Ok, so I'm still doing my other timeline, but this one came to me a few days ago, and I reallyyy wanted to start it. (Also, The Americana Party is completely fictional, and made up.)
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November 6th 2012: The President-Elect had walked onto the podium in Boston, Massachusetts. Rick Santorum, and President Barack Obama had just given their concession speeches. Now, back to Boston, Ross Perot had just finished up his speech, and than said:
"Well, enough from this old geezer! I'm proud to introduce to you the next President of these United States, U.S. Senator Scott Brown!"
The unthinkable had just occurred. A President was elected tonight...and he is not a Republican or Democrat. The Americana Party had made history tonight.
The Scott Brown-Bart Gordon ticket had just blown out President Barack Obama, and Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum.
Scott Brown (Massachusetts) / Bart Gordon (Tennessee): 39.3% ; 331 EVs Americana
Barack Obama (Illinois) / Joe Biden (Delaware): 30.2% ; 111 EVs Democratic
Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania) / Mitt Romney (Massachusetts): 30.5% ; 96 EVs Republican
Now, to the just as stunning Congressional Results:U.S. Senate:Republicans: 46
Democrats: 36
Americanas: 18
Americanas elected tonight:Maine: Sen. Olympia Snowe with 49.8% of the vote
Vermont: Jim Douglas with 37.6% of the vote
Massachusetts: Curt Schilling with 40.3% of the vote
Connecticut: Sen. Joe Lieberman with 36.6% of the vote
New York: Michael Bloomberg with 42.3% of the vote
Delaware: Michael Castle with 51.4% of the vote
West Virginia: Sen. Joe Manchin with 43.5% of the vote
Virginia: Virgil Goode with 38.1% of the vote
Tennessee: Phil Bredesen with 52.3% of the vote
Florida: Bob Graham with 47.2% of the vote
Ohio: Jim Trafficant with 32.2% of the vote
Texas: Ron Paul with 38.5% of the vote
New Mexico: Gary Johnson with 46.5% of the vote
Senators who switched over:South Carolina: Lindsay Graham
Virginia: Mark Warner
Maine: Susan Collins
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
Kentucky: Rand Paul
U.S. House:Republicans: 206
Democrats: 199
Americanas: 35
To understand how this was possible, we must go all the way back to the Party's founding in 1976...