Atlas Forum Primaries 2: Thread now closed

[AndrewTX]

Kevin Kessler for me plz

[The Mikado]

Linda Lopez.  New Mexico's an awesome state and, more importantly, a swing state!

[Shilly]

If this is still open, I'd like to play as Osborne.

[Purple State]

I'm in. I'll take the Michigan Democrat.

[Historia Crux]

Wyatt Williams, the Republican of the Granite State please.

[Хahar 🤔]

Xander Xiao

(lol)

[Joe Republic]

Xander Xiao

(lol)

I knew you'd pick him.

oh, you crazy ethnics

[afleitch]

Martin Montgomery

[tmthforu94]

Helen Hudson

[Hash]

Michel Melançon, Democrat-Maine

or does it need to be a real pol?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Franklin Finch

[Vepres]

Pamela Pickering

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Gillespie Goldsmith

[Joe Republic]

Michel Melançon, Democrat-Maine

or does it need to be a real pol?

Sorry, but it needs to be one of the unclaimed pols from the list in the first post.

[fezzyfestoon]

I'll be Atkins.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Give me Rick ROmano I suppose

[Joe Republic]

I'll give some more time to Hashemite and gregusodenus to specify which candidates they want, and anybody else who wants to jump in too.  I'll get the ball rolling tomorrow at some point.

[Hash]

Victor Vasquez

[Vepres]

I'll give some more time to Hashemite and gregusodenus to specify which candidates they want, and anybody else who wants to jump in too.  I'll get the ball rolling tomorrow at some point.

Ahem

[Joe Republic]

Somebody's an eager beaver! 

I've been working today, but I certainly haven't forgotten.  Give me an hour or so to put the next stage together.

[Joe Republic]

Okay, I think that's enough time for people to sign up.  Although we're going to go ahead and start the next stage, it's not too late for more people to join in and pick one of the available candidates.  However, the later they join, the more they'll be disadvantaged; much like in real life campaigns.

Here's the list of declared candidates as we enter the primary season:

DEMOCRATS

Franklin Finch (WV) - Al
Gillespie Goldsmith (LA) - benconstine
Linda Lopez (NM) - The Mikado
Martin Montgomery (ME) - afleitch
Oliver Osborne (MT) - Shilly
Quentin Quinn (TN) - HappyWarrior
Timothy Taylor (MI) - Purple State
Xander Xiao (CA) - Xahar
Zachary Zuckerman (PA) - Sewer Socialist

REPUBLICANS

Andrew Atkins (NY) - fezzyfestoon
Clay Cooper (NC) - Devilman88
Eric Emerson (NV) - Bacon King
Helen Hudson (AR) - tmthforu94
Jim Jessop (MD) - AHDuke99
Kevin Kessler (MN) - AndrewCT
Pamela Pickering (CO) - Vepres
Rick Romano (OH) - Hamilton
Steve Spencer (SD) - North Carolina Yankee
Victor Vasquez (IL) - Hashemite
Wyatt Williams (NH) - Andy Jackson



So, on to Stage Two.

This is where things start to get fun.  The premise of this stage is that you all need to canvass, campaign and generally pander to your fellow forumites to endorse your candidacy.

Basically, each and every person who is a member of this forum (and has at least 50 posts to their name, just to be safe), will be given five (5) 'endorsement points', which they can give to whichever candidate(s) they choose.

For example, one forum member could choose to give all five points to Candidate A, while another member might choose to give three points to Candidate B (who happens to be a Democrat) and two points to Candidate C (who is a Republican).

Don't worry if nobody is generous enough to endorse you.  The game will admittedly be more difficult for you, but it won't be game over before you've even begun.

You might want to write a SHORT character bio and a general overview of your candidate's issue positions.  This will help the forum members choose who to endorse, but whatever you write will have no impact on the rest of the game.  Please keep it to a single paragraph, and preferably no more than five sentences.

You have 24 hours (or so) to read and digest these instructions, and then the endorsements will officially begin in a separate (and yet to be created) thread.  No endorsements will be accepted until the new thread has been created.

So get out there and start canvassing your forum buddies!!

[HappyWarrior]

Quentin Quinn is a member of the Democratic Party as a member of the Democratic Leadership Council and during his two terms as the Governor of Tennessee made a massive push to rid his homestate of the death penalty and though the state's legislature has not pushed forward on the legislative end, he has placed an executive moratorium on it which has helped to endear him to his party's left wing.  However his strong pro-life views have helped to pull moderates into his campaign.  Unions have however become his strongest supporters because of his efforts in support of them, as well as the fact that is himself a union member.  At the same time he has promised to help out the struggling farmers of America based on his own experience as a young man growing up in a farming community and his working for the farmers of Tennessee as Governor.

[Purple State]

Senator Timothy "Tim" Taylor is a resident of Detroit, Michigan, born and raised. He is a lifetime member of the Democratic Party and is currently the state's senior Senator, where he has prided himself as the "lion of labor" and has pushed for dramatic reforms to bring the labor movement into the 21st century. Tim has also worked hard to push the cause of sexual and gender minorities and started the PRSM (Promoting Respect for Sexual Minorities) Foundation while still serving as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. As founder of the PRSM Foundation, Tim has been instrumental in making the case for equal rights for all. On the economy, Tim has made clear that, while the social safety net is a fundamental pillar of the American dream, the nation must also be fiscally responsible and cannot spend itself into oblivion.

[Joe Republic]

Excellent work, guys.  That's the kind of thing I'm looking for.  

(Just to reiterate for the others, the quality of your bio is only to attract support from your fellow forumites.  It has no bearing on the rest of the game.)

[The Mikado]

My name is Linda Lopez and I approve this message

Generic Female Announcer Voice: Have you or your loved ones been forced to reject medical treatment due to the high premiums of health insurance?
Cut to crowd at Linda Lopez rally: Nunca Mas!
Announcer: Have you worried that education costs would prevent your family from achieving that basic American goal: that your children would have a better life than you?
Crowd: Nunca Mas!
Announcer: Should parents really have to fear deportation and removal from their children because they wanted an honest job in the land of opportunity?
Crowd: Nunca Mas!
Announcer Should children be sent halfway around the world to fight in wars of choice simply because their parents didn't have the resources to choose another path for them?
Crowd: NUNCA MAS!

Linda Lopez


Linda Lopez: In New Mexico I fought to make sure the American Dream is no daydream and that every boy and girl can wake up to find it a reality.  I'm Linda Lopez, and I approve this message because it's time to say Nunca Mas to politics as usual in Washington.