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2012; played as Romney. Spent most of the campaign with a very strong lead, to the point that Delaware and Connecticut were swing states, but faltered towards the end.

Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) - 331 EV, 51.6%
Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE) - 207 EV, 47.5%

States decided by less than 5%:

Michigan - 0.66%
Minnesota - 1.13%
Delaware - 1.63%
Wisconsin - 1.69%
Pennsylvania - 1.80%
Washington - 2.85%
Oregon - 3.17%
Maine - 3.23%
Iowa - 3.85%
Colorado - 4.10%
New Hampshire - 4.14%
Virginia - 4.23%
Nevada - 4.56%

States decided by less than 10%:

Ohio - 5.32%
Florida - 5.54%
New Mexico - 6.23%
Connecticut - 7.60%
New York - 7.82%
New Jersey - 8.26%
North Carolina - 8.32%
Maryland - 8.88%

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Played in 2012 as Obama.

Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE) - 51.5%, 285 EVs
Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) - 47.6%, 253 EVs

States decided by less than 5%:

Florida - 0.86%
Virginia - 1.15%
Ohio - 1.25%
North Carolina - 1.81%
Iowa - 2.27%
New Hampshire - 3.03%
Pennsylvania - 3.18%
Colorado - 3.47%
Wisconsin - 4.12%

States decided by less than 10%:

Nevada - 6.94%
Minnesota - 7.80%
Missouri - 9.86%

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First win as Ford (on Easy, however).

Pres. Gerald Ford (R-MI)/Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) - 424 EVs, 50.5%
Gov. Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Sen. Walter Mondale (D-MN) - 114 EVs, 47.5%

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Played as Romney, while intentionally sabotaging my campaign in every possible way:

Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE) - 528 EVs, 62.9%
Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) - 10 EVs, 35.8%

Closest states:

West Virginia - 3.35%
Oklahoma - 3.86%
Wyoming - 3.98%
Idaho - 5.47%
Arkansas - 9.68%

Johnson broke 5% in NM.

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Won in a landslide as Romney '12:

Closest states:

Washington - 0.69%
Delaware - 0.73%
Oregon - 0.74%
Maine - 0.86%
Michigan - 1.01%
New Mexico - 1.22%
Connecticut - 2.39%
Minnesota - 3.12%
New Jersey - 4.08%
Maryland - 4.56%
New York - 4.88%
Illinois - 5.25%
Pennsylvania - 5.86%
Wisconsin - 5.94%
Massachusetts - 6.76%
Colorado - 6.76%
California - 7.18%
New Hampshire - 7.37%
Nevada - 7.38%
Iowa - 7.86%
Virginia - 8.41%
Ohio - 8.86%
Rhode Island - 9.70%

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Won in a landslide as Romney '12:

Closest states:

Washington - 0.69%
Delaware - 0.73%
Oregon - 0.74%
Maine - 0.86%
Michigan - 1.01%
New Mexico - 1.22%
Connecticut - 2.39%
Minnesota - 3.12%
New Jersey - 4.08%
Maryland - 4.56%
New York - 4.88%
Illinois - 5.25%
Pennsylvania - 5.86%
Wisconsin - 5.94%
Massachusetts - 6.76%
Colorado - 6.76%
California - 7.18%
New Hampshire - 7.37%
Nevada - 7.38%
Iowa - 7.86%
Virginia - 8.41%
Ohio - 8.86%
Rhode Island - 9.70%

You made Rhode Island closer than Florida?

What I don't get is how Romney would've won Oregon, Washington, Maine, and Delaware without also winning New Mexico, which was much closer IOTL.

It was mainly due to Gary Johnson being a spoiler. Obama won NM with around 48.5% of the vote.

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Almost managed to make the 272 freiwal happen. Alas, it was not destiny.

Barack Obama (D-IL)/Joe Biden (D-DE) - 285 EVs, 50.1%
Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Paul Ryan (R-WI) - 253 EVs, 49.0%

Closest states:

Virginia - .34%
Ohio - .73%
Florida - 1.05%
Iowa - 1.62%
New Hampshire - 1.81%
Colorado - 2.75%
Wisconsin - 2.76%
Pennsylvania - 2.92%
Minnesota - 4.19%
Michigan - 4.37%

Nevada - 5.12%
North Carolina - 6.01%
Missouri - 9.52%

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#RomneyUnder150
#RomneyUnder38%

Barack Obama (D-IL)/Joe Biden (D-DE) - 410 EV, 61.2%
Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Marco Rubio (R-FL) - 128 EV, 37.6%

Closest states:

Arizona - .51%
Louisiana - 1.85%
South Dakota - 3.85%
Tennessee - 4.51%
Alaska - 4.82%

Nebraska - 5.42%
Mississippi - 5.54%
Montana - 6.97%
Georgia - 7.83%
Texas - 8.95%

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The Freiwal Holds:

Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 332 EV, 50.9%
Donald Trump (R-NY)/Scott Brown (R-NH) - 206 EV, 46.3%

Close states:

Democratic wins: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin
Republican wins: Alaska, Arizona, Montana, North Carolina, Texas, Utah

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Yeah, I am a bit annoyed that they believed the Utah polls.

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Jimmy Carter/Scoop Jackson - 503 EV, 53.8%
Gerald Ford/Bob Dole - 35 EV, 44.1%

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I went on easy mode to see how big of a landslide I could get. It might have been even bigger if I had chosen to debate.

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What I did was choose the moderate choices, valuing government honesty. I lost leads in several states because I didn't debate, but I likely would have lost even more states if I debated Ford and lost.

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Went on easy mode to see how much of a Trumpslide I could get. A combination of a recession, Benghazi indictments, and debate wins led to this beautiful map:

Donald J. Trump (R-NY)/Senator Scott P. Brown (R-NH) - 351 EV, 52.1%
Secretary Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 187 EV, 44.8%
Governor Gary Johnson (L-NM)/Austin Petersen (L-MO) - 0 EV, 2.0%
Jill Stein (G-MA)/Kent Mesplay (G-CA) - 0 EV, 1.1%

Close states:

Maine - .26%
Nevada - .50%
Illinois - 1.31%
Oregon - 1.94%
Delaware - 2.35%
Minnesota - 3.15%
Washington - 3.99%
New Jersey - 4.07%
Connecticut - 4.86%

Colorado - 5.51%
Virginia - 7.84%
Michigan - 8.02%
Massachusetts - 8.82%
Pennsylvania - 9.07%
Iowa - 9.65%
Rhode Island - 9.68%

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Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Senator Frank Church (D-ID) - 400 EVs, 50.6%
President Gerald Ford (R-MI)/Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) - 138 EVs, 47.2%

Close states:

Mississippi - Carter +0.06
Oklahoma - Ford +0.16
Texas - Ford +0.24
Nevada - Carter +0.34
South Dakota - Carter +0.44
Washington - Ford +0.66
Virginia - Carter +0.73
New Jersey - Carter +1.03
New Mexico - Carter +1.09
Oregon - Carter +1.77
Maine - Carter +1.86
California - Carter +1.88
Connecticut - Ford +2.03
Illinois - Carter +2.11
Iowa - Carter +2.24