Collaborative Presidential Elections - New

[OAM]

As an added comment, this would have been a fun one for the 2.5% thread.  Here's what happens if I flip the states I considered swing states.  (Did not edit the Confederacy out, because it's not a real entry, new totals are 288-108 dems favor)

[BlueDog Bimble]

Can I join?

[Penelope]

Can I join?

Absolutely!

[OAM]

I have updated this list, cause I'm bored and don't want to go twice in a row.

16. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), 1861-1863
17. William Seward (R-NY), 1863-1865
18. George McClellan (D-NJ), 1865-1873
19. Horatio Seymour (D-NY), 1873-1877
20. Thomas Hendricks (D-IN), 1877-1881
21. John Sherman (R-OH), 1881-1889
22. Chester Arthur (R-NY), 1889-1891
23. Robert Lincoln (R-IL), 1891-1893
24. Isaac Gray (D-IN), 1893-1897
25. William Allison (R-IA), 1897-1905
26. William J. Bryan (R-NE), 1905-1910
27. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY), 1910-1913
28. Judson Harmon (D-OH), 1913-1921
29. Robert M. La Follette (R-WI), 1921-1925
30. Al Smith (D-NY), 1925-1929
31. Joseph France (R-MD), 1929-1937
32. Robert Taft (D-OH), 1937-1941
33. Douglas MacArthur (R-NY), 1941-

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Hold on guys, I've got the next one.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

President MacArthur would be labeled by his supporters as the one who redeemed America from their loss in the Civil War nearly 80 years ago. While other Presidents had tried to tolerate the continually escalating border skirmishes, "Mac" would have nothing of it and following a particularly deadly incident in Cairo, Illinois, that was the last straw. Drawing up a Declaration of War from a Congress controlled by Republicans, he himself led troops into Kentucky and Virginia. As battle waged on into 1942 and 1943, it was clear that the United States had the advantage in weaponry. While the Confederacy had taken years to recover from their economic depression of the 1860's to the 1880's and had only begun heavy industrialization in the 1910's, the USA's industrial strength had continually grown and the Confederacy was outgunned. Come 1944, Mac was looking at a land-slide. Running against anti-war former Governor Joe Kennedy of Massachusetts, MacArthur won the largest land-slide in terms of % of the electoral vote since 1820.

President Douglas MacArthur (R-NY)/Vice President Henry Breckenridge (R-IL) 360 electoral votes, 57.2% of the popular vote
Former Governor Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA)/Senator Henry L Jackson (D-IN) 33 electoral votes, 42.1% of the popular vote
Green-states under USA control

[OAM]

1944

Senator Everett Dirksen (D-IL)/Mayor Wendell Willkie (D-NY) 205 electoral votes, 50.3% of the popular vote
President Douglas MacArthur (R-NY)/Vice President Henry Breckenridge (R-IL) 188 electoral votes, 48.9% of the popular vote

While the US managed to avoid tangling itself into the greater war in Europe, aid began to pour in... to the South.  Friendly nations were unwilling to aid the US without a commitment, but the other side of the conflict had no such issues with aiding the Confederates.  The front bogs down in Central Texas and Tennesee, with neither former state fleeing from its seat of government.  MacArthur attempts to run for a third term, but people grow tired of the pompous General.  The Democrats run outspoken Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois against him on a platform of peace with moderate gains.  Some are put off by not pushing for total victory, but the vote narrowly comes down in the Democrats favor.

[Penelope]

1952

President Everett Dirksen (D-IL)/Vice President Wendell Willkie (D-NY) - 210 EV - 47.4%
Former President Douglas MacArthur (R-NY)/Former Representative Earl Warren (R-CA) - 31.66%
Senator Wayne Morse (I-OR)/Former Sec. of Agriculture Henry Wallace (I-IA) - 20.94%

The USA was finally able to bring the conflict to a stand still at the Battle of Little Rock in 1947. The Republicans, divided over the issue of the war, split apart. One half, calling themselves the "Progressive Party" opposes the war and calls for peace negotiations, which began in late 1947, to end quickly, with no military gains. Official Republican Candidate, Former President Douglas MacArthur, calls for tough action against the CSA during negotiations, and as much gained land as possible. Due to this contrast, President Dirksen is able to win many swing states, positioning himself as the moderate alternative to the two extremes (supporting only gaining the old states of Virginia and Kentucky as military districts). The electoral vote is close, but President Dirksen wins the popular vote in a landslide, and carries much of the west with strong support, ending several generations of Republican dominance in the region.

[BlueDog Bumble]

Don't you mean 1948 and 1952?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

With negotiations settled in 1954 and the United States gaining two new territories, Dirksen became one of the most popular Presidents. With that, the question came: would he run in 1956? Remembering the fate of Douglas MacArthur, a popular President who wore out his welcome with the American people, Dirksen held off long in answering the question. Eventually, in February, 1956, he announced that he would be stepping down from the Presidency and refusing to run for a third term. This left the field in both parties wide open.

For the Republicans, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a war hero who was popular with the base, had MacArthur's endorsement, and was from the heavily Catholic state of Massachusetts, was able to win the nomination. For Vice President, Governor Richard M. Nixon of California was chosen. At the Democratic National Convention, there was much less unity. Vice President Wendell Willkie was attempting to win former Dirksen supporters but outright failing. Meanwhile, Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche was doing well with Mid-Western delegates and Dirksen Secretary of State George Marshall was able to win establishment support. Eventually, a Marshall/Lausche ticket was made.

Meanwhile, former Republican Senator Robert La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin split from the party to run as a Progressive.

Secretary of State George Marshall (D-PA)/Governor Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) 186 electoral votes
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)/Governor Richard M. Nixon (R-CA) 185 electoral votes
Senator Robert La Follette Jr. (P-WI)/Senator Glen Taylor (P-ID) 22 electoral votes

With no candidate winning a majority of the electoral vote, the election was sent to the House of Representatives where new Republican gains suited Lodge well.

Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA): 26 states
George Marshall (D-PA): 9 states
Robert La Follette Jr. (P-WI): 1 state

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1960

President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Senator Henry Jackson (R-WA)-206 EV, 48.5% of the popular vote.
Former Governor Frank Lausche (D-OH)/Senator Barry Goldwater (D-AZ)-193 EV, 46.4% of the popular vote.
Congressman William Henry Meyer (P-VT)/Mr. Eric Hass (P-NY)-0 EV, 4.8% of the popular vote.
Others (Prohibition, Labor, Communist)-0.3% of the popular vote.
President Lodges life was cut short when he was killed by an unknown sniper in occupied Virginia on May 9th, 1959. President Nixon sought reelection in his own right, but faced opposition from Governor Lausche, who campaigned with firebrand conservative Barry Goldwater, of Arizona. Goldwater strayed from Lausches policy of moderation, demanding that the states of Virginia and Kentucky be able to decide whether or not they should be in the Union. None the less, Nixon was able to retain his office, and won a term in his own right.

[OAM]

1964

Governor Nelson Rockefeller (D-NY)/Former Governor Harold Stassen (D-MN) - 230 EV - 52.1% PV
Vice President Henry Jackson (R-WA)/Governor Matthew E. Welsh (R-IN) - 180 EV - 46.0% PV

The Republican administration is popular, but they give the Democrats and issue to harp on with the quick admission of Kentucky in late 1961.  There are some renewed tensions with the Confederacy, as well as internationally, much cooler than in the '40s, but dominating the election of 1964.  The economy is good, but the Democrats rally around popular governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York.  Conversely, the Republicans are splintered by none other than the president.  Around half believe Nixon should seek another term, while the other half want him out, some because of their fears of how close the last election was.  In the end, Nixon is forced out in favor of his Vice President.  Jackson takes advantage of the situation to pick Governor Matthew E. Welsh of Indiana to unify the party with the Populist wing.  It's not enough though, as the disillusion base are swung in Minnesota by Stassen and write in Nixon in record numbers in California.  Those two states total the exact difference in electoral vote, though Michigan and Pennsylvania are both within 1% of having flipped too...

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Claiming next.

Can we have either KY and VA become states or became maybe independent entities?

[OAM]

Yeah, I had KY become a state, but VA is still in limbo, so whoever goes after me can decide what happens with it.  Have the map done, now just writing the blurb.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I think VA should go to the CSA; that's where their capital is, after all.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1968

Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD)/Senator Clifford Case (R-NJ)-210 EV, 32.7% of the popular vote.
President Nelson Rockefeller (P-NY)/Vice President Harold Stassen (P-MN)-145 EV, 32.3% of the popular vote.
Senator Barry Goldwater (D-AZ)/Congressman Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (D-NH)-55 EV, 34.5% of the popular vote.
Other (Socialist, Prohibition, Civil Rights)-0.5% of the popular vote.

The years of 1965 through 1969 was one of the most violent periods in American history. In Kentucky, several small Confederate loyalist militia groups launched a series of deadly terrorist attacks, and later in the year, a small insurgency. In occupied Virginia, a referendum on sovereignty was held, and overwhelmingly voted to join the Confederacy. In the Midwest, race riots flared when President Rockefeller forced historically segregated factories to integrate, leading to violence between the workers. In Europe, a tense peace existed between the Allies and the communist Moscow Pact, almost two decades after the Great War.

The Democratic Party had always been considered the more right wing party compared to the Republican Party, and its base in the Border States in particular was very conservative. None the less, Nelson Rockefellers left wing domestic policy, and moderately dovish foreign policy was popular with neither party.

Senator Barry Goldwater, perhaps the most Conservative politician in the country at the time, launched a primary challenge against President Rockefeller. While Rockefeller was fairly popular nationwide, the national base of the Democratic Party grew to despise him, and Goldwater successfully toppled Rockefeller at a tense, and incredibly close first ballot win at the Democratic Convention. Rockefeller and his supporters walked out of the convention. A few months later, Rockefeller announced he would seek reelection on the Progressive Party ticket, and easily won their nomination for President.

The Republicans nominated Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey. Running on a law and order domestic policy, they were able to gain traction across the country, while Goldwater and Rockefeller were perceived as “radicals”. Agnew was swept to victory in an incredibly close election.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

16. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), 1861-1863
17. William Seward (R-NY), 1863-1865
18. George McClellan (D-NJ), 1865-1873
19. Horatio Seymour (D-NY), 1873-1877
20. Thomas Hendricks (D-IN), 1877-1881
21. John Sherman (R-OH), 1881-1889
22. Chester Arthur (R-NY), 1889-1891
23. Robert Lincoln (R-IL), 1891-1893
24. Isaac Gray (D-IN), 1893-1897
25. William Allison (R-IA), 1897-1905
26. William J. Bryan (R-NE), 1905-1910
27. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY), 1910-1913
28. Judson Harmon (D-OH), 1913-1921
29. Robert M. La Follette (R-WI), 1921-1925
30. Al Smith (D-NY), 1925-1929
31. Joseph France (R-MD), 1929-1937
32. Robert Taft (D-OH), 1937-1941
33. Douglas MacArthur (R-NY), 1941-1949
34. Everett Dirksen (D-IL), 1949-1957
35. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), 1957-1959
36. Richard Nixon (R-CA), 1959-1965
37. Nelson Rockefeller (D-NY), 1965-1969
38. Sprio Agnew (R-MD), 1969-???

[OAM]

1972

Senator John M. Ashbrook (D-OH)/Roland Regean (D-CA) - 160 EV/30.4% PV
President Spiro Agnew (R-MD)/Vice President Clifford Case (R-NJ) - 131 EV/38.2% PV
Senator George McGovern (P-SD)/Mayor John Lindsay (P-NY) - 117 EV/26.8% PV

President Agnew proved popular, steering America out of many of its recent problems.  However, politically, the nation was unable to condense back into a two party system in time for the 1972 election.  Many progressives were tired of being folded and split into the major parties again and again, and urged on by former President Rockefeller, were deadset on breaking the electoral system.  And break it did, throwing the election to the house after many states were split to the unfavorite.  The house was much more capable of giving Agnew a reaffirmation, a decision the majority of Americans accepted without complaint, even if he had not been their first choice.

President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 23 States
Senator John M. Ashbrook (D-OH) - 9 states
Senator George McGovern (P-SD) - 7 states

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I guess I'll claim after OAM since I"m itching to do one of these.

[OAM]

For the record, I'm not sure what happens to DC in a house vote, I assume they don't get the vote though.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The second term of President Agnew proved scandalous as news broke in October 1973 of charges of tax evasion and fraud. The news broke just on time to ruin an international summit President Agnew had planned with the Presidents of Canada, Mexico, and the Confederacy on trade and co-operation. Forced to go back home and meet the charges head on in the media battle, Trade Representative Elliot Richardson was forced to represent him at the summit.

With rumors and evidence piling up, Agnew became essentially a lame duck President. When finally brought to court over the issue of tax evasion, Agnew's lawyers made a deal behind closed doors and Agnew resigned the Presidency on September 9th, 1974.

The Presidency of Clifford Case proved a short yet eventful one. Forced to take over the Presidency following Agnew's resignation, it was his duty to restore honor to the Presidency. The first thing he did was appoint Senator Robert Finch of California to be Vice President. Secondly, he would announce what would be termed as the "Halloween Massacre" and purge Agnew's cabinet of his most loyal defenders. While some called it over-kill, Case was able to maintain public trust. With Secretary of State Richard Nixon retiring, he appointed Trade Representative Elliot Richardson to the post.

In economics, Case worked to close the large deficit created by the Keynesian policies of Agnew. This involved tax hikes for the middle and upper classes and a cutting of a number of programs deemed by Treasury Secretary William Simon as "un-necessary". In foreign policy, Case would take a realist stance. His most lasting legacy would be the creation of NAFTA, a free trade alliance between Canada, the US, the CSA, and Mexico.

1976
Despite Case's foreign policy triumphs and his ability to bring back trust to the White House, the American people were suffering under heavy tax burdens and decreased government services. With the Democrats and the new Progressive Party utilizing those issues, Case went down to defeat in the general election.

Former Governor Ronald Reagan (D-CA)/Governor Edward J. King (D-MA) 235 electoral votes, 40.3% of the popular vote
President Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)/Vice President Robert Finch (R-CA) 113 electoral votes, 31.5% of the popular vote
Senator Eugene McCarthy (P-MN)/Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (P-NY) 60 electoral votes, 25.8% of the popular vote

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1980

President Ronald Reagan (D-CA)/Vice President Edward King (D-MA)-361 EV, 52.0% of the popular vote.
Senator George Bush (R-CT)/Senator Joe Biden (R-DE)-40 EV, 31.2% of the popular vote.
Congressman John Anderson (P-IL)/Senator Lowell Weicker (P-CT)-7 EV, 16.4% of the popular vote.
Other (Libertarian, Prohibition, Socialist)-0.4% of the popular vote.

President Reagan cruises to victory due to his successfully economic policies-the deficit has been lowered significantly, taxes cut, and inflation rates drastically lower than they were in the Agnew-Case years.

[OAM]

1984

Senator Gary Hart (R-CO)/Ambassador Ben Fernandez (R-CA) - 319 EV, 62.1% PV
Senator John Glenn (D-OH)/Representative Jack Kemp (D-NY) - 81 EV, 36.3% PV

President Reagan's second term was marred by the Middle East Crisis, sending gas prices skyrocketing in February of '84.  His administration was both unwilling and unable to act to regain control of the economy.  While some had suggested in '83 that Reagan seek a third term amidst high popularity, he decided not to run again, citing the generic "health reasons" as an excuse.  In his place the Democrats nominated two highly charismatic figures, but who also proved to be easy to attack.

On the part of the Republicans, they finally became the latest party to absorb the Progressives once more.  It would have been enough to seal the deal already, but what truly made '84 a landslide was the Hispanic vote.

[OAM]

16. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), 1861-1863
17. William Seward (R-NY), 1863-1865
18. George McClellan (D-NJ), 1865-1873
19. Horatio Seymour (D-NY), 1873-1877
20. Thomas Hendricks (D-IN), 1877-1881
21. John Sherman (R-OH), 1881-1889
22. Chester Arthur (R-NY), 1889-1891
23. Robert Lincoln (R-IL), 1891-1893
24. Isaac Gray (D-IN), 1893-1897
25. William Allison (R-IA), 1897-1905
26. William J. Bryan (R-NE), 1905-1910
27. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY), 1910-1913
28. Judson Harmon (D-OH), 1913-1921
29. Robert M. La Follette (R-WI), 1921-1925
30. Al Smith (D-NY), 1925-1929
31. Joseph France (R-MD), 1929-1937
32. Robert Taft (D-OH), 1937-1941
33. Douglas MacArthur (R-NY), 1941-1949
34. Everett Dirksen (D-IL), 1949-1957
35. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), 1957-1959
36. Richard Nixon (R-CA), 1959-1965
37. Nelson Rockefeller (D-NY), 1965-1969
38. Sprio Agnew (R-MD), 1969-1974
39. Clifford P. Case (R-NJ), 1974-1977
40. Roland Reagan (D-CA), 1977-1985
41. Gary Hart (R-CO), 1985-

[Rooney]

I want to comment that this is a wonderful thread. It is a real gold mine of creativity. Kudos to all involved!