Post the map of an election between the two preceding posters

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Might want to read a bit more carefully, LJ.

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Decided to go for a 269-269:

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Clinton1996 327 - 211 Goldwater

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cathcon/tmthforu - 271
mormdem/miles - 267

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the election of 1932, coming so soon after the beginning of the great depression, marked a monumental shift in american politics. president santander's democratic party collapsed miserably, failing to make the runoff for the first time in decades. the republican party, under whose control congress had been picking constant fights with santander, also faced colossal losses. instead, the runoff was between two unexpected outsiders: mayor a. newton canadaland of milwaukee, running with a reärranged successor to the progressive party of roosevelt and lafollette, and john clash, the leader of the national american people's party, a militant right-populist xenophobic group taking its inspiration from similar movements in europe.

in the end it was a landslide. with resounding support from (most of) the political and business establishment, crushing margins with immigrants, women, and minority groups of all stripes (as well as the grudging support of louisiana's huey long, who had a longstanding personal feud with clash), mayor canadaland became the first president since the jacksonian era to not belong to either the republican or democratic parties.

1932 (runoff)
mayor alfred newton canadaland (p-wi) and governor d. ed flagblues (p-id) — 353 ev, 61% pv
party leader john clash (napp-ga) and party secretary stephen milo (napp-pa) — 178 ev, 39% pv

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election remains close throughout, is ultimately decided by governor peebs's excellent response to a hurricane in october

governor phoebe "peebs" saxifrage (d-nc) / senator teddy crumpets (d-wa) – 294ev, 50%pv
governor ken pollion (r-ar) / former governor calvin athcon (r-mi) – 244ev, 48%pv

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with the only two significant candidates representing the left fringe and the right fringe of the democratic party, the 2020 primaries developed some interesting dynamics. most establishment figures and groups (the congressional black caucus, congressional leaders schumer and pelosi, former president obama, … the 'most' is not an exaggeration) not only refrained from endorsing either candidate, but floated the idea of a latecoming compromise candidate until well into the race (long after it stopped beïng at all feasible).

publicly, at least. but after rep. antonio's landslide win in the california primary (which, this year, occupied the fifth-earliëst slot in the calendar - after ia/nh/nv/sc and a week before super tuesday), money and experiënced operatives quiëtly began flooding in to sen. goth's campaign.

in the end, this substantial, but covert, support failed to overcome rep. antonio's hypermotivated support from the grassroots, protesters, etc, but the race remained close throughout, and online discussions on the race were apocalyptically vitriolic.