese just barely squeaked by with New Mexico and the election.

Colin Wixted (R-AK):  62,466,938, 50%, 266 EV
Max Power (D-PA):  61,005,985, 49%, 272 EV



Blair House Happy Meals are now on sale.


Democrats: 7
Republicans: 1

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
Just so you know, I'm not really 97.

[Max Power]

supersoulty [3] v. Max Power [13]

Situation on September 22:

Solid Democrat: D.C.
Lean Democrat:
Tossup: HI, DE, NJ, NY, MA, CT, RI
Lean Republican: MI, VT, MD, CA
Solid Republican:  Everything Else.

Soult with a 14-point lead.


Reese did a good job, considering...he took back IL within a week, got the Big Mo (+193) in two weeks.  But the dream wasn't to be.  Soult won the first two debates and crushed Reese in the third, retook the West Coast, and sprung a scandal on Reese.  On election day, Soult still had a ten-point lead in the polls.

Chris Soult (R-PA): 54%, 67,457,418, 359 EV
Max Power (D-PA): 44%, 55,838,902, 179 EV



Reese squeaked by with California by 12,000 votes.

Wow, I did bad. I wonder if its just supersoulty is good or if its because I'm ranked 13th.

[Max Power]

Game 2:
Jake [14] v. Gabu [2]

Longley started off with a three point lead (and the control of Texas), but Nichols rallied quickly, closing the gap to one point.  As Nichols won the last debate and Longley got hit with a minor scandal, Nichols actually took the lead in the last week and forced Longley to spend precious time keeping California in his column, where Nichols had somehow garnered a three-point lead.

Longley did, indeed win California (by .4%), but the time he spent there certainly cost him Arizona (where he lost by 8000 votes) and Tennessee (loss by 5700 votes).

Jake Nichols (R-PA): 50%, 62,694,382, 273 EV
Lucas Longley (D-WA): 48%, 60,512,982, 265 EV



Well, that was a shock.  Congratulations to Jake on what can only be described as a very lucky victory.

I gotta ask: what is it with Louisiana?

One, big, leadership convention.

[Max Power]

Game 2:

Cheesewhiz [13] v. Max Power [13]

Ard started off with a five-point lead over Ronald McDonald...which evaporated by a week before the election, as Ard got stuck with a major scandal which just wouldn't go away...by election day, he was down four points in the polls.  However, there were still a lot of undecided voters out there, so the race wasn't quite over yet (despite the -295 Mo).

Max Power (D-PA): 64,785,808, 52%, 276 EV
Mark Ard (R-WI): 59,021,901, 47%, 262 EV

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
Hey, Ronald McDonald is my running mate, not me!!!

[Max Power]

Game 3:

Colin Wixted v. Max Power

The Señor started off down by 8.  By the week before the election, he was only down by 3...but the Señor had the EV advantage.  It was all tied up on November 1, with Wixted in a rather precarious situation...his best targets were Massachusetts, New Hampshire (which wouldn't do him any good by itself), New York, and Minnesota [in that order]--all places where the Democratic faithful would likely come out and not vote for him.

Could Wixted pull off the suprise victory by sacking the very bastion of liberalism itself?

He came within 2 percent, but it was just not to be.

Colin Wixted (R-AK): 50%, 62,352,661, 253 EV
Max Power (D-PA): 49%, 61,470,915, 275 EV

All I can say is...... wow.

[Max Power]

Group C:

Game 1:

Supersoulty v. Sam Spade

We all know Supersoulty's winning this one...but by how much?

Soult began with a twelve point lead.

By the second week, only the McGovern states were secure for Anderson.

It got better for Anderson, but he was still down by 8 come November 1.

Chris Soult (R-PA): 67,346,979, 54%, 388 EV
John Anderson (D-LA): 56,492,643, 45%, 150 EV



Sam Spade won Ohio by about 7000 votes, Supersoulty won Michigan by about 13000 votes.

Note that DC is D+60 (Sam Spade only got 68.4% of the vote to Supersoulty's 27.5%).

Ugly, just plain ugly.  Didn't help that I started 12 points down, geez. 

Guess I'm pretty much a dead duck now at 1-3.

Bye, Sam! I will miss you!

[Max Power]

Colin Wixted v. Sam Spade

Whoever wins here, advances.  Whoever loses here, goes home.

Colin Wixted [R-AK]: 65,021,707, 52%, 297 EV
John Anderson [D-LA]: 58,710,718, 47%, 241 EV



Moral of the story:  Conservative Southern Democrats just don't win, it seems.

Oh well.  Till next time.  Surprised I never did very well in the upper South as a whole.

Good job, Sam. It was a really close race between us for the second seed.