A New Mexico Republican who believes radical ideas such as "poor people are actually human" and "most people on welfare aren't lazy moochers", vs. a Pennsylvania socialist who really hates gay people because he thinks the marriage equality movement is only supported by white bourgeois gay men, or something. Go for it!
Here's my writeup:
The 2016 election was one of the most exciting and dynamic since 2008. On the Republican side, the popular, charismatic Republican Senator from New Mexico, King, entered the primary field in mid-2014. He initially received little support, but after general election polls showed him performing surprisingly well against most of the Democratic candidates, the business, "establishment" wing pinned their hopes on him, funneling massive donations into his campaign, and he emerged the victor after a bitter primary battle with Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Rick Santorum. To placate the seething Tea Party base, King selected arch-conservative Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina as his running mate.
Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Snowstalker, the fiery, populist left-wing Governor of Pennsylvania, ran an insurgency campaign similar to Howard Dean's in 2004, fundraising massive amounts of money through small, individual donations. He eventually won the Iowa caucuses and South Carolina primary, and swept to the nomination. As a show of ideological unity, he chose Senator TNF of Kentucky as the vice-presidential nominee.
Though both candidates ran fiery general election campaigns, the ultimate outcome was never in doubt. King's moderate conservatism was a breath of fresh air to the voters after six years of right-wing domination of the Republican Party, and Snowstalker's rightward turn on social issues such as gay marriage - in an ill-thought-out attempt to appeal to white, working-class voters in the South - enraged the Democratic Party base, many of whom stayed home or even voted for King. As a result, the Republican Party took back the White House in an electoral triumph that many compared to the Democratic Party's triumph under Barack Obama eight years previous.
Sen. King (R-NM)/Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC): 374 EVs, 53.2% PVSen. Snowstalker (D-PA)/Sen. TNF (D-KY): 164 EVs, 44.7% PV
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