All electoral votes are based on 2008 map.
D+10
506-
32The Republican Party completely implodes and does not run a candidate. A conservative Republican runs a weak write-in campaign that nonetheless wins six states.
D+7
463-
75Palin wins, not because of a conservative wave, but a weak field, liberal democratic support, and dumb luck. She runs a horrible campaign, marred by gaffes and maybe even a scandal or two.
D+3
379-
159Gingrich clinches the nomination after a prolonged primary. His campaign is decent but he's been out of office for too long and is seen as a relic from the 1990's.
D+1
376-
162Romney wins the nomination after a protracted battle with x which puts him at a disadvantage in the general election
R+1
339-
199Mike Huckabee clinches the Republican nomination but loses the general election to Obama.
R+3
291-
247John Thune wins the Republican nomination. After a close campaign, he is defeated by Obama on election night.
R+7
326-
212Daniels easily clinches the Republican nomination. The economy double-dips, sweeping the Republican into office.
R+10
385-
153Daniels clinches the GOP nomination. Illinois and California default on their debt causing the other states to fall like dominoes and turning the US economy into an absolute cluster complete with another economic bubble popped; it's the second Great Depression and spreading global quickly. Luckily for Obama he's a talented, filthy rich campaigner that didn't have to face a primary challenge while Daniels was shot by a random crank and had to spend most of the campaign trail in a hospital bed.