1992 United States Presidential Election

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Emerging from the deeply divided Democratic Convention, the Democrats were hoping the ticket of the liberal Mario Cuomo and the moderate Al Gore will be able to secure a sixth term in power for the Democrats, unprecedented in the history of the country. Cuomo is campaigning on the ability of the Democrats to keep the union safe and the world at peace throughout the Cold War, the great performance of the United States in the Gulf War, and the claim that the current recession* is a minor blip. Meanwhile, the Republicans have nominated the libertarian-leaning Ron Paul for President. As opposed to previous Republican campaigns, Paul is instead campaigning on lowering defense spending. Nevertheless, the campaign is undeniably right-wing in that he is campaigning on lower taxes and the repeal of a number of "security endangering" arms reduction treaties. As well, he is attracting youth support by calling for an end to "oppressive" federal drug laws.

Coming up between the decently liberal Cuomo and the undeniably right-wing Paul is the ideologically hard-to-place Ross Perot. Like Paul, hailing from Texas, Perot is mad and everyone knows it. His campaign is based on a few key issues: strengthening protective tariffs and reversing the trend towards free trade, balancing the budget, protecting abortion, and strengthening the Environmental Protection Agency. Due to his mixed beliefs, he's attracted centrists, liberals, and conservatives alike. For Vice President, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, himself ideologically centrist, has agreed to join the ticket. Powell is pointing to his military experience as backing to Perot's business experience as indicative of their ability to lead the nation.

*As in the real life recession. Not a right-wing plot.

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Ron Paul.

And how on Earth did McClaughry get elected Governor in uber-liberal Vermont?

There were two votes for Paul's VP: Stassen and McClaughry. I went with the cooler dude. As with several of the Socialist VP candidates, I gave them higher office than they had in real life. Also, recall that this is Vermont 1990, not the evil version we have today.

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Cuomo, although I'm highly disappointed in him for picking Gore as his running mate.

Cathcon's last trick to sabotage his candidacy...

I hope you're not serious with this. There were about a million different VP preferences with about one vote to each person. Given the realities of the DNC and primary results, I went with one that made sense for uniting the party. I thought Al Gore was cool, what with the internet and global warming and all that. Is he out of vogue these days?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Cuomo, although I'm highly disappointed in him for picking Gore as his running mate.

Cathcon's last trick to sabotage his candidacy...

I hope you're not serious with this. There were about a million different VP preferences with about one vote to each person. Given the realities of the DNC and primary results, I went with one that made sense for uniting the party. I thought Al Gore was cool, what with the internet and global warming and all that. Is he out of vogue these days?

No, I'm mostly trolling you now and I don't actually think you spend your days scheming about how to make sure a Republican wins. However, I do think some of your choices on how to conduct this were unjust and ill-advised, and I suspect that partisan bias may (maybe unconsciously) have played a role in these mistakes.

Again, I never make mistakes.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Cuomo, although I'm highly disappointed in him for picking Gore as his running mate.

Cathcon's last trick to sabotage his candidacy...

I hope you're not serious with this. There were about a million different VP preferences with about one vote to each person. Given the realities of the DNC and primary results, I went with one that made sense for uniting the party. I thought Al Gore was cool, what with the internet and global warming and all that. Is he out of vogue these days?

No, I'm mostly trolling you now and I don't actually think you spend your days scheming about how to make sure a Republican wins. However, I do think some of your choices on how to conduct this were unjust and ill-advised, and I suspect that partisan bias may (maybe unconsciously) have played a role in these mistakes.

Again, I never make mistakes.

Then the only other option left is...

Yes, I've nefariously guided Atleftica to elect Democrats for six straight terms. You caught me.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Why would Perot run in this scenario?

Why would he not? Trends toward lower tariffs, failure of the Democrats to properly crack down on drugs, a bloated budget, domination of the Republicans by failures, wingnuts, and social conservatives, and all the rest.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Since Gore doesn't have a chance here, I'll join the Nader wagon after my guy gets his fair share. If George McGovern can get two terms, let an icon like Mario Cuomo have a turn!

I was thinking of Bill Bradley (or maybe someone else, if Cathcon puts anyone in for variety - though if my knowledge of the rules is correct he probably won't), but if he's not nominated I'll have to strongly consider Nader.

Was Jack Kemp in the 1984 Republican primaires? Was Ron Paul in the 1992? Things have changed.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Well, onto 1996 as it is. Really though, is all this pageantry necessary? I mean there's got to be a point where the voters just wouldn't care and assumed the outcome was predetermined and not give a damn who was president.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The 1992 United States Presidential Election
Whereas four years previous, Kemp had blamed Paul for his loss, Paul found himself ironically in a similar position. Despite data indicating that Perot had taken support from both sides, Republicans would be quick to blame the "other Texan" for their loss, pointing to recent near-record low Democratic popular vote margins and the fact that a unified center-right was needed to forge a path to victory. Cuomo ended up triumphing, ushering in another four years of Democratic rule.

Vice President Mario Cuomo (Democrat-New York)/Senator Albert Gore, Jr. (Democrat-Tennessee) 351 electoral votes, 39.1% of the popular vote
Former Congressman Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (Republican-Texas)/Governor John McClaughry (Republican-Vermont) 164 electoral votes, 31% of the popular vote
Businessman H. Ross Perot (Independent-Texas)/Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin L. Powell (Independent-Pennsylvania) 23 electoral votes, 25.3% of the popular vote
Activist Lenora Fulani (New Alliance-New York)/Activist Maria Elizabeth Muñoz (New Alliance-California) 0 electoral votes, 4.6% of the popular vote