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[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

As William McKinley I tried an unorthodox strategy of reaching out to moderates by letting WJB's spirit inhabit my body.

It did not work:





Still, I won ignominious states like...New Hamsphire...Massachusetts...Vermont?

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I copied Snowstalker's strategy of running Nixon as a moderate hero with VP Agnew and it worked out pretty well:

Frmr. Vice Pres. Richard Nixon/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew: 344 EVs, 44.23% PV
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey/Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie: 129 EVs, 41.40% PV
Frmr. Alabama Gov. George Wallace/Frmr. Gen. Curtis LeMay: 64 EVs, 14.38% PV

Closest States
1. South Carolina: .19%, 1,116 votes
2. Tennessee: .88%, 10,958 votes
3. Pennsylvania: 1.02%, 47,556 votes
4. Washington: 1.16%, 14,777 votes
5. Oregon: 1.22%, 10,086 votes
6. Michigan: 1.26%, 40,999 votes
7. West Virginia: 1.28%, 10,503 votes
8. Delaware: 1.78%, 3,775 votes
9. New York: 2.26%, 151,297 votes
10. Maryland: 2.98%, 25,473 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I ran Humphrey as a liberal hero with Kennedy as VP, destroyed Nixon in the debates, exposed his treason and won a decisive victory at the polls:

Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey/Sen. Ted Kennedy: 339 EVs (45.87% PV -  33,571,241)
Frmr. Vice Pres. Richard Nixon/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew: 153 EVs (41.13% PV -  30,106,733)
Frmr. Alabama Gov. George Wallace/Frmr. Gen. Curtis LeMay: 45 EVs (13.00% PV -  9,517,694)

Closest States
1. Oklahoma: .12%, 1,155 votes
2. South Carolina: .30%, 1,999 votes
3. Missouri: .93%, 16,955 votes
4. Tennessee: 1.09%, 13,586 votes
5. Alaska: 1.10%, 916 votes
6. Indiana: 2.12%, 45,512 votes
7. Kentucky: 2.23%, 23,383 votes
8. Iowa: 2.63%, 30,215 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Ran as Wallace.

Deadlocked the College.

Let's run this country into the ground.

Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 268 EVs, 43.2% PV (31,511,071)
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 217 EVs, 42.8% PV (31,228,373)
George Wallace (AI-AL)/Strom Thurmond (AI-SC): 53 EVs, 13.9% PV (10,166,711)

Close States
1. Missouri: .65%, 11,632 votes
2. Nevada: 1.07%, 1,658 votes
3. Delaware: 1.51%, 3,202 votes
4. Oregon: 1.59%, 13,150 votes
5. Wisconsin: 2.05%, 34,611 votes
6. Illinois: 2.05%, 94,168 votes
7. Ohio: 2.18%, 85,881 votes
8. Maryland: 2.20%, 26,738
9. South Carolina: 2.27%, 14,924 votes
10. Washington: 2.60%, 34,485 votes
11. North Carolina: 2.69%, 42,049 votes
12. Alaska: 2.71%, 2,254 votes
13. Tennessee: 2.78%, 34,630
14. Pennsylvania: 3.19%, 152,815
15. New York: 3.33%, 222,086 votes
16. Kentucky: 3.65%, 38,139 votes
17. Texas: 4.24%, 128,157 votes
18. California: 4.39%, 317,424 votes
19. Michigan: 4.51%, 150,866 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I'm more amazed at the fact you lost the 1896 scenario as McKinley. You literally just have to be not-stupid and it's golden, come on.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

1968: Liberalism's Triumph

Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey/Sen. Ted Kennedy: 364 EVs (45.88% -  33,535,132)
Frmr. Vice Pres. Richard Nixon/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew: 110 EVs (40.12% -  29,324,682)
Frmr. Alabama Gov. George Wallace/Frmr. Gen. Curtis LeMay: 64 EVs (14.00% -  10,230,681)

Close States
1. Kentucky: .13%, 1,341 votes
2. Florida: .17%, 3,672 votes
3. Tennessee: .80%, 10,125 votes
4. Vermont: .97%, 1,566 votes
5. Indiana: 1.09%, 23,320 votes
6. Oklahoma: 1.16%, 10,786 votes
7. Missouri: 1.29%, 23,475 votes
8. Nevada: 1.41%, 2,201 votes
9. North Carolina: 1.74%, 27,588 votes
10. California: 2.58%, 183,450 votes
11. Alaska: 2.89%, 2,386 votes
12. Iowa: 2.92%, 33,580 votes
13. South Carolina: 3.01%, 19,761 votes
14. Wisconsin: 3.49%, 59,693 votes
15. Virginia: 3.70%, 49,591 votes
16. New Jersey: 3.90%, 110,457 votes
17. Ohio: 4.42%, 177,472 votes
18. Oregon: 4.93%, 40,162 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I quit playing it some of the states were way too liberal or conservative, and it was also skewed toward Bryan in 1896 and Obama in 2012.

Skewed towards Bryan?

Did you run as a racist McKinley?  Because I had to practically rape a baby to lose as McKinley.  I mean, I had to actually TRY LOSING in order to lose against Bryan.

It is Oldiesfreak...

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

That's wierd, because it's working on my device perfectly.

The weird thing is I could get through and finish a 25-question game in 1896 as Bryan a couple hours ago (I lost), but I've gotten nothing since then.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Breaking News: The Campaign Trail Game Has Finally Come Back!

After an extremely long wait, the game has finally started to work again!

Link to the game: http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/

It's still down for me...

That's wierd, because it's working on my device perfectly.

The weird thing is I could get through and finish a 25-question game in 1896 as Bryan a couple hours ago (I lost), but I've gotten nothing since then.

I call trolling!

What the hell? I'm not making anything up, I really can't get through.



Make no mistake, I took this screenshot just a few minutes ago.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Hmm... Could it be only working on laptops?

Nope, I'm using a laptop and I'm getting the busted message too.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I rebooted my computer and now the game is working on Chrome but not Firefox.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Now it's down on Chrome again!

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Moderate hero Nixon mopped the floor with HHH...

√ Former Vice Pres. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 431 EVs, 45.6% PV (33,545,398)
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 54 EVs, 40.0% PV (29,476,625)
Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Former Gen. Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 53 EVs, 14.4% PV (10,603,472)


Close States (within 5%)

• South Carolina: .15%, 1,003 votes
• Texas: .55%, 17,379 votes
• West Virginia: 1.16%, 9,003 votes
• Michigan: 1.24%, 39,972 votes
• Washington: 2.49%, 34,593 votes
• New York: 2.69%, 189,211 votes
• Pennsylvania: 2.77%, 125,189 votes
• Maine: 2.91%, 11,519 votes
• Tennessee: 3.70%, 44,706 votes
• Maryland: 3.74%, 46,886 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

My idea of "Fascist Wallace" didn't pan out too well...

√ Former Vice Pres. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 318 EVs, 45.9% PV (33,793,487)
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 181 EVs, 42.9% PV (31,553,731)
Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Former Gen. Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 39 EVs, 11.2% PV (8,257,648)

Close States (within 5%)
Maryland: .20%, 2,521 votes
Pennsylvania: .38%, 18,852 votes
Washington: .45%, 6,013 votes
Arkansas: .75%, 4,782 votes
New York: .99%, 70,435 votes
Georgia: 1.33%, 17,287 votes
Texas: 2.53%, 75,342 votes
Michigan: 2.66%, 87,024 votes
West Virginia: 2.76%, 20,755 votes
Delaware: 3.07%, 6,874 votes
Missouri: 3.08%, 56,340 votes
Nevada: 3.96%, 6,220 votes
Oregon: 4.30%, 35,755 votes
Maine: 4.45%, 17,780 votes
Ohio: 4.54%, 178,072 votes
Illinois: 4.74%, 214,186 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Stomped Romney as a mostly center-left Obama...

√ Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE): 332 EVs, 66,576,102 PVs (51.8%)
Frmr. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): 206 EVs, 60,819,612 PVs (47.3%)

Close States (within 5%)
North Carolina: .22%, 9,316 votes
Florida: 1.16%, 97,701 votes
Iowa: 1.93%, 30,658 votes
Missouri: 2.27%, 60,338 votes
Indiana: 2.63%, 70,190 votes
Virginia: 3.42%, 134,775 votes
New Hampshire: 3.55%, 24,807 votes
Montana: 4.25%, 19,779 votes
Colorado: 4.36%, 112,170 votes
Ohio: 4.56%, 267,375 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Liberal Nixon achieves victory with honor!

√ Fmr. Vice Pres. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): 303 EVs, 32,274,206 PVs (43.6%)
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 181 EVs, 31,175,779 PVs (42.1%)
Fmr. Alabama Gov. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Fmr. Gen. Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 53 EVs, 10,523,422 PVs (14.2%)

Close States (within 5%)
Pennsylvania: .11%, 5,428 votes
Maryland: .44%, 5,693 votes
Tennessee: .45%, 5,452 votes
Washington: .48%, 6,342 votes
South Carolina: 2.24%, 15,039 votes
New York: 2.33%, 158,973 votes
Nevada: 2.43%, 3,924 votes
Missouri: 2.82%, 52,681 votes
Oregon: 2.87%, 24,162 votes
West Virginia: 3.25%, 21,347 votes
Illinois: 3.34%, 151,497 votes
Delaware: 3.83%, 8,250 votes
Maine: 3.97%, 16,079 votes
Kentucky: 4.05%, 41,819 votes
North Carolina: 4.18%, 67,742 votes
Alaska: 4.21%, 3,504 votes
Oklahoma: 4.24%, 39,394 votes
Ohio: 4.28%, 175,734 votes
California: 4.52%, 324,287 votes
Michigan: 4.57%, 157,205 votes
Texas: 4.66%, 145,525 votes
Wisconsin: 4.70%, 83,040 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Did Liberal Nixon refuse to sabotage the peace talks?

Yep; that's what I meant by "victory with honor".

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

IMPOSSIBLE: The Great Commoner Triumphs in '96!

In an election all the experts said was impossible for the Democrats to win, the so-called "Great Commoner", William Jennings Bryan, has done it. Fighting off attacks of radicalism by the McKinley campaign and the splinter, pro-gold National Democratic Party, Bryan and his running-mate, Vice President Adlai Stevenson, triumphed with two forty-three electoral votes and over seven million popular votes.

In the last week of the campaign, Bryan stormed the Midwest, and it paid off. While he failed to capture Vice President Stevenson's home state of Illinois, he did carry the states of Minnesota, Indiana, and Iowa, all of which proved critical to his victory; had any two voted against him, it would have meant certain doom for his campaign and prospects for the Presidency. In any event, this is the final electoral map:

√ Fmr. Nebraska Congress-man William Jennings Bryan (D-NE)/Vice Pres. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL): 243 Electoral Votes, 7,036,256 Popular Votes (50.6%)
Fmr. Ohio Gov. William McKinley (R-OH)/President of the New Jersey Senate Garret Hobart (R-NJ): 204 Electoral Votes, 6,728,317 Popular Votes (48.4%)
Sen. John Palmer (ND-IL)/Fmr. Kentucky Gov. Simon B. Buckner (ND-KY): 0 Electoral Votes, 136,069 Popular Votes (1.0%)

(Difficulty Level: Impossible)

CLOSE STATES (within 5%)
Illinois: .17%, 1,881 votes
Minnesota: .30%, 982 votes
California: .34%, 1,049 votes
Iowa: .41%, 2,195 votes
Indiana: .54%, 3,427 votes
Maryland: 1.26%, 2,996 votes
Delaware: 2.00%, 752 votes
West Virginia: 2.22%, 4,433 votes
North Dakota: 2.32%, 1,117 votes
Wisconsin: 2.42%, 10,904 votes
Oregon: 2.56%, 2,603 votes
Michigan: 3.23%, 17,737 votes
South Dakota: 3.25%, 2,639 votes
Wyoming: 3.32%, 667 votes
Kentucky: 4.42%, 18,867 votes

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I'm just posting this for the PV difference:

Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH): 285 EVs, 64,307,733 PVs (49.6%)
Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL)/Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE): 253 EVs, 64,292,738 PVs (49.5%)

14,995 votes, one of the closest PV victories in American history, second only to Garfield's 1,898-vote victory over Hancock in 1880.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Ah, the beauty of Easy Difficulty...

Fmr. Congressman William Jennings Bryan (D-NE)/Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO): 408 EVs, 7,761,322 PVs (55.7%)
Fmr. Gov. William McKinley (R-OH)/President of the New Jersey Senate Garret Hobart (R-NJ): 39 EVs, 6,063,296 PVs (43.5%)

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

1968: The Dream Never Dies

"...For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die".
~Sen. Ted Kennedy

Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA): 348 EVs, 33,089,821 PVs (45.1%)
Mr. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Gov. Spiro Agnew: 136 EVs, 30,172,036 PVs (41.1%)
Mr. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Mr. Curtis LeMay (AI-OH): 53 EVs, 10,120,334 PVs (13.8%)

Close states (within 5%)
1. South Carolina: .28%
2. Kentucky: .34%
3. Alaska: .67%
4. New Jersey: .98%
5. California: 1.11%
6. Oklahoma: 1.22%
7. Wisconsin: 1.28%
8. Indiana: 1.48%
9. Virginia: 1.58%
10. Tennessee: 1.68%
11. North Carolina: 2.16%
12. Missouri: 2.41%
13. Florida: 2.79%
14. Nevada: 3.03%
15. Ohio: 3.19%
16. Delaware: 3.30%
17. Oregon: 3.81%
18. Iowa: 3.92%

Competitive states (within 10%)
1. Washington: 5.23%
2. Vermont: 6.01%
3. Illinois: 6.07%
4. New York: 6.52%
5. Maryland: 6.59%
6. Texas: 6.66%
7. Arkansas: 7.84%
8. Pennsylvania: 8.18%
9. New Hampshire: 9.51%
10. New Mexico: 9.97%

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Richard Nixon, Moderate Hero

Mr. Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Gov. Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 442 EVs, 33,846,243 PVs (46.0%)
Mr. George Wallace (AI-AL)/Mr. Curtis LeMay (AI-OH): 53 EVs, 10,779,278 PVs (14.6%)
Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 43 EVs, 28,989,407 PVs (39.4%)

Close states (within 5%)
1. Maine: .51%
2. South Carolina: .94%
3. Michigan: 1.16%
4. Tennessee: 1.49%
5. Texas: 2.23%
6. West Virginia: 2.28%
7. New York: 3.56%
8. Connecticut: 3.82%
9. Pennsylvania: 4.00%
10. Washington: 4.19%
11. Maryland: 4.90%

Competitive states (within 10%)
1. North Carolina: 6.16%
2. Minnesota: 6.34%
3. Illinois: 7.24%
4. Missouri: 7.33%
5. Nevada: 7.39%
6. Delaware: 8.18%
7. Wisconsin: 8.34%
8. Alaska: 8.39%
9. Ohio: 8.84%
10. Oregon: 8.89%
11. Kentucky: 8.95%
12. Florida: 9.03%
13. Oklahoma: 9.79%
14. Massachusetts: 9.96%
15. Arkansas: 9.97%

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Has anybody managed to throw the election to the House in the 1968 campaign? I put it on easy with Lemay and Thurmond as my VP and am running a super hawkish neo fascist campaign and taking a hard line on desegregation etc. I keep campaigning in NC and I can't for the life of me win any state other than the historical 5 that Wallace won, I can never stop a Nixon victory.

Pick Chandler as your running mate, run hard to the right on Vietnam, desegregation, and other social issues while taking a more moderately conservative tack on economics. This usually gets me a deadlock more often than not.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I have a question. Is it possible for Johnson or Stein to get EVS in 2012? I doubt it, but there is a counter, so it kinda throws me off.

Almost certainly not. I just ran a campaign where I ran Obama far to the right like he was possessed by George Wallace's ghost and neither Johnson or Stein could crack a full % of the vote. Those counters are probably there just for the sake of being there.