1836 U.S. Presidential Election

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Twelve years after the first election of Henry Clay, the presidency is once again wide open for contention. Defending Clay's legacy and campaigning on preservation of the National Bank is Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Attacking the incumbent president is Senator Martin Van Buren of New York, proposing his "independent treasury" system. Meanwhile, returning is the Anti-Masonic party, led by a man who himself was Clay's Vice President, Richard Rush of Pennsylvania.

[Donerail]

Vice-President Rush.

[Goldwater]

Van Buren.

[Frodo]

Daniel Webster

[Rooney]

Van Buren and his independent treasury are the only way to go in terms of banking. Thus, he has my vote.

[SPC]

Van Buren and his independent treasury are the only way to go in terms of banking. Thus, he has my vote.

[Cryptic]

Webster

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

I voted Rush. Webster sort of rubs me the wrong way, and I have a few fundamental policy disagreements with Van Buren.

[OAM]

I didn't think the vote would split this much...

[Frodo]

I'm a little surprised that John C. Calhoun didn't challenge Martin van Buren for the Democratic nomination. 

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I voted Webster, but I really could have voted for any of them.  Van Buren was one of the few Democrats who courageously stood in his party's minority by opposing slavery, and although I admire that, I probably wouldn't vote for him.  And although the Freemasons might be a strange organization, I wouldn't vote for a party that was based entirely on opposing them, since that just makes no sense.

[Donerail]

And although the Freemasons might be a strange organization, I wouldn't vote for a party that was based entirely on opposing them, since that just makes no sense.

The Anti-Masonic Party has evolved beyond being a single-issue party and now champions internal improvements and protective tariffs.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

And although the Freemasons might be a strange organization, I wouldn't vote for a party that was based entirely on opposing them, since that just makes no sense.

The Anti-Masonic Party has evolved beyond being a single-issue party and now champions internal improvements and protective tariffs.

Right, but the anti-masonic thing is what distinguishes them from the National Republicans (or Whigs IRL).

[Frodo]

Cathcon -are you about ready to call this one? 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Daniel Webster has won the election, marking a fourth term of National Republican dominance, but by a much closer margin than the previous two elections.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The 1836 United States Presidential Election
In the closest election since 1824, and the closest the Democrats had ever come to the presidency, Senator Daniel Webster was nonetheless elected with a majority of the electoral vote, despite the third party candidacy of Richard Rush. The National Republican legacy would continue.

Senator Daniel Webster (National Republican-Massachusetts)/Congressman Francis P. Granger (National Republican-New York) 162 electoral votes, 48% of the popular vote
Senator Martin Van Buren (Democrat-New York)/Senator Richard M. Johnson (Democrat-Kentucky) 125 electoral votes, 40% of the popular vote
Former Vice President Richard Rush (Anti-Masonic-Pennsylvania)/Former Governor William A. Palmer (Anti-Masonic-Vermont) 7 electoral votes, 12% of the popular vote