Recent elections without 9/11

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

How do the 2004, 2008 and 2012 presidential elections go without 9/11, the war on terror, War on Iraq?

Any effects on the two party's coalitions?

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Why? The economy would be better than our 2004 and there wouldn't be wars to energize an anti-war movement.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

I don't think Kerry would have been the nominee in 2004 without 9/11. Different field of candidates

Why not? Without wars to oppose and a booming economy, even if it's not on par with the 90s the democrats would have the same incentive not to put their best up.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Hmm... Depends on whether or not we still would have invaded Iraq. I feel like Bush would have had a lot more push-back against any such actions in a world without 9/11.

Presume he doesn't invade Iraq, like I said in the OP.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Here's a possible 2004 map for a world with no 9/11, no Iraq war and an economy that's chugging along at a rate not quite as good as the 90s but is still considered boom times.

People who I've spitballed with before on this may recognize this.