After a competitive Democratic primary between General Mung Beans of California and Senator Shua of Virginia, Beans arises with the nomination. In protest of his more liberal stances on economic issues, Shua runs as an independent to Beans right and takes conservative stances on taxes and a higher minimum wage. A Democratic state senator from Kentucky by the name of TNF also runs for President, but dissatisfied with the moderate Democratic nominee, he runs as a socialist.
The liberal vote ends up being split among all 3 candidates giving the esteemed, trickle-down conservative Republican Governor from Ohio, Reaganfan winning a number of key states in the northeast, down south, and in the midwest. He ends up being 1 electoral vote shy of victory, but Reaganfan wins the popular vote and the GOP House votes for him as President.
Governor Reaganfan (R-OH) - 269 EVsGeneral Mung Beans (D-CA) - 193 EVsSenator Shua (I-VA) - 60 EVsState Senator TNF (S-KY) - 16 EVs