William Jennings Bryan (D-NE) vs. Barry M. Goldwater (R-AZ)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

A liberal icon that today would be idolized by the Religious Right vs. a Conservative icon that could easily be labeled a social liberal. Who wins, and more importantly, what does the map look like?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

It's a tricky map to try to make because both candidates can help their parties in the West... This is what I came up with.

[Username MechaRFK]

If social issues are the thing in this election...

[Stardust]

274/264

Some brief explanations:

Tennessee - has some of the most stringent right-to-work laws in the Union, and, alone among the Southern States, is unlikely to have a white working class strong enough to respond to Bryan's populist appeal.

Illinois - extremely closely divided, to the point it really could go either way, depending on if Bryan alienates the black vote or not. I think the odds are he'd probably come across as too much a rural bumpkin for them, though.

Texas and New Mexico - man, racial voting would be awful to see in these two States. It would almost-but-not-quite be the opposite of how it is today in them.

[Jerseyrules]

This would be the greatest race of all time!

[Indy Prez]

269-269 divided america

[Person Man]

Basically, a 1%er Socially Liberal Hawk against a quasi-theocractic socialist dove.

[Jerseyrules]

This alone should have its own TL!