Make a map of the above four posters as separate candidates

[Leinad]

Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (D-VA) 22.5% - 83
Randall Maxwell (R-OK) 27.3% - 276
Ariane Persson (G-ME) 24.8% - 104
Larry D. Smith (I-CA) 20.2% - 75
Others 5.2% - 0

Moderate Theodore Cleaver, commonly known as "the Beaver," narrowly won the democratic nomination, while popular Green Party nominee Ariane Persson, and her social-media campaign centered around the hashtag #FOREVERGREEN got the support of democrats who thought the Beaver was too moderate for them, and L.D. Smith (who ran an unsuccessful Democratic primary campaign) ran on his own socially conservative and economically left-of-center independent ticket. Libertarian Randall Maxwell narrowly won the highly-fractured Republican party at a brokered convention.

The left-of-center vote was highly split between the two Democrat candidates and Persson, while most of the right-of-center vote went to the Republican nominee, although Smith picked up a lot of social conservative votes and the Beaver picked up some moderates.

Maxwell won just enough electoral votes, by picking up small wins in many states. Interestingly, all 4 candidates lost their home states.

[ElectionsGuy]

1980 Presidential Election

Maxwell (R-OK): 291, 42.4%
Beaver (D-VA): 155, 29.7%
LD Smith (I-CA): 85, 20.1%
Leinad (L-GA): 7, 7.6%

Beaver, the southern populist Democrat known for his rather conservative stances relative to the national Democratic Party's standard, defeats incumbent president Jimmy Carter in the primary. In response, LD Smith joins the race as an independent to protest the mainly hawkish strings of Mr Beaver. This creates a rather large division in the left-wing vote which allows Maxwell to win in a landslide. Maxwell runs on a message similar to Ronald Reagan's, except without the social conservatism. Maxwell wins most of the upper Atlantic, the Midwest, and the mountain west. Beaver wins most of the south (though many states were narrow in margin) and Minnesota, while LD Smith, runs very well in catholic areas of the country and the west coast. Leinad runs as a libertarian, the new political party dedicated to maximum liberty and minimal government. His message runs strong in the Rockies and west coast. He wins two states, Montana and Alaska.

West: LD Smith: 32%, Maxwell: 31%, Leinad: 22%, Beaver: 15%
Midwest: Maxwell: 46%, Beaver: 33%, LD Smith: 18%, Leinad: 2%
South: Beaver: 42%, Maxwell: 40%, LD Smith: 12%, Leinad: 5%
Northeast: Maxwell: 43%, LD Smith: 27%, Beaver: 22%, Leinad: 7%

[Leinad]

Can someone keep this going? I'd love to see the next one--should be interesting with 3 libertarians and a conservative democrat!

*SKIP*

[Goldwater]

Senator L.D. Smith (D-CA) - 342 EVs
Governor Maxwell (R-OK) - 143 EVs
Governor ElectionsGuy (I-WI) - 27 EVs
Representative Leinad (L-GA) - 26 EVs

[TNF]

Senator Goldwater (R-Wash.)
Gov. Maxwell (R-Okla.)
Rep. ElectionsGuy (R-Wisc.)
Rep. Leinard (R-Ga.)

[VPH]

TNF-258
Goldwater-247
Leinad-27
Elections Guy-6

While quite far to the left of the electorate, TNF does pretty well, being the only left option. Turnout is low across the country, and social conservatives find themselves in a conundrum with no candidate speaking to their platform. Goldwater is closest and thus gets that bloc's vote. Leinad, being more moderate in terms of libertarianism takes a few states out west. ElectionsGuy does well on the high plains and in Wisconsin, well enough to win two states. The 2 libertarians took enough of the vote share to deny Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Jersey, Colorado, New Mexico and Connecticut to Goldwater.

[Mr. Smith]

1968

It is a tumultuous time for the nation, President Maxwell's (R-OK) approval ratings are so far down that even being in the toilet would be a step up. Why may you ask? Well, there was first rising tensions in Vietnam to the point that many were calling for war. But in spite of the Cold War hysteria, he didn't budge, alienating conservatives and garnering a primary challenge from Washington Senator  Harry Goldwater.

A narrow win in New Hampshire, followed by a loss in Wisconsin to the firebrand led to the President dropping out. Fearful of the U.S. going into war and becoming to big in government size, the libertarian wing successfully drafted oil tycoon H. Lester Leinad who only recently switched party  allegiances to the GOP from of course the Democrats

But Goldwater still won out the nomination, not that Leinad was so keen on giving up on the fight for small government on ALL counts, so he formed the Libertarian Party to run his bid.


On the Democratic side, the Left were increasingly angry with the President's lackluster civil rights record, while the Right were angered by the lack of government intervention in keeping the status quo. Luckily, Former Vice President V. Portugal Habs managed to pull out a perfect "law-and-order"  theme, while simultaneously campaigning for a War on Poverty and an end to the Poll Taxes and Literacy tests.

T. Nalger Fiss, a low-profile attorney once targeted for being a Communist spy was not amused by the growing anti-North 'Nam sentiment, nor was he happy with the seemingly two-faced "law and order" side of Mr. Habs hat he calimed would simply "divide and distract the working people of this country

So.

Former Vice President Habs - 332 EV
Senator Goldwater - 126 EV
Mr. Leinad - 77 EV
Mr. Fiss - 3 EV

A debate happened, and Habs did an excellent job against the firebrand, but negative Goldwater and the lofty, pie-chart focused Leinad. And being reminded of the New Deal-esque politics before Maxwell came in was also an asset. It also did not help that at the RNC Goldwater defended his extremist record rather than try to reconcile with the moderates and doves.

The only reason Habs didn't completely blow it out of the park was because of his implicit appeals to retain the South, which pretty which took DC to TNF and threw a lot of states towards the opposition that wouldn't have necessarily been [such as the Mountain West], while still calling for Federal intervention in Civil Rights where explicit, which gave some of the South to Goldwater anyway.




....Sure it's crazy, but I can't imagine any time other than '68 where something like this would happen.

[Clark Kent]

TNF's radicalism makes him completely unelectable, while vivaportugalhabs and L.D.Smith split the Democratic vote, allowing Goldwater to win in a landslide.

[Leinad]

Gov. Clark Kent (R-CT) - 293 EVs - 38.5%
Rep. Vincent P. Habs (D-KS) - 150 EVs - 30.4%
Sen. L.D. Smith (P-CA) - 95 EVs - 26.8%
Mr. Thomas Nelson Franklin (S-IL) - 0 EVs - 4.3%

Connecticut governor Clark S. Kent is able to win the Republican primaries easily, while prominent Representative Vincent P. Habs narrowly beats Senator L.D. Smith in the Democratic primaries, leading Smith to form his own economically left-of-center, socially right-of-center "Populist Party." Also, prominent far-left activist Thomas N. Franklin (often known by his initials, "T.N.F.") runs as the Socialist nominee, and with the lack of a true socially liberal nominee does quite well for a candidate so far to the left.

With no other right-wing challenger, Kent wins most Republican states. Smith does quite well in the South, beating Habs in every former Confederate state, but with liberal voters supporting Habs he picks up few states. T.N.F. gets 12% in his home state of Illinois, taking enough left-leaning voters from Habs to give the state narrowly to Kent.

[SNJ1985]

vivaportugalhabs (D-KS)/Tim Kaine (D-VA): 282 electoral votes
ClarkKent (R-CT)/Marco Rubio (R-FL): 233 electoral votes
L.D. Smith (I-CA)/Mike McIntyre (I-NC): 16 electoral votes
Leinad (L-GA)/Gary Johnson (L-NM): 7 electoral votes

[RFayette]

MormDem/Tim Kaine (D) - 324
Superman/Marco Rubio(R) - 120
Leinad/Rand Paul(L) - 36
Thomas/Mike Huckabee (C) - 58


In a fractured 2016 race, moderate, establishment conservative Superman causes a fracture within the party, leading to the libertarian Leinad and socon Thomas from NJ running 3rd party, allowing an easy win by MormDem the Democrat, whose social conservatism went largely unnoticed due to Thomas's presence.  

[Mr. Smith]

Polls wins big thanks to the conservative vote being divided three ways, taking a lot of states establishment candidate RFayette would've taken.

Also, Thomas from NJ takes Alabama and Mississippi in the hodgepodge.

[Clark Kent]

ssuperflash: 374 EVs
RFayette: 140 EVs
SNJ1985: 19 EVs
MormDem: 5 EVs

With the social conservative vote split three ways, establishment Democrat ssuperflash (Polls) wins easily, with establishment Republican RFayette losing votes to social conservative candidate SNJ1985 (Thomas from NJ) in the Upper South. MormDem runs as a socially conservative populist and does surprisingly well in Appalachia, where Democrats would usually have no chance of winning. He wins West Virginia.

[SNJ1985]

Polls_PuffPass (D-MD)/Sherrod Brown (D-OH): 315 electoral votes
Superman (R-CT)/Marco Rubio (R-FL): 116 electoral votes
RFayette (I-IA)/Mike Huckabee (I-AR): 107 electoral votes
L.D. Smith (I-CA)/Jim Matheson (I-UT): 0 electoral votes

RFayette, an outspoken social conservative, comes in second place in the Republican Party primaries to Superman, a moderate from Connecticut. RFayette decides to do a third-party run in response, and campaigns heavily in the more socially conservative parts of the country, especially the South (which ends up giving him all of his electoral votes). A split in the conservative vote helps Polls_PuffPass win Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio; while Superman narrowly manages to take Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Hampshire. L.D. Smith is unable to carry any states, but does respectably well for a third-party candidate in Appalachia (where his message of economic populism and social conservatism resonates), Utah and Mormon areas of Idaho.

[Clark Kent]

Why does everybody put me with Rubio? Tickets need to be balanced, and me/Rubio isn't really balanced at all.

SKIP

[Enderman]

Governor Clark Kent, R-CT/Senator Rob Portman, R-OH 222 EVS
Vice President Pete Polles, D-MD/Fmr. Governor Brian Schweitzer, D-MT 211 EVS
Congressman Thomas Conns, R-NJ/Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, R-TN 72 EVS
Governor Lewis D. Smith, D-UT/Senator Tim Kaine, D-VA 33 EVS


After a brutal primary between Clark and Conns, Kent wins, and runs as a middle-of-the-road Conservative, as well as expanding the map. However, Congressman Conns of New Jersey fights once again in the General Election, calling for a return to more traditional values, and a more traditional GOP. However, as evident with his selection of Marsha Blackburn as his VP choice, he finds that the South is much more willing to listen, so a Southern Strategy is the way to go for him.  The Incumbent VP, Pete Polles, easily wins the DNC nomination. However, what seemed to be a general election sail to victory for the VP, a charismatic Democrat from Utah starts his own western-based campaign, and picks Virginia Senator Tim Kaine for VP. Governor Smith, the first Democratic Governor of Utah since forever, electrifies the Western Electorate, with the three other nominees being from the Northeast. The Electoral College is deadlocked, a few months later....

First US House Vote:

21 Clark
14 Polles
8 Conns
6 Smith

GA, OK, AR delegation jumps ship.

Second US House Vote
24 Clark
14 Polles
6 Smith
5 Conns

Smith drops out, endorses Clark, Polles drops out, TN, SC delegation jumps to Clark

Third US House Vote
47 Clark
3 Conns

Clark Elected President by House

Senate, after a few votes, a drop out by Portman, Marsha Blackburn is elected by 2 votes over the margin.

Final Result, Clark/Blackburn

[Figueira]

Senator Lorenzo Damian Smith of Virginia/Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (Democratic)
Senator Clark Kent of Connecticut/Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona (Republican)
Representative Thomas Fromanja of New Jersey/Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas (Constitution)
Governor Jack Enderman of Florida/Governor Bill Walker of Alaska (Independent)

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

republicans have a divisive convention, and the compromise candidate dies before the election.

governor 84285 (d-me) / representative kyrsten sinema (d-az) - 49% pv, 440 ev
governor clark kent (r-ct) / senator john hoeven (r-nd) - 19% pv, 59 ev
senator jack enderman (r-fl) / senator shelley moore capito (r-wv) - 16% pv, 32 ev
televangelist thomas (r-nj) / louie gohmert (r-tx) - 15% pv, 7 ev

[Leinad]

the conservative vote being divided three ways

Wait...am I considered a conservative? When did this happen?

SKIP

(I'll do a map of 4 soon...too busy now. Either way, I'm glad to see this has had some more activity as of late!)

[Leinad]

In a convention of turmoil, Evangelical Reverend Thomas Fromton of New Jersey, a popular candidate among social conservatives, somehow wins the Republican nomination. More moderate Republican governor Jack N. Derman, known for his independent streak, starts an independent campaign. St. Peter tells John Kasich to run as his VP.

Meanwhile, on the left, Senator Eve R. Green wins the nomination, but prominent rapper 84285 runs a campaign for the presidency as well, after losing the nomination and declaring Senator Green wasn't legit enough to win.

With 2 left-wing candidates, that vote is split, while many more moderate Democrats join up with Governor Derman, who already has moderate Republicans on his side.

Rev. Thomas Fromton (R-NJ)/Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) 26X% PV, 153 EVs
Sen. Eve R. Green (D-ME)/Sec. Julian Castro (D-TX) 24% PV, 150 EVs
Gov. Jack N. Derman (I-FL)/Gov. John Kasich (R-UT) 36% PV, 235 EVs
Mr. 84285 (I-MA)/Gov. Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) 12% PV, X EVs

[OSR stands with Israel]

Gov Enderman(R-FL)/ Gov Kasich(R-OH) 328 EV 34% PV
Rep Evergreen(D-CT)/ Mayor De Blaiso (D-NY)  177 EC 30% PV
Sen 84285(G- MA)/ Sen Sanders(I-VT) 23 EV   18%
Gov Leinad(L-GA)/ Rep Ron Paul(L-TX) 10EV   16%

[Crumpets]

Moderate Hero (R-OR)/Rob Portman (R-OH) 265 EV 32%
Evergreen (D-VT)/Kamala Harris (D-CA) 226 EV 29%
84285 (G-MA)/Amy Goodman (G-NY) 25 EV 20%
Leinad (L-GA)/Raul Labrador (L-ID) 22 EV 18%

[Clark Kent]

Moderate Hero - 422 EVs
Thinking Crumpets Crumpet - 116 EVs
84285 - 0 EVs
Evergreen - 0 EVs

[Mr. Smith]

Thinking Crumpets Crumpet wins huge thanks to a right-wing split three ways.

So basically:

Theodore "Thinking Crumpets" Crumpet: 454 EV
Clark Kent: 84 EV
Leinad: 0 EV
Moderate Hero: 0 EV

[rpryor03]

Senator Ted Crumpet (I-WA)/Governor Peter Shumlin (I-VT): 182 EV
Governor Clark Kent (I-CT)/Senator Jeff Flake (I-AZ): 177 EV
Governor Lucas D. Smith (D-VA)/Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM): 166 EV
Senator Moder Hero (R-OR)/Governor George Pataki (R-NY): 13 EV

Smith and Hero duke it out for the independent vote, and Crumpent and Kent, the second-place finishers in the primaries, grab the fringes. The center favors Smith after a good debate performance, but it's split enough to allow Crumpet and Kent to send the election to Congress. To ensure victory, Crumpent, Smith, and Kent compromise. Kent is elected by the House as President, with Senator Heinrich elected by the Senate to VP. Governor Shumlin joins the Kent Cabinet, and it's assumed that Smith will join it as well when his term ends in January 2018.